Preface

    I'd never given much thought to how I would die — though I'd had reasonenough in the last few months — but even if I had, I would not haveimagined it like this.

I stared without breathing across the long room, into the dark eyes ofthe hunter, and he looked pleasantly back at me.

Surely¹ it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone Iloved. Noble², even. That ought to count for something.

I knew that if I'd never gone to Forks, I wouldn't be facing death now.

But, terrified³ as I was, I couldn't bring myself to regret the decision.

When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it'snot reasonable to grieve⁴ when it comes to an end.

The hunter smiled in a friendly way as he sauntered forward to kill me.


我从未仔细思考过，我将如何死去——尽管在最近的几个月里我有足够的理由去考虑这个问题——但即使我想过，我也想象不到它将会像这样发生。

我屏住呼吸，盯着长长的房间对面，捕猎者黑色的双眼。他愉快地回视我。

显然，这是一种令人愉快的死亡方式：在别人的地方，我所爱的人的地方死去。甚至是，高尚的。这应该是值得的。

我知道如果我不回福克斯，我现在就不会面临着死亡。但是，尽管我十分恐惧，我依然无法让自己后悔这个决定。如果命运赐予你的美梦，远远超出了你所期待的那样美好，那么当它结束时你没有任何理由感到悲伤。

捕猎者温柔地微笑着，漫步过来给我最后的死亡。

1 surely   

adv.确实地，无疑地；必定地，一定地

参考例句：

• It'should surely be possible for them to reach an agreement.想必他们可以达成协议。
• Surely we'll profit from your work.我们肯定会从你的工作中得到益处。

2 noble   

n.贵族；adj.高贵的，高尚的，贵族的，辉煌的

参考例句：

• He is a noble man,we all admire him.他是一个道德高尚的人，我们都敬佩他。
• Niagara falls is a noble sight.尼亚加拉瀑布是一壮观的景色。

3 terrified   

adj.很害怕的，极度惊慌的，吓坏了的v.使恐怖，使惊吓，恐吓( terrify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• the crying of terrified children 小孩受了惊吓的哭声
• I'm terrified of flying. 我十分害怕坐飞机。

4 grieve   

vi.（for，over）感到悲痛；vt.(使)伤心

参考例句：

• Be sure and not grieve.一定不要伤心。
• What the eye does not see,the heart does not grieve over.眼不见，心不烦。