[Novel] 【读书笔记】阿兰•德波顿《旅行的艺术》

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作品导读：《旅行的艺术》是英国作家阿兰·德波顿的作品。本书用一种质感、细腻、随意的语言，尽量把大感觉化解成小感觉，把理性的结论隐藏在几乎看不见的地方，让人觉得也可能根本没有这种结论。这样的文字，有着一种感性的征服力。作者借灵魂与自己所遇环境的种种对话，在各种冲撞中揭示了旅行的深层意义。那么，让我们跟随阿兰·德波顿开始一场充满鲜活色彩的完美的旅行吧~~

开篇：On Anticipation 对旅行的期待

It was hard to say when exactly winter arrived.The decline was gradual,like that of a person into old age,inconspicuous from day to day until the season became an established relentless reality.

时序之入冬，一如人之将老，徐缓渐近，每日变化细微，殊难确察，日日累叠，终成严冬，因此，要具体的说出冬天来临之日，并非易事。

注释：
day to day：天天，从一天到另一天（常表示逐渐转变、不固定）

First came a dip in evening temperatures,then days of continuous rain,confused gusts of Atlantic wind,dampness,the fall of leaves and the changing of the clocks-though there were still occasional moments of reprieve,mornings when one could leave the house without a coat and the sky was cloudless and bright.But they were like false signs of recovery in a patient upon whom death has passed its sentence.

 注释：
a dip in：（很实用滴小短语）下降、下沉、倾斜、偏斜  eg:a dip in price:价格下降

By December,the new season was entrenched and the city was covered almost every day by an ominous steely-grey sky,like one in a painting by Mantegna or Veronese, the perfect backdrop to the crucifixion of Christ or to a day beneath the bedclothes .

到了12月，冬日已森然盘踞，整座城市每天为铁灰色的天空所笼罩，给人以不祥之兆，极类曼特尼亚或韦罗内塞的绘画作品中晦暗的天空，是基督耶稣遇难图的绝佳背景，也是在家懒床的好天气。

注释：
steely-grey：铁灰色（这个颜色真滴很形象地描述了那种灰灰的略带黑的蒙蒙的天空）

Veronese：16世纪威尼斯画派的主要画家和著名的色彩大师
beneath the bedclothes：赖床