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LOUIS: So you want me to tell you the story of my life...
你想要我把我的故事告诉你？

MALLOY: Oh yes, like I said, that's what I do. I interview people. I'm a collector of lives. F.M. radio. K.F.R.C.
是的，我说过，这就是我的工作。我是人生故事的收藏家。我采访别人，然后在K.F.R.C电台播出。

LOUIS: You'll need a lot of tape for my story.
我的故事需要很多的磁带来记录。

MALLOY: No problem. I got a bag full of tape ready.
没关系，我准备了一整袋的磁带。

LOUIS: You followed me here, didn't you?
你跟踪我到这儿，不是吗？

MALLOY: Yeah, I suppose I did. You seemed very interesting. This is where you live?
对，正是这样。你看上去相当有趣。你住在这儿吗？

LOUIS: No. Just a room...
不，这只是一个房间……

MALLOY: What do you say we get started? So, what do you do?
你说我们怎么开始呢？你是干什么的？

LOUIS: I'm a vampire.
我是个吸血鬼。

MALLOY: That's something I haven't heard before. Well, you mean this literally, I take it.
这我倒从来没有听说过。嗯，你说真的？

LOUIS: Absolutely. I was waiting for you in that alleyway, watching you watching me. And then you began to speak.
千真万确。我在那条小巷子里等着你，看着你看见我。然后你开口说话。

MALLOY: So what a lucky break for me.
那我真走运。

LOUIS: Perhaps lucky for both of us.
也许我俩都很走运。

MALLOY: You…said you were waiting for me? What will you do? Kill me, drink my blood or likes that?
你在……你说你在等着我？你要干什么？杀了我，喝我的血或者诸如此类的事情？

LOUIS: Yes. But you needn't be worry about that now.
不错。不过现在你无需担心。

MALLOY: You believe this, don't you? That you're a vampire?
你为什么相信这个，相信你是个吸血鬼？

LOUIS: We can't begin this way. Let me turn on the light.
我们不能这样开始。我打算把头顶上的灯打开。

MALLOY: But I thought vampires didn't like the light.
可我以为吸血鬼不喜欢灯光呢。

LOUIS: We love it. I only wanted to prepare you.
我们喜欢灯光。我只想让你有所准备。

重点讲解

1. literally adv. 逐字地，按照字面上地，不夸张地，正确地，简直
He translated this article literally.他一字一句地翻译这篇文章。
Idioms usually cannot be translated literally in another language.成语通常不能照字面译成另一种语言。
He literally flew into the room.他简直是飞也似地跑进了房间。

2. need 作为动词，有两种理解，一是做情态动词，二是做行为动词。

1) need作为情态动词时，一般不用于肯定句，只用于否定句/疑问句。
其后直接加动词原形，没有时态/人称的变化。
其否定句为在need后面直接加not，或使用缩写needn't.
如：I needn't work hard.
其疑问句必须把情态动词need提前，回答也一般借助于need.
如：Need I help you?

2) need作为行为动词时，可用于各种句子，有过去式needed和三单形式needs.
其否定句必须借助于助动词don't/doesn't/didn't等变化。
如：I don't need to work hard.
其疑问句也必须借助于助动词do/does/did等变化。
如：What do you need me to do?
其结构一般有：
need sb/sth 如：I need you. I need your help.
need to do sth 如：I need to work harder.
need sb to do sth 如：I need you to help me.
need doing = need to be done 如：My watch needs repairing. = My watch needs to be repaired

3. prepare 用作及物动词，后接名词时，表示准备；调制，配置的意思，它亦可接带to的动词不定式（表示准备干某事）或接不定式复合结构（表示为某人做某事作准备）。例如：
The nurse is preparing the child to go to hospital. The nurse is preparing the child to go to hospital. 保姆正在为孩子住院作准备。

prepare for后接名词或代词，含有为将来即要发生的某一行动或某种情况作准备的意味。prepare for是个动介型短语动词，作及物动词用，动作意味很强，可直接用作谓语；
We were given two days to prepare for the examination. We were given two days to prepare for the examination.我们可以有两天的时间来准备考试。

注意：prepare for可分开来写，即prepare...for,这时prepare是及物动词。当prepare后接表示物的名词时，prepare...for通常表示为(某人)准备（什么）。
当prepare后接人的名词，介词for后接事物等名词时，它通常表示培养或指导（某人）准备（什么）。例如：
We must prepare a room for our guest. We must prepare a room for our guest. 我们必须为客人准备一个房间。
They are preparing their child for college. They are preparing their child for college. 他们培养孩子准备上大学。