He had the feeling that everything he saw was a broken-off piece of some giant blank thing he had forgotten had happened to him.

他有种感觉,觉得他看见的一切都是之前发生过的,他已经忘记的,某件大而无用的事掉落的碎片。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

We have pictures of gods and kings seated on these seats, the sides of which are these giant winged cherubim, and then their feet rest on a footstool.

有神和国王坐在这种宝座上的照片，那座位的两侧就是这些巨大的有翼天使，而他们的脚就放在一个脚凳上。

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Okay, coke got the most votes here which is interesting, and in fact Coca-Cola is an international giant of a company.

好,可口可乐得票最多,有意思,事实上,可口可乐是一家大型跨国公司

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Yeah, so like a giant wedge, that's why the cart seems to move in front of you, so we're talking about musical volume here.

对,就像个巨大的楔子,这就是牛车在你面前动起来的原因,所以,我们要谈的是音乐的音量

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

And then you get that sort of lyrical moment of interpretation: "He had the feeling that everything he saw was a broken-off piece of some giant blank thing he had forgotten had happened to him."

然后你就能看到那句抒情的解释：,“他有种感觉,觉得他看见的一切都是之前发生过的,他已经忘记的,某件大而无用的事掉落的碎片，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选