《K歌情人》精讲 12挥之不去的过去

I'm Sally Michaels.

我就是Sally Michaels。

I saw that they were giving these courses on writing at the New School so I signed up.

我看到他们在给新学校上这些写作课程，所以我报名了。

And my teacher was Sloan Cates.

我的老师就是Sloan Cates。

Brilliant, handsome.

聪明英俊。

The truth is, I was in love with him.

事实是，我爱上了他。

And we began spending every minute together.

之后我们开始交往。

Which is why I was sort of surprised when his fiancee showed up.

所以当他的未婚妻出现的时候，我非常吃惊。

Yeah, he never mentioned that he was engaged to a history professor who was on a year-longsabbatical in Spain.

他从来都没提过他和一个历史教授订婚了，那教授当时在西班牙度假。

And when she popped in for an unexpected visit it sort of turned into a reenactment of the Inquisition.

当她突然意料之外地到访，整个事情就变成了我一连串的盘问。

And that... And that was that? That was the end of that?

就是那样吗? 那就是结局吗?

Yeah. We never saw each other again.

是啊我们再也没见过面。

I dropped the class and a year later his new novel showed up.

我退了课，一年之后，他的新小说出版了。

The Sally what's-it novel.

就是那个Sally什么的。

With exalted¹ literary aspirations² who lures³ a brilliant writer into an affair so she can take advantage ofhis connections.

"讲述的是一个有着高尚文学渴望的学生 The tale of a student"，诱惑一位杰出的作家，以便能利用他的关系网向上爬。

But when he tries to break it off, she devotes herself to ruining his life."

但当作家开始阻止这一切发生的时候，她开始报复计划毁了他的生活"。

Well, I mean, that obviously wasn't you.

我说，那明显不是说你的。

Well, she's a lit major from Long Island, 5'4", my color hair, all my habits.

呃，她是来自长岛的文学本科生，5尺4寸高，头发颜色与爱好都和我相同。

You know, talks to herself and asks too many questions.

就像我这样，自言自语，而且爱问很多问题

Her parents founded a weight reduction company that now her sister runs.

她父母建立了一家减肥公司，现在由她姐姐来接管。

Well, anyway, I...

呃，无论如何，我

Since then, every time I pick up a pen l'm haunted by those words that he wrote, you know?

从那以后，每次我拿起笔，我都会被他那些文字纠缠着。

She was a brilliant mimic⁴. You know.

她是个聪明的模仿者。

She could ape Dorothy Parker or Emily Dickinson but stripped of someone else's literary clothes.

她会模仿Dorothy Parker和Emily Dickinson，但是却抢走别人的文学作品。

She was a vacant, empty imitation of a writer.

她就是个空虚空白的作家模仿者。

1 exalted   

adj.(地位等)高的，崇高的；尊贵的，高尚的

参考例句：

• Their loveliness and holiness in accordance with their exalted station.他们的美丽和圣洁也与他们的崇高地位相称。
• He received respect because he was a person of exalted rank.他因为是个地位崇高的人而受到尊敬。

2 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。

3 lures   

吸引力，魅力（lure的复数形式）

参考例句：

• He left home because of the lures of life in the city. 他离家是由于都市生活的诱惑。
• Perhaps it is the desire for solitude or the chance of making an unexpected discovery that lures men down to the depths of the earth. 可能正是寻觅幽静的去处，或者找个猎奇的机会的欲望引诱着人们进入地球的深处。

4 mimic   

v.模仿，戏弄；n.模仿他人言行的人

参考例句：

• A parrot can mimic a person's voice.鹦鹉能学人的声音。
• He used to mimic speech peculiarities of another.他过去总是模仿别人讲话的特点。