《怦然心动》｜单词注释｜Chapter 1
Diving Under
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All I've ever wanted is for Juli Baker to leave me alone.
2
For her to back off — you know, just give me some space.
3
It all started the summer before second
grade
when our
moving van
pulled into her neighborhood.
grade /ɡred/ n.〈美〉 年级
moving van 家具搬运车
4
And since we're now about done with the eighth grade, that, my friend, makes more than half a decade of
strategicavoidance
and social
discomfort
.
strategic /strəˈtiːdʒɪk/ adj. 战略(上)的
avoidance /əˈvɔɪdəns/ n. 回避
discomfort /dɪsˈkʌmfərt/ n. 不便之处
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She didn't just
barge
into my life. She barged and
shoved
and
wedged
her way into my life.
barge /bɑːrdʒ/ vi. 闯
shove /ʃʌv/ vt. & vi. 猛推
wedge /wedʒ/ vi. 挤进
6
Did we invite her to get into our moving van and start climbing all over boxes?
7
No!
8
But that's
exactly
what she did,
taking over
and
showing off
like only Juli Baker can.
exactly /ɪɡ'zæktli/ 正是如此
take over 接管
show off 出风头
9
My dad tried to stop her.
10
“Hey!” he says as she's
catapulting
herself on board. “What are you doing? You're getting mud everywhere!”
catapult /'kætəpʌlt/ v. (仿佛被弹射般地)突然快速移动
11
So true, too. Her shoes were, like,
caked
with the stuff.
cake /kek/ v. （用会变干的东西厚厚地）覆盖
12
She didn't
hop
out,
though
. Instead, she
planted
her
rear
end on the floor and started pushing a big box with her feet.
hop /hɑːp/ vi. 跳跃
though /ðo/ adv. 不过
plant /plænt/ vt. 安置
rear /rɪr/ n.[美俚]屁股
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“Don't you want some help?” She glanced my way. “It sure looks like you need it.”
14
I didn't like the
implication
.
implication /ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn/ n. 暗示
15
And even though my dad had been
tossing
me the same sort of look all week, I could tell — he didn't like this girl either.
toss /tɔːs/ n. 投掷
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“Hey! Don't do that,” he warned her. “There are some really valuable things in that box.”
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“Oh. Well, how about this one?” She
scoots
over to a box
labeled
LENOX
and looks my way again. “We should push it together!”
scoot /skut/ vi. 快走
Lenox n. 瓷器品牌名
label /ˈleɪbl/ vt. 标注
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“No, no, no!” my dad says, then pulls her up by the arm. “Why don't you run along home? Your mother's probably wondering where you are.”
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This was the beginning of my soon-to-become-
acute
awareness
that the girl cannot take a hint. Of any kind.
acute /əˈkjuːt/ adj. 严重的
awareness /əˈwernəs/ n. 意识
20
Does she
zip
on home like a kid should when they've been invited to leave?
zip /zɪp/ vi. 以尖啸声行进
21
No.
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She says, “Oh, my mom knows where I am. She said it was fine.”
23
Then she points across the street and says, “We just live right over there.”
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My father looks to where she's pointing and mutters, “Oh boy.”
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Then he looks at me and winks as he says, “Bryce, isn't it time for you to go inside and help your mother?”
26
I knew
right off
that this was a
ditch play
.
right off 立刻
ditch play 小花招
27
And I didn't think about it until later, but ditch wasn't a play I'd run with my dad before.
28
Face it
, pulling a ditch is not something discussed with dads.
face it 表面看来
29
It's like, against
parental
law to tell your kid it's okay to
ditch
someone, no matter how annoying or muddy they might be.
parental /pəˈrentl/ adj. 父母的
ditch /dɪtʃ/ v. [非正式]摆脱
30
But there he was, putting the play in
motion
, and man, he didn't have to wink twice.
motion /ˈmoʊʃn/ n. 运动
31
I smiled and said, “Sure thing!” then jumped off the
liftgate
and headed for my new front door.
liftgate /ˈlɪftˌɡet/ n. 提升式门
32
I heard her coming after me but I couldn't believe it.
33
Maybe it just sounded like she was
chasing
me; maybe she was really going the other way.
chase /tʃeɪs/ vi. 追赶
34
But before I got up the nerve to look, she
blasted
right past me, grabbing my arm and
yanking
me along.
blast /blæst/ vi. 猛攻
yank /jæŋk/ vt. 猛拉
35
This was too much
.
This was too much 这太过分了
36
I planted myself and was about to tell her to
get lost
when the
weirdest
thing happened.
get lost 走开
weird /wɪrd/ adj. 离奇的
37
I was making this big
windmill
motion to
break away
from her, but somehow on the
downswing
my hand
wound uptangling
into hers.
windmill /'wɪnd'mɪl/ v. 使(手臂)作风车般转动
break away 脱离
downswing /'daʊnswɪŋ/ n. 下降趋势
wind up (以...)告终
tangle /ˈtæŋɡl/ vt. & vi. (使)缠结
38
I couldn't believe it.
39
There I was, holding the mud monkey's hand!
40
I tried to
shake
her off, but she just
clamped
on tight and yanked me along, saying, “C'mon!”
shake /ʃek/ vi. 摇动
clamp /klæmp/ vt. 夹紧
41
My mom came out of the house and immediately got the world's
sappiest
look on her face.
sappy /'sæpi/ adj. 愚笨的
42
“Well, hello,” she says to Juli.
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“Hi!”
44
I'm still trying to pull free, but the girl's got me in a death grip.
45
My mom's grinning, looking at our hands and my
fiery
red face. “And what's your name, honey?”
fiery /'faɪəri/ adj. 燃烧般的
46
“Julianna Baker. I live right over there,” she says, pointing with her
unoccupied
hand.
unoccupied /ˌʌn'ɑkjupaɪd/ adj. 未被占用的
47
“Well, I see you've met my son,” she says, still grinning away.
48
“Uh-huh!”
49
Finally I break free and do the only
manly
thing
available
when you're seven years old — I
dive
behind my mother.
manly /'mænli/ adj. 有男子气概的
available /əˈveɪləbl/ adj. 可用的或可得到的
dive /daɪv/ vi. 扑向
50
Mom puts her arm around me and says, “Bryce, honey, why don't you show Julianna around the house?”
51
I
flash
her help and warning
signals
with every part of my body, but she's not receiving.
flash /flæʃ/ v. 传送(信息)
signal /ˈsɪɡnəl/ n. 信号
52
Then she shakes me off and says, “Go on.”
53
Juli would've
tramped
right in if my mother hadn't noticed her shoes and told her to take them off.
tramp /træmp/ vi. 踩
54
And after those were off, my mom told her that her dirty socks had to go, too.
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Juli wasn't embarrassed. Not a bit.
56
She just peeled them off and left them in a
crusty
heap
on our porch.
crusty /'krʌsti/ n. 像外壳一样的
heap /hiːp/ vi. 堆起来
57
I didn't exactly give her a
tour
. I locked myself in the bathroom instead.
tour /tʊr/ n. 观光
58
And after about ten minutes of yelling back at her that no, I wasn't coming out
anytime soon
, things got quiet out in the hall.
anytime soon 很快
59
Another ten minutes went by before I got the nerve to peek out the door. No Juli.
60
I
snuck
out and looked around, and yes! She was gone.
sneak /sniːk/ vt. 溜
61
Not a very
sophisticated
ditch, but hey, I was only seven.
sophisticated /səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd/ adj. 老练的
62
My troubles were far from over, though.
63
Every day she came back, over and over again.
64
“Can Bryce play?” I could hear her asking from my hiding place behind the couch. “Is he ready yet?”
65
One time she even
cut across
the yard and looked through my window.
cut across 径直穿过
66
I
spotted
her in the
nick
of time and dove under my bed, but man, that right there tells you something about Juli Baker.
spot /spɑːt/ vt. 认出
nick /nɪk/ n. 恰是时候
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She's got no concept of personal space. No respect for privacy.
68
The world is her playground, and
watch out
below — Juli's
on the slide
!
watch out 小心
on the slide 日益恶化
69
Lucky for me, my dad was willing to run block. And he did it over and over again.
70
He told her I was busy or sleeping or just
plain
gone. He was a lifesaver.
plain /pleɪn/ adv. 完全地
71
My sister, on the other hand, tried to
sabotage
me any chance she got.
sabotage /ˈsæbətɑːʒ/ vi. 蓄意破坏
72
Lynetta's like that.
73
She's four years older than me, and buddy, I've learned from watching her how not to run your life.
74
She's got
ANTAGONIZE
written all over her.
antagonize /ænˈtæɡənaɪz/ vt. 使......对抗
75
Just look at her — not cross-eyed or with your tongue sticking out or anything — just look at her and you've started an argument.
76
I used to
knock-down-drag-out
with her, but it's just not worth it.
knock-down-drag-out adj. (争吵或打架)激烈的
77
Girls don't fight
fair
.
fair /fer/ adv. 公平地
78
They pull your hair and
gouge
you and pinch you; then they run off gasping to mommy when you try and defend yourself with a
fist
.
gouge /ɡaʊdʒ/ vt. 欺骗
fist /fɪst/ n. 拳头
79
Then you get locked into
time-out
, and for what?
time-out /ˈtaɪmˈaʊt/ n. 暂停
80
No, my friend, the secret is, don't
snap
at the
bait
. Let it
dangle
. Swim around it. Laugh it off.
snap /snæp/ vi. 咬
bait /beɪt/ n. 诱饵
dangle /ˈdæŋɡl/ vt. (使)悬荡
81
After a while they'll give up and try to
lure
someone else.
lure /lʊr/ vt. 引诱
82
At least that's the way it is with Lynetta.
83
And the
bonus
of having her as a
pain-in-the-rear
sister was
figuring out
that this
method
works on everyone.
bonus /ˈboʊnəs/ n. 额外好处
pain-in-the-rear n. 十分令人讨厌的人或事
figure out 解决
method /ˈmeθəd/ n. 方法
84
Teachers, jerks at school, even Mom and Dad.
85
Seriously
. There's no
winning
arguments with your parents, so why get all
pumped up
over them?
seriously /'sɪrɪəsli/ [非正式]真的
winning /'wɪnɪŋ/ adj. 获胜的
pump up 热切期望
86
It is way better to dive down and get out of the way than it is to get
clobbered
by some parental
tidal
wave.
clobber /'klɑbɚ/ vt. 击倒
tidal /'taɪdl/ adj. 潮汐的
87
The funny thing is, Lynetta's still
clueless
when it comes to dealing with Mom and Dad.
clueless /'kluləs/ adj. 很愚蠢的
88
She
goes straight into
thrash
mode
and is too busy
drowning
in the argument to take a deep breath and dive for calmer water.
go straight into 直接进入
thrash /θræʃ/ n. 逆风浪行进
mode /moʊd/ n. 方式
drown /draʊn/ vt. 淹没
89
And she thinks I'm stupid.
90
Anyway,
true to form
, Lynetta tried to bait me with Juli those first few days.
true to form 一如往常
91
She even
snuck
her past Dad once and
marched
her all around the house, hunting me down.
sneak /snʌk/ vt. 偷偷取得
march /mɑːrtʃ/ v.（某人）一起走
92
I wedged myself up on the top shelf of my closet, and lucky for me, neither of them looked up.
93
A few minutes later I heard Dad yell at Juli to get off the
antique
furniture, and once again, she got
booted
.
antique /ænˈtiːk/ adj. 古董的
get booted 被赶出
94
I don't think I went outside that whole first week. I helped
unpack
stuff and watched TV
unpack /ˌʌnˈpæk/ vt. & vi. 从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西)
95
and just kind of hung around while my mom and dad arranged and rearranged the furniture,
debating
whether Empire
settees
and French Rococo tables should even be put in the same room.
debate /dɪˈbeɪt/ vi. 讨论
settee /sɛ'ti/ n. 有靠背的长椅
96
So believe me, I was
dying to
go outside.
dye to 渴望做......
97
But every time I checked through the window, I could see Juli showing off in her yard.
dye to 渴望做......
98
She'd be
heading
a soccer ball or doing
high kicks
with it or
dribbling
it up and down their driveway.
head /hed/ v. 用头顶（球）
high kick 高踢腿
dribble /'drɪbl/ vt. & vi. 运球
99
And when she wasn't busy showing off, she'd just sit on the
curb
with the ball between her feet, staring at our house.
curb /kɜːrb/ n. [美]路缘
100
My mom didn't understand why it was so awful that “that cute little girl” had held my hand.
101
She thought I should make friends with her. “I thought you liked soccer, honey. Why don't you go out there and kick the ball around?”
102
Because I didn't want to be
kicked around
, that's why.
kicked around 被粗暴对待
103
And although I couldn't say it like that
at the time
, I still had enough sense at age seven and a half to know that Juli Baker was dangerous.
at the time 那时候
104
Unavoidably dangerous,
as it turns out
. The minute I walked into Mrs. Yelson's second-grade classroom, I was
dead meat
.
as it turns out 事实证明
dead meat 死定了
105
“Bryce!” Juli
squeals
. “You're here.”
squeal /skwil/ vi. 尖声地说
106
Then she
charges
across the room and
tackles
me.
charge /tʃɑːrdʒ/ vi. 向前冲
tackle /ˈtækl/ vt. & vi. 捉住
107
Mrs. Yelson tried to explain this attack away as a “welcome hug,” but man, that was no hug. That was a
front-line
, take-'em-down
tackle
.
front-line /ˈfrʌntˈlaɪn/ adj. 前线的
tackle /ˈtækl/ n. 擒抱
108
And even though I shook her off, it was too late. I was
branded
for life.
brand /brænd/ vt. 打烙印于
109
Everyone jeered, “Where's your girl friend, Bryce?”
110
“Are you married yet, Bryce?”
111
And then when she chased me around at
recess
and tried to lay kisses on me, the whole school started singing, “Bryce and Juli sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G…”
recess /ˈriːses/ n. 学校的课间休息
112
My first year in town was a
disaster
.
disaster /dɪˈzæstər/ n. 不幸
113
Third grade wasn't much better. She was still hot on my trail every time I turned around. Same with fourth.
114
But then in fifth grade I took action.
115
It started out slow - one of those Nah-that's-not-right ideas you get and forget.
116
But the more I played with the idea, the more I thought, What better way to
ward
Juli off? What better way to say to her, “Juli, you are not my type”?
ward /wɔːrd/ vt. 避开
117
And so, my friend, I hatched the plan.
118
I
asked Shelly Stalls out
.
ask someone out 邀请某人约会
119
To fully
appreciate
the
brilliance
of this, you have to understand that Juli hates Shelly Stalls. She always has, though it
beats me
why.
appreciate /əˈpriːʃieɪt/ vt. 赏识
brilliance /ˈbrɪliəns/ n. (卓越的)才华
beats me 我不知道
120
Shelly's nice and she's friendly and she's got a lot of hair. What's not to like?
121
But Juli hated her, and I was going to make this little
gem
of knowledge the solution to my problem.
gem /dʒɛm/ n. 宝物
122
What I was thinking was that Shelly would eat lunch at our table and maybe walk around a little with me.
123
That way, anytime Juli was around, all I'd have to do was hang a little closer to Shelly and things would just naturally
take care of
themselves.
take care of 处理
124
What happened,
though
, is that Shelly
took
things
way
too seriously.
though /ðo/ adv. 然而
take /tek/ vt. (以某种方式)对待
way /we/ adv. 大大地
125
She went around telling everybody — including Juli — that we were in love.
126
In no time Juli and Shelly got into some kind of
catfight
, and while Shelly was recovering from that, my supposed friend Garrett — who had been totally
behind
this plan — told her what I was
up to
.
catfight /'kætfaɪt/ n. 激烈的争辩
behind /bɪ'haɪnd/ prep. 支持
up to 在做......
127
He's always
denied
it, but I've since learned that his
code
of honor is easily
corrupted
by
weepy
females.
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ vt. 否认知情
code /koʊd/ n. 道德准则
corrupt /kəˈrʌpt/ vi. 腐化
weepy /'wipi/ adj. 动不动就哭的
128
That afternoon the principal tried
cross-examining
me, but I wouldn't
cop
to anything.
cross-examine /ˌkrɔsɪɡˈzæmɪn/ vt. 对…盘问
cop /kɑːp/ v. 抓获
129
I just kept telling her that I was sorry and that I really didn't understand what had happened. Finally she let me go.
130
Shelly cried for days and followed me around school sniffling and making me feel like a real jerk, which was even worse than having Juli as a shadow.
131
Everything blew over at the one-week mark, though, when Shelly
officially
dumped
me and started
going out with
Kyle Larsen.
officially /əˈfɪʃəli/ adv. 官方地
dump /dʌmp/ v. 与(某人)结束恋爱关系
go out with 与某人约会
132
Then Juli started up with the
goo-goo
eyes again, and I was back to
square one
.
goo-goo /'ɡu:ɡu:/ adj. 〈俚〉着迷的
square one /skwer/ 回到起点
133
Now, in sixth grade things changed, though whether they improved is hard to say.
134
I don't remember Juli actually chasing me in the sixth grade. But I do remember her sniffing me.
135
Yes, my friend, I said sniffing.
136
And you can blame that on our teacher, Mr. Mertins. He
stuck
Juli to me like
glue
.
stick /stɪk/ vt. 粘住
glue /ɡluː/ n. 胶
137
Mr. Mertins has got some kind of
doctorate
in seating arrangements or something, because he analyzed and
scrutinized
and
practically
baptized
the seats we had to sit in.
doctorate /ˈdɑːktərət/ n. 博士学位
scrutinize /ˈskruːtənaɪz/ vt. 仔细检查
practically /ˈpræktɪkli/ adv. 实事求是地
baptize vt. 使经受考验
138
And of course he decided to
seat
Juli right next to me.
seat /sit/ vt. 使就座
139
Juli Baker is the kind of annoying person who
makes a point of letting
you know she's smart.
make a point of doing 重视做
140
Her hand is the first one up; her answers are usually complete
dissertations
; her projects are always turned in early and used as
weapons
against the rest of the class.
dissertation /ˌdɪsərˈteɪʃn/ n. 专题论文
weapon /'wepən/ n. 武器
141
Teachers always have to hold her project up and say, “This is what I'm looking for, class. This is an example of A-plus work.”
142
Add all the extra
credit
she does to an already perfect score, and I
swear
she's never gotten less than 120 percent in any subject.
credit /ˈkredɪt/ n. 学分
swear /swer/ vi. 发誓
143
But after Mr. Mertins stuck Juli right next to me, her annoying knowledge of all subjects
far and wide
came in
handy
.
far and wide adv. 广泛地
handy /ˈhændi/ adj. 有用的
144
See, suddenly Juli's perfect answers, written in perfect
cursive
, were right across the
aisle
, just an
eye-shot
away.
cursive /'kɝsɪv/ n. 草书
aisle /aɪl/ n. 通道
eyeshot /'aɪ,ʃɑt/ n. 视野
145
You wouldn't believe the number of answers I
snagged
from her.
snag /snæɡ/ vi. 抓住
146
I started getting A's and B's on everything! It was great!
147
But then Mr. Mertins pulled the shift.
148
He had some new idea for “
optimizing
positional
latitude
and
longitude
,” and
when the dust finally settled
, I was sitting right in front of Juli Baker.
optimize /ˈɑːptɪmaɪz/ vi. 优化
positional /pə'zɪʃənəl/ adj. 位置的
latitude /ˈlætɪtuːd/ n. 纬度
longitude /ˈlɑːndʒɪtuːd/ n. 经度
when the dust settle 尘埃落定
149
This is where the sniffing comes in.
150
That
maniac
started leaning forward and sniffing my hair.
maniac /'menɪæk/ n. 疯子
151
She'd edge her nose practically up to my
scalp
and sniff-sniff-sniff.
scalp /skælp/ n. 头皮
152
I tried elbowing and back-kicking. I tried
scooting
my chair way forward or putting my
backpack
between me and the seat.
scoot chair 挪动椅子
backpack /'bæk'pæk/ n. 背包
153
Nothing helped.
154
She'd just
scoot up
, too, or lean over a little farther and sniff-sniff-sniff.
scoot up 往前一点
155
I finally asked Mr. Mertins to move me, but he wouldn't do it.
156
Something about not wanting to disturb the
delicate
balance of educational energies.
delicate /ˈdelɪkət/ adj. 微妙的
157
Whatever. I was stuck with her sniffing.
158
And since I couldn't see her perfectly penned answers anymore, my grades took a dive. Especially in spelling.
159
Then one time, during a test, Juli's in the middle of sniffing my hair when she notices that I've
blown
a spelling word. A lot of words.
blow /bloʊ/ v. 出错
160
Suddenly the sniffing stops and the whispering starts.
161
At first I couldn't believe it. Juli Baker
cheating
? But
sure enough
, she was spelling words for me, right in my ear.
cheat /tʃiːt/ vi. 作弊
sure enough 果然如此
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Juli'd always been
sly
about sniffing, which really
bugged
me because no one ever noticed her doing it, but she was just as sly about giving me answers, which was okay by me.
sly /slaɪ/ adj. 狡猾的
bug /bʌɡ/ vt. 使厌烦
163
The bad thing about it was that I started
counting on
her spelling in my ear.
count on 指望
164
I mean, why study when you don't have to, right?
165
But after a while, taking all those answers made me feel sort of
indebted
to her.
indebt /ɪn'dɛt/ v. 使受恩惠
166
How can you tell someone to
bug off
or quit sniffing you when you
owe
them? It's, you know, wrong.
bug off 滚开
owe /oʊ/ vt. 欠…债
167
So I spent the sixth grade somewhere between uncomfortable and unhappy, but I kept thinking that next year, next year, things would be different.
168
We'd be in junior high — a big school — in different classes.
169
It would be a world with too many people to worry about ever seeing Juli Baker again.
170
It was finally, finally going to be over.
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