瘦人瘦相ThatleanandHungrylook中英文對(duì)照

1、瘦人瘦相That lean and Hungry look中英文對(duì)照（今天在一本書發(fā)現(xiàn)的幽默 美文，覺得很好，回來搜了貼出來）來源：高菲的日志作者：Susan Britt Jord凱撒說得好瘦子值得注意。我成年之后化了大半時(shí)光觀察瘦子。對(duì)他們卻沒有產(chǎn)生絲毫喜愛之情.只 要一群身形狹窄的人們向我走來，我全身都會(huì)顫栗.瘦子的性格千奇百怪，但他們的共同點(diǎn)是不討人喜歡， 愛挖苦人。他們有的是''全能超人"，不懂裝僮，有的機(jī)械呆板，有的盛氣凌人，有的噪喋不休，有的風(fēng)風(fēng) 火火，急于求成。瘦子總讓人感到危險(xiǎn)。Caesar was right. Thin people need wa

2、tching I've been watching them for most of my adult life, and I don't like what I see When these narrow fellows spring at me, I quiver to my toes Thin people come in all personalities, most of them menacing. You've got your HtogetherH thin person, your mechanical thin person, your condes

3、cending thin person, your tsk-tsk thin person, your efficiencyexpert thin person All of them are dangerous首先，瘦子沉悶乏味，缺乏幽默感.他們不懂得如何消閑，（甚至根本不知道消閑是什么）他們總是忙里 忙外的.要是給他們一點(diǎn)時(shí)間喝咖啡小憩片刻，他們恐怕會(huì)繞著辦公室慢跑兩圈。要是讓他們?cè)诩依锇舶?靜萍的呆上一晚，他們會(huì)釘釘紗門，或用舌頭舔貼綠貼畫。他們愛說''白天太短了"之類的話。而胖子從不 會(huì)有此類言辭，因?yàn)樗麄冇X得白天實(shí)在長得不能再長了。In the first

4、place, thin people aren't fun. They don't know how to goof off, at least in the best, fat sense of the word They*ve always got to be adoing Give them a coffee break, and theyll jog around the block Supply them with a quiet evening at home, and they'll fix the screen door and lick S&H

5、 green stamps They say things like Hthere aren't enough hours in the day.” Fat people never say that. Fat people think the day is too damn long already.Thin people make me tired They've got speedy little metabolisms that cause them to bustle brisk!y. They're forever rubbing their bony ha

6、nds together and eyeing new problems to ”tackle”. I like to surround myself with sluggish, inert, easygoing fat people, the kind who believe that if you clean it up today, it'll just get dirty again tomorrow.有人覺得我們活潑開朗的胖子不可理喻。像我們長著胖胖的臉蛋的人就應(yīng)該神經(jīng)兮兮，柄怏怏，多愁善感。 我不同意這種說法.胖子未必一整天都是樂呵呵的，盡管這樣他們也比那些干癟的瘦子活得

7、開心得多.瘦 子年紀(jì)輕輕就養(yǎng)成了一副壞脾氣，變得苛刻，頑固。這是因?yàn)樗麄儾恢莱詡€(gè)乳汁軟糖冰激凌對(duì)緩解壓力 有多大的幫助。瘦子不愛甜軟的食物，因?yàn)樗麄冏约洪L得又干又硬，更別說甜笑可愛了.他們既脆弱又無 味，就像蘿卜。他們一針見血，而胖子則喜歡糊里糊涂，順其自然，按部就班。瘦子總是在挖掘真理，而 胖子明白世上根本就不存在真理.我的一個(gè)瘦子朋友總是在解決那些錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的練手的難題，還說道，''關(guān) 鍵在于。 "胖子從不那么說，因?yàn)槿魏螤幥槎紱]有什么關(guān)鍵所在Some people say the business about the jolly fat person is a

8、myth, that all of us chubbies are neurotic, sick, sad people I disagree Fat people may not be chortling all day long, but they're a hell of a lot nicer than the wizened and shriveled Thin people turn surly, mean and hard at a young age because they never learn the value of a hot-fudge sundae for

9、 easing tension Thin people dorft like gooey soft things because they themselves are neither gooey nor soft. They are crunchy and dull, like carrots They go straight to the heart of the matter while fat people let things stay all blurry and hazy and vague, the way things actually are Thin people wan

10、t to face the truth Fat people know that there is no truth one of my thin friends is always staring at complex, unsolvable problems and saying, “The key thing is Fat people never say things like that They know there isn't any such thing as the key thing about anything.瘦子相信邏輯：胖子看問題面面俱到。胖子看到的往往是模糊

11、腺朧的一團(tuán)亂麻，根本就沒什么值得擔(dān)心的。 瘦子卻在堅(jiān)持： ''如果你吸收的熱最超過你消耗的熱量"，我的一個(gè)瘦子朋友說道，''你就會(huì)變得更胖"聽 了這些話.胖子總會(huì)咧嘴一笑，其實(shí)對(duì)此他們比誰都明白.Thin people believe in logic Fat people see all sides The sides fat people see are rounded blobs, usually grayz always nebulous and truly not worth worrying about. But the thin

12、 person persists, HIf you consume more calories than you burn/ says one of my thin friends, "you will gain weight. It*s that simple.1' Fat people always grin when they hear statements like that. They know better.Fat people realize that life is illogical and unfair They know very well that G

13、od is not in his heaven and all is not right with the world If God was up there, fat people could have two dough nuts and a big orange drink anytime they wanted it.瘦子總在對(duì)我滔滔不絕地講一連串有邏輯的爭情。他們每講完一件，就伸一個(gè)指頭記著，我就沒法走神 了.他們慢吞吞地講話，好像把我當(dāng)孩子一樣.他們講得那么多，而且漏洞百出.其中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)這些詞句， 比如、把握自己S、'吸煙有害健康，：、'膽固醇阻塞S 、體壯如牛S、

14、計(jì)劃組織S、合理管理財(cái)政"。Thin people have a long list of logical things they are always spouting off to me. They hold up one finger at a time as they reel off these things, so I won't lose track They speak slowly as if to a young child The list is long and full of holes It contains tidbits like ”get a

15、 grip on yourself*, ''cigarettes kill： ”cholesterol clogs： Hfit as a fiddle舄 Mducks in a row： "organize蔦 and "sound fiscal management.” Phrases like that.他們認(rèn)為這份包括2000個(gè)耍點(diǎn)的計(jì)劃意味著幸?？鞓贰Ｅ肿訁s懂得幸福是難以捉摸的；就算他們具備了 搜子列出的所有條件，他們有不會(huì)稀罕。他們太明智了，看得清這種計(jì)劃太無聊，太艱苦，太不實(shí)際.還 不如一個(gè)奶酪蛋糕來的現(xiàn)實(shí)些。They think these 20

16、00-point plans lead to happiness Fat people know happiness is elusive at best and even if they could get the kind thin people talk about, they wouldn't want it. Wisely, fat people see that such programs are too dull, too hard, too off the mark They are never better than a whole cheesecake胖子理解生活的

17、痛苦他們珍借夜晚的時(shí)光，好運(yùn)氣和自己的命運(yùn)，不管明天怎樣只管享受眼前我認(rèn) 識(shí)一個(gè)瘦子，他建議我們?cè)谕嫫磮D的時(shí)候，按照形狀，大小和顏色來講，這樣可以節(jié)省一半的時(shí)間.我可 不愿那么干。第一，我喜歡糊里糊涂的做事情，第二，早早結(jié)束游戲有什么好處？第三，拼圖本身并不重 要，要緊的是享受四個(gè)人(包括那個(gè)瘦子)圍著一張牌桌玩拼圖的樂趣。那個(gè)朋友實(shí)在沒有辦法，只好出 去給楊樹填土解悶。三個(gè)胖子繼續(xù)玩，還做了褐色的雙層又甜又軟的蛋糕祝拼圖成功。Fat people know all about the mystery of life They are the ones acquainted with the

18、night, with luck, with fate, with playing it by the ear. one thin person I know once suggested that we arrange all the parts of a jigsaw puzzle into groups according to size, shape and color. He figured this would cut the time needed to complete the puzzle by at least 50 per cent. I said I wouldrft

19、do it. one, I like to muddle through Two, what good would it do to finish early? Three, the jigsaw puzzle isn't the important thing The important thing is the fun of four people (one thin person in eluded) sitting arou nd a card table, working a jigsaw puzzle My thin friend had no use for my lis

20、t. In stead of joi ning usz he went outside and mulched the boxwoods The three remaining fat people finished the puzzle and made chocolate double-fudged brownies to celebrate痩子最大的問題在于他們使人感到壓抑。他們的野心勃勃，骨瘦嶙峋的身體，高速的節(jié)拍，干凈利落的屋 角，大腦的機(jī)械運(yùn)作方式和當(dāng)機(jī)立斷像烏云一樣籠罩著胖子那松弛，舒適，廣闊，溫馨的世界.胖子早已 脫毎外套和鞋子，把腳翹到咖啡桌上的時(shí)候，瘦子卻還一本正經(jīng)地坐在沙

21、發(fā)上，木頭釘似的宜挺著脊背談 論著丑女人.當(dāng)胖子哈哈大笑，拍著大腿興奮地歡呼時(shí)，瘦子卻還在恭恭敬敬地尋找著關(guān)鍵詞語。The main problem with thin people is they oppress Their good in tentions, bony torsos, tight ships, neat corners, cerebral machinations and pat solutions loom like dark clouds over the loose, comfortable, spread-out, soft world of the fat. Lo

22、ng after fat people have removed their coats and shoes and put their feet up on the the coffee table, thin people are still sitting on the edge of the sofa, looking neat as a pin, discussing rutabagas Fat people are heavily into fits of laughter, slapping their thighs and whooping it up, while thin

23、people are still politely waiting for the punch line.瘦子沉悶壓抑.他們熱愛數(shù)學(xué)，道德規(guī)范和對(duì)人類劣根性的理性評(píng)價(jià)。他們行為瑣碎繁多，好辯論，好預(yù) 測(cè)未來，好追根究底，還好攻擊別人Thin people are downers. They like math and morality and reasoned evaluation of the limitations of human bei ngs. They have their ski nny little acts together They expound, prog no se, probe and prick Fat