作品中的主人公是一位彻头彻尾的失败者，没有爱情、几无朋友、几无工作（“该是你知道我那凄冷无助、胸无大志的人生真相的时候了。

The hero was a washout—loveless, nearly friendless and all but jobless (“It's time you knew the cold soft facts of me. I did not pan out.

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这项议案名为《净化婚姻法案》(Purity of Marriage Act)，除了宣布未来无爱情婚姻不合法之外，该议案还将会规定明尼苏达州估计53%的婚姻无效。

In addition to outlawing future loveless unions, the so-called Purity of marriage Act would also nullify an estimated 53% of marriages in Minnesota.

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所以，最好的策略就是把科学书扔掉，躲进自己的爱情实验室里，自己动手，做那独一无二的爱情实验。

So, the best strategy is to throw away the science books and embark on your own unique experiments in the laboratory of love.

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So, this is the sadness of the novel.It's this unrequited love; Dean is never capable of loving Sal in the same way that Sal loves Dean.

所以这也是这本小说的悲伤，是这个无回报的爱情;,迪安从没能真正像萨尔爱他一样爱过萨尔。

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