Dear John 读书笔记

书籍简介

书名：Dear John
中文名：分手信
作者：Nicholas Sparks
读完时间：2020年02月

原文摘录

Surfing is a solitary sport, one in which long stretches
of boredom are interspersed with frantic activity, and it teaches you to flow with nature, instead of fighting it

冲浪是一项孤独、长时间无聊夹杂着疯狂的运动，它教会你与自然和谐相处，而不是与之抗争。原文第55页。

the saddest people I’ve ever met in life are the ones who don’t care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there’s nothing to make it last.

我一生中遇到的最悲伤的人是那些对任何事情都漠不关心的人。激情和满足是相辅相成的，没有激情和满足，任何幸福都只是暂时的，因为没有什么能让它持久。原文第71页。

A car passed by, breaking the spell. She took a step toward the house, then stopped and put her hand on my arm. In an innocent gesture, she kissed me on the cheek. It was almost sisterly, but her lips were soft and the scent of her engulfed me, lingering even after she pulled back.

这段描述Savannah亲吻John脸颊的过程。原文第93页。

Outside my window, I saw a shooting star cross the sky in a brilliant streak of white. I wanted to believe it was an omen, though of what, I wasn’t sure. Instead, all I could do was replay Savannah’s gentle kiss on my cheek for the hundredth time and wonder how I could be falling for a girl that I’d met only the day before.

在我的窗外，我看到一颗白条状的明亮白色流星划过天空。我想相信这是一个预兆，尽管我不确定是什么预兆。相反，我所能做的就是在我的脸颊上重演萨凡纳温柔的吻，这已经是第一百次了。原文第93页。

For a second, I wondered whether kissing her would break the spell we both were under, but it was too late to stop. And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever.

当她的嘴唇碰到我的嘴唇时，我知道我可以活到一百岁，可以走遍世界上的每一个国家，但是没有什么能与我第一次吻我梦中的女孩的那一刻相比，我知道我的爱会永远持续下去。原文第131页。

I’d done my part in giving the Russians something to think about if they were debating whether or not to invade Germany with dozens of mechanized divisions

刚看这段话还蛮难理解的。原文第195页。

She was wearing one of those strappy tank tops that accentuated her tan, and all I could think was that she was the sexiest woman I’d ever seen

她穿着一件吊带背心，突出了她的古铜色皮肤，我能想到的就是她是我见过的最性感的女人。原文196页。

The prices amazed me and I suspected that my father’s collection, despite the fall in coin prices since gold was in its heyday, was probably ten times as valuable as the house he’d owned outright for years. My father, unable to master the art of even simple conversation, had become richer than anyone I knew.

价格让我吃惊，我怀疑我父亲的收藏，尽管自黄金全盛时期以来硬币价格下跌，但价值可能是他拥有多年的房子的十倍。我的父亲，甚至不能掌握简单交谈的艺术，却变得比我认识的任何人都富有。原文第218页。

Steep roofed and square, with flaking white paint and a chimney pointing toward the sky, it seemed to rise from the earth like a ghostly image a hundred years in the making. A single bulb glowed above the battered front door, and a small potted plant hung near an American flag, both moving gently in the breeze. Off to the side of the house was a weathered barn and a small corral

屋顶陡峭，四四方方，白色油漆剥落，烟囱指向天空，它似乎像一个一百年来一直在塑造的幽灵形象从地面升起。破旧的前门上只挂着一个灯泡，一株盆栽植物挂在一面美国国旗旁边，它们都在微风中轻轻摇曳。房子的一侧是一个饱经风霜的谷仓和一个小畜栏。这段场景描写的很好。原文第259页。

love meant that you care for another person’s happiness more than your own,no matter how painful the choices you face might be

爱意味着你关心别人的幸福胜过自己，不管你面对的选择有多么痛苦。原文第333页。

心得

Dear john is a English novel about love which I have read for the first time.All of the book is about love,the love between John and his father,the love between John and Savannah,the love beteen Tim and Savannah and so on.

The emotional description of the book is very delicate and the story of the novel attracts me to continue reading.Obviously,it is a story which is bittersweet but have a surprising ending.

The last chapter of the novel is most touching place.After attending his father’s funeral,John passes Savannah’s home knowing that Savannah married Tim and Tim had cancer.However,John agrees to go to meet Tim.What a magnanimity man!Lastly,John sold all of his coins which left by his father and gave them to Savannah anonymously to help Tim get better treatment.Maybe,it is true love.

I love the writing of Nicholas Sparks.It is easy to understand but beautiful and it won’t be dificult to read.I will read more Sparks’s books.