我的小说笔记:《暮光之城》Twilight- 17. The Game
吸血鬼打棒球为什么需要电闪雷鸣?困扰我十年的问题终于解决了!
1. And then I saw the black car, a weathered Ford, parked in Charlie's driveway.
不用想啦,肯定是Billy和Jcob又来啦,weathered风化的,褪色的
2. I could see that my less than subtle reminder of the agreement that both bound and protected his tribe pulled him up short.
Billy劝Bella不要和Cullen一家来往,Bella提了一嘴狼人和吸血鬼之间的约定,Billy没想到她知道那么多,pull him up阻止,停止,short作副词意为突然地

3. "Is Charlie as well informed?"
He had found the weak chink in my armor.
Billy很会找人的弱点下手,他笃定Charlie不知道Cullen一家的身份,这算是威胁吗?chink是裂缝,weak chink in my armor盔甲上的裂缝,也就是软肋。
4. But I know that if he wanted to talked to me, he'd probably just materialize in my room.
materialize突然出现,像隐身的人突然现身了一样。
5. "Wait..." He paused. "Whic one is Edwin?"
"Edward is the youngest, the one with the reddish brown hair." The beautiful one, the godlike one...
Bella终于向老父亲摊牌了,Charlie的内心深处是拒绝的,连名字都不愿意好好记,Edwin是谁.....还有Bella呀,你可不可以从Edward的美貌中清醒一会儿?

6. "Where is he taking you?"
I groaned loudly."I hope you're getting the Spanish Inquisition out of your system now. We are going to play baseball with his family."
Charlie说话句句带刺,Spanish Inquisition原意是西班牙宗教法庭,特指(表示不满)追问。
7. Only in Washington would the fact that it was raining buckets have no bearing at all on the playing of outdoor sports.
这句话乍一看挺难受的,把only倒装句正一下顺序会比较容易理解: It would be the fact that only in Washingtong raining buckets have no bearing at all on the playing of outdoor sports. raining buckets暴雨,have no bearing on 与......无关
8. I tried to put on my seat belt. But there were too many buckles.
"What's all this?"
"It's an off-roading harness."
Edward开着Emmett的大越野来接Bella,off-roading越野,harness背带,保护带,我没坐过哒越野车,不知道上面有很多安全带,不好意思贫穷限制了我的现象,这段我解释不了。

9. "It sounded like a bear choking," Emmett clarified.
I smiled hesitantly at Esme. "That was him."
"Bella was being unintentionally funny," Edward explained, quickly settling the score.
Bella不小心摔了个大屁股墩儿,Edward忍不住的狂笑(反面教材)。和棒球小分队会和后,Emmett笑刚刚某人的笑声像熊打嗝哈哈哈哈哈哈哈,settle the score算账,报仇,解决问题。
10. His run was more aggressive, a cheetah rather than a gazelle, and he quickly overtook them.
gazelle羚羊,cheetah猎豹,听到cheetah就想起了双门洞的豹子女士哈哈哈哈哈哈,唱歌的豹子,会唱歌的cheetah哈哈哈哈哈

11. The crack of impact was shattering, thunderous; it echoed off the mountains-- I immediately understood the necessity of the thunderstorm.
为什么吸血鬼打棒球需要在雷雨前的隆隆期呢?因为他们打球太大劲啦,撞击的声音太震耳朵啦,需要有雷声做掩护才不会显得那么扰民。你想如果晴天白日的山谷里传来叮叮当当的隆隆声,怕是要引得警察出动了吧。

12. "What do you think?" he asked.
"One thing for sure, I'll never be able to sit through dull old Major League Baseball again."
赢了几局的Edward沾沾自喜的到女朋友面前炫耀,Bella看在Edward长得好看的面子顺势夸了几句,见过这种吸血鬼式的击球速度,再也看不下去人类的棒球赛了,说的好象你之前看过一样......sit through耐着性子看完,一直挺到结束,Major League Baseball(美)职业棒球联盟
13. I heard his breath stop, and his eyes zeroed in on right field.
不好,有杀气,坏人来了!zero in on经注意力集中
