1. bloody: 形容詞 a.

血污的;流血的；殺戮多的;血淋淋的；嗜殺的;殘忍的
Jack came home with a bloody nose. 杰克回家來了,鼻子流著血。
It was a bloody battle. 那是一次血流成河的惡戰。
ban the young from bloody shows 禁止年青人看殘忍好殺的演出

副詞 ad. 【英】【俚】很,非常
It's bloody wonderful! 棒極了!

2. intrusive: 打擾的；妨礙的
We both felt intrusive and out of place.
我們倆都覺得闖到這里來很不合適。
The people are warm and courteous but not intrusive.
那里的人民熱情有禮、絕不擾人。

3. lift: （給步行者的）搭便車
It was pouring rain and he just needed a lift.
外面下著這么大的雨，而他只是想搭個便車而已。

4. teenager: [美國英語]（13至19歲的）青少年

5. selfidentity: （自我）同一性，個性

6. psychobabble: 心理學術語（這里Lightman對于這種學術的解釋很不屑）

7. 巧記 lie 與 lay

原形 過去式 過去分詞 現在分詞
lie lied lied lying 說謊
lie lay lain lying 平躺，位于
lay laid laid laying 放置，下蛋

躺 lie,lay,lain,lie in bed again;
撒謊 lie,lied,lied,don't be a liar;
產蛋 lay,laid,laid,a hen laid an egg;
放置 A loy picked it up,and laid it in the bag.

If you like, you can lie down on your bed, laying yourself in a comfortable position, and lie to yourself that you don't like lying there, or you can imagine where you would like to lay the eggs after the hens lay eggs.