Chapter 8 Book 343 Audio 7:26:20
P1 Imitation
01 A drop of water trickled out of Nath's hair, like a shy little mouse, and ran down the nape of his neck. It made its slow way between his shoulder blades, and where his back curved, it dropped straight down, as if it had jumped off a cliff, and splashed onto the back of Jack's hand.
析 这一段读来性感的原因有两层的描述：动态的水滴+静态特写的身体。第一层，形容水滴运动的动词有：trickle 淌，run 跑，drop 掉， jump 跳，splash 散。补充的形容表示方位的词：out，down，back，straight，off，onto。第二层，增加身体维度的描述：hair，shoulder blade，back curved，hand，finger。身体的感觉越是细微越是性感，文字亦然。
仿 A rabbit kept running in front of the prince, and it stop on the edge of the cliff of a sudden as if it was a rushing car hit the brake and parked itself safely.
02 They think he's being hysterical, but he knows there's something there, that there's some connection to Jack, some missing piece of the puzzle.
析 hysterical: emotional,uncontrolled,overwrought.重要的一环，遗失的一部分。
仿 The last missing piece of the puzzle to fall in place was to urge the relevant departments make a concerted effort to resolve the environmental problems.
03 Slowly he lifts a bun from the box. It is lighter than he remembers, cloudlike, yielding beneath his fingertips. He had forgotten that anything could be so tender. He breaks the bun open, revealing glossy bits of pork and glaze, secret red heart. When he puts it to his mouth, it is like a kiss: sweet and salty and warm.
析 本来不知道前面的Char siu bau是什么鬼，看到形容也知道了！叉烧包啊！啊呜！gaze： stare, fixed look. reveal: disclose, let out. glossy: shiny and smooth.
仿 When I put the bun in my mouth, I could feel the tinderness of flour and warmth of its meat stuffing which consoled both my heart and stomach.
P2 Impression
作为一个吃货+腐女，这一章节看的我血脉赍张、肚子打鼓。
我有个不知道哪儿来的理论，就是好吃的食物是一定两种（或以上）看似不搭边的食材的搭配，就好比热辣的火锅要配冰镇的酸梅汁，汉堡包要有生脆的蔬菜和软糯的面包，红色酱汁意面要点缀绿色的西蓝花，丝滑的巧克力咬开是浓烈的酒心…
叉烧包就是这么一种神奇的食物呀，作者写出来了…艾玛…好饿。
嗯，打住，好像跑题了，那说一下断背之恋喽。
前面其实已经有很多伏笔来说Jack和Nath的感情了。比如莫名的厌恶感——没有无缘无故的恨，只有无缘无故的爱；比如Jack像浪子一样和所有的女孩都处，却没有固定女友；比如Jack小心翼翼的给Nath送信，说congratulation；比如Lydia曾经邀请一个女性朋友来家玩，结果人家不理Lydia一直调戏Nath，我就在想Nath应该长得很帅吧，至少很有吸引力的那种…
嗯，打住，好像又跑题了，其实也没跑题吧。
毕竟，英文的“食物滋味”、“感情喜好”以及“艺术赏析”都是taste。
那叉烧包的滋味，爱与恨一个人的滋味，复杂到哪能只凭一个舌头来感知，要眼耳鼻舌身意一起感知，幸好有文字可以调出这层层叠叠的质感，再还给你眼耳鼻舌声意。
P3 Review
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