He was a hobo by choice: As a little boy, he'd seen a hobo come up to ask his mother for a piece of pie and she had given it to him and when the hobo went off down the road the little boy had said, "Ma, what was that fellow?" "Why, that's a hobo."

他是自愿成为流浪汉的：,当他还是个小男孩的时候，他见过一个流浪汉向他妈妈,要一块派，他妈妈给他了,于是当流浪汉离开的时候小男孩就问，“妈妈，那个家伙是谁“，“是个流浪汉“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

When I was a boy the eight ounce Coke was the default serving, and when I was a child when it was time to have a Coke or a Pepsi you had eight ounces and the event was over.

当我还是个小男孩的时候,可口可乐,或是百事可乐都是八盎司装的,而且最多就只能喝一瓶

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选