Now you do have an opportunity-- this class does- that my class has never had before, and that is to nominate your own novel for the last one that we read, one of your choice.

现在你真的有了个机会-,在我的课上有了个机会-,去推荐一本小说作为我们的最后一本读物,你们自己的选择。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

it was a small seminar-- I had groups of students proposing two novels actually for the end of the syllabus, and the exercise gets you to think very hard about what you think this period is all about.

是以小组研讨课的方式进行-,几组学生提出两本小说,作为教学大纲上最后一本读物，这样做的练习的目的是,让你去思考这个时期的意义。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选