錓是什么意思:献给购物狂的英文小说

非常给女生推荐SophieKinsella的英文原版书，一直以来偶都是索菲的铁杆书迷，尤其是她写的《购物狂》系列丛书特别推荐给喜欢血拼的女孩们。这套书用来学英文也是很不错的选择。

刚读完她《购物狂》系列中的"ShopaholicTakes Manhattan"这本书, 中文名翻译叫“购物狂纽约血拼记”，被里面的故事深深打动了。本书是围绕主人公Rebecca,一个“名不符其实”的电台理财顾问，同时也是大名鼎鼎的购物狂，和她的男友-Luke，一个有着成功事业而且很man的男人间的爱情故事展开的.

喜欢Rebecca的义气。为了帮助好朋友Suze，Rebecca偷偷去Gifts andGoodies店里买了Suze设计的所有眼镜，最后Suze成为了年度销量冠军 - Thenumber-one best-seller。可Suze不知道原来是Rebecca干的

喜欢Rebecca的可爱。她虽说是个电台有名的理财顾问，可当她自己一花起钱来却无可休止，一塌糊涂。不过有些时候她和她的想法简直太可爱了。当她刚和男友到达纽约的四季酒店，就直奔健身房，按她的话说是：“You could lose loadsof weight just by twitching your fingers and stuff, andspend the money I saved on a new clothes" “只要随意性运动就能达到减肥效果，把省下来的钱买件新衣服。” 看到这里我不禁笑了，哈哈 真是一个会安慰自己的人啊。

同时她是一个很自恋的人。当她进入健身房时 "Nonchalantly I swap legs, clasp my hands, andstretch my armsout in front me. I can see my reflection on the other side of theroom - and though I say itmyself, I look pretty bloody cool ! " “我不经意地交叉踢踢双腿，拍拍手，向前伸伸手臂。健身房里对面墙上的镜子映照出我的形象-尽管这话是我说的，我那形象还真是很酷呢”

教练来了...
教练：" Do you exercise regularly? " “你经常锻炼么”
Rebecca:" Not in gym, butI walk a lot" “不常来健身房。但是我步练得多”
教练：" Great ! on a treadmill? or cross-country?“好极了！是用跑步机么？还是在室外道路上练呢？”
Rebecca:" Round the shops. I am often holdingquite heavy things, you know, carrier bagsand stuff." “围绕商场走。我常拎很重的东西，购物袋什么的”
教练无语了。。。。

从健身房出来，Rebecca参加了一个当地的团游览整个曼哈顿，当周围的人都穿着运动鞋整装待发时，导游看了看Rebecca的鞋：brightpurple, kitten heel, last year's jimmy choo sale，紫色小高跟皮鞋，去年jimmy choo特价买的，导游说：“You realize this is a three-hour tour? All on foot?"
Rebecca said : " absolutely "  :)

当Rebecca走在第五大道时，彻底被征服了，有段描写第五大道的：“As I look around, Iam completely filled with awe.God, this city is anincredible place. I gaze up at the tops of the buildings against the sky, until my neck isaching and i am starting to feel dizzy. My head keeps swiveling from left to right, likesomeone watching a tennis game. Christian Dior, Hermes, Chanel....this street isincredible.I'm feeling quite dazzled by all the sights and sounds of New York "我四下环顾，心里充满着新奇感。天哪，这座城市真是有着无穷的魅力。我抬头凝视着映衬在蓝天背景中的大楼顶部，直到感到头颈微微发痛，有点头晕目眩。我的头左顾右盼，彷佛在观看网球比赛。迪奥，爱马仕，香奈儿。。。这条街超赞！被纽约五光十色的魅力深深吸引了”这里sights andsounds押韵哦

这时候情况不妙，Rebecca看到了prada!!!，她忘记了自己在跟团，猛的冲进去了，哈哈
这样描写的：" As the others all march on, I hurryup to the window and stare at a pair of deep brown pumps with creamstitching. God, those are divine. I wonder how much they are? You know, Prada is probablyreally cheap over here. Maybe I should just pop in and ....."" 其他游客都在向前走去，我快步走到橱窗前，看到里面放着一双深褐色的女式无带浅口轻便女鞋。天哪，这款真时尚。要多少钱呢？也许在美国便宜些，也许我该进去看看。。。”导游也再次无语。。。。后面还有很多描写Tiffany，Cucci。。。。描写的超级漂亮~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

喜欢小说里精心布置的细节：Rebecca第一次见Luke母亲的时候的别扭，sophie描写得美轮美奂。以及luke母亲带她去参加一个上流社会豪华晚餐时，Rebecca的不融入，以至于大家都把她当成服务生了...恩，这的确又是一个灰姑娘和王子的故事~~

喜欢小说精彩的故事起伏。后来Luke和Rebecca的事业都遇到了挫折。特别是Rebecca，她在纽约大手大脚花钱欠一屁股债的消息被报纸刊登了出来。这个昔日的“理财高手”顿时被大家“唾弃”。这时，只有Rebecca的爸爸妈妈站了出来，支持自己的女儿。
“The only positive thing I do islisten to the messages on the phone and delete themall except one from Mum. I sit there, half-crying,half-laughing,letting a pool of wet tearsgather on myskirt and not even bothering to wipe it away."
"我听了电话里一条又一条留言，逐一删除，只留下妈妈的简讯。我坐在房间里，一会儿哭，一会儿破涕为笑，衣裙上滴上了点点泪迹，连用纸巾去檫掉都懒得动。”

"I feel as though I've been on a crazy rollercoaster ever since I got to New York. Likesome sort ofmagical Disney ride - except instead of whizzing through space.I've been whizzing throughshops and hotels and interviews and lunches, surrounded by lightand glitter and voices telling me I'm the next bigthing."
"我觉得到纽约后的这些天来就仿佛是坐在疯狂旋转的过山车上，像是在迪斯尼里那种神奇飞速旋转的游乐车上 -只不过不是在空中狂舞，而是在各家商店，酒店，见面会和午餐之间疯狂转圈而已，身边总是灯光辉煌，耀眼刺目，人们不停地对我说，我就是明天的大明星了”

一场意想不到的灾难威胁着她的事业及前途，更危及她和她男友的感情。。。这背后到底有怎样的阴谋？

购物狂Rebecca是否能找回她的尊严和爱情？？？

一口气把小说看完了，看到最后，终于舒了口气.................这里就不严重泄漏故事情节.....

这里放上我喜欢的一些话，附带翻译
1 Suze glances up at my wardrobe, onwhich are teetering a brown leather case, a lacqueredtrunk,and three vanity cases. I suppose I have been buying quite a bit ofluggage recently.But the thing is, for ages I didn't have any,just one battered old canvas bag.
Suze抬头望了一眼我的衣橱，橱顶上放着一只褐色的皮箱，一只漆皮的大皮箱和三只手提箱包。我想近来我是买了不少箱包之类的，但实际情况是，长期以来，我手头没有一个是用得上的，只有一只又破又旧的帆布包。

2 I stop, halfwaythrough transferring folded-up T-shirts into my case. This isstupid. How am I supposed topredict which T-shirts I'm going to want to wear? The whole pointabout T-shirts is you choosethem in the morning according to your mood, like crystals,or aromatherapy oils. Imagine if I woke upin the mood for my "Elvis is groovy" T-shirt andI did not have it with me?
我停下了，把折好的T恤举在空中，还没有放进皮箱中。这真傻。怎么会预测我会想穿什么T恤？T恤是要在早上醒来后根据当时的情绪选择穿的，就像是选择水晶或是健身香油一样。想想看，要是我早上醒来，觉得想穿那件印有Elvisis groovy的T恤，而又没有带，那有多惨？

3 I gave up tryingto squash the vest into the size of a matchbox, and it springsjauntily back to shape.Discomfited, I sink onto the bed and take a sip of tea. What Idon't understand is ,how doother people manage to pack so lightly? You see businesspeople allthe time, striding onto planes with only atiny shoe-box suitcase on wheels. How do they doit? Do they have magic shrinking clothes?
我放弃了想把紧身马甲折叠到一只火柴盒大小的努力。一松手马甲又弹回了原来的松散状态。我感到有点沮丧，坐回到床边，喝了口茶。我真不明白，别人为什么能轻松打好包？经常看到公务出差的人，只拖着一只带滑轮的鞋盒那么一点大的箱包登上飞机，一脸轻松的样子。他们是怎么做的？难道有什么魔术般的紧缩衣不成？

3 My new motto is "Buy Only What You Need ". Before each purchase, I ask myselfone question:" Do I need this?" And only if the answer is yes.For instance, when I get to LKBennett, i am incredibly focused and direct. As I walk in, apair of high-heeled red boots catchesmy eye - but I quickly look away and head straightfor

the display ofsandals. This is how I shop these days: no pausing, no browsing, noeyeing up otheritems.

4 I like most kindsof clothes, but a good pair of shoes can just reduce me tojelly.Sometimes when Suze is not athome, I open my wardrobe and just stare at all my pairsof shoes, like some mad collector.And once I lined them all up on my bed and tooka photograph of them. Which might seem abit weird - but I thought, I've got loads ofphotos of people I dont like, so why not take one ofsomething I really love?
我喜欢许多衣服。但一双耀眼夺目的鞋子却实在让我无法抵抗。有时候，家里没有其他人时，我会把衣橱门打开，自已欣赏放着衣橱里的我的那些宝贝鞋子，像是个着了迷的收藏家。有一次我还把他们一一取出来，陈列在我的床上，拍了张照。这看起来有点怪-但我想，我有很多我并不喜欢的人的照片，那么为什么不能替我喜欢的东西拍一张照片呢？

 ps, 推荐一首歌Heartbreakers  by Ne-Yo

.....写的好累，去睡了.....希望有导演把小说拍成电影啊.....