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Finding the school was not difficult, though I'd never been there before.
找到學校沒費什么事，雖然我以前從未去過。
The school was, like most other things, just off the highway.
學校和許多其他建筑一樣，就在公路邊上。
It was not obvious that it was a school;
它不太看得出來是所學校；
only the sign, which declared it to be the Forks High School, made me stop.
幸好看見了那塊上面寫著福克斯中學的牌子，我才停下來。
It looked like a collection of matching houses, built with maroon colored bricks.
它看上去就像一溜用栗色磚修建的配套用房。
There were so many trees and shrubs I could not see its size at first.
這里有許多樹和灌木，一開始我沒能看清學校的規(guī)模。
Where was the feel of the institution?
這哪里有什么教育機構(gòu)的感覺？
I wondered nostalgically.
我感覺倒是很懷舊。
Where were the chain link fences, the metal detectors?
鐵絲網(wǎng)柵欄在哪兒？還有金屬探測器呢？
I parked in front of the first building, which had a small sign over the door reading front office.
我把車停在了第一棟樓前，樓上掛著一塊小牌子，上面寫有“行政辦公室”字樣。
No one else was parked there, so I was sure it was off limits,
不見有別人把車停在這里，所以我斷定這里肯定是不讓停車的，
but I decided I would get directions inside instead of circling around in the rain like an idiot.
不過我還是決定去問問路，而不要像個白癡似地在雨中繞圈子。
I stepped unwillingly out of the toasty truck cab and walked down a little stone path lined with dark hedges.
我不情愿地從舒適溫暖的駕駛室出來，上了一條有深色柵欄的小石路。
I took a deep breath before opening the door.
開門之前，我深吸了一口氣。
Inside, it was brightly lit, and warmer than I'd hoped.
里面燈火通明，而且比我想象得要暖和。
The office was small; a little waiting area with padded folding chairs, orange flecked commercial carpet,
辦公室很小；有一個小小的接待區(qū)，放置著一些帶襯墊的可折疊椅子，地上鋪著橘色斑點的商務地毯，
notices and awards cluttering the walls, a big clock ticking loudly.
布告和獎彰混亂地貼在墻上，一個大立鐘發(fā)出清晰而響亮的滴答聲，
Plants grew everywhere in large plastic pots, as if there was not enough greenery outside.
在大塑料罐子里的盆景生長得異常茂盛，好像這里戶外缺乏植被似的所以它們才在這里長得到處都是。
The room was cut in half by a long counter,
這個房間被一個長柜臺分割成兩部分，
cluttered with wire baskets full of papers and brightly colored flyers taped to its front.
柜臺前凌亂地放著裝滿了紙張的金屬網(wǎng)簍，臺子的前面板上用膠帶胡亂地貼著色彩明亮的廣告?zhèn)鲉巍?/div>
There were three desks behind the counter,
臺子后面有三張辦公桌，
one of which was manned by a large, red haired woman wearing glasses.
其中一張被一個大個子的，紅發(fā)戴眼鏡的女性所占據(jù)。
She was wearing a purple t shirt, which immediately made me feel overdressed.
她穿著一件紫色的體恤衫，這件體恤衫讓我立刻覺得自己穿得太多了。
The red haired woman looked up. Can I help you?
她抬頭看著我：“你有事嗎？”
"I'm Isabella Swan," I informed her, and saw the immediate awareness light her eyes.
“我是伊薩貝拉·斯旺，”我通報了姓名，看見她的眼中立即閃過明白了的眼神，
I was expected, a topic of gossip no doubt.
我料想,無疑我已經(jīng)成為了這個小鎮(zhèn)上閑聊時的話題，
Daughter of the Chief's flighty ex wife, come home at last.
警長輕浮的前妻的閨女，終于回家來了。
