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"Yet," he added.
“是目前為止還沒有。”他補充道。
"Yet," I agreed; I would have argued, but now I wanted him to be expecting disasters.
“是啊。”我贊同道。我本應該和他爭論的，但現在我只想讓他的期望落空。
"I have another question for you." His face was still casual.
“我還有另一個問題要問你。”他依然是一臉漫不經心的神情。
"Shoot."
“有話直說。”
"Do you really need to go to Seattle this Saturday, or was that just an excuse to get out of saying no to all your admirers?"
“這周六你真的需要去西雅圖嗎，或者這只是用來對你所有的傾慕者說不的借口？”
I made a face at the memory. "You know, I haven't forgiven you for the Tyler thing yet," I warned him. "It's your fault that he's deluded himself into thinking I'm going to prom with him."
想起這件事，我就不由得做了個鬼臉：“你要知道，我還沒原諒你泰勒那件事呢。”我警告他。“都是你的錯，他才會自欺欺人地想著我會和他一起去正式舞會。”
"Oh, he would have found a chance to ask you without me — I just really wanted to watch your face," he chuckled, I would have been angrier if his laughter wasn't so fascinating. "If I'd asked you, would you have turned me down?" he asked, still laughing to himself.
“噢，就算沒有我他也會找到機會邀請你的——我只是想看看你的表情，”他輕笑著。如果不是他的笑聲如此迷人的話，我本來會更生氣些的。“如果我曾邀請你，你會拒絕我嗎？”他問道，依然向自己大笑著。
"Probably not," I admitted. "But I would have canceled later — faked an illness or a sprained ankle."
“也許不會。”我坦承道。“但稍后我會食言的——捏造病情或者假裝扭傷腳踝。”
He was puzzled. "Why would you do that?"
他很困惑：“為什么你要這樣做呢？”
I shook my head sadly. "You've never seen me in Gym, I guess, but I would have thought you would understand."
我悲哀地搖了搖頭。“我猜，你沒見過我上體育課的樣子，但我原本以為你會理解的。”
"Are you referring to the fact that you can't walk across a flat, stable surface without finding something to trip over?"
“你是在談論你沒法走過一段平坦的，穩固的路面而找不到任何東西來絆倒你的這個事實嗎？”
"Obviously."
“很顯然。”
"That wouldn't be a problem." He was very confident. "It's all in the leading." He could see that I was about to protest, and he cut me off. "But you never told me — are you resolved on going to Seattle, or do you mind if we do something different?"
“那不會是個問題。”他很有把握地說。“這取決于誰來領你跳舞。”他看得出我正要提出異議，于是他打斷了我。“可你還沒告訴我——你是不是非去西雅圖不可，或者說，你是否介意我們去做點別的事？”
《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。
