《复仇》 第158期:同居生活

 When the season's over, I was thinking, 我在考虑  夏日将尽之时

maybe you and I could get a place in the city. 或许我俩能在城里找个地方住

I mean, we've already been kind of living together. 我们已经差不多算同居了

Which has been wonderful. 这段时光真的很幸福

But I never really imagined that I would 但我从未想过

get a place 要在婚前

with somebody until I was married. 与人同居

My parents were actually... 事实上  我的父母...

pretty traditional. 都很传统

And keeping those traditions alive, I-- 保留这些传统

I feel like I'm honoring them in a small way. 我觉得是对他们的一种尊敬

Yeah. I get it. 我明白的

But don't get me wrong. I love you, 别误会  我爱你

and I want to be with you, 我想和你在一起

just in the right way. 只是应该处之得当

Of course, one doesn't often consider 当然  在非虚构类文学创作中

the role of inspiration¹ in the work of nonfiction writing. 灵感的运用可以忽略不计

In my admittedly biased² opinion, that is an oversight³. 众所周知  我认为那是一个谬误

It is very much a factor of my work. 灵感恰恰是我创作中不可或缺的因素

Only it comes from without, 只是它来源于外界

not from within-- 而非内在

From the deceits⁴ perpetrated by the worst among us. 来源于卑劣之徒犯下的累累罪行

My subjects are always my inspiration. 我的写作对象一直是我的灵感源泉

What a tool. 好个狗腿子

Mm. Exactly. 没错

 

1 inspiration   

n.灵感，鼓励者，吸气

参考例句：

• These events provided the inspiration for his first novel.这些事件给了他创作第一部小说的灵感。
• What an inspiration she was to all around her!她对于她周围所有的人是一种多么大的鼓舞！

2 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

3 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

4 deceits   

n.欺骗( deceit的名词复数 )；欺诈；不诚实的行为或言语；诡计

参考例句：

• Self-deceit is the most serious among all the deceits. 所有欺骗中，自欺是最为严重的。 来自互联网