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I'd bet that no one deliberately sits down to read with the purpose of not understanding the text.

我敢打赌，没有人特意坐下来阅读却为了不理解文本。

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For example, if there was only one small problem with a character's family, then "family" might not be the theme of the text.

例如，如果一个角色的家庭只有一个小问题，那么“家庭”可能不是文本的主题。

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Now there's one way in which Tony is probably not a good proof text for the New Criticism.

但是《搬运车托尼》从某个角度来说,也许并不适合作为新批评主义的范本。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

You prove to your teacher that you understand the authors by being able to put their meaning in other words -in other words, to say the author is intending to say something, not just that the text says something and this is what it says, with your exam then being one long screed of quotation.

你们用自己的话写出文章的含义,以此向老师证明你们理解作者的意图,换句话说，要告诉老师作者想表达什么，而不仅仅是文本说的什么内容，然后在试卷上来一大段,冗长的引用。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"you better not text me, " read one.

NPR: Texts, TV, Then Trouble For Bombing Suspect's Pals

Possession of a mobile or cell phone plus an airtime package does not simply allow you to send a text message to one person.

FORBES: Insane Calculation: It Costs More To Send A Text Next Door Than To Mars

One factor in the slow adoption is that not many phones integrate with text-to-speech features like Ford's.

CNN: Ford vehicles will read you text messages while you drive