So hermeneutics will be our first topic, and it attempts to answer the last question that I've mentioned which is raised by theory of literature.

所以诠释学，是我们的第一个话题,它试图回答的是我在探讨文学理论时提出的最后一个问题。

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So the book is really an effort to answer what role America should play in the world.

这本书事实上是在试图,回答美国在世界这个大环境中应该扮演怎样的角色。

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