《暮光之城》四

影片对白

Bella: This is incredible. It's so light and open, you know?

Edward: What did you expect, coffins¹ and dungeons² and moats?

Bella: (Chuckles) No, not the moats.

Edward: Not the moats. This is the one place we don't have to hide.

(Operatic music playing in distance)

Edward: I told them not to do this.

Man on TV: You add a little bit of olive oil to a non-stick saute pan, and you want to cook with the olive oil in medium-high heat. What I do, I cut this in strips, and then we gonna cut this...

Rosalie: Is she even Italian?

Emmett Cullen: Her name is Bella.

Carlisle Cullen: I'm sure she'll love it, no matter what.

Rosalie: (Sighs) Get a whiff of that. (Singsong) Here comes the human.

Esme: Bella, we're making Italiano for you.

Edward: Bella, this is Esme. My mother for all intents and purposes.

Bella: (Speaking Italian) (meaning “Hello”)

Carlisle Cullen: You've given us an excuse to use the kitchen for the first time.

Esme: I hope you're hungry.

Bella: Yeah, absolutely.

Edward: She already ate.

Rosalie: Perfect.

Bella: Yeah, it's just because I know that you guys don't eat...

Esme: Of course. It's very considerate of you.

Edward: Just ignore Rosalie. I do.

Rosalie: Yeah. Let's just keep pretending like this isn't dangerous for all of us.

Bella: I would never tell anybody anything.

Carlisle Cullen: She knows that.

Emmett Cullen: Yeah, well, the problem is, you two have gone public now, so...

Esme: Emmett.

Rosalie: No, she should know. The entire family will be implicated⁴ if this ends badly.

Bella: Badly, as in...I would become the meal.

(Snickering)

(Laughing)

Alice Cullen: Hi, Bella. I'm Alice.

Bella: Hi.

Alice Cullen: Hi. You do smell good.

Edward: Alice, what are you...

Alice Cullen: It's okay. Bella and I are gonna be great friends.

Carlisle Cullen: Sorry, Jasper's our newest vegetarian⁵. It's a little difficult for him.

Jasper: It's a pleasure to meet you.

Alice Cullen: It's okay, Jasper. You won't hurt her.

Edward: All right, I'm gonna take you on a tour of the rest of the house.

Bella: Okay.

Alice Cullen: Well, I'll see you soon.

Bella: Okay.

Alice Cullen: Cute!

Esme: I know.

Carlisle Cullen: I think that went well.

Esme: Clean this up. Now.

Edward: Was that as weird⁶ for you as it was for me?

Bella: I don't know. Graduation caps?

Edward: Yeah. It's a private joke. We matriculate a lot.

Bella: That's kind of miserable⁷. I mean, repeating high school over and over.

Edward: True, but the younger we start out in a new place, the longer we can stay there.

妙语佳句 活学活用

1. moat: 深沟。从影片的对白我们可以知道，Bella虽然没有把Edward的家想象成深沟，但是在她的想象里，吸血鬼的居所与棺材和土牢也差不多。

2. non-stick saute pan: 不沾炒锅。non-stick pan就是我们所熟知的“不粘锅”。saute的意思是“炒的，煸的，嫩煎的”，saute也可以作名词用，意思是“嫩煎的菜肴”。

3. get a whiff of that: 闻一下那个气味。影片中Rosalie指的是Bella散发出的活人的气味。whiff的意思是“一阵（微弱的）气味”。请看例子：

Something good must be cooking; I got a whiff of it.

一定在做什么好菜，我已闻到味道了。

whiff也可以用来修饰气味之外的东西，意思是“一点点”，例如：

There is a whiff of sarcasm⁸ in it. 这里面带有一点点讥讽的味道。

4. Italiano: 意大利语，意思是“意大利的”，在文中是“意大利菜”的意思。

5. go public: 曝光，把秘密公开。影片中Emmett指Edward和Bella已经公开在一起了。看一下例子：

Before he goes public, he's got to convince everybody that he's telling the truth.

在公开秘密之前，他必须使大家相信他是准备说实话的。

6. implicate³: 牵连；连累。影片中Rosalie担心如果Edward和Bella将来情感破裂的话，这个吸血鬼家族的秘密就会被世人知道，从而遭到牵连。请看例子：

His enemies tried to implicate him in the murder.

他的仇人竭力想把他牵扯进谋杀案中.

7. graduation cap: 毕业帽。美国高中毕业时也有毕业帽。

8. matriculate: 被录取入学。影片中Edward上了很多次高中，参加了很多次高考，并多次被大学录取。请看例子：

Every fall hundreds of thousands of young people matriculate in colleges and universities. 每年秋季成千上万的青年考入高等院校。

matriculate还可以作及物动词用，意思是“录取……入大学；准许……注册入学”。例如：

He had been matriculated in the university. 他已考上这所大学。