You saw that in the way he stood bobbing his head, always looking down, nodding like a young boxer to instructions to make you think he was listening to every word, throwing in a thousand "yes"es and "that's right."

你看他站着摇头晃脑的样子，总是朝下看，像年轻的拳击手听指令时一样,那样晃着脑袋，好让你觉得他在听你说的每个字，一边不断附和着“是““对“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

People are already shaking their heads over me and any immediate God further professional use on my part of the word "God" except as a familiar, healthy American expletive will be taken or rather confirmed as the very worst kind of name dropping and a sure sign that I'm going straight to the dogs.

人们经常对我表示不同意，以及对,我一用那个字“,除非作为熟悉的健康的美式感叹词或咒骂词时,它们会被认为是最差的名字,也肯定是我向那些狗前进的标志。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选