And what does it mean to be an American in this novel? So, that's the question I'd like to take up today first. Coming from Lolita, the vision of America in On the Road looks quite different.

这对于小说里你是一个美国人又意味着什么？,这是我今天想让你们思考的第一个问题，《洛丽塔》里，描写的美国景象非常不同于《在路上》之中的景象。

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Do you have the sense that they are... this crop of young people coming on the scene, they are more willing and more able to do better by America by our world?

您认为他们。,这群登上历史舞台的年轻人，他们是否更愿意更有能力,让美国让世界更美好？

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