It was the setting for almost all of his novels, almost all of his poetry.

这一视角也是他写小说和诗歌的视角。

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And I think it shocked me when I was in that room was that there were all kinds of adults setting there around the table talking about young people, the relationship to technology the relationship to culture the relationship to schooling and to each other.

在现场有一件事令我感到震惊,我们一群成年人来参加听证会,围桌讨论各种关于年轻人的问题，讨论年轻人与技术的关系,与文化的关系,与教育的关系以及年轻人之间的相互关系。

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How could you develop an argument in which a thought like that might actually seem to work? After all, Foucault--setting himself aside, he doesn't mention himself--Foucault very much admires certain writers.

你如何为这样一个看起来可能的想法,去辩护呢？毕竟，福柯--不谈他自己，他从不提到自己-福柯很钦佩一些作家。

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In fact, I don't quite know what he is saying" and struggled more than you're expected to because you anticipated what I've just been saying about the setting and about the role of Foucault and all the rest of it, and were possibly more confused than you might have expected to be.

事实上，我也不太清楚他在说什么“,然后你发现这比预想的更难理解,因为你预想了我给你们设置的背景,以及福柯和其他人的角色，然后可能会发现比自己预想的更困惑。

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