The point is that this cliched suburban life of mowing the lawn, Humbert is a foreigner--into something you can laugh at, something you can enjoy, something that you can apply the knight's move to.

这段话的意思是乡下人民这种修剪草坪，亨伯特是个外国人），变成了一种你感到开心,你很享受，你可以用迂回前进理论理解的事情。

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Well, twenty years ago what it meant to grow up as a Muslim in suburban America was to live a very bifurcated life.

好的，20年前,一位穆斯林在美国市郊成长意味着,他的生活要分成两部分。

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