【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 59

“Tell me, is it possible to love someone who is not as smart as you are?” in a belligerent¹ morphine rush, wanted the mood of argument. “This is something that has concerned me most of my sexual life—which began late, I must announce to this select company. In the same way the sexual pleasure of conversation came to me only after I was married. I had never thought words erotic. Sometimes I really do like to talk more than fuck. The trouble with words is that you can really talk yourself into a corner. Whereas you can’t fuck yourself into a corner.” “That’s a man talking,” muttered Hana. 

“Well, I haven’t,” Caravaggio continued, “maybe you have

 How old are you, Kip?” 

“Twenty-six.” 

“Older than Hana. Could you fall in love with her if she wasn’t smarter than you?

 

1 belligerent   

adj.好战的，挑起战争的；n.交战国，交战者

参考例句：

• He had a belligerent aspect.他有种好斗的神色。
• Our government has forbidden exporting the petroleum to the belligerent countries.我们政府已经禁止向交战国输出石油。