第六十六讲

    Para. 9 I’m still a part-time failure when it comes to understanding her moods and mannerism, her strengths and not-so-strengths. My faults still give her headaches.

    Para. 10 But guess what? Twenty-five years after the meeting in the supermarket, I’ve come to love mushrooms and mussels! She ate a pie the other day and confessed that it was good.

    confess
    vt. 坦白，承认；忏悔
    e.g.
    a. Mr. Foster confessed that he’d broken the speed limit.
    福斯特先生承认自己超速了。
    b. She confessed stealing the book from the bookstore.
    她承认从书店里偷了这本书。

    come to
    （渐渐地）开始
    e.g.
    a. After three years’ study, I came to love English.
    经过三年的学习，我开始喜欢上了英语。
    b. Daily she was coming to know him better.
    日复一日，她渐渐对他有了更深的了解。

    mood
    n. 心情，情绪；语气；状态
    e.g.
    a. I was in no mood to laugh and talk with strangers.
    我没有心情和陌生人一起谈笑。
    b. The beautiful sunny morning put me in a happy mood.
    阳光明媚的早晨使我心情愉快。

    I’m still a part-time failure when it comes to understanding her moods and mannerism, her strengths and not-so-strengths. (Para. 9)
    有时我还是不太了解她的心情和习性，长处和不足。
    1) a part-time failure: 有时是个失败者；
    part-time: 有时
    e.g.
    She’s a part-time failure when it comes to playing the piano.
    要说到弹钢琴的话, 她有时就不那么在行了。
    2) when it comes/came to: 涉及，谈到……
    e.g.
    Xiao Wang is not good at English, but when it comes to maths, he is the best of our class.
    小王英语不太好。但要论数学的话，他是我们班最棒的。
    3) not-so-strengths: 缺点或不足的委婉表达

    Para. 9 有时我还是无法理解她的心情和习性，长处和不足。我的缺点也常常让她头疼。

    Para. 10 但是你猜怎么着？超市邂逅的25 年后，我渐渐喜欢上了蘑菇和贻贝而她最近也品尝了一块馅饼，竟然承认味道不错。