和……一样有意思、丝毫不逊色
散步时雷恩把盖布的第二篇小说夸得和第一篇一样好，用这句话为后面的恭维和索稿铺路。
Your second story was every bit as interesting as your first.Husbands and Wives · 1992 — 第 8 / 15 章 · 3'13" · C1
散步时聊写作与爱情：knocked out by it
两人边走边聊写作，盖布夸雷恩的新故事 I was knocked out by it（我看得完全被震住了），又聊起文学：托尔斯泰是正餐、屠格涅夫是甜点。雷恩兴奋地谈起巴黎和 café life（咖啡馆式的生活），说没在巴黎的雨天接过吻就不算真的接过吻。想学文青式聊天的恭维和浪漫，这些很上头。
发生了什么
盖布和雷恩并排走着，一路聊写作。盖布夸她的新故事 every bit as interesting as（丝毫不逊色）上一篇，说自己 I was knocked out by it（看得完全被震住）。雷恩高兴地聊起文学：托尔斯泰是一顿正餐，屠格涅夫是极品甜点；她还说花五天找那个形容丈夫的完美词，最后自己 made it up（编造）了一个，查词典都查不到。话题转到浪漫：她想住在巴黎，喜欢 café life（咖啡馆式的生活），说没在巴黎的雨天接过吻就不算接过吻；盖布说自己不是被吻的那个，而是主动吻人的那个。最后雷恩小心地问能不能读盖布的长篇，盖布说自己已经 disenchanted with it（对它不再抱幻想），只说再想想。
这场戏看什么
- 听她把恭维铺成借书请求
- 注意盖布怀疑激情能否持久
- 盯文学比喻从正餐到维生素
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knocked out by it
被某件作品彻底镇住、折服deeply impressed and overwhelmed by something
散步时雷恩读完盖布的第二篇小说，说自己被彻底镇住了；这份极致的赞美，后来也成了她开口要稿子的台阶。
We were knocked out by the final scene of that play.那出戏的最后一幕把我们都看傻了。
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- every bit as interesting as
和……一样有意思、丝毫不逊色
- made it up
（自己）编造、杜撰出来
- disenchanted with
对……不再抱幻想、失望
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被某件作品彻底镇住、折服
散步时雷恩读完盖布的第二篇小说，说自己被彻底镇住了；这份极致的赞美，后来也成了她开口要稿子的台阶。
- I was knocked out by it. - I'm thrilled. I'm so glad you like it.对某人很鼓励、给某人打气
You're so encouraging to me, you know? I want you to know that.只是一家之言
No, don't be... Oh, don't be silly. I'm just one opinion.某人的看法对……很重要
I can't tell you how much your opinion means to me, you know?出去散步
- Oh, you know... - Listen, you wanna go for a walk?（张力）逐渐累积
Because the tension built up so, so beautifully, and you released all the energy in the last paragraph.非常老练、有层次
- I thought that was very sophisticated. - Oh, thanks.找一个最贴切的词
I spent five days searching for the perfect word to describe the husband, and that's when I came up with "appucious."（在词典里）查某词
"Appucious," yeah. I looked that up in the dictionary, but I couldn't find it.（自己）编造、杜撰出来
盖布对年轻作家说，自己为了形容故事里的丈夫，造了个字典里查不到的词 appucious；对方说查不到，他坦然承认那是他编的。谁对谁说：盖布对来请教写作的年轻女作家说。
- Yeah, I know. I made it up. - Oh, really?（比喻）一顿正餐、分量十足
Tolstoy is a full meal.（比喻）一份极品的甜点
Uh, Turgenev, I would say, is a fabulous dessert.以前觉得、过去以为
I used to think that was so romantic.对另一半失去性吸引
Oh, I don't know. Time magazine, they said you lose your sexual attraction for the other person in four years, I think it was.（反讽）权威肯定知道，对吧
- And Time must know, right? - Yeah.咖啡馆式的生活
I just find that very romantic, you know? 'Cause I like café life.根本没算接过吻
Listen, let me tell you. Until you've been kissed on one of those rainy Parisian afternoons, you've never been kissed.对它失望、不再抱幻想
Ah. You know, it's... I'm very disenchanted with it. I'm really...本不该问你（后悔做了某事）
- Oh, I shouldn't have asked you. - No, no, no, no, no.看懂「散步时聊写作与爱情」
这一章能学到
- 理解“every bit as”在本场的具体语气
- 分清“knocked out”的字面和实际作用
- 听出说话者如何推进这次对话
Oh, to write, to fall in love and to experience real passion.哦，去写作，去恋爱，去体验真正的激情。 用三个并列的 to 把一生的渴望排开：写作、爱情、激情。语气像咏叹，也暴露了这份浪漫有多不切实际。
Tolstoy is a full meal.托尔斯泰是一顿正餐。 用一顿饭来评一个作家：厚重、管饱、不是点心。把阅读的体感说得又准又轻。
Listen, let me tell you. Until you've been kissed on one of those rainy Parisian afternoons, you've never been kissed.听着，跟你说。除非你在那种下雨的巴黎午后接过吻，否则你根本没接过吻。 把一次接吻抬成一种资格：没在巴黎的雨天吻过，就不算吻过。浪漫得理直气壮，也傲慢得可爱。
Well, I-I wasn't kissed, but I was the kisser.嗯，我——我不是被吻的那个，我是主动去吻的那个。 把浪漫故事拆开自曝：她不是被吻的公主，是主动的那个人。诚实又有点好笑。
关于这一章的问题
knocked out by it 是什么意思？
字面是「被它打晕」，引申为被某件作品彻底震住、折服。原句 I was knocked out by it，就是「我看得完全被震住了」。
「编造、杜撰」英语怎么说？
make it up。原句 I made it up 就是「是我自己编的」，指凭空造出一个词或一个说法，常用在解释不存在的词时。
「对……不再抱幻想」用英语怎么讲？
disenchanted with。原句 I'm very disenchanted with it，就是「我对它已经很失望、不再抱幻想」，语气比 disappointed 更冷静。
「丝毫不逊色」英语怎么说？
every bit as interesting as...，every bit as 强调「完全一样地」，原句说第二个故事丝毫不输第一个。
「在巴黎的雨天接过吻」这句想表达什么？
Until you've been kissed on one of those rainy Parisian afternoons, you've never been kissed，用除非……否则的句式把一件私事说成浪漫的门槛。
「我以前觉得」英语怎么说？
I used to think。used to do 表示过去常常、以前是那样，原句 I used to think that was so romantic 就是「我以前觉得这话浪漫极了」。
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第 1 章grow apart饭前宣布两人要分开
第 2 章to the best of my knowledge深夜夫妻翻婚姻旧账
第 3 章a different ball game电话里逼问出同居
第 4 章I meant it as a compliment夸完小说又追问身世
第 5 章penchant for解释神风女人理论
第 6 章out of left field撞见新女友后吵翻
第 7 章touch a nerve午饭上聊单身分手
正在看 · 第 8 章knocked out by it散步时聊写作与爱情
第 9 章Sooner or later约会后说不能太快
第 10 章cleaned up my act见家长后听她摊情史
第 11 章out of line为星座吵到翻脸
第 12 章wipe out醉后来敲门想复合
第 13 章in your corner作家被读者挑刺
第 14 章go sour床上吵到承认结束
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