Open Book

时间：2014-04-17 04:45:27

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Open Book

Melissa Balmain

Time was, your hands were on me night and day.

(The thrill along my spine¹!) Of course I flipped

for you, from A to Z and back to A,

not once suspecting our romantic script

was doomed² (and how), you fickle³（浮躁的）, shallow fool.

You've traded everything you shared with me --

defining moments, leisurely⁴, old school --

for quickies with your laptop, your PC,

your iPad, iPhone, iDon't-Give-a-Damn:

amid their breathless litany（冗长故事） of news,

blogs, tweets, directions, recipes and spam（垃圾邮件）,

they will, at any moment that you choose,

look up a word (or dozens!) in a flash.

Well, here's a definition I find merry:

Comeuppance (noun): when all your gadgets⁵ crash,

and you crawl back to me -- your dictionary.

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1 spine
n.脊柱，脊椎；(动植物的)刺；书脊
参考例句：
He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。 His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。

2 doomed
命定的
参考例句：
The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。 A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

3 fickle
adj.(爱情或友谊上)易变的，不坚定的
参考例句：
Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand.物价的波动往往是由于群众需求的不稳定而引起的。 The weather is so fickle in summer.夏日的天气如此多变。

4 leisurely
adj.悠闲的；从容的，慢慢的
参考例句：
We walked in a leisurely manner,looking in all the windows.我们慢悠悠地走着，看遍所有的橱窗。 He had a leisurely breakfast and drove cheerfully to work.他从容的吃了早餐，高兴的开车去工作。

5 gadgets
n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数）
参考例句：
Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。来自超越目标英语第4册 This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。来自英汉非文学 - 科学史