His mother, Bessie, objects because it shows her in her housecoat.

他的妈妈，贝西，反对，因为展示她。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

He's been going on a quarter hour, and he's just hitting his stride. Franny, Zooey, Buddy, Bessie: they all try to speak directly to each other.

他已经说了45分钟，内容才刚刚有点进展,弗兰尼，左伊，巴蒂，贝西：,他们都在试图直接与对方交流。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And what's interesting about it, and what indicates its importance to Buddy, is that Bessie gets on about him getting a phone ; where he's teaching in upstate New York; he's teaching writing as a visiting writer at a college in upstate New York. And Bessie, his mother, keeps saying, "Well, why won't you get a phone, Buddy?

有意思的是，这对巴蒂很重要，因为，贝西给他打了一个电话,在他在纽约北部教书的地方;,他教写作，作为访问学者在,纽约北部的一所大学里，贝西，他的妈妈，说，好了，为什么你不接电话？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选