Franny again cleared her throat. Apparently, her self-imposed sentence of unadulterated good listenership had been fully served. "Why?" she asked.

弗兰尼又清了喉咙，他的自欺式的自白得到了倾听,遇到了好听众，为什么，她问。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But Eudora Welty was once asked why Southerners can be such great writers, or such good storytellers and she was a wonderful storyteller.

但有一次她被问到,为什么南方总是出伟大的作家,或者是杰出的小说家,她自己就是个很出色的小说家

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选