De Man's point is a question is both rhetorical and grammatical, and the one cannot be reduced to the other. Both readings are available.

德曼想指出的是，一个问句既是修辞型问句又是语法型问句，那么一个不能变成另一个，两种理解都有效。

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The death of Edward King is really forcing him to question the point of his pursuit of greatness, of poetic fame, and all of his ambition.

爱德华·金的死迫使他询问自己,他这样追求伟大与名望，他这样的雄心壮志到底有何意义。

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But at this point, I think it's crucial to remember the point that it's not just the question, "Who's got an explanation?"

但是对于这一点,我认为最为关键的就是记住,问题不仅在于,谁能解释

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But just to point out the confusion can be we've actually switched what the question is here.

他们有这些幻灯片的拷贝,这里要指出容易混淆的地方是。

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It's not meant to be more than five, ten minutes of work, but the point of the question, -15, 20 minutes of work, but the point of the question is to motivate people to keep up with the material and do the readings.

几分钟就能完成,这个作业的目的,要十几到二十分钟完成吧,这个作业的目的在于激励大家,跟上课程的进度并去阅读材料

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It just reinforces the point that I was trying to make a few moments ago that the crucial question is not survival per se.

这将强化我刚才试图阐明的一点,就是关键问题不是存在本身。

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