在创造我们民族身份的过程中，种族对于美国人性格和品质的塑造起了至关重要的作用——美国人被定义为“白人”。

Race has functioned as something necessary to the construction of American character and quality in the creation of our national identity—American has been defined as "white".

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到底家庭对于美国人的意义是什么？

What does "family" mean to Americans?

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这就是那片对于美国人来说自由的国土。

Well that is the land of the free for you.

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And what does it mean to be an American in this novel? So, that's the question I'd like to take up today first. Coming from Lolita, the vision of America in On the Road looks quite different.

这对于小说里你是一个美国人又意味着什么？,这是我今天想让你们思考的第一个问题，《洛丽塔》里，描写的美国景象非常不同于《在路上》之中的景象。

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