Noah: Hammond? As in Hammond Cotton?

 

Allie: As in Hammond Cotton.

 

Noah: Well, your parents must love him.

 

Allie: He's a really good man, Noah. You'd really like him.

 

Noah: You love him?

 

Allie: Yeah, I do. I love him very much.

 

Noah: Well, that's that. You marry Lon and we can be friends...right?

 

Allie: Right.

 

Noah: Are you hungry? Do you want to stay for dinner?

 

Allie: I have to warn you, I'm a cheap drunk. A couple more of these and you're gonna be carrying me right out of here.

 

Noah: Well, you go slow then, I don't want to have to take advantage of you.

 

Allie: You wouldn't dare. I'm a married woman.

 

Noah: Not yet.

 

Allie: What? Why are you looking at me like that?

 

Noah: Just memories. This room.

 

Allie: This--is this where we--This is the room?

 

Noah: I'm full.

 

Allie: Me too.

 

Noah: "Oh how your fingers drowse me. Your breath falls around me like dew. Your pulse lulls² the tympans of my ears. I feel a merge³ from head to foot. Delicious enough."

 

Allie: It was real, wasn't it? You and me. Such a long time ago, we were just a couple of kids. But we really loved each other, didn't we? I should go. Goodbye.

 

Noah: Do you think you could back tomorrow morning? There's some place I'd like to show you. Please.

 

Allie: Okay.

 

Noah: Okay.

 

 

1. cheap drunk: （美国俚语）不胜酒力的人，一喝就醉的人

 

2. go slow: 减慢速度，也可以表示怠工

 

例如：The workers often decided⁴ to go slow in those days.（在那时候工人们经常怠工。）

 

3. take advantage of: 这里指占某人的便宜，常用来指利用，欺骗

 

He's joining the club in order to take advantage of the others.（他入会是来揩油的。）

 

4. drowse: 打瞌睡

 

Oh, no! Looks like they catch me drowse.（喔，糟了。他们好像发觉我在打瞌睡。）

 

5. lull¹: 使安静； 使入睡

 

lull也可以用来表示哄骗；麻痹；使放松警惕

 

I had been lulled⁵ into thinking the publicity⁶ would be a trivial matter.（我错误地相信了媒体的报道只是小事一桩。）

 

6. tympan: 鼓膜，衬垫

 

7. from head to foot: 全身； 从头到脚

 

As we entered he wheeled excitedly around and examined Jordan from head to foot.（我们一走进去他就兴奋地转过身来，把乔丹从头到脚打量了一番。）

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