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"I'm right?" I gasped.
“我是對的？”我喘息著說。
"Does it matter?"I took a deep breath.
“這要緊嗎？”我深吸了一口氣。
"Not really." I paused. "But I am curious." My voice, at least, was composed.
“不怎么要緊。”我頓了頓。“但我很好奇。”只是，我的聲音維持著平靜。
He was suddenly resigned. "What are you curious about?""How old are you?""Seventeen," he answered promptly.
他忽然順從起來：“你好奇什么？”“你幾歲了？”“十七歲。”他迅速答道。
"And how long have you been seventeen?"His lips twitched as he stared at the road. "A while," he admitted at last.
“你滿十七歲多久了？”當他注視著路面的時候，他的嘴唇扭曲起來。“有一陣子了。”他最終承認道。
"Okay." I smiled, pleased that he was still being honest with me. He stared down at me with watchful eyes, much as he had before, when he was worried I would go into shock. I smiled wider in encouragement, and he frowned.
“很好。”我笑了起來，對他依然對我坦誠這一點很高興。他低下頭，用警惕的眼神看著我，就像他之前所做的那樣，那時他正擔心著我會不會震驚得休克過去。因為受到這樣的鼓勵，我笑得更開懷了，而他皺起了眉頭。
"Don't laugh — but how can you come out during the daytime?"He laughed anyway. "Myth.""Burned by the sun?""Myth.""Sleeping in coffins?""Myth." He hesitated for a moment, and a peculiar tone entered his voice.
“不許笑——可你是怎么能夠在白天出來的呢？”他總算笑了。“鬼扯。”“被陽光灼燒？”“鬼扯。”“睡在棺材里？”“鬼扯。”他遲疑了片刻，他的聲音帶上了某種奇特的語氣。
"I can't sleep."
“我不用睡覺。”
It took me a minute to absorb that. "At all?""Never," he said, his voice nearly inaudible. He turned to look at me with a wistful expression. The golden eyes held mine, and I lost my train of thought. I stared at him until he looked away.
我用了一分鐘才消化了這句話。“完全不用？”“從來不用。”他說道，他的聲音幾不可聞。他轉過頭來，用一種渴望的神情看著我。那雙金色的眸子抓住了我的眼睛，我完全喪失了思考的能力。我凝視著他，直到他看向別處為止。
《暮光之城》
與圖書題目相得益彰的是，“暮光之城”系列別具匠心的封面設計則很好地傳達出了每本書內在的深遠寓意。斯蒂芬妮·梅爾指出《暮色》封面上的蘋果代表“創世紀” 內善惡樹上的禁果。象征貝拉和愛德華之間人類與吸血鬼禁忌的愛戀。在書的開頭引用了“創世紀”217頁的內容：“只是分別善惡樹上的果子，你不可吃，因為你吃的日子必定死。”這同時也代表了貝拉如何分辨善惡——選擇是否吃下那顆禁忌的果實，這比喻了選擇跟愛德華在一起或遠離他。
