小说原文

His expression shifted instantly to chagrin. "Are you very angry with me?"

他的神情立刻变得苦恼起来。“你很生我的气吗？”

"That depends!" I felt and sounded like I'd had the breath knocked out of me.

“那得看情况！”我感觉到，也能听到，我在大口大口地喘息着。

He waited.

他等待着。

"On?" he urged.

“基于？”他催促着。

"What you heard!" I wailed.

“你听到了什么！”我哀号道。

Instantly, silently, he was at my side, taking my hands carefully in his.

一转眼，他已经悄无声息地站到我身旁，双手小心地握住我的手。

"Don't be upset!" he pleaded. He dropped his face to the level of my eyes, holding my gaze. I was embarrassed. I tried to look away.

“别生气！”他恳求道。他俯下脸，和我的眼睛落在同一水平线上，对上了我的目光。我很窘迫，想要移开视线。

"You miss your mother," he whispered. "You worry about her. And when it rains, the sound makes you restless. You used to talk about home a lot, but it's less often now. Once you said, 'It's too green.'" He laughed softly, hoping, I could see, not to offend me further.

“你很思念你的母亲。”他耳语道。“你在担心她。下雨的时候，那声音总让你休息不好。你原来常在说家里的事，但现在少多了。有一次你说，‘这里太绿了。’”他温和地笑着，期待着——我能看出来——不致于太过冒犯我。

"Anything else?" I demanded.

“没有别的了？”我诘问道。

He knew what I was getting at. "You did say my name," he admitted.

他知道我说的是什么。“你确实说过我的名字。”他坦白道。

I sighed in defeat. "A lot?"

我挫败地叹息着。“经常？”

"How much do you mean by 'a lot,' exactly?"

“更确切些，你的‘经常’是指多频繁？”

"Oh no!" I hung my head.

“哦不！”我垂下头。

He pulled me against his chest, softly, naturally.

他把我拉到他的胸前，动作是那么的温柔，那么的自然。

"Don't be self-conscious," he whispered in my ear. "If I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it."

“别难为情，”他在我的耳畔低语着。“如果我能做梦，那一定都是关于你的梦。而且我也不会为此感到羞愧的。”

《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. angry with 生某人的气

eg But I was angry with myself to lose that second break.

但是令我生气的是失去第二个破发。

2. That depends!那得看情况！

3. knock out of 把…敲出；从……中敲出来

eg But it suffers from one fundamental flaw: the possibility that a disaster might knock out all of the backup systems.

但是它的失败在于一个根本性的缺陷：灾害摧毁所有备用系统的可能性。

4. ashamed of 难为情，害臊；对…感到羞耻；对…感到惭愧

eg They are certainly nothing to be ashamed of.

它们并不是什么值得羞耻的东西。