2015考研英语阅读忧郁的本质_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读忧郁的本质

　　Today would be her wedding anniversary, she writes at the beginning, and then evokes thescene of her daughter s summer wedding in Manhattan in 2003.There were cucumber andwatercress sandwiches, and a peach-coloured cake from Payard. Quintana wore stephanotisin her hair. Ms Didion returns to these details in later chaptersthe stephanotis, thecakeusing this repetition to illustrate the way she is haunted by memories. After alifetime of travel and dynamism, she now appears anchored in New York by the detritus oflife. Her drawers and cupboards are filled with mementoes which serve only to make clear how inadequately I appreciatedthe moment when it was here.

　　今天是她的结婚周年纪念日，琼迪丹在开头写到，唤起了2003年夏季女儿在曼哈顿岛婚礼上的场景。宴会上有黄瓜和水田芥三明治，从Payard送来的粉色蛋糕，昆塔斯在头发上别着千金子藤。琼迪丹在之后的章节千金子藤，蛋糕里回味着这些细节，用这些反复的回味阐述了她是如何被回忆萦绕的。终其一生的漂泊与动荡之后，生命的碎片似乎把她锚定在了纽约。塞满抽屉和橱柜的纪念品只是为了让我弄明白，这些东西在时我对它们的欣赏是多么地不合适。

　　The appeal of Ms Didion has long been her insight mixed with something glamorous; she isboth of this world and a world apart. Memories here are cluttered with brand names and glittering friends . Theeffect can be distracting, but Ms Didion sometimes uses these details to worry over the oddityof Quintana s life , and also tomarvel at her own naivety. I do not know many people who think they have succeeded asparents, she writes. In regarding herself as a mother, her remorse festers unchecked.