第157天:From: Christian GreySubject: TonightDate: May 25 2011 22:01To: Anastasia SteeleI don’t understand why you ran this evening. I sincerely hope I answered all your questions to your satisfaction. I know I have given you a great deal to contemplate, and I fervently hope that you will give my proposal your serious consideration. I really want to make this work. We will take it slow.Trust me.Christian GreyCEO, Grey Enterprises Holdings Inc.His email makes me weep more. I am not a merger. I am not an acquisition. Reading this, I might as well be. I don’t reply. I just don’t know what to say to him. I fumble into my PJs, and wrapping his jacket around me. I climb into bed. As I lie staring into the darkness, I think of all the times he warned me to stay away.‘Anastasia, you should steer clear of me. I’m not the man for you.’ ‘I don’t do the girlfriend thing.’ ‘I’m not a hearts and flowers kind of guy.’ ‘I don’t make love.’ ‘This is all I know.’And as I weep into my pillow silently, it’s this last idea I cling to. This is all I know, too. Perhaps together we can chart a new course.Christian is standing over me grasping a plaited, leather riding-crop. He’s wearing old, faded, ripped Levis and that’s all. He flicks the crop slowly into his palm as he gazes down at me. He’s smiling, triumphant. I cannot move. I am naked and shackled, spread-eagled on a large four-poster bed. Reaching forward, he trails the tip of the crop from my forehead down the length of my nose, so I can smell the leather, and over my parted, panting lips. He pushes the tip into my mouth so I can taste the smooth, rich leather. “Suck,” he commands his voice soft. My mouth closes over the tip as I obey. “Enough,” he snaps.
(1)I sincerely hope I answered all your questions to your satisfaction.: 我真的希望,我回答的你的所有问题都能让你满意。
(2)you will give my proposal your serious consideration.你能认认真真考虑我的提议。
(3)I really want to make this work. 我真的想把这做好。
(4)His email makes me weep more. Weep: If someone weeps, they cry. 哭泣e.g.: She wanted to laugh and weep all at once. / If a wound weeps, liquid or blood comes from it because it is not healing properly. 伤口流水;伤口流脓 e.g.: In severe cases, the skin can crack and weep.
(5)I might as well be. Might as well do sth: Should (do something), typically because there is no reason not to.最好做某事;应该做某事 e.g.: A: "Are you going to work late tonight?" B: "I might as well. I have nothing else going on."
(6)I fumble into my PJs: fumble: to do something awkwardly, especially when using your hands: 笨拙地做某事 e.g.: He fumbled in his pockets for some change. 他笨拙地伸进他包里去拿一些零钱。/to have difficulty saying or thinking of suitable words: 说不出合适的词;想不出合适的词 e.g.: I was fumbling for the right word. 我找不到合适的词。
(7)you should steer clear of me. steer clear of sb;sth: 远离
(8)cling to an idea: 坚持某种想法
(9)Perhaps together we can chart a new course. To “chart a course” would mean to plot out your directions on the sea (a chart being a map). In common speech it is used metaphorically to speak of planning to reach a goal. 规划;制定宏伟蓝图 e.g.: We are charting a course to a more sustainable, solar powered future.
(10)plaited, leather riding-crop: plait: 编织;编辫子