Vocabulary

concession n. (尤指在別家公司大樓內(nèi)的)銷(xiāo)售權(quán)(或經(jīng)營(yíng)權(quán))協(xié)議

The concierge, before she became a concierge, had owned a drink-selling concession at the Paris race-courses.

rag v. 嘲弄，拿…開(kāi)玩笑，對(duì)…惡作劇

"Of course you have, my dear," Brett said. "I was only ragging."

beam v. 眉開(kāi)眼笑；笑容滿(mǎn)面

The count was beaming. He was very happy.

ostentatious adj. 豪華的，浮華的，夸張的；炫耀的，賣(mài)弄的

"I say. Don't be ostentatious. Call him off, Jake."

fiesta n. (尤指西班牙或拉丁美洲的)宗教節(jié)日，狂歡節(jié)日；

He was coming back in three weeks and we would leave for Spain to get in some fishing and go to the fiesta at Pamplona.

Expression

She is of very good family. It is a thing you can see.

家境良好。

Brett looked at me and wrinkled up the corners of her eyes.

眼角出現(xiàn)了一片皺紋。

"That, too, has got a place in my values."

在我的價(jià)值觀中有一席之地。

Then he knocked white boy cold. Then everybody commenced to throw chairs.

knock...cold 打暈。（海明威很喜歡用commence表示開(kāi)始）

"I know who they are." Bill eyed the monument. "Gentlemen who invented pharmacy. Don't try and fool me on Paris."

eye v. 打量

Excerpt

Below the line where his ribs stopped were two raised white welts. "See on the back where they come out." Above the small of the back were the same two scars, raised as thick as a finger.

倒裝排比。

We walked on and circled the island. The river was dark and a bateau mouche went by, all bright with lights, going fast and quiet up and out of sight under the bridge. Down the river was Notre Dame squatting against the night sky. We crossed to the left bank of the Seine by the wooden foot-bridge from the Quai de Bethune, and stopped on the bridge and looked down the river at Notre Dame. Standing on the bridge the island looked dark, the houses were high against the sky, and the trees were shadows.

景色描寫(xiě)。

Thought

Jake對(duì)Brett的愛(ài)戀隱晦而又壓抑，不得不說(shuō)這是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)留下的傷疾讓他如此。在心愛(ài)的人面前，Jake小心翼翼，痛苦地壓抑自己的感情，字里行間都有暗示。

這本書(shū)語(yǔ)言清新明快，但卻處處暗含壓抑和不安，不知故事會(huì)走向何方，猜不透結(jié)局。