But abruptly, fiendishly, the tender pattern of nudity I had adored would be transformed into the disgusting lamp-lit bare arm of a man in his underclothes reading his paper by the open window in the hot, damp, hopeless summer night.

然而突然，糟糕得很，我崇拜的那副美好的裸体,投入了台灯下一双男人赤膊的肩膀，他穿着内衣裤,读着报纸，靠在敞开的窗边，沉浸在,炎热，潮湿，绝望的夏夜里。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

He notes: When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or arm and when it does fall we feel it in some measure and are hurt by it as well as the sufferer.

他说过，当我们看到有人要打,别一个人的腿或手臂，我们会不由自主的畏缩，手脚拢起来,当这一下打下来，某种程度上来说,我们会感受到和被打者一样的疼痛。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选