小说原文

"Do you have room for a few more players?" Laurent asked sociably.

“你们还有空位让别的选手加入吗？”劳伦和蔼可亲地问道。

Carlisle matched Laurent's friendly tone. "Actually, we were just finishing up. But we'd certainly be interested another time. Are you planning to stay in the area for long?"

卡莱尔配合着劳伦友好的语气说道。“其实，我们正要结束游戏。但下次的话我们一定会很乐意的。你们打算在这个地区久留吗？”

"We're headed north, in fact, but we were curious to see who was in the neighborhood. We haven't run into any company in a long time."

“事实上，我们正在去北方的路上，但我们都很好奇，想看看是谁住在这附近。我们已经很久没有碰到过同类了。”

"No, this region is usually empty except for us and the occasional visitor, like yourselves."

“不，这个地区通常都是空的，只有我们住在这里，偶尔会有访客经过，比方说你们。”

The tense atmosphere had slowly subsided into a casual conversation; I guessed that Jasper was using his peculiar gift to control the situation.

一触即发的紧张气氛慢慢地消失了，谈话变得随意起来。我猜贾斯帕正在用他特有的天赋在控制着局面。

"What's your hunting range?" Laurent casually inquired.

“你们都在哪里狩猎？”劳伦若无其事地寒暄道。

Carlisle ignored the assumption behind the inquiry. "The Olympic Range here, up and down the Coast Ranges on occasion. We keep a permanent residence nearby. There's another permanent settlement like ours up near Denali."

卡莱尔并不理会隐藏在问话里的假设。“这里的奥林匹亚山脉，偶尔也会涉足南北两侧的沿海山脉。我们在这附近有个固定住所。德纳利峰附近也有一群像我们这样的定居者。”

Laurent rocked back on his heels slightly.

劳伦微微震惊地站直了身子。

"Permanent? How do you manage that?" There was honest curiosity in his voice.

“固定住所？你们是怎么做到的？”他声音里的好奇显露无遗。

"Why don't you come back to our home with us and we can talk comfortably?" Carlisle invited. "It's a rather long story."

“你们为什么不到我们家里坐坐，这样我们可以更舒服地谈话？”卡莱尔邀请道。“这可是个很长很长的故事。”

James and Victoria exchanged a surprised look at the mention of the word "home," but Laurent controlled his expression better.

听到“家”这个词，詹姆斯和维多利亚交换了一个惊讶的眼神，但劳伦更好地控制住了自己的表情。

《暮光之城》

与图书题目相得益彰的是，“暮光之城”系列别具匠心的封面设计则很好地传达出了每本书内在的深远寓意。斯蒂芬妮·梅尔指出《暮色》封面上的苹果代表“创世纪” 内善恶树上的禁果。象征贝拉和爱德华之间人类与吸血鬼禁忌的爱恋。在书的开头引用了“创世纪”217页的内容：“只是分别善恶树上的果子，你不可吃，因为你吃的日子必定死。”这同时也代表了贝拉如何分辨善恶——选择是否吃下那颗禁忌的果实，这比喻了选择跟爱德华在一起或远离他。

语言讲解

1. have room for

有余地；有空间

eg. You’d have room for reading, exercise, spending time with others.

你就有时间可以在房间阅读、锻炼或者陪伴别人。

eg. In short, you have room for another layer of abstraction here, implemented as two XSLT stylesheets to be applied in sequence.

简言之，您拥有在此处放置抽象层的空间，可以实现为两个按顺序应用的 XSLT 样式表。

2. finish up

完成；结束；用光

eg. So, before you finish up your Christmas shopping, crack open a cookbook.

因此，在你完成你的圣诞购物之前，打开一本食谱。

eg. Today, I’m speaking to you from Indonesia as I finish up my trip to the Asia Pacific –the region where we do most of our trade and sell most of our exports.

今天，我结束了亚太地区的行程，在印度尼西亚向大家发表演讲。 这一地区是我们最大的贸易区，我们对此区域的出口也最大。

3. up and down

上上下下；到处；前前后后；来来往往

eg. He looked me up and down.

他开始上下打量我。

eg. “ Cortisol and adrenaline go up and down, ” he said.

“皮质醇和肾上腺素升高和降低，”他说。