Milton has expended, we know, a considerable amount of energy in establishing what he wants us, I am assuming, to believe is the divine authority behind the poem.

我们知道弥尔顿花费了，大量精力阐释他希望我们相信的东西，我设想，他要我们相信在这部诗篇的背后有无上神权的存在。

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So, in that relation, I'd like you to think about the representation of America in the novel.

所以，我希望你们思考,这部小说里美国的表征。

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So it's not to be sexist. Assume this is the she and this is the he, so she would like to go and see Matt Damon beat people up and coordinate on that, her favorite thing.

无性别歧视,假设这是女方这是男方,她就想看马特·达蒙把敌人打得落花流水,她很希望通过协调能一起看这部电影

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Maybe that's miniscule, but maybe it's going to be fun for you, especially if you have a sort of theatrical bent, or if you like getting up in front of people, or if you're just really, really passionate about a novel that you want everyone to read.

这可能不值一提，但可能对你们来说很有意思，尤其如果你喜欢戏剧，或者喜欢在人们面前表现，或者你只是对这部小说很有热情,希望大家都来读。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选