But I think you can see the big themes of the book already very present in the opening scene of the dialogue.

但我想你们已可以看出本书的大主题,在对话一开始,即非常明显地点出。

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In this scene Big Slim Hazard is an American type, just as Mississippi Gene is himself.

这一幕中细杆哈查德是个典型的美国人，就和密西西比的吉恩他自己一样。

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We've gotten to this point now: we had this big dramatic scene at the Reed Sea, but the physical redemption of the Israelites is not in fact the end of our story.

我们现在得到一个观点：我们在Reed海这里,有了戏剧性的一幕，但是犹太人肉体上的救赎,在故事的结尾也没有出现。

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