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I was miffed. "Phoenix is three times bigger than Seattle — just in population. In physical size —"
我有點惱火：“鳳凰城是西雅圖的三倍大——這僅僅是指人口。在面積上——”
"But apparently," he interrupted me, "your number wasn't up in Phoenix. So I'd rather you stayed near me." His eyes did that unfair smoldering thing again.
“但很顯然，”他打斷我的話。“在鳳凰城的時候你還沒有大難臨頭。所以我希望你能待在我附近。”他的眼睛又開始那種不公平的催眠了。
I couldn't argue, with the eyes or the motivation, and it was a moot point anyway. "As it happens, I don't mind being alone with you."
我沒有爭論，也許是因為他的眼睛，又或許是因為他的動機。更何況無論如何，爭論這一點毫無意義。“碰巧，我不介意和你單獨相處。”
"I know," he sighed, brooding. "You should tell Charlie, though."
“我知道。”他擔憂地嘆息道。“但是，你必須告訴查理。”
"Why in the world would I do that?"
“我究竟是為了什么要這樣做呢？”
His eyes were suddenly fierce. "To give me some small incentive to bring you back."
他的眼神忽然尖銳起來：“為了給我一點小小的，把你帶回來的動力。”
I gulped. But, after a moment of thought, I was sure. "I think I'll take my chances."
我吞咽了一下。但是，思考了片刻以后，我決定了。“我想我會試著碰碰運氣的。”
He exhaled angrily, and looked away.
他生氣地哼了一聲，看向別處。
"Let's talk about something else," I suggested.
“讓我們聊點別的事情。”我建議道。
"What do you want to talk about?" he asked. He was still annoyed.
“你想聊點什么？”他問道。他依然很氣惱。
I glanced around us, making sure we were well out of anyone's hearing. As I cast my eyes around the room, I caught the eyes of his sister, Alice, staring at me. The others were looking at Edward. I looked away swiftly, back to him, and I. asked the first thing that came to mind.
我環顧四周，確認我們不在任何人的聽力范圍內。當我的目光梭巡著整個房間的時候，我遇上了他妹妹的視線，愛麗絲正注視著我。別的人則都看著愛德華。我立刻移開了視線，落回他身上。然后，我問了自己想到的第一件事。
"Why did you go to that Goat Rocks place last weekend… to hunt? Charlie said it wasn't a good place to hike, because of bears."
“為什么上周末你要去山羊巖荒野……去打獵呢？查理說那不是個野營的好地方，因為到處都是熊。”
He stared at me as if I was missing something very obvious.
他凝視著我，就好像我忽略了某件顯而易見的事情。
"Bears?" I gasped, and he smirked. "You know, bears are not in season," I added sternly, to hide my shock.
“熊？”我喘著氣說道，而他壞笑起來。“你知道，還沒到可以捕獵熊的季節。”我堅決地補充道，想要掩飾自己的震驚。
《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。
