The father yells at them, says, Make that cat shut up, and they can't He says, "Make it shut up. I don't care.

但父亲喊道：,“让那猫安静“，可他们无能为力,可父亲又说：“让它安静。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

There's no other way to interpret these lines which, as you can imagine, critics simply pretend don't exist, ? because who can figure out what to say?

这几句只能这样解释，可以想见，评论家会将这段直接忽略掉，因为他们又能说什么呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

They die on the operating table, but then they're brought back to life, as we put it.

他们死在手术台上,但很快他们又起死回生,我们可以这样说

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