1、This is a story of love,Plot Outline,Julianna “Juli“ Baker meets Bryce Loski two days before the beginning of second grade; its something about those blue eyes that attract her. Juli knows its love, while Bryce, like any seven-year-old boy, doesnt. Juli stalks(追踪、偷偷接近) Bryce all through his childhoo
2、d; staring at his house, asking him to play, following him at school, etc. But young Bryce did everything he can do to get rid of Juli , but it seemed uneasy way to do this, Because they went to the same school and lived across the street from each other.,Juli enjoyed watching the sunrise sitting on
3、 a sycamore tree ,but one day many workers wanted to cut it down . Juli tried to protect it ,and also wanted Bryce to help her ,but Bryce refused . Juli failed and was sad,she didnt talk to anybody for a long time Unbeknownst（不知怎么地） to Juli, Bryce feels horribly about Julis tree, considering Juli as
4、ked Bryce to come up to protest with her but he declined. He frets（烦恼、焦急） over whether he could have made a difference, and contemplates（沉思、思忖、苦思冥想） many times apologizing to Juli but chickens out（临阵退缩） each time. Julis spirits are lightened when her father, who she admires more than anyone, paints
5、her a picture of her sycamore tree. Juli hangs the picture in her room so shell always be reminded of what the tree represented for her.,Juli gives Bryce and his family a batch of（一批、一炉） chicken eggs. Bryces family, however, has a concernsalmonella.（沙门氏菌） Julis yard has always been very messy, and t
6、he family is concerned about poisoning in the eggs. Bryces father tells him to just say no to Juli about the eggs, but Bryce ends up just throwing the eggs away before his parents come down for breakfast. This goes on for two years, but ends when Juli catches Bryce throwing the eggs into the trash c
7、an. She runs home, leaving Bryce feeling miserable.（痛苦的、卑鄙的）,Things take a dive for the worse in eighth grade when Juli overhears Bryce talking to Garrett about her mentally challenged uncle. Garrett makes a joke about Juli being mentally injured as well. Bryce wants to punch（用拳重击） him, but doesnt w
8、ant to lose his friend, so he pretends to laugh. Juli, furious and hurt, decides to abandon every thought of Bryce. The flip comes here: the more angry Juli is and the more she ignores him, the more Bryce notices and likes Juli, especially after he finds an old article about Julis protest for her tr
9、ee from elementary school. Bryce begins to see that Juli is smart, spirited（英勇的）, and “iridescent“（闪光的）. And for once, Bryce cant get Juli out of his head, and Juli hates Bryce the way Bryce hated her.,The climax(高潮、顶点) comes at the eighth grade basket boys luncheon（午宴）, an auction（拍卖、竞卖） in which b
10、oys are sold off to win money for charity. Shy Bryce hates this event but has no choice in the matter. Bryce, being incredibly cute, gets auctioned off to Shelly and Miranda, the prettiest girls in his school, and Juli buys Jon, a boy who didnt get many offers. While on their lunch date, Bryce finds
11、 he cant focus on Shelly and Miranda: he just wants to talk to Juli. He gets his chance when Shelly and Miranda get into a huge food fight over him. While theyre fighting, Bryce sneaks(溜） over to Julis table, pulls her away from her date, and asks if she likes Jon. She answers that no, she doesnt, b
12、ut is clearly still annoyed at Bryce and wants nothing to do with him. Bryce, in his relief, takes her hands, leans in, and tries to kiss her, but she yanks（猛拉） back and runs away.,Juli manages to get home without Bryce seeing her, but Bryce is determined now. He calls, knocks on her door, and climb
13、s her window. Juli ignores him by sitting in the living room, until she looks out the window and is shocked that Bryce is digging a hole in her yard , but when she see what he plants is a sycamore tree ,she understands everything and walks out of home , planting the tree with him together And it is
14、a warming ending.Juli finally forgave Bryce. At the end of the story, they fell in love with each.,The first day I met Bryce Loski, I flipped. It was those eyes, something in those dazzling eyes. 见到布莱斯罗斯基的第一天，我心动了。他的双眸有种魔力让我如痴如醉。,First hand,The higher I got, the more amazed I was by the view. 我爬得越高，
15、眼前的风景便愈发迷人。,Some days the sunsets would be purple and pink. And some days they were a blazing orange setting fire to the clouds on the horizon. It was during one of those sunsets that my fathers idea of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts moved from my head to my heart. 有时落日泛起紫红的余晖，有时散
16、发出橘红色的火光燃起天边的晚霞。在这绚烂的日落景象中，我慢慢领悟了父亲所说的整体胜于局部总和的道理。,Some days the sunsets would be purple and pink. And some days they were a blazing orange setting fire to the clouds on the horizon. It was during one of those sunsets that my fathers idea of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts moved fr
17、om my head to my heart. 有时落日泛起紫红的余晖，有时散发出橘红色的火光燃起天边的晚霞。在这绚烂的日落景象中，我慢慢领悟了父亲所说的整体胜于局部总和的道理。,I never want you to forget how you feel when you were up there. 我希望你永远不要忘记在树上的感觉,- Well, a girl like that doesnt live next door to everyone. - 这种女孩可是可遇不可求的。,Ones character is set at an early age. Id hate to see
18、 you swim out so far you cant swim back. 从小看到老，我可不愿看到你做边城浪子回不了头。,Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss; but every once in a while, you find someone whos iridescent, and once you do, nothing will ever compare。 有些人沦为平庸浅薄，金玉其外，而败絮其中。可不经意间，有一天你会遇到一个彩虹般绚丽的人，从此以后，其他人就不过是匆匆浮云,The next thing I know, hes holding my hand and looking right into my eyes. My heart stopped. Was this it? Would this be my first kiss? 接下来，我所知道的就是，他紧紧握住我的手，与我深情对视。我的心跳停止了。就要来了吗？我的初吻就要来了吗？,
