《爱情笔记》是一部细腻生动的恋爱过程全记录。 其间,才子德波顿细述一段情缘中的邂逅、迷恋、平凡中的幸福、熟悉后的倦怠、女友移情别恋、挽回无望、自杀、醒悟,以至一段情完全成为过去。他认真思辩自己的感觉,忠实记下与女友交往中的各个细节,特别是心理和哲学层面的思考,文字生动、处处机锋,不仅有极大的阅读乐趣,阅毕更令人回味无穷。

作者简介:阿兰·德波顿(Alain de Botton),英伦才子型作家,生于1969年,毕业于剑桥大学,现住伦敦。著有小说《爱情笔记》(1993)、《爱上浪漫》(1994)、《亲吻与诉说》(1995)及散文作品《拥抱逝水年华》(1997)、《哲学的慰藉》(2000)、《旅行的艺术》(2002)。他的作品已被译成二十几种文字。(以上介绍转自一舟博客)

本期笔记含有大量描述静物的方法哦~~看看德波顿如何描述吧(*^__^*) 嘻嘻……

 1, It was a privilege to be curled up in Chloe's inner sanctum, looking at the objects that made up her daily life, at the walls she woke to every morning, at her alarm clock, a packet ofaspirins, her watch and her earrings on the bedside table.
我蜷缩着身体,躺在她的卧房里、她的床铺上、她的被单下,瞧着这些构成她日常生活的物品,盯着她每天清晨醒来时面对的四壁、她的闹钟、一袋阿司匹林、床头柜上的手表和耳环,这多我来说是一种特权。

小Car笔记:
privilege:特权,基本人权,给与...特权,特免 【常用词组】①executive privilege 行政特权 ②Crown privilege 王室特权
inner sanctum:至圣处

 2, My love manifested itself as a fascination for everything Chloe owned, for the material signs of a life I had yet fully to discover but that seemed infinitely rich, full of the wonder the everyday takes on in the hands of an extraordinary being.
爱意就是通过兴趣及迷恋来证实其存在的,感兴趣于克洛艾拥有的一切,迷恋于我发现的一种无线丰富、每天都有巧手在创造奇迹生活的诸多物质标志。

小Car笔记:
infinitely:无限地,无穷地  【常用词组】①infinitely small 无穷小的,无穷小  
in the hands of:由 ... 照管  

 3, There was a bright yellow radio in one corner, a print by Matisse was leaning against a chair, her clothes from the night before were hanging in the closet by the mirror.
在一个角落,有一个嫩黄色的收音机,一副玛提斯的油画靠在一把椅子边,她头天晚上穿的衣服挂在镜子旁边的壁橱里。

小Car笔记:
leaning against:倚着

 4, On the chest of drawers there was a pile of paperbacks, next to it, her handbag and keys, a bottle of mineral water and Guppy the elephant.
五斗橱上有一叠平装书,旁边是她的手袋、钥匙,一瓶矿泉水和那只格皮象。

小Car笔记:
a pile of:一堆,大量,许多
mineral water:矿泉水,姜汁饮料,苏打水

 5, By a form of transference, I fell in love with everything she owned, it all seemed so intriguing, tasteful, different from what one could ordinarily buy in the shops.
爱屋及乌,我迷恋上她拥有的一切,所有这些看上去都那么完美、趣味高雅,与平常从商店里买来的迥然相异。

小Car笔记:
transference:调任,转移,转让,移情 【常用短语】①aim transference 目标转移 ②passive transference 被动转运

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