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LESTAT: Feed on what you want. Rats, chickens, doves. I'll leave you to it and watch you come round. Just remember: life without me would be even more unbearable...
列斯达：你爱吃什么就吃什么吧，老鼠，鸡，小狗。随你便，你会接受我的方式的。记住，没有我，你的生活会更难以忍受。

LESTAT: Consider yourself lucky. In Paris a vampire has to be clever for many reasons.
列斯达：你真是幸运。在巴黎，吸血鬼一定得十分聪明。

LOUIS: Paris?
路易：巴黎？

LESTAT: Here all one needs is a pair of fangs.
列斯达：在这儿只需要一付尖牙。

LOUIS: You came from Paris?
路易：你来自巴黎？

LESTAT: As did the one who made me.
列斯达：和那个缔造我的家伙一样。

LOUIS: Tell me about him. You must have learnt something from him!
路易：讲讲他。你一定从他那儿学到了很多东西。

LESTAT: I learnt absolutely nothing. I wasn't given a choice.
列斯达：我什么也没学到。我别无选择。

LOUIS: But you must know something about the meaning of it all...
路易：但你一定知道其中的意义……

LESTAT: Why? Why should I know these things? Do you know them? That noise! It's driving me mad! That noise! We've been in the country for weeks with nothing but that noise!!!
列斯达：为什么！为什么我得知道这些！你知道这些吗？那声音，它快把我弄疯了！那声音！在乡下几个星期来我们就只听到那该死的声音！

LOUIS: Yes, they know about us. They watch us dine on empty plates and drink from empty glasses.
路易：是的，他们知道了我们的事。他们看见我们吃饭的时候碗碟空空如也。

LESTAT: Come to New Orleans then. The Paris opera is in town. We can try some French cuisine.
列斯达：那就去新奥尔良吧。巴黎的戏剧在上演。我们可以试一下法国菜。
重点讲解
consider
vt.
1. 考虑，思考，深思，细想：
You have to consider what to do next.
你必须考虑下一步该做什么。

2. 以为，认为，视为，把…看做：
She considered herself superior to others.
她认为自己比别人高一等。

3. 想，料想；断定：
We considered that the young man was not guilty.
我们断定这个年轻人无罪。

4. 关心，体贴，照顾；为…着想：
She never considers others.
她从来不为别人着想。

5. 考虑到；体谅：
We must consider his youth.
我们必须体谅他还年轻。

6. 注意；注视，凝视；打量：
He considered the man for some time before speaking to him .
他打量了那人一会儿才跟他说话。

7. 看重，尊重，尊敬：
He is greatly considered by his colleagues.
他深受同事们的尊重。

learn 
1. 学习，学：
vi
His son learns fast and well.
他的儿子学得又快又好。

2. 学会：
They have learned to struggle against adversity.
他们已经学会同逆境做斗争。

3. 得知，获悉；听到；了解到(与of或about连用)：
I learned about the present acute situation in Iraq in the newspapers.
我从报上得知伊拉克目前的严重局势。

vt.
1. 学习，学：
Our students are required to learn two foreign languages.
我们的学生必须学习两门外语。

2. 学会，学到：
We learned a lot of things from holiday courses.
我们从假期开设的课程中学到了许多东西。

3. 得知，获悉；认识的；了解到：
Have you learned the particulars of the accident?
你了解了事故的详细情况了吗?

4. 记住：
He spent three hours learning Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg by heart.
他花了三小时把林肯的《葛底斯堡讲话》背了下来。

5. 获得；养成(习惯、规矩等)：
He learned honesty from his mother.
他从母亲那里学会诚实。