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So you see, I'd missed fitting in to just about every category out there:
可以看到我與所有的生活格格不入：
daughter, wife, mother, scholar.
作為女兒，作為妻子，作為媽媽，作為學(xué)者。
And the dream of being a writer was really kind of like a small, sad stone in my throat.
而想要成為作家的夢(mèng)想也一直如鯁在喉。
It was pretty much in spite of myself that I got on that plane
我沒有理會(huì)自己的不適就登上了飛機(jī)，
and flew to New York City, where the writers are.
準(zhǔn)備前往紐約，和各位作家見面。
Fellow misfits, I can almost see your heads glowing.
各位不適的人，我?guī)缀蹩梢钥吹侥銈冾^上的光芒。
I can pick you out of a room.
我可以在屋子里認(rèn)出你來。
At first, you would've loved it.
一開始旅程是美妙的。
You got to choose the three famous writers you wanted to meet,
每個(gè)人可以選擇三位最想見的知名作家
and these guys went and found them for you.
會(huì)有人為你聯(lián)系他們。
You got set up at the Gramercy Park Hotel,
大家下榻在格拉梅西公園酒店，
where you got to drink Scotch late in the night with cool, smart, swank people.
在那里可以和出色，聰明，華麗的人喝蘇格蘭威士忌直到深夜。
And you got to pretend you were cool and smart and swank, too.
你要裝作同樣出色，聰明，華麗。
And you got to meet a bunch of editors and authors and agents at very, very fancy lunches and dinners.
你會(huì)在無比精美的午餐和晚宴中會(huì)見一系列的編輯作家和經(jīng)紀(jì)人。
Ask me how fancy.
快問我多么精美。
How fancy?
有多么精美？
I'm making a confession: I stole three linen napkins from three different restaurants.
我承認(rèn)我從三個(gè)不同的飯店偷了三塊亞麻餐巾。
And I shoved a menu down my pants.
我還在褲子里藏了一張菜單。
I just wanted some keepsakes so that when I got home,
我只是想在我回家時(shí)，還能看到一些我?guī)Щ貋淼募o(jì)念品
I could believe it had really happened to me. You know?
讓我相信我真的去過這里。你明白么？
