We love to read and everything we read is a page turner, ; all to the good; but the fact is our fascination with reading isn't simply a fascination that takes the form of having fun.

我们喜欢阅读，并且总是迫不及待地翻到下一页，每一页都在讲好事;,但是事实上阅读真正令我们着迷的地方,并不在于简单的娱乐功用。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

I'm going to read parts of them to you, and together I think they give you the sort of snapshot I want you to have of where literature stands, where reading stands, at the middle of the twentieth century.

我要读一部分给大家听，这些可以给大家,一个关于二十世纪中期，文学和阅读的立足点是什么的简单印象。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选