Chapter 3 of 19 · 4'29"
You Must Be Mendel 你是门德尔IMDb ↗
嫖妓不算出轨
Deconstructing Harry · 1997
CEFR C1IELTS 7.5apartmentDeathLies
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingHarry frames a story from his first marriage. Harvey Stern marries too young, mostly to escape his parents' rent-controlled nest of guilt. By day he sells shoes; by night he glows over a typewriter. He is not attracted to his wife, but to everyone else, including her sister. A coworker pitches a Chinese hooker as not cheating because cash is not a love affair. Harvey borrows Mendel Birnbaum's empty bachelor pad after a car accident. Cookie walks in calling him Mendel. Then Death knocks for the same name.
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Harry Blockwriter-narrator
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Harvey Sternstory husband
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Cookieescort
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DeathDeath
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Mendel Birnbaumhospitalized friend
Chapters
19 parts · AI-cut01Caught By The Lake湖边偷情还想再加一分钟，家里人已经在喊烤肉B13'52"02Loosely Based On Us她拿枪上门，骂他把两人的事写进小说卖钱B25'27"03You Must Be Mendel嫖妓不算出轨C14'29"04You're Out Of Focus人生对不准焦C16'52"05The Rest Of Your Life前妻说不想让儿子这辈子再看见他B22'28"06Jewish With A Vengeance娶了自己的心理医生，她产后突然虔诚得要命C13'25"07It's Benign医生说英语里最美的话不是我爱你，是没事B22'21"08Getting Married Tomorrow酒桌上她说自己明天要嫁给他的朋友B22'39"09Spiritually Bankrupt灵魂已经破产B13'26"10Short Of Kidnapping儿子不肯去看他领奖，他只好把人绑上车B23'32"11Cold Fish Ex-Wife有人被自己写出来的人训B23'22"12I Can't Love他劝费伊别爱上他，说自己就是那个不会爱的人B23'57"13Illusion Of Permanence他对姐姐说，传统不过是永恒的错觉C13'01"14He Ate Them旧作里有人吃掉家人来藏尸体，姐姐骂他反犹B26'40"15Don't Fuck The Patient出轨只能找病人B26'03"16I Smell Sulfur有人被自己笔下的角色揭穿C14'43"17A Hooker And A Body领奖他带着妓女和一具尸体到场，人开始失焦B25'09"18The House Always Wins地狱里他说来回涨跌，最后总是庄家赢B25'25"19Art Into My Life费伊说他只把艺术放进作品，却不放进生活B25'01"
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00:00
So whose life were you exploiting today?
你今天又在剥削谁的人生？
00:00
You'll be very happy... rewriting them.
你改写他们会很开心……
00:02
I was working on a little autobiographical thing about when I was first married.
我在写点带自传色彩的东西，关于我刚结婚那会儿。
00:07
Harvey stern married too young...
哈维·斯特恩结婚太早……
00:10
mainly to get out of his parents' apartment, which was a rent-controlled cornucopia of guilt, antagonism, and soul-deadening criticism .
主要是为了逃出父母的公寓，那是间租金管制的宝库，装满内疚、敌意，还有把灵魂磨死的挑剔。
00:17
By day, he labored listlessly in a shoe store.
白天，他无精打采地在鞋店干活。
00:21
He glowed intensely over his Remington portable.
夜里对着他那台雷明顿手提打字机，整个人都发光。
00:25
Are you coming to bed?
你还不来睡觉？
00:27
I'm in the middle of a sentence, and now I've lost my thread ...
我句子写到一半，这下思路断了……
00:31
I'm just feeling a little rejected because we never sleep together anymore.
我只是有点被冷落，我们再也不同房了。
00:35
I don't know what it is.
我也不知道怎么回事。
00:36
I'm just not attracted to her.
我就是对她没感觉。
00:38
Is she doing something to put you off ?
她做了什么让你倒胃口吗？
00:39
No, it's my fault, too.
没有，也有我的问题。
00:41
And I lie to her. I tell her that I'm too wrapped up in work, but the opposite is true .
而且我对她撒谎。我告诉她我太扑在工作上，其实正好相反。
00:46
I'm hyper-sexually aroused, just not for her.
我性欲高得很，只是不想她。
00:50
Who for, then?
那想谁？
00:51
Anyone else.
别的谁都行。
00:52
She has a sister. I'm dying to fuck her.
她有个妹妹。我迫不及待想跟她上床。
00:55
A doll . Thick lips.
大美人。厚嘴唇。
00:57
Her friend from Columbia. Jennifer? I dream of her.
她哥伦比亚大学的朋友。珍妮弗？我做梦都想她。
00:59
I never thought I could care about African history, but she's spellbinding.
我从没想过自己会关心非洲史，可她讲起来迷人极了。
01:03
The truth is, I never meet or see a woman that I don't wonder what it would be like in bed with her.
说实话，我没见过一个女人，不幻想跟她上床会怎样。
01:12
Kid. Psst.
小子。嘘。
01:13
I met a great hooker .
我碰到一个很棒的妓女。
01:16
A hooker ?
妓女？
01:17
Beautiful. From China.
漂亮。从中国来的。
01:20
Unbelievable body.
身材不可思议。
01:22
Schooled by tradition in the art of pleasing men.
按传统调教过，精通取悦男人的本事。
01:27
It's 50 clams.
五十块。
01:28
Wouldn't you be cheating on your wife?
那你不是在对妻子不忠吗？
01:31
No. It's not cheating. She's a hooker .
不。这不算偷情。她是妓女。
01:34
It's not like I'm having a love affair .
又不是我在搞外遇。
01:36
See, you don't feel for a professional girl the way you do for your wife.
你看，你对职业女郎的感觉，跟对妻子不一样。
01:41
She comes over, rubs on her oils...
她上门来，抹上她的精油……
01:44
oils?
精油？
01:45
Into the sack , she takes you to the moon.
往床上一倒，带你爽上天。
01:47
You lay half a c-note on her, and she's history .
你甩给她五十块，人就没了。
01:51
I don't know. Where would you do it?
我不知道。你上哪儿去弄？
01:53
I mean, I couldn't have her come back to my apartment.
我是说，我总不能让她来我公寓。
01:56
You get a hotel room.
你开间酒店。
01:57
That's what I do when the wife's home.
老婆在家的时候我就这么干。
02:00
No. See, I don't have that kind of dough .
不行。你看，我没那么多钱。
02:03
I mean, 50's a lot in itself, you know?
我是说，五十块本身就不少了，你懂吧？
02:05
Maybe a friend will let you use his place.
也许朋友会让你用他的地方。
02:07
Hey, kid, you're always bitchin' about your sex life.
嘿，小子，你老抱怨性生活。
02:11
I'm trying to help.
我这是想帮你。
02:12
And I just tell her that you gave me the number?
那我就告诉她，是你给的号码？
02:16
No, no, no, no. Not my name.
不不不，不行。别提我的名字。
02:18
Don't use your real name.
别用你的真名。
02:20
No, of cour... not the real name.
不，当……不用真名。
02:21
Tell you what you do. You borrow a friend's apartment.
听我说你怎么做。你借朋友的公寓。
02:24
You use his name. That way, it'll be on the bell.
你用他的名字。这样门铃上写的就是他。
02:29
Now good fortune smiled on Harvey as one of his closest friends, Mendel Birnbaum, was hit by a car and lay hovering between life and death at New York hospital, thus freeing up a great bachelor apartment for Harvey's tryst.
这下好运降临哈维：他最要好的朋友之一门德尔·伯恩鲍姆被车撞了，在纽约医院徘徊在生死之间，于是给哈维腾出了一套绝佳的单身公寓，好让他幽会。
02:43
Donning the other man's silk robe...
披上那人的丝绸睡袍……
02:46
Harvey became the swinger Mendel Birnbaum and awaited his oriental passport to paradise.
哈维摇身一变成了风流的门德尔·伯恩鲍姆，等候他那张通往极乐的东方通行证。
02:53
You must be Mendel Birnbaum.
你一定是门德尔·伯恩鲍姆吧。
03:09
Aah!
啊！
03:16
Did you enjoy it?
你觉得怎么样？
03:18
Are you kidding me? I will be right back .
你开什么玩笑？我马上回来。
03:21
Where you going?
你去哪儿？
03:22
I'm gonna go check my pants and see if I can find another 50.
我去翻翻裤子，看还能不能再找出五十块。
03:26
I'd like to go again.
我想再来一次。
03:40
Mendel Birnbaum?
门德尔·伯恩鲍姆？
03:44
Yes?
是？
03:46
Open.
开门。
03:48
Who is it?
谁啊？
03:51
Mendel Birnbaum?
门德尔·伯恩鲍姆？
03:55
Who are you?
你是谁？
03:56
I've come for you.
我是来带你走的。
03:59
What are you talking about?
你在说什么？
04:00
I'm death, and your name is on my list.
我是死神，你的名字在我名单上。
04:05
No, no, no. Wait a minute. You've made a mistake .
不不不。等一下。你搞错了。
04:08
You don't have a minute.
你没有一分钟。
04:11
No, see, I'm not Mendel birnb...
不，你看，我不是门德尔·伯恩……
04:12
don't give me that bullshit !
少跟我扯那些屁话！
04:15
Look at your monogram.
看看你袍子上的字母。
04:17
Mendel, who are you talking to?
门德尔，你在跟谁说话？
04:20
No, stop calling me Mendel.
别，别再叫我门德尔。
04:22
Please, I'm just using his pad .
求你了，我只是借住他的地方。
04:24
Right. They always have an excuse.
行了。他们总有借口。
04:26
Let's go. Move it, you little putz .
走吧。快点，你这小蠢货。
04:31
So I'm standing there on the roof with her, and she's pointing a gun at me, and we're out there in the cold, and I'm telling her about a short story I wrote when I was younger, and she found it funny, thank God, and she started to... you know, she laughed, and she relaxed a little, and she put the gun down, and, you know, but, uh...
我就站在屋顶上跟她对着，她拿枪指着我，外面又冷，我就跟她讲我年轻时写的一个短篇，谢天谢地她觉得好笑，然后她就开始……你知道，她笑了，放松了一点，把枪放下了，然后，你知道，可是，呃……
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoCollocationA2↩ 00:10
get out of something
get out of something
离开、逃离某处
这里=逃离父母家，不只是出门
mainly to get out of his parents' apartment, which was a rent-controlled cornucopia of guilt, antagonism, and soul-deadening criticism .
主要是为了逃出父母的公寓，那是间租金管制的宝库，装满内疚、敌意，还有把灵魂磨死的挑剔。
GrammarB2↩ 00:10
which was a rent-controlled cornucopia of guilt, antagonism, and soul-deadening criticism
非限制定语：which 补一句给公寓定性，删掉主句仍成立。
mainly to get out of his parents' apartment, which was a rent-controlled cornucopia of guilt, antagonism, and soul-deadening criticism .
主要是为了逃出父母的公寓，那是间租金管制的宝库，装满内疚、敌意，还有把灵魂磨死的挑剔。
CollocationA2↩ 00:27
in the middle of something
in the middle of something
正做到一半
I'm in the middle of a sentence, and now I've lost my thread ...
我句子写到一半，这下思路断了……
CollocationB2↩ 00:27
lose one's thread
lose one's thread
思路、话头断了
I'm in the middle of a sentence, and now I've lost my thread ...
我句子写到一半，这下思路断了……
Pronunciation↩ 00:27
middle of a
middle of a 连成 middle-ə-və。
I'm in the middle of a sentence, and now I've lost my thread ...
我句子写到一半，这下思路断了……
CollocationA2↩ 00:36
attracted to someone
attracted to someone
对某人有性/吸引力
I'm just not attracted to her.
我就是对她没感觉。
CollocationB1↩ 00:38
put someone off
put someone off
让人倒胃口、没兴趣
Is she doing something to put you off ?
她做了什么让你倒胃口吗？
CollocationB1↩ 00:41
wrapped up in something
wrapped up in something
全心扑在某事上
And I lie to her. I tell her that I'm too wrapped up in work, but the opposite is true .
而且我对她撒谎。我告诉她我太扑在工作上，其实正好相反。
CollocationB1↩ 00:41
the opposite is true
the opposite is true
事实正好相反
And I lie to her. I tell her that I'm too wrapped up in work, but the opposite is true .
而且我对她撒谎。我告诉她我太扑在工作上，其实正好相反。
Pronunciation↩ 00:41
wrapped up in
wrapped up in 连成 wrapt-up-in。
And I lie to her. I tell her that I'm too wrapped up in work, but the opposite is true .
而且我对她撒谎。我告诉她我太扑在工作上，其实正好相反。
CollocationB1↩ 00:52
dying to do something
dying to do something
迫不及待想做
这里不是真要死，是很想
She has a sister. I'm dying to fuck her.
她有个妹妹。我迫不及待想跟她上床。
SlangB1↩ 00:55
doll
大美人——老派口语夸女人，现在慎用
A doll . Thick lips.
大美人。厚嘴唇。
GrammarC1↩ 01:03
I never meet or see a woman that I don't wonder
双重否定：never…that I don't=没有例外，等于见一个想一个。
The truth is, I never meet or see a woman that I don't wonder what it would be like in bed with her.
说实话，我没见过一个女人，不幻想跟她上床会怎样。
SlangB1↩ 01:13
hooker
妓女、应召——口语粗词，书面别用
I met a great hooker .
我碰到一个很棒的妓女。
CollocationB1↩ 01:28
cheat on someone
cheat on someone
对某人不忠、出轨
Wouldn't you be cheating on your wife?
那你不是在对妻子不忠吗？
GrammarB1↩ 01:28
Wouldn't you be cheating on your wife?
否定疑问：Wouldn't you 预期对方承认：这不算出轨吗？
Wouldn't you be cheating on your wife?
那你不是在对妻子不忠吗？
Pronunciation↩ 01:28
Wouldn't you be
Wouldn't you 连成 woodn-chew，t 弹掉。
Wouldn't you be cheating on your wife?
那你不是在对妻子不忠吗？
CollocationB1↩ 01:34
have a love affair
have a love affair
有一段恋情
It's not like I'm having a love affair .
又不是我在搞外遇。
SlangB1↩ 01:45
the sack
床、上床——口语说睡觉/做爱，正式别用
Into the sack , she takes you to the moon.
往床上一倒，带你爽上天。
CollocationB1↩ 01:47
someone is history
someone is history
人已经走了、结束了
这里=妓女拿钱立刻消失
You lay half a c-note on her, and she's history .
你甩给她五十块，人就没了。
Pronunciation↩ 01:47
half a c-note
half a 连成 half-ə，c-note 重读。
You lay half a c-note on her, and she's history .
你甩给她五十块，人就没了。
SlangB1↩ 01:47
c-note
一百美元——美国老派黑话，正式写金额
You lay half a c-note on her, and she's history .
你甩给她五十块，人就没了。
SlangA2↩ 02:00
dough
钱——口语说钱，正式场合说 money
No. See, I don't have that kind of dough .
不行。你看，我没那么多钱。
CollocationB1↩ 02:07
bitch about something
bitch about something
抱怨某事
Hey, kid, you're always bitchin' about your sex life.
嘿，小子，你老抱怨性生活。
Pronunciation↩ 02:07
bitchin' about your
bitchin' 已吞 g，about 弱读成 əbout。
Hey, kid, you're always bitchin' about your sex life.
嘿，小子，你老抱怨性生活。
SlangB1↩ 02:07
bitchin'
抱怨、发牢骚——粗口抱怨，熟人之间才说
Hey, kid, you're always bitchin' about your sex life.
嘿，小子，你老抱怨性生活。
CollocationA2↩ 02:21
tell you what
tell you what
听我说、教你一招
Tell you what you do. You borrow a friend's apartment.
听我说你怎么做。你借朋友的公寓。
CollocationB2↩ 02:29
hover between life and death
hover between life and death
徘徊在生死之间
Now good fortune smiled on Harvey as one of his closest friends, Mendel Birnbaum, was hit by a car and lay hovering between life and death at New York hospital, thus freeing up a great bachelor apartment for Harvey's tryst.
这下好运降临哈维：他最要好的朋友之一门德尔·伯恩鲍姆被车撞了，在纽约医院徘徊在生死之间，于是给哈维腾出了一套绝佳的单身公寓，好让他幽会。
CollocationB1↩ 02:29
free something up
free something up
腾出来
Now good fortune smiled on Harvey as one of his closest friends, Mendel Birnbaum, was hit by a car and lay hovering between life and death at New York hospital, thus freeing up a great bachelor apartment for Harvey's tryst.
这下好运降临哈维：他最要好的朋友之一门德尔·伯恩鲍姆被车撞了，在纽约医院徘徊在生死之间，于是给哈维腾出了一套绝佳的单身公寓，好让他幽会。
GrammarC1↩ 02:29
thus freeing up a great bachelor apartment for Harvey's tryst
分词结果状：thus + doing 表结果：车祸的后果是腾出公寓。
Now good fortune smiled on Harvey as one of his closest friends, Mendel Birnbaum, was hit by a car and lay hovering between life and death at New York hospital, thus freeing up a great bachelor apartment for Harvey's tryst.
这下好运降临哈维：他最要好的朋友之一门德尔·伯恩鲍姆被车撞了，在纽约医院徘徊在生死之间，于是给哈维腾出了一套绝佳的单身公寓，好让他幽会。
GrammarB2↩ 02:29
one of his closest friends, Mendel Birnbaum,
同位语：逗号夹姓名，给 friends 补上具体是谁。
Now good fortune smiled on Harvey as one of his closest friends, Mendel Birnbaum, was hit by a car and lay hovering between life and death at New York hospital, thus freeing up a great bachelor apartment for Harvey's tryst.
这下好运降临哈维：他最要好的朋友之一门德尔·伯恩鲍姆被车撞了，在纽约医院徘徊在生死之间，于是给哈维腾出了一套绝佳的单身公寓，好让他幽会。
Pronunciation↩ 02:53
must be Mendel
must be 轻，Mendel 三音节咬清。
You must be Mendel Birnbaum.
你一定是门德尔·伯恩鲍姆吧。
CollocationA2↩ 03:18
be right back
be right back
马上回来
Are you kidding me? I will be right back .
你开什么玩笑？我马上回来。
CollocationA2↩ 04:05
make a mistake
make a mistake
搞错了
No, no, no. Wait a minute. You've made a mistake .
不不不。等一下。你搞错了。
Pronunciation↩ 04:12
that bullshit
bullshit 两音节都重，像拍桌。
don't give me that bullshit !
少跟我扯那些屁话！
SlangB1↩ 04:22
pad
住处、公寓——口语说房子，正式说 apartment
Please, I'm just using his pad .
求你了，我只是借住他的地方。
SlangB2↩ 04:26
putz
蠢货、窝囊废——意第绪语骂人，纽约口语，正式别用
Let's go. Move it, you little putz .
走吧。快点，你这小蠢货。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
IronyB2↩ 01:31
it's not cheating
付钱就不算出轨
In the scene哈维对同事把召妓说成不是出轨，因为对方是妓女。
He said it wasn't lying if the client never asked.他说客户没问就不算撒谎。
In daily life
开脱自己It's not skipping class. I'm on a site visit.这不算逃课。我在外出考察。
above my level
SwearingC1↩ 00:52
fuck
迫不及待想上床
In the scene哈维对同事说很想睡妻子的妹妹，口气又急又粗。
He kept saying he was desperate to sleep with her roommate.他反复说自己迫不及待想睡她室友。
In daily life
吐槽欲望Don't say that at dinner. Keep it crude in private.饭桌上别这么说。粗话留私下。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 00:27
lose one's thread
话头、思路断了
In the scene妻子叫他睡觉，哈维说句子写到一半，线断了。
The phone rang and I lost my thread in the email.电话一响，邮件写到一半思路断了。
In daily life
开会走神Sorry, I lost my thread. Where was I?抱歉，思路断了。我说到哪了？
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wrapped up in
全心扑在某事上
In the scene哈维骗妻子自己太忙，其实欲火很旺，只是不想她。
She's wrapped up in the launch and barely answers texts.她全心扑在上线，几乎不回消息。
In daily life
推掉聚餐I'm wrapped up in taxes this week. Rain check?这周我全扑在报税上。改天？
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c-note
一百美元钞票
In the scene同事说甩半张百元票，妓女拿钱就走，不留感情。
He slipped the doorman a c-note to look the other way.他塞给门卫一张百元钞，让他装没看见。
In daily life
付小费A c-note is too much for a two-block ride.两街区车程给一百太多了。
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be history
人已经走了、结束了
In the scene同事说钱一放下，妓女立刻消失，不留感情。
Pay the invoice and that vendor is history.发票一结，那个供应商就没了。
In daily life
结束约会One dry text and he's history.一条冷淡短信，他就出局了。
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hooker
妓女、应召女郎
In the scene同事向哈维推荐一个很棒的妓女，后来说付钱就不算出轨。
The vice cop used hooker on the street and sex worker in the report.扫黄警察街上说 hooker，报告里写性工作者。
In daily life
纠正用词Don't say hooker in the meeting. Say sex worker.会上别说 hooker。说性工作者。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“No. It's not cheating. She's a hooker.”
不。这不算偷情。她是妓女。
Why it's great
六个词完成道德改装：付钱就不是出轨，厚颜得像一条新法规。
Pattern
It's not X. She's/He's a Y.
When to use
硬把越界行为重新定义、给自己开脱时。
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It's not a crime if you pay for it. ／ That doesn't count. She's a professional.
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informal
Shadowing tip
No 顿住，cheating 和 hooker 一样重。
Use it yourself
推脱责任It's not gossip. She's a reporter.这不算嚼舌。她是记者。
“The truth is, I never meet or see a woman that I don't wonder what it would be like in bed with her.”
说实话，我没见过一个女人，不幻想跟她上床会怎样。
Why it's great
双重否定把欲望说成定律，一句自白罩住所有女人。
Pattern
I never see X that I don't…
When to use
承认某种念头几乎对所有对象都成立时。
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I never meet anyone I don't size up. ／ There's no one I don't compare.
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literary
Shadowing tip
truth is 稍停，wonder 拉长，her 落下。
Use it yourself
承认癖好I never walk into a kitchen that I don't check the knives.我进厨房没有一次不先看刀。
“I'm death, and your name is on my list.”
我是死神，你的名字在我名单上。
Why it's great
身份加名单，六个词把敲门说成手续，冷得像办公。
Pattern
I'm X, and you're on my list.
When to use
宣告自己有权找人、对方跑不掉时。
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You're on my list. ／ I came for you by name.
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informal
Shadowing tip
death 咬死，list 往下收，不要笑。
Use it yourself
催缴通知I'm payroll, and your name is on my list.我是发薪的，你的名字在我名单上。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 哈维娶得太早
Harvey stern married too young... mainly to get out of his parents' apartment, which was a rent-controlled cornucopia of guilt, antagonism, and soul-deadening criticism. By day, he labored listlessly in a shoe store. He glowed intensely over his Remington portable.
哈维·斯特恩结婚太早…… 主要是为了逃出父母的公寓，那是间租金管制的宝库，装满内疚、敌意，还有把灵魂磨死的挑剔。 白天，他无精打采地在鞋店干活。 夜里对着他那台雷明顿手提打字机，整个人都发光。
一句控租公寓里的内疚，把结婚动机钉死。
❝ 对谁都想上床
She has a sister. I'm dying to fuck her. A doll. Thick lips. Her friend from Columbia. Jennifer? I dream of her. I never thought I could care about African history, but she's spellbinding. The truth is, I never meet or see a woman that I don't wonder what it would be like in bed with her.
她有个妹妹。我迫不及待想跟她上床。 大美人。厚嘴唇。 她哥伦比亚大学的朋友。珍妮弗？我做梦都想她。 我从没想过自己会关心非洲史，可她讲起来迷人极了。 说实话，我没见过一个女人，不幻想跟她上床会怎样。
点名三个女人，收成一条欲望定律。