We can't possibly know what the author meant except on the basis of our determination of the meaning of the text, so why not just focus our attention to meaning on the text?

我们无法知道作者是什么意思,除非以我们对文本意思的分析为基础，因此，为什么不仅仅将我们的注意力,集中在文本的意思上呢？

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Now I was going to put that text up on the board and, to be honest with you, I forgot to do that, so I'm going to have to see if I can remember this text: We're going to focus now on two sections of this work: the "Confutatis" And the "Lacrimosa dies illa."

现在我将要把歌词写在黑板上,老实跟你们说,我刚才忘了这么做,所以我得看看自己是否还记得歌词,我们将专注于这部作品的两个部分,《羞惭无地》和《落泪之日》

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