Hence, some of the characters in books through whom you had glimpsed life's possibilities were fellow Americans of yours.

所以你要借助,书中的东西和角色,来表达生活的可能性。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The instructors feel it's their role in life.

因为教育者们认为这都是他们在生活中的角色。

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