【讀書筆記】德波頓 - 《愛情筆記》38
《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,?She didn't turn to look at me, but took my hand in hers and squeezed it for a moment.
她沒有轉(zhuǎn)過身來，而是把我的手放在她的手里緊攥了一會(huì)兒。
小Car筆記：
squeeze：擠壓，壓榨 【常用短語】squeeze out 榨出, 榨取 【例句】It was a tight squeeze but we finally got all the clothes into the case. 箱子已經(jīng)很滿了，但我們還是把衣服全塞進(jìn)去了。
?2,?'Don't flatter yourself, it's not for you I did this, I eat like this every weekend.'
“別臭美了，我又不是專為你做的，我每個(gè)周末都這樣吃?！?/p>
小Car筆記：
flatter：奉承，諂媚 【常用短語】flatter oneself 自以為是, 自鳴得意 【例句】He flattered her about her cooking. 他恭維她的烹調(diào)手藝。
?3,?Her lie was symptomatic of a certain pride she took in mocking the romantic, in being unsentimental, matter of fact, stoic, yet at heart, she was the opposite: idealistic, dreamy, giving, and deeply attached to everything she liked verbally to dismiss as mushy.
我知道他在說謊。她一向?yàn)樽约耗７吕寺伙@得多愁善感、講究實(shí)際，但又心境淡泊感到自豪。然而在她內(nèi)心深處，卻完全相反，她是理想主義者，愛夢(mèng)想、愿付出，深深地著迷于被她口頭上斥為傷感多情的一切。
小Car筆記：
mock：嘲笑，模仿 【常用短語】mock sun n. [氣]幻日, 假日 【例句】We should not mock at other people's religious beliefs. 我們不應(yīng)該嘲笑別人的宗教信仰。
?4,?In the course of a supremely mushy breakfast, I realized something that might perhaps have seemed obvious, but that struck me as both unexpected and complicated: that Chloe had begun to feel for me a little of what I had for many weeks felt for her.
從這美好纏綿的早餐中，我意識(shí)到一些也許再明顯不過但又出乎我預(yù)料、讓我深感復(fù)雜的事情——克洛艾開始對(duì)我產(chǎn)生了我很早就對(duì)她懷有的那種感覺。
小Car筆記：
feel for：為...而有; 用手摸著找...; 對(duì)...有感情; 體諒
?5,?Objectively, this was not an unusual thought, but in falling in love with her, I had somehow entirely overlooked the possibility of reciprocation.
客觀的說，我?guī)缀跬耆鲆暳俗约旱膼蹠?huì)得到回應(yīng)的可能性。
小Car筆記：
reciprocation：往復(fù)運(yùn)動(dòng)，互換，報(bào)答 【常用短語】reciprocation pump 往復(fù)泵 【例句】But in the higher control of mind and development of intellectual?and spiritual reciprocation, you are somewhat inferior. 但是更高的心智控制和智力的發(fā)展以及靈性互換，你們稍微有些差強(qiáng)人意。
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