暮光之城?暮色 第260期:第十五章 卡倫一家(9)

[00:00:01]That's right, I answered immediately, hiding my surprise at his casual use of the word. “沒(méi)錯(cuò)。”我立刻答道，掩飾著自己對(duì)他漫不經(jīng)心地用著這個(gè)詞的驚訝。 [00:05:42]He shook his head. You're incredible. 他搖了搖頭：“你簡(jiǎn)直難以置信?！? [00:08:58]I realized, as he drove my truck out of the main part of town, that I had no idea where he lived. 當(dāng)他把我的卡車(chē)開(kāi)出鎮(zhèn)里的主街區(qū)時(shí)，我才意識(shí)到，我還不知道他住在哪里。 [00:18:10]We passed over the bridge at the Calawah River, the road winding northward, the houses flashing past us growing farther apart, getting bigger. 我們開(kāi)過(guò)架在Calawah河上的橋，開(kāi)向通往北部的道路。房屋飛快地從我們車(chē)旁掠過(guò)，漸漸變得不那么密集，房屋主體也變得越來(lái)越巨大。 [00:27:43]And then we were past the other houses altogether, driving through misty forest. 然后，我們把所有的住家都拋在了身后，開(kāi)進(jìn)了云霧繚繞的森林。 [00:31:08]I was trying to decide whether to ask or be patient, when he turned abruptly onto an unpaved road. 我還在試圖決定是要開(kāi)口問(wèn)還是耐心等待的時(shí)候，他忽然掉轉(zhuǎn)車(chē)頭開(kāi)進(jìn)了一條沒(méi)有鋪著柏油的路。 [00:37:30]It was unmarked, barely visible among the ferns. 這條路沒(méi)有任何標(biāo)記，在一片蕨類(lèi)植物中隱約可見(jiàn)。 [00:43:24]The forest encroached on both sides, leaving the road ahead only discernible for a few meters as it twisted, serpentlike, around the ancient trees. 它蜿蜒蛇行著穿過(guò)一顆顆古老的樹(shù)木，森林在路兩旁侵蝕著我們的視野，讓我們只能看見(jiàn)路前方幾米遠(yuǎn)的地方。 [00:50:46]And then, after a few miles, there was some thinning of the woods, and we were suddenly in a small meadow, or was it actually a lawn? 然后，又開(kāi)過(guò)數(shù)英里以后，樹(shù)木變得稀少些了，忽然間我們就在一片小小的草地上了，或許這事實(shí)上是一片私人草坪? [01:01:02]The gloom of the forest didn't relent, though, for there were six primordial cedars that shaded an entire acre with their vast sweep of branches. 但是，森林里的幽暗感并未消散，因?yàn)橛辛梦唇?jīng)修剪的雪松用它們廣闊的綿延的枝葉蔭蔽著整塊草地。 [01:09:22]The trees held their protecting shadow right up to the walls of the house that rose among them, 這些樹(shù)撐起了它們保護(hù)性的樹(shù)陰，一直綿延到房屋的外墻上，那外墻凌于樹(shù)蔭之上， [01:14:39]making obsolete the deep porch that wrapped around the first story. 使得環(huán)繞著房屋一層的深邃的門(mén)廊顯得有些陳舊。 [01:18:42]I don't know what I had expected, but it definitely wasn't this. The house was timeless, graceful, and probably a hundred years old. 我不知道自己在期待著什么，但絕對(duì)不是這樣的。這所房子經(jīng)久優(yōu)美，也許有一百年以上的歷史了。 [01:28:50]It was painted a soft, faded white, three stories tall, rectangular and well proportioned. 它被粉刷成一種柔和的，有些褪色的白色，有三層樓高，四四方方，很是對(duì)稱(chēng)。 [01:36:33]The windows and doors were either part of the original structure or a perfect restoration. 門(mén)窗都是最初的結(jié)構(gòu)，或是修舊如舊。 [01:41:19]My truck was the only car in sight. I could hear the river close by, hidden in the obscurity of the forest. 我的卡車(chē)是我所能看見(jiàn)的唯一一輛車(chē)子。我能聽(tīng)到河流的聲音，就在附近的某個(gè)地方，隱藏在幽暗的森林中。

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