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夸完小说又追问身世:I meant it as a compliment

课后办公室里,盖布把雷恩的短篇小说一通猛夸:absolutely fabulous(简直太棒了),还说可能是她这学期读过最好的东西。雷恩被夸得脸红想哭,回一句 your approbation means more to me than anybody's(你的赞许比谁的都重要)。可话题很快拐弯,他开始追问她的身世,I meant it as a compliment(本意是想夸你)也救不回场面。

发生了什么

课后,盖布把雷恩叫住,一通夸奖:那篇短篇小说 absolutely fabulous(简直太棒了),是他这学期读过最好的东西,洞察精彩、文笔优雅。雷恩听得脸红到想哭,说 your approbation means more to me than anybody's(你的赞许比谁的都重要),还说正因为盖布,她才开始写作。可盖布突然开始追问:名字雷恩怎么来的?家里是不是作家?是不是独生女?接着又问她怎么能写出这么深的东西、家里是不是 stormy and tempestuous(风波不断)。雷恩反问:你怎么问这么多?她解释,写小说不过是个窍门,十岁时她就写过整篇关于巴黎的故事,可根本没去过。

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本章短语

I meant it as a compliment

本意是想夸你、出发点是好的my intention was to praise you, not to criticize you

课堂上盖布夸雷恩的小说写得极好,雷恩却听出一丝怜悯,脸色发僵;盖布赶紧补一句自己本意是夸奖,让她别往坏处想。

I said your dress was bold; I meant it as a compliment.我说你这条裙子很大胆,是在夸你。

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  • means more to me than

    对我来说比……都更重要

  • approbation

    赞许、认可(正式用语)

  • stormy and tempestuous

    (性格或关系)暴躁又激烈的、风浪不断的

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短语 · A2a short story

短篇小说(文学体裁)

Hey, listen, your short story was absolutely fabulous.
短语 · B2mean something as a compliment

本意是想夸你、出发点是好的

课堂上盖布夸雷恩的小说写得极好,雷恩却听出一丝怜悯,脸色发僵;盖布赶紧补一句自己本意是夸奖,让她别往坏处想。

Don't take it that, that badly. I meant it as a compliment.
短语 · B2mean more to someone than ...

对我来说比……都更重要

课堂上雷恩对盖布的夸奖半信半疑,她坦白盖布的认可对她来说比任何人的都重要;这句话既是崇拜,也是不动声色的靠近。

It's just, your approbation means more to me than anybody's.
短语 · B1the reason why ...

……的原因、让某事发生的原因

I mean, you're the reason why I wanted to start writing.
短语 · B1used to do something

过去常常引用/说

My family and I, we used to quote, you know, "The Grey Hat."
短语 · C1compromise one's dreams

对梦想妥协

Where it goes, "Giving up his hopes, compromising one's dreams, is like putting on a grey hat."
短语 · C1put on a grey hat

(比喻)戴上灰帽子,象征放弃希望

Where it goes, "Giving up his hopes, compromising one's dreams, is like putting on a grey hat."
短语 · B1name someone after someone

用某人的名字给……命名

Uh, my parents named me after, uh, Rilke.
短语 · B2an investment banker

投资银行家

Oh, no. My dad's an investment banker, and my mom works at Lincoln Center.
短语 · B1be an only child

独生子女

Uh-huh. Are you an only child?
短语 · B1ask all these questions

问这么多问题

Why are you asking all these questions?
短语 · B1give something to someone else

把它交给别人(看)

I gave it to someone else to read, and she was also very, very impressed with it, so I...
短语 · A2too many questions

问题问得太多了

- Yeah, I'm from East End. East End Avenue. - Are these too many questions?
短语 · B1manage to do something

设法写出、居然写得出

So how did you manage to write something so, so deep?
短语 · C1stormy and tempestuous

(性格或关系)暴躁又激烈的、风浪不断的

教授追问学生小说为什么写得这么深,猜她家里是不是 stormy and tempestuous,学生一脸茫然,说自己并不知道自己这么戏剧化。

Or, I... Is your whole family stormy and tempestuous or...
短语 · B1just a trick

不过是个窍门/套路

It's-It's just a trick, you know?
短语 · B2turn something out

随手写出、批量产出

Can you, can you just turn it out? I mean...

看懂「夸完小说又追问身世」

这一章能学到

  • 理解“approbation”在本场的具体语气
  • 分清“name someone after”的字面和实际作用
  • 听出说话者如何推进这次对话
It's just, your approbation means more to me than anybody's.

只是,你的赞许对我来说比任何人的都重要。 用了一个书面词 approbation,反而暴露她紧张:越是想说得体面,越说明这句话她练了很久。

I mean, you're the reason why I wanted to start writing.

我是说,就是因为你,我才想开始写作。 把一个人的影响说得干净利落:不是鼓励,是起点。学生把老师当成了自己选择这条路的理由。

So how did you manage to write something so, so deep?

那你是怎么写出这么、这么有深度的东西的? 重复的 so, so 让人听见他的着迷:他不是在点评作品,是在追问一个他理解不了的人。

It's like, um, when I was ten, one time I wrote this whole story on Paris, and I'd never even been there, you know?

就像,嗯,我十岁那年,有一次写了整篇关于巴黎的故事,可我根本没去过那儿,你知道? 她用一个童年小事把「写作的深度」拉回地面:深度可以来自想象,不必来自经历。

关于这一章的问题

I meant it as a compliment 是什么意思?

意思是「我是当夸奖说的、本意是好的」。当一句话让对方不高兴时,可以用它解释:I meant it as a compliment,就是「我没有恶意」。

approbation 是什么意思?

是「赞许、认可」的正式说法,比 approval 更书面。原句 your approbation means more to me than anybody's,就是「你的认可对我最重要」。

「比谁都更重要」英语怎么说?

means more to me than...,用比较级表达分量。原句接 anybody's,省略了名词,等于 more than anybody else's approbation。

「独生子女」英语怎么说?

an only child。原句问 Are you an only child,就是「你是独生女吗」。不管男女都用 an only child,不用改词。

「风波不断、性情激烈」英语怎么形容?

stormy and tempestuous。stormy 是「暴风雨般的」,tempestuous 更强烈,常形容人的性格或关系起伏大、爱起冲突。

「不过是个窍门」英语怎么说?

just a trick。原句 It's just a trick,意思是这不算真本事,只是个套路或技巧,用来把自己写得那么深解释成巧合。

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