And I would suggest to you that the consumption of home is driven by a certain kind of desire as well, that desire to move up in the American class structure: "the first electric refrigerator in my family."

而我的看法是对家的消耗,也是由一种特定的渴望驱动的，这种渴望上升到美国的阶级结构：,“我们家的第一台电冰箱“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

My aunt and I decided to buy a new electric refrigerator with the money I had sent her from California; it was to be the first one in the family.

我阿姨和我决定用我在加州给她寄的钱,买一个新的电冰箱;,家里的第一个电冰箱。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Now, when the first chimpanzee hits the lever the second chimpanzee gets a painful electric shock, putting the first chimpanzee in a horrible dilemma.

当第一只黑猩猩拍杠杆时,第二只黑猩猩就会受到痛苦的电击，这样第一只黑猩猩就进退两难了。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选