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装一把满腹经纶的读书人

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As a coping strategy when dealing¹ with literary snobs² (who will judge you to your face because you haven't read the books they have), you sometimes have to pretend you've read a book you haven't.

相信你一定遇到过这样的人，如果你没读过他们读过的书，他们便会得意地嘲笑你的无知。其实面对这种情况，你完全可以采用下面这个策略：装一把满腹经纶的读书人。

But how do you go about pretending you've read a book with confidence? What happens if you're caught out in a lie?

Fortunately you can deduce many facts about classic books by looking at their covers, reading the contents page, and paying attention to the way they are referenced in popular culture. I've provided a handy outline as to how you can pretend to have read five classic novels. And please note that no disrespect is meant to these books or those who love them!

1. Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Clearly this one has a nautical³ theme. Look at the cover! Also, the book's full title is Moby Dick or The Whale. So boats, a whale. It's a well respected book so it's fairly safe to assume that it's not told from the perspective of the whale, therefore there has to be a human character.

Not to be confused with: The Old Man and the Sea or The Rime⁴ of the Ancient Mariner⁵.

Handy hint: in Star Trek⁶: First Contact, Captain Picard makes a speech that essentially⁷ sums up the plot and point of Moby Dick in about 30 seconds.

2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Ok, again - look at the cover. Clearly there's some romance going on here. You will have picked up the names 'Elizabeth Bennett' and 'Mr. Darcy' from popular culture, and the word ‘swoon' is often attached to 'Mr. Darcy'. Lakes, wet shirts, definitely some sort of marriage.

Not to be confused with: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, or the Turkish restaurant I plan to open called 'Pide and Prejudice'

Handy hint: there have been several faithful adaptations over the years and you can watch the trailers on youtube.

3. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Set in the year 1984, but written, like, ages before. You know things from this book, even if you don't know you do (known unknowns, right). Big brother. Clocks striking 13. War is peace, etc.

Not to be confused with: Brave New World, the reality series Big Brother, David Bowie's worst song.

Handy hint: Cleverly parodied⁸ on both The Simpsons and Futurama.

4. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

There are orphans⁹, themes about class and crime, plus Obi-Wan Kenobi played Fagin in the movie. There was also a successful musical, and several of the songs contain lines from the novel.

Not to be confused with: David Copperfield (the book), David Copperfield (the magician).

Handy hint: It's cool to acknowledge that Dickens wrote the ‘airport novels' of his day.

5. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Funny fact about War and Peace: nobody has actually read it. So just make up whatever you like and people will have to play along and pretend they know what you're talking about.

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1 dealing
n.经商方法，待人态度
参考例句：
This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。 His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

2 snobs
（谄上傲下的）势利小人( snob的名词复数 )；自高自大者，自命不凡者
参考例句：
She dislikes snobs intensely. 她极其厌恶势利小人。 Most of the people who worshipped her, who read every tidbit about her in the gossip press and hung up pictures of her in their rooms, were not social snobs. 崇敬她大多数的人不会放过每一篇报导她的八卦新闻，甚至在他们的房间中悬挂黛妃的画像，这些人并非都是傲慢成性。

3 nautical
adj.海上的，航海的，船员的
参考例句：
A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。 It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。

4 rime
n.白霜；v.使蒙霜
参考例句：
The field was covered with rime in the early morning.清晨地里覆盖着一层白霜。 Coleridge contributed the famous Rime of the Ancient Mariner.柯勒律治贡献了著名的《老水手之歌》。

5 mariner
n.水手号不载人航天探测器，海员，航海者
参考例句：
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平静的大海决不能造就熟练的水手。 A mariner must have his eye upon rocks and sands as well as upon the North Star.海员不仅要盯着北极星，还要注意暗礁和险滩。

6 trek
vi.作长途艰辛的旅行；n.长途艰苦的旅行
参考例句：
We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。 It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。

7 essentially
adv.本质上，实质上，基本上
参考例句：
Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。 She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

8 parodied
v.滑稽地模仿，拙劣地模仿( parody的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
All these peculiarities of his style have been parodied by his assailants. 他的所有这些风格特征都受到攻击者模仿嘲弄。来自互联网 The above examples are all slightly parodied versions of classical dance steps. 上述例子都可以说是经典舞步的模仿版本。来自互联网

9 orphans
孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。 Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。

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