New thresholds, new anatomies", ; well, that's not such a hard concept; that's an image of what the modern promises for Crane, and indeed those Gothic arches of the bridge seem to emblematize for him.

新的开端，新的躯体“,这并不是太难的概念;,这就是对于克莱恩而言现实希望的肖像，实际也是，布鲁克林桥上那些哥特式的拱门与他而言的象征。

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This helps us to explain, for instance, why in so many cultures the concept of saving face is so important, even if to most modern Americans it seems relatively trivial.

这就很容易解释，为什么很多文化里的面子问题,会变得那么重要，而对许多美国人来说,那都是小事一桩。

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