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In recent years, teachers of introductory courses in Asian American studies have been facing a dilemma nonexistent a few decades ago, when hardly any texts in that field were available. Today, excellent anthologies and other introductory texts exist, and books on individual Asian American nationality groups and on general issues important for Asian Americans are published almost weekly. Even professors who are experts in the field find it difficult to decide which of these to assign to students; nonexperts who teach in related areas and are looking for writings for and by Asian American to include in survey courses are in an even worse position.

A complicating factor has been the continuing lack of specialized one-volume reference works on Asian Americans, such as biographical dictionaries or desktop encyclopedias. Such works would enable students taking Asian American studies courses (and professors in related fields) to look up basic information on Asian American individuals, institutions, history, and culture without having to wade through mountains of primary source material. In addition, give such works, Asian American studies professors might feel more free to include more challenging Asian American material in their introductory reading lists, since good reference works allow students to acquire on their own the background information necessary to interpret difficult or unfamiliar material.

麻烦翻译一下这句话。谢谢！这句话我看了好久，不知道a few decades ago修饰那个咚咚，翻成“几十年前就没有了”显然不对。

facing a dilemma which did not exist a few decades ago

这是偶第一眼看这个句子的感觉，就是说最近几年上亚裔美籍人研究入门课的老师们面临（一个几十年前不存在）两难局面

In recent years, teachers of introductory courses in Asian American studies have been facing a dilemma nonexistent a few decades ago, when hardly any texts in that field were available.

同意MONICA的意见。这句话的意思其实挺明白的：最近，研究亚裔美籍入门课程的老师们正面临一个两难的尴尬局面，而这个局面在几十年前是不存在的，因为哪个时候，该领域可利用的文本资料少之又少。

CHRIS，其实你结合下文，也能够分析出这句话的意思。“Today, excellent anthologies and other introductory texts exist, and books on individual Asian American nationality groups and on general issues important for Asian Americans are published almost weekly.”由此可见如今的资料极大丰富，与先前形成鲜明对比。

一点拙见，大家继续讨论。

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   In recent years, teachers of introductory courses in

   Asian American studies have been facing a dilemma

   nonexistent a few decades ago, when hardly any texts

   in that field were available. Today, excellent antho-

(5)
    logies and other introductory texts exist, and books on

   individual Asian American nationality groups and on       

   general issues important for Asian Americans are

   published almost weekly. Even professors who are

   experts in the field find it difficult to decide which of

(10) these to assign to students; nonexperts who teach in

   related areas and are looking for writings for and by

   Asian American to include in survey courses are in an

   even worse position.

  A complicating factor has been the continuing lack

(15) of specialized one-volume reference works on Asian

   Americans, such as biographical dictionaries or desktop

   encyclopedias. Such works would enable students

   taking Asian American studies courses (and professors

   in related fields) to look up basic information on Asian

(20) American individuals, institutions, history, and culture

   without having to wade through mountains of primary

   source material. In addition, give such works, Asian

   American studies professors might feel more free to          

   include more challenging Asian American material in

(25) their introductory reading lists, since good reference

   works allow students to acquire on their own the back-

ground information necessary to interpret difficult or

unfamiliar material.