《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）

1,She didn't turn to look at me, but took my hand in hers and squeezed it for a moment.

她没有转过身来，而是把我的手放在她的手里紧攥了一会儿。

小Car笔记：

squeeze：挤压，压榨 【常用短语】squeeze out 榨出, 榨取 【例句】It was a tight squeeze but we finally got all the clothes into the case. 箱子已经很满了，但我们还是把衣服全塞进去了。

2,'Don't flatter yourself, it's not for you I did this, I eat like this every weekend.'

“别臭美了，我又不是专为你做的，我每个周末都这样吃。”

小Car笔记：

flatter：奉承，谄媚 【常用短语】flatter oneself 自以为是, 自鸣得意 【例句】He flattered her about her cooking. 他恭维她的烹调手艺。

3,Her lie was symptomatic of a certain pride she took in mocking the romantic, in being unsentimental, matter of fact, stoic, yet at heart, she was the opposite: idealistic, dreamy, giving, and deeply attached to everything she liked verbally to dismiss as mushy.

我知道他在说谎。她一向为自己模仿浪漫而不显得多愁善感、讲究实际，但又心境淡泊感到自豪。然而在她内心深处，却完全相反，她是理想主义者，爱梦想、愿付出，深深地着迷于被她口头上斥为伤感多情的一切。

小Car笔记：

mock：嘲笑，模仿 【常用短语】mock sun n. [气]幻日, 假日 【例句】We should not mock at other people's religious beliefs. 我们不应该嘲笑别人的宗教信仰。

4,In the course of a supremely mushy breakfast, I realized something that might perhaps have seemed obvious, but that struck me as both unexpected and complicated: that Chloe had begun to feel for me a little of what I had for many weeks felt for her.

从这美好缠绵的早餐中，我意识到一些也许再明显不过但又出乎我预料、让我深感复杂的事情——克洛艾开始对我产生了我很早就对她怀有的那种感觉。

小Car笔记：

feel for：为...而有; 用手摸着找...; 对...有感情; 体谅

5,Objectively, this was not an unusual thought, but in falling in love with her, I had somehow entirely overlooked the possibility of reciprocation.

客观的说，我几乎完全忽视了自己的爱会得到回应的可能性。

小Car笔记：

reciprocation：往复运动，互换，报答 【常用短语】reciprocation pump 往复泵 【例句】But in the higher control of mind and development of intellectualand spiritual reciprocation, you are somewhat inferior. 但是更高的心智控制和智力的发展以及灵性互换，你们稍微有些差强人意。

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