英语语法分析

The magnolia trees hadn't read Roland Barthes.

玉兰树并没有读过罗兰·巴特。

For a book purportedly about love, the Barthes didn't look very romantic.

虽然巴特这本书号称是关于爱情的，但它看上去并不怎么浪漫。

Let me just read two texts to that effect, first going back to Roland Barthes on page 877.

让我们读两篇和这个意思大致相同的文章，首先翻回877页罗兰，巴特的文章。