It's Laura who cries at Dean's abandonment, while he maintains this composure, this masculine composure: "he'll be all right." But, the sadness here is surely Sal's.

倒是劳拉先为迪安的抛弃哭了，萨尔相反地保持了镇静，这种男人的镇静：,“他会一切顺利的“，但这里最大的悲伤必然是萨尔的。

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Odysseus is the man,the wily Odysseus as Homer calls him, the man of many devices, all of those things are great and they are equally honored along with the physical courage that is so characteristic of these guys.

荷马称奥德修斯是一个老谋深算的人,他是一个足智多谋的男人,而这一切都是很棒的,并且这些品质和肉体上的勇气一样被尊敬,当然,勇敢这是这些人所共有的品质

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