Vocabulary

concession n. (尤指在别家公司大楼内的)销售权(或经营权)协议

The concierge, before she became a concierge, had owned a drink-selling concession at the Paris race-courses.

rag v. 嘲弄，拿…开玩笑，对…恶作剧

"Of course you have, my dear," Brett said. "I was only ragging."

beam v. 眉开眼笑；笑容满面

The count was beaming. He was very happy.

ostentatious adj. 豪华的，浮华的，夸张的；炫耀的，卖弄的

"I say. Don't be ostentatious. Call him off, Jake."

fiesta n. (尤指西班牙或拉丁美洲的)宗教节日，狂欢节日；

He was coming back in three weeks and we would leave for Spain to get in some fishing and go to the fiesta at Pamplona.

Expression

She is of very good family. It is a thing you can see.

家境良好。

Brett looked at me and wrinkled up the corners of her eyes.

眼角出现了一片皱纹。

"That, too, has got a place in my values."

在我的价值观中有一席之地。

Then he knocked white boy cold. Then everybody commenced to throw chairs.

knock...cold 打晕。（海明威很喜欢用commence表示开始）

"I know who they are." Bill eyed the monument. "Gentlemen who invented pharmacy. Don't try and fool me on Paris."

eye v. 打量

Excerpt

Below the line where his ribs stopped were two raised white welts. "See on the back where they come out." Above the small of the back were the same two scars, raised as thick as a finger.

倒装排比。

We walked on and circled the island. The river was dark and a bateau mouche went by, all bright with lights, going fast and quiet up and out of sight under the bridge. Down the river was Notre Dame squatting against the night sky. We crossed to the left bank of the Seine by the wooden foot-bridge from the Quai de Bethune, and stopped on the bridge and looked down the river at Notre Dame. Standing on the bridge the island looked dark, the houses were high against the sky, and the trees were shadows.

景色描写。

Thought

Jake对Brett的爱恋隐晦而又压抑，不得不说这是战争留下的伤疾让他如此。在心爱的人面前，Jake小心翼翼，痛苦地压抑自己的感情，字里行间都有暗示。

这本书语言清新明快，但却处处暗含压抑和不安，不知故事会走向何方，猜不透结局。