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My mom looks like me, except with short hair and laugh lines.
我長(zhǎng)得像我媽媽，但她頭發(fā)較短，而且臉上帶有笑紋。
I felt a spasm of panic as I stared at her wide, childlike eyes.
看著她那雙天真爛漫的大眼睛，我涌起一陣心痛。
How could I leave my loving, erratic, harebrained mother to fend for herself?
我怎么可以撇下我可愛、古怪、率性的母親，讓她獨(dú)自一人去生活呢？
Of course she had Phil now, so the bills would probably get paid,
當(dāng)然，眼下她有菲爾，賬單會(huì)有人去付，
there would be food in the refrigerator, gas in her car,
冰箱里會(huì)有吃的，汽車沒油了有人去加，
and someone to call when she got lost, but still...
迷了路也有人可求，但還是……
"I want to go," I lied. I'd always been a bad liar,
“我真的想去，”我撒了個(gè)謊。我一直都不太會(huì)說謊話，
but I'd been saying this lie so frequently lately that it sounded almost convincing now.
不過這個(gè)謊話最近一直在說，最后連自己都深信不疑了。
"Tell Charlie I said hi." "I will."
“代我向查理問好?！薄拔視?huì)的?！?/div>
"I'll see you soon," she insisted. "You can come home whenever you want—
“我很快就會(huì)來看你的，”她堅(jiān)持道，“你想回家的話，隨時(shí)都可以回——
I'll come right back as soon as you need me."
你說一聲需要我，我馬上就回來。”
But I could see the sacrifice in her eyes behind the promise.
不過，從她眼中我能看出這樣的諾言會(huì)讓她做出怎樣的犧牲。
"Don't worry about me," I urged. "It'll be great. I love you, Mom."
“別為我操心，”我勸她，“一切都會(huì)很好的。我愛你，媽媽?！?/div>
She hugged me tightly for a minute, and then I got on the plane, and she was gone.
她緊緊地?fù)Я宋乙粫?huì)兒，然后等我登上了飛機(jī)，她才離開。
It's a four-hour flight from Phoenix to Seattle,
從鳳凰城到西雅圖要飛四個(gè)小時(shí)，
another hour in a small plane up to Port Angeles,
然后在西雅圖換乘小飛機(jī)往北飛一個(gè)小時(shí)到天使港，
and then an hour drive back down to Forks.
再南下開一個(gè)小的車就到?？怂沽?。
Flying doesn't bother me; the hour in the car with Charlie, though, I was a little worried about.
坐飛機(jī)我倒不怕；不過，跟查理在車上相處的那一個(gè)小時(shí)卻令我有些擔(dān)心。
Charlie had really been fairly nice about the whole thing.
查理對(duì)這件事情的態(tài)度從頭到尾都非常不錯(cuò)。
He seemed genuinely pleased that I was coming to live with him for the first time with any degree of permanence.
我第一次來跟他一起生活，即使還有些許做秀的成分，但他似乎真的很高興。
He'd already gotten me registered for high school and was going to help me get a car.
他已經(jīng)為我在高中注冊(cè)了，還打算幫我弄輛車。
But it was sure to be awkward with Charlie.
但是跟查理在一起肯定會(huì)很別扭。
Neither of us was what anyone would call verbose,
我們都不是那種在誰看來都很啰嗦的人，
and I didn't know what there was to say regardless.
何況，我也不知道有什么好說的。
I knew he was more than a little confused by my decision—
我明白，他被我的決定弄得摸不著頭腦了——
like my mother before me, I hadn't made a secret of my distaste for Forks.
就像我媽媽在我面前那樣，我不喜歡?？怂梗@一點(diǎn)我從來都沒有掩飾過。
When I landed in Port Angeles, it was raining.
飛機(jī)在天使港著陸時(shí)，天空正在下著雨。
I didn't see it as an omen—just unavoidable.
我沒有把它看作是某種征兆——下雨在福克斯是不可避免的。
I'd already said my goodbyes to the sun.
我已經(jīng)跟太陽說過再見了。
Charlie was waiting for me with the cruiser.
查理開著巡邏車來接我，
This I was expecting, too. Charlie is Police Chief Swan to the good people of Forks.
這也是我預(yù)料之中的事。查理·斯旺是?？怂股屏既嗣竦乃雇L(zhǎng)。
My primary motivation behind buying a car, despite the scarcity of my funds,
我盡管手頭不寬裕，但還是想買輛車，
was that I refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on top.
主要就是因?yàn)槲也幌胱屢惠v頂上有紅藍(lán)燈的警車?yán)覞M街跑。
Nothing slows down traffic like a cop.
交通不暢，警察的功勞誰都望塵莫及。
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| confused | [kən'fju:zd] |
想一想再看 adj. 困惑的；混亂的；糊涂的 v. 困惑（confu |
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| refrigerator | [ri'fridʒə.reitə] |
想一想再看 n. 冰箱 |
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| bother | ['bɔðə] |
想一想再看 v. 使惱怒，使不安，煩擾，費(fèi)心 |
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| unavoidable | [.ʌnə'vɔidəbl] |
想一想再看 adj. 不可避免的 |
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| funds |
想一想再看 n. 基金；資金，現(xiàn)金（fund的復(fù)數(shù)） v. 提供資金 |
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| plane | [plein] |
想一想再看 adj. 平的，與飛機(jī)有關(guān)的 |
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| decision | [di'siʒən] |
想一想再看 n. 決定，決策 |
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| except | [ik'sept] |
想一想再看 vt. 除，除外 |
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| verbose | [və:'bəus] |
想一想再看 adj. 羅嗦的，冗長(zhǎng)的 |
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| scarcity | ['skɛəsiti] |
想一想再看 n. 缺乏，不足，缺少 |
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