11/14 ST

词汇：
recur vi.复发, 重现, 再来
masculinity n.男性, 阳性, 雄性
even as conj.正巧在...的时候, 正如
model vt.模仿
model after 仿造, 模仿
cloud vt.以云遮敝, 玷污, 使黯然
bask vi.晒太阳(享受温暖), 感到温暖, 愉快或舒适

翻译：
Norman Mailer was just 25 years old when he burst on the literary scene with his first novel, The Naked And The Dead. The World War II tale is universally recognized as one of the best war novels to emerge from that conflict. Published in 1948, it is all the more remarkable because Mailer wrote realistically of combat without ever actually having taken part in battle.
Norman Mailer在25岁那年凭借《裸者与死者》登上文学舞台。这部二战体裁的小说被认为是最好战争小说之一。它出版于1948年，由于Mailer没有参与这场战争却描写非常真实，因而它更加受人关注。

Many critics saw flashes of Ernest Hemingway in the young Mailer's novel. A recurring theme in his writing, as in Hemingway's, was man testing his masculinity. Even as an author, Norman Mailer considered himself a battler, a fighter. He closely identified himself with boxing champions such as Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, just as Hemingway identified himself with hunters and bullfighters.
许多批评家在年轻的Mailer小说中看到了Ernest Hemingway的亮点。在他的小说中重现了Hemingway的主题，就是男性正不断地经受男子汉气概的考验。虽然作为一名作家，但Norman Mailer视自己为战士、斗士。他将自己看作是象Muhammad Ali和Joe Frazier一样的拳击冠军，正如Hemingway视自己为猎人和斗牛士一样。

Mailer publicly acknowledged that he modeled himself after Hemingway that he tried to become the all-around male symbol. But Hemingway observed that becoming a public figure clouds a writer's sharpness, and Mailer agreed.
Mailer公开承认自己模仿了Hemingway，他想成为一个真正的男性象征。但是Hemingway注意到，成为公众人物之后会削弱作者的犀利，Mailer也同意这一观点。

With the publication of The Naked and the Dead, Mailer became a celebrity, and he basked in the attendant publicity. His second novel, Barbary Shore, was a critical and financial failure.
随着《裸者与死者》出版后，Mailer成为了名人，他很享受出席公开场合。他的第二本小说《巴巴里海滨》，在评论界和商界都是一大败笔。

总结:
这里的cloud用法不错,借鉴~~