But water is the first priority for the Carter Road plaintiffs.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

When he gets back to New York, finally, at the end of this first road trip, he has missed Dean.

当他终于回到纽约时，在这首次旅途的末期，他弄丢了迪恩。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And what does it mean to be an American in this novel? So, that's the question I'd like to take up today first. Coming from Lolita, the vision of America in On the Road looks quite different.

这对于小说里你是一个美国人又意味着什么？,这是我今天想让你们思考的第一个问题，《洛丽塔》里，描写的美国景象非常不同于《在路上》之中的景象。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"The good news from today is that one, he plans to return,two, he could return as early as this year, and three, he clearly has taken the first very visible step in the road to that return.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19