《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）

愛一個(gè)人，真的可以這樣：

?1,I was no longer concerned to locate within it either insight or humour, what mattered was not so much what she was saying, as the fact that she was saying it - and that I had decided to find perfection in everything she could utter.
我也不再從話語中找出智性的感悟或詩化的真諦。她講述的內(nèi)容無關(guān)緊要，緊要的是她正在講述——我想從中發(fā)現(xiàn)她所說的一切都是那么完美無缺。

小Car筆記：
concern to：對(duì) ... 關(guān)系重大

?2,I felt ready to follow her into every anecdote (there was this shop that served fresh olives...), I was ready to love every one of her jokes that had missed its punchline, every reflection that had lost its thread.
我樂意傾聽她說的每一個(gè)趣聞（有一個(gè)賣鮮橄欖的店子……）；喜愛她講述的每一個(gè)笑話，即使講丟了其中的妙語；欣賞她發(fā)表的每一點(diǎn)見解，即使亂了頭緒。

小Car筆記：
punchline：點(diǎn)睛之筆, 妙語如珠

?3,I felt ready to abandon self-absorption for the sake of consummate empathy, to catalogue every one of Chloe's memories, to become a historian of her childhood, to learn all of her loves and fears.
我愿意不再專注自己，這完全是因?yàn)橐魄榭寺灏?。我用心體會(huì)她的每一點(diǎn)脾性，分享她的每一段記憶，探索她童年時(shí)代的生活歷程。了解她喜歡的所有事物，知曉她害怕和痛恨的東西。

小Car筆記：
self-absorption：聚精會(huì)神, 專心一意, 熱衷
for the sake of：為了，為了……的利益

?4,Everything that could possibly have played itself out within her mind and body had promptly grown fascinating.
所有這些也許早已存在于她身心之中，卻在瞬息之間變得那么神奇迷人。

小Car筆記：
promptly：迅速地, 準(zhǔn)時(shí)地, 立即

?5,Then the luggage arrived, hers only a few cases behind mine, we loaded it onto the trolleys and walked out through the green channel.
行李來了，在我行李后面只隔著幾個(gè)箱子，就是她的。我們把行李搬上手推車，從綠色通道走出去。

小Car筆記：
green channel：綠色通道(辦證快捷通道)

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