If the surprises are too great, then they induce overstrain and we throw away the book in frustration and despair.

如果令人惊讶之处过多，则会导致读者过劳,最后因失望或绝望而抛开它。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Very clear about who again the ideal statesman or reader potential statesman the reader of this book would be.

清楚地描绘出,理想的政治家或读者,本书潜在政治家读者的特质。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The reader should identify himself or herself with the hero or heroine."

读者要把自己当成是男主角或女主角“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Milton has dug up a gem from the pages of The Iliad, and this gem has something like a Medusa effect on the poem or perhaps on us as readers. Time almost seems to stop when we begin appreciating this image solely on aesthetic grounds.

弥尔顿从《伊利亚特》中挖出了一块瑰宝，这块瑰宝对于诗或我们读者起得作用,如同美杜莎一样，在我们只欣赏着,精美绝伦的地面上的场景时，时间仿佛停止。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选