The sense of powerlessness, the most profound sense of powerlessness, suggested already by the first episode where his mother almost takes back the life she gave him, is rooted in the family.

无能为力之感，极度的无能为力之感，在他母亲几乎,毁了他时就有过，这在他的家庭中深深地扎根。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

and she has really made a lot of progress. I've been teaching her for almost 2 years,

她真的进步很大。我教她将近两年了，

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She would write to almost anyone who wrote to her.

回了很多信件,而其几乎是每封必回。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

There was a sense that she'll never be from the village, she's from somewhere else; but, sometime between 1750 and maybe 1990 most-- almost everybody in France began seeing themselves as French.

就是有一种感觉,她从来也不是本村人,她是外地来的,但是,在1750年到最晚1990年之间的某段时间,基本上所有在法国的人都认为自己是法国人

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and had still not learned almost anything. She had one of those teach-yourself-piano books,

但并没有学会。她有一本自学钢琴的书，

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