【讀書筆記】德波頓 - 《愛情筆記》31
《愛情筆記》是一部細(xì)膩生動(dòng)的戀愛過程全記錄。 其間,才子德波頓細(xì)述一段情緣中的邂逅、迷戀、平凡中的幸福、熟悉后的倦怠、女友移情別戀、挽回?zé)o望、自殺、醒悟,以至一段情完全成為過去。他認(rèn)真思辯自己的感覺,忠實(shí)記下與女友交往中的各個(gè)細(xì)節(jié),特別是心理和哲學(xué)層面的思考,文字生動(dòng)、處處機(jī)鋒,不僅有極大的閱讀樂趣,閱畢更令人回味無窮。
作者簡(jiǎn)介:阿蘭·德波頓(Alain de Botton),英倫才子型作家,生于1969年,畢業(yè)于劍橋大學(xué),現(xiàn)住倫敦。著有小說《愛情筆記》(1993)、《愛上浪漫》(1994)、《親吻與訴說》(1995)及散文作品《擁抱逝水年華》(1997)、《哲學(xué)的慰藉》(2000)、《旅行的藝術(shù)》(2002)。他的作品已被譯成二十幾種文字。(以上介紹轉(zhuǎn)自一舟博客)
?1,?Because thought implies judgement, and because we are all paranoid enough to take judgement to be negative, it is constitutionally suspect in the bedroom.
思想寓含著判斷,我們那么偏執(zhí),以至于會(huì)做出否定的判斷,所以在臥室時(shí),當(dāng)赤身裸體令我們脆弱暴露無遺時(shí),我們總是心存疑慮。
小Car筆記:
paranoid:偏執(zhí)狂患者 【常用短語】paranoid state:妄想狀態(tài)
?2,?Hence the sighing?that drowns the sounds of lovers' thoughts, sighing that confirms: I am too passionate to be thinking.
因此呻吟掩蓋了情人們的思索之聲,這呻吟確證了一個(gè)信息:我太激動(dòng)了,以至于不能思索。
小Car筆記:
sigh:嘆息,嘆息聲,呻吟 【常用詞語】①give a sigh:發(fā)出一聲嘆息 ②sigh about:為 ... 嘆氣
?3,?I kiss, and therefore I do not think – such is the official myth under which lovemaking takes place, the bedroom a unique space in which partners tacitly agree not to remind one another of the awe-inspiring wonder of their nudity.
我親吻,所以我沒有思索——這一句冠冕堂皇的謊言,肉體的交合在它的掩蓋下進(jìn)行。臥室成為隱蔽的空間,身處其間的情人們心照不宣地同意忘卻令人恐懼的念頭,我們都是赤裸的。
小Car筆記:
the official myth:冠冕堂皇的謊話
?4,?There is the story of a nineteenth-century pious young virgin who, on the day of her wedding, was warned by her mother, 'Tonight, it will seem your husband has gone mad, but you will find he has recovered by morning.'
有一個(gè)故事說,十九世紀(jì)一個(gè)純潔的年輕女子在結(jié)婚那天,媽媽警告她說:“今晚,你的丈夫會(huì)像瘋了一樣,但是你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)早晨到來時(shí)他已經(jīng)恢復(fù)正常。”
小Car筆記:
pious:虔誠(chéng)的,偽善的,盡責(zé)的,值得的 【常用短語】①pious fraud:宗教騙子 ②pious opinion:未經(jīng)教會(huì)規(guī)定卻為一般信徒所奉行的信仰,不堅(jiān)持或沒有奉行的信念
?5,?Is the mind not offensive precisely because it symbolizes a refusal of this insanity, seeming like an unfair way of keeping one's head while others are losing their breath?
這種思想之所以令人慍怒,不正是因?yàn)樗鼧?biāo)志著當(dāng)他人喘息不止時(shí)自己得保持清醒的頭腦,不可陷入必要的瘋狂嗎?
小Car筆記:
offensive:進(jìn)攻,攻勢(shì), 討厭的,攻擊性的,無禮的 【常用詞組】①on the offensive:采取攻勢(shì),進(jìn)攻 ②charm offensive:魅力戰(zhàn)術(shù)