And at the same time, accepting the painful emotions are as much part of human nature as the wonderful emotions.

与此同时，也认同痛苦的情绪,和美好的情绪一样都是人性的组成。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

The art of dream interpretation places a very important role in this story, And dream interpretation was a developed science, Particularly in Egypt, and the other parts of Mesopotamia, but the Egyptians were known in the ancient world as dream interpreters.

解梦术在这个故事中有非常重要的作用，解梦术当时是发达的科学，尤其在埃及和美索不达米亚其它地区，但是在埃及人在古代就是以解梦人而被人所知。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

And the real is that sense of suffering, and that the novel can make you feel things, both the pleasure of humor or the pleasure of beauty, but also that sense of compassion.

真正的东西是种受苦的感觉，这本书能够让你感到一些事，既有对幽默和美的愉悦也有怜悯的感觉，我不知道你们是怎么样的，我是对Oedipa感到同情。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选