1·After the battle of Salinas, Steinbeck decided to go undercover for months, to research what would become the Grapes of Wrath.
萨利纳斯战斗发生后，斯坦贝克决定去卧底几个月，为《愤怒的葡萄》寻找素材。
2·Covers everything from Shakespeare to Steinbeck, "the site teases."
从莎士比亚，到斯坦贝克，一应俱全。
3·Steinbeck wrote furiously and said that the effort nearly destroyed him.
斯坦贝克愤怒地写，并说写作几乎毁了他。
4·As Steinbeck wrote: "How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children?"
正如斯坦贝克所写：“你怎能吓倒一个不仅自己肚皮空空如也，而且孩子饥肠辘辘的男人呢？你恐吓不了他的，因为他比任何人都清楚恐惧是什么东西。”
5·It was virulently attacked in Congress, and Steinbeck's subsequent success in Russia eroded his reputation from the cold war onwards.
冷战开始后，斯坦贝克后来的在俄罗斯的成功侵蚀了他的声誉。