And the boy uses the trees to do two things, right: to go up, or go out, and come back, to return.

这个孩子用树做了两件事：,上去，出去，回来，落下。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

He went out and saw his mum in the trees, in the clouds, or when the birds were singing.

他走出去，看到自己的母亲,在树上，在云里，在鸟儿的歌声中。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The writer is the first man to map it and to name the natural objects it contains. Those berries are edible. That speckled creature that bolted across my path might be tamed. That lake between those trees will be called Lake Opal or, more artistically, Dishwater Lake.

而作者本人则是第一个为它绘制地图并为每一个自然事物,命名的人，这种讲过是可以吃的，那只身上带斑点,从我身边窜过，的动物也许能被驯服，树木之间的那个湖泊,可以叫“蛋白石湖“，或者，更艺术的，“洗盘水湖“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选