Yet quite how that happens, Mr Menand does not say.

然而，莫南德先生没有说，这是如何发生的。

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You can, Menand points out, become a lawyer in three years and a medical doctor in four.

梅南指出，你可以在三年内成为一名律师，四年内成为一名医生。

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Menand notes, "the great books are read because they have been read"—they form a sort of social glue.

梅南德指出，“伟大的作品被人阅读，是因为已经被读过”——它们形成了一种社会凝聚力。

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Mr Menand offers this story as one approach to the past, not as documented or demonstrable fact.

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You can, Mr Menand points out, become a lawyer in three years and a medical doctor in four.

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The films and novels have also "acquired quite different generational resonances, " Menand says.

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