Some of the novels and stories you read were, it is probable, laid in your own country of America.

你读的东西，也许是美国化的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Find stories on topics that you're interested in. Read them.

找一些你感兴趣的话题。去阅读它们。

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Let me ask you a question first about John Barth and the stories that I asked you to read. Which of them was your favorite? Some cackling I hear None of them?Which of them was your favorite?

我先来问你们一个关于约翰·巴斯和我让你们读的,故事的问题，你们最喜欢哪个故事，我听到一些咯咯笑的声音,都不喜欢吗，你们最喜欢哪个故事啊？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选