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Chapter 28 The Future
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Carlisle and Edward had not been able to catch up with Irina before her trail disappeared into the sound.
They'd swum to the other bank to see if her trail had picked up in a straight line, but there was no trace ofher for miles in either direction on the eastern shore.
It was all my fault. She had come, as Alice had seen, to make peace with the Cullens, only to beangered by my camaraderie1 with Jacob. I wished I'd noticed her earlier, before Jacob had phased. Iwished we'd gone hunting somewhere else.
There wasn't much to be done. Carlisle had called Tanya with the disappointing news. Tanya and Katehadn't seen Irina since they'd decided2 to come to my wedding, and they were distraught that Irina hadcome so close and yet not returned home; it wasn't easy for them to lose their sister, however temporarythe separation might be. I wondered if this brought back hard memories of losing their mother so manycenturies ago.
Alice was able to catch a few glimpses of Irina's immediate3 future, nothing too concrete. She wasn'tgoing back to Denali, as far as Alice could tell. The picture was hazy4. All Alice could see was that Irinawas visibly upset; she wandered in the snow-swathed wilderness—to the north? To the east?—with adevastated expression. She made no decisions for a new course beyond her directionless grieving.
Days passed and, though of course I forgot nothing, Irina and her pain moved to the back of my mind.
There were more important things to think of now. I would leave for Italy in just a few days. When I gotback, we'd all be off to South America.
Every detail had been gone over a hundred times already. We would start with the Ticunas, tracing theirlegends as well as we could at the source. Now that it was accepted that Jacob would come with us, hefigured prominently in the plans—it was unlikely that the people who believed in vampires6 would speakto any of us about their stories. If we dead-ended with the Ticunas, there were many closely relatedtribes in the area to research. Carlisle had some oldfriends in the Amazon; if we could find them, they might have information for us, too. Or at least asuggestion as to where else we might go for answers. It was unlikely that the three Amazon vampires hadanything to do with the legends of
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camaraderie
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n.同志之爱,友情 | |
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vampire
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n.吸血鬼 | |
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vampires
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n.吸血鬼( vampire的名词复数 );吸血蝠;高利贷者;(舞台上的)活板门 | |
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quarry
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jaguars
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whim
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perfectly
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serenity
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wilt
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distraction
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(通常指灯光)闪烁,摇曳( flicker的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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shards
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n.(玻璃、金属或其他硬物的)尖利的碎片( shard的名词复数 ) | |
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tinkling
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n.丁当作响声 | |
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v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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n.喘息,气喘;v.喘息;气吁吁他说 | |
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v.(使)变模糊( blur的过去式和过去分词 );(使)难以区分;模模糊糊;迷离 | |
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v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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synchronized
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transparent
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n.红宝石,红宝石色 | |
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n.修截苗根,苗木铲根(铲根时苗木不起土或部分起土)v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的现在分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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immortal
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adj.不朽的;永生的,不死的;神的 | |
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sagging
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下垂[沉,陷],松垂,垂度 | |
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[计][修]孤立 | |
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rosy
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adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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wringing
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淋湿的,湿透的 | |
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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infraction
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n.违反;违法 | |
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babbled
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v.喋喋不休( babble的过去式和过去分词 );作潺潺声(如流水);含糊不清地说话;泄漏秘密 | |
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exhale
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v.呼气,散出,吐出,蒸发 | |
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velvet
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n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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brittle
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adj.易碎的;脆弱的;冷淡的;(声音)尖利的 | |
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sarcasm
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n.讥讽,讽刺,嘲弄,反话 (adj.sarcastic) | |
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zoned
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adj.划成区域的,束带的v.(飞机、汽车等)急速移动( zoom的现在分词 );(价格、费用等)急升,猛涨 | |
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震颤( tremor的名词复数 ); 战栗; 震颤声; 大地的轻微震动 | |
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倾斜,倾卸 | |
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