见信如晤Letters Live 第35期:'桑吉夫'读信:天呐,厨子死了(2)

 　　You realise a book just consisting of those would just be the end, so my one liners are extensions of these brevities. 你知道，一本书包含了这些内容差不多就“黄了”，所以我的笑话在此基础上还做了延伸。

　　Then you are worried because as yet I have not mentioned my meeting with Secombe and later Sellers.  接着你又开始担心，我还未提及与西科姆以及后面的塞勒斯见面一事。

　　Well by the end of the Monty book I had as yet not met either Secombe or Sellers.  就算《MONTY》临近结尾，我依然没有与西科姆或塞勒斯见面。

　　I met Secombe in Italy, which will be in vol 4, and I am arranging to meet Peter Sellers on page 78 of vol 5 in London.  与西科姆在意大利的见面细节将在第4卷里出现，我还打算把与塞勒斯的伦敦会面安排在第5卷的第78页。

　　I’m sorry I can’t put back the clock to meet Secombe in 1941, to alleviate¹ your disappointment — hope springs anew with the information I have given you. 很抱歉，我无法扭转时间回到1941年与西科姆见面来缓解你的失望情绪——但愿这些肺腑之言能够让你改观。

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v.减轻，缓和，缓解(痛苦等)

参考例句：

• The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。
• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。