"I knew these boys, I knew these boys, would be glad to see me here today.I said, 'Look fellows, here's the kind of clothes you'd be wearing when you get out,' and fifty guys re-enlisted.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

But he's also suggesting how humor is used to broach topics that are impossible to talk about in more direct ways, or that feel dangerous to these boys to approach in more direct ways.

如同它也在不断发展,但他还提出,如何用以幽默的口吻展开话题，在无法直接谈论话题的时候,或者觉得这些人。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Many of them say it's remarkable that they were never pushed to the point where they want to gun at their classmates, because they feel like they know what kinds of experiences these young boys went through.

很多人认为不可思议,这两个凶手竟然会被逼到这个份上,拿着枪对这自己的同学，因为他们觉得他们知道,这些青少年男孩子们所经历的一切。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

These included Tom Swift, the Bobbsey Twins and the Hardy Boys.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

"Jonah Hex." "Are these the boys you wanted?"

VOA: standard.2010.06.20