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Interesting. So the French slut, right? Yeah, exactly.

真有趣。所以说是法国荡妇，是吗 是的，没错

It's just then they get to know each other better

就是那时他们相互 之间更加了解了

and realize they don't get along at all.

然后意识到他们 根本不能和睦相处

I like that. It's more real. My editor didn't think that way.

我喜欢。那样更加真实 编辑可不那么想

Everyone wants to believe in love. It sells.

人人都信奉爱情 那样卖的好

Yeah, exactly, so.

是的，没错，所以

So things are going well for you, right? I mean.

你的生活蒸蒸日上，是吗 我是说

Your book is a bestseller in the U.S. It's a tiny bestseller.

你的书在美国热销 只是小有成就

Oh, come on. All right. Officially, yes.

哦，好了 好吧，是的

Most people haven't read Moby Dick. Why should they read my book?

多数人没看过摩比 迪克 他们为什么要看我的书呢

I haven't read Moby Dick and I liked your book.

我也没看过，但我喜欢你的书

Thanks. Even though

谢谢 虽然

I thought you idealized the night of it.

你把那天晚上理想化了

Come on, it's fiction, right?

好了，这是小说，不是吗

I'm supposed to I know, I know.

我应该 我知道，我知道

I know. I thought there were times where you made me.

我知道。我想有时候你使我

Well, I mean, her, right? No, me. Okay, whatever.

唔，我是说，她，对吗 不，是我。好的，怎么都行

A little bit neurotic. You are a bit like that, aren't you?

有点儿神经质 你是有点儿，不是吗

重点讲解

重点单词：

1、slut

n. 荡妇；懒妇；母狗

She is a slut.

她真是一个荡妇。

2、neurotic

adj. 神经过敏的；神经病的

n. 神经病患者；神经过敏者

He was almost neurotic about being followed.

他对被人跟踪几乎神经过敏。

3、bestseller

n. 畅销书；畅销书作者；畅销商品（等于best seller）

By mid-August the book was a bestseller.

到8月中旬，这本书已经是畅销书了。

4、idealize

vi. 理想化；形成思想

vt. 使理想化；理想化地描述

People idealize the past.

人们总是把过去理想化。

重点短语：

1、even though

虽然，即使

Even though away from us his spirit was still with us.

尽管离开了我们，他的灵魂还是与我们同在。

考考你（翻译）：

1、这些病人不是神经官能症患者。

2、在作家这行当里熬了这么多年，看到 “畅销书”这样的词出现在自己名字旁边，还是感到新鲜。

3、年轻人一生中常犯大错误，其中之一就是把爱情太理想化了。

答案下期公布：

上期答案：

1、Some former hostages contradicted the official version of events.

2、As with these fictional characters, so with our lives.

3、They warned him of the dangers of sailing alone.