各看各的书

类别：生活方式

讲述两人周日窝在沙发上看书的静谧时光，展现无需言语也安心的高级亲密关系。

时长 54 秒 · 语速 154 wpm

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On Sunday afternoons, we read. 周日下午，我们会一起看书。

He takes one end of the sofa, 他占着沙发的一头，

I take the other, and our feet meet in the middle. 我占着另一头，俩人的脚正好在中间碰上。

He reads history, thick books with maps. 他看历史书，那种夹着地图的大厚本。

I read novels. 我呢，就看小说。

For two or three hours, nobody talks. 两三个小时里，谁也不说话。

The only sounds are pages turning, and the rain, 屋里只有翻书的声音、雨声，

and sometimes the cat changing her mind about whose lap she wants. 还有猫咪偶尔纠结到底该趴在谁腿上的动静。

When I was younger, 年轻那会儿，

I thought silence between two people was a bad sign. 我总觉得两个人之间要是沉默，就说明感情出问题了。

If we're not talking, something must be wrong. 要是不说话，那肯定是有什么不对劲。

I filled every quiet moment with words. 所以我总用各种废话把冷场填满。

Now and then, he laughs at something. 偶尔，他会看到什么好玩的笑出声来。

"Listen to this," he says, and reads me one sentence. “你听听这个，”他说着，念上那么一句。

Then he goes back to his book, 然后他又接着看他的书，

and I go back to mine. 我也接着看我的。

I used to want someone I could talk to for hours. 以前我总希望能找个能陪我聊上几个小时的人。

I found something better. 现在我找到了更好的。

Someone I don't have to. 找了个就算一句话不说也很舒服的人。