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158.The Book Signing
158.簽名售書
When I heard that my favorite non-fiction author was doing a book signing, I jumped on the next nonstop train to the city!
當我聽說我最喜歡的非小說類寫實文學作家正在簽名售書，我跳上了下一班去城里的直達快車！
I could not contain myself with excitement and only nodded off for a couple hours of sleep late into the night!
我抑制不住激動的心情，到深夜只睡了幾個小時！
When I got off the train, I was not nearly as excited as I had been-I didn't know where to go!
下火車的時候，我就根本不像前面那樣激動了——因為我不知道該去哪里！
Not having any idea where the signing was taking place, I called a taxi and asked him to drive around!
由于不知道簽名售書在哪里舉行，我叫了輛出租車叫他拉著我到處轉！
He did not bat an eye! It was no wonder!
他連眼晴都沒眨！這并不奇怪！
I spent almost one hundred dollars driving around-that was good business for him! But we finally found it!
我花了大約100美元的打車費——對他來說 這是一筆不錯的生意！不過我們最后還是找到了！
It was none other than the author himself who greeted me at the door!
在門口跟我打招呼的正是那位作家本人！
He was not at all what I expected-he was much more handsome than his picture!
他跟我想像的完全不一樣——他比照片上帥多啦！
There was not a whole lot I had to say, so I just let him sign my book and started to leave!
我要說的話還真沒有多少，因此我只是讓他在我的書上簽了名，然后就準備離開！
Then he asked if I had plans for lunch! I replied that I had none to speak of!
這時他問我午飯有沒有安排。我回答說還沒有！
Now there is not much I didn't know about this author, but he turned out to be a real dud for a date!
現在我對這位作家已經很了解了，但他最后證明他真的不會約會！
We did not get anywhere with our conversation-it was as if he couldn't talk! I was none too sad to see that date end!
我們的談話沒有任何進展——他就好像不會說話似的！眼看約會要結束，我絲毫不覺得傷心！
I went home disappointed! Sure I had his autograph!
我失望地回家了！我的確得到了他的親筆簽名。
But he was so boring in real life, not having any of the charisma that I thought he had!
可在現實生活中他太乏味了，一點兒也不像我想像的那么有魅力！
Oh, well, there was this other author who had been a non-science major in college that was supposed to visit the following week!
對啦，這里又有一位作家，大學時他是一名文科生，他應該是下個星期來訪問！
Maybe he would be better in person!
也許現實中的他會好一些！
