And it's given here this sort of cliched, noble origin with the Native American, the Plains Indian.

在这儿讲有些陈词滥调的，美洲原住民草原印第安人的高尚开端。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The thing I always liked, Sal, about the Plains Indians, was the way they always got s'danged embarrassed after they boasted the number of scalps they got.

萨尔，我总喜欢大草原印第安人的一点，就是他们在吹嘘自己得了多少头皮之后,总会难堪。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So, there is a sense, in the Plains Indian, that he is both the embodiment of a noble, restrained lineage; but also, deep in that American past, is this sense of great excess.

草原印第安人有一种感觉，他既是高尚的化身，克制的血统;,但同时，在那段美洲过往的深处，是一种过度的感觉。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选