American children's literature in those days was mostly didactic, addressed to some imaginary reader—an ideal girl or boy, upon reading the story, would immediately adopt its heroes as role models.
因为那时的美国儿童文学大多还是说教式，目标受众为某个虚幻的读者——某个理想化的男孩或女孩，假定情境是他或她在看完故事后会立刻把里面的主角奉为榜样。
TWO men are being hailed as heroes after catching a three-year-old boy as he fell four storeys from a fire escape.
一名三岁男孩从四楼防火梯跌落，(紧急时刻)两名男子接住了他，刹那间，成了人人尊崇的英雄。
I said, "thank you," for myself and for every colored girl, every colored boy, who didn't have heroes who were celebrated. I thanked her then.
我向她道谢是为了我自己，也为了每一个有色人种的女孩，以及每一个有色人种的男孩，没有她，我们心中就没有可以赞美的英雄，所以当时我向她道谢。
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