Some writers have pointed out that it's interesting that these humans are not being punished for religious sins, for idolatry, for worshipping the wrong god or anything of that nature, and this is important.

有些学者指出，有趣的是,人类并非因为罪孽，崇拜其他的神,或者因其本性而受到惩罚。

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Oh, Son. Did you not ever go on your knees and pray for deliverance from all your sins and scoundrel's acts? Lost boy, depart.

噢，儿子！你怎么不跪下，为了对你的所有,罪恶和卑鄙行为的判决而祈祷，迷失的孩子，走吧。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

among many other things he argued that the South actually had the chance to finally be liberated from being the seat of all of America's sins, by three things.

他观点独特,他说南方事实上有过机会,不再承担美国的所有罪恶,他列举了三点理由

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Moses enumerates additional misfortunes and sufferings that will befall Israel if she sins. But he emphasizes the choice is Israel's: God has been clear regarding what's required, and it's not beyond Israel's reach to attain life and prosperity. She needs to only choose.

摩西列举了如果以色列人犯罪，他们所面临的,不幸和惩罚但是他强调了以色列人所拥有的选择：,上帝已经申明他的要求，以色列人,想要的生命和繁荣并不是不可达到的她只需要选择。

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All the women in Dean's life call him to the carpet and tell him of all his sins. That's a sad moment in the novel, a moment of difficulty, a moment of specificity also.

所有在迪安生命里出现的女人都向他,斥责他所有的罪恶，这也是小说中悲伤地部分，是困难的时刻，也是专属于他的时刻。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选