I was only myself, Sal Paradise, sad, strolling in this violet dark, this unbearably sweet night wishing I could exchange worlds with the happy, true-hearted, ecstatic Negroes of America.

引-我只是我，萨尔·佩拉提斯，无精打采地徘徊在这个，温柔的难以忍受的夜晚，多希望自己能够变成,一个快乐，真诚，热情奔放的美国黑人。

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Calvinists weren't exactly what the French call rigolo, weren't exactly wild, fun-loving types.

加尔文教徒并不完全是法语中的 "rigolo",他们并不是那么奔放,有趣的人

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