Used French only when she was a very good little girl. " Okay, Entendu. Now hop, hop, hop, Lenore, or you'll get soaked."

只有当她是个很乖的小东西的时候才讲法语“,“好吧，说定了，现在快点，快快快，不然就要湿透了“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And then if you go up, you think, well they spoke French there, certainly in Normandy, but they spoke in many parts a patois.

然后你要是北上,你觉得那该说法语了吧,在诺曼底一些地方是,但是还有好多种方言

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

And it's not a la-di-dah thing where--I'll tell you, once there was a student in there who had really fantastic French and I said, "Why is your French so good?"

其实也不是那么严格要求的,我给你们讲,以前有个学生法语特好,我就问他你法语怎么这么好啊

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

And this person looked at me and said, "Well the maid was from Dijon." And another time, somebody's French was very good and I said, "Why is your French so good?"

然后这哥们看着我说,"我们家保姆是第戎的",还有一次,也有个人法语特好我就问,你法语怎么这么好

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选