"Why?" I was shocked, but she didn't understand my reaction.
“为什么？”我震惊了，但她误解了我的反应。
"He's so… intimidating. I wouldn't know what to say to him." She made a face, probably remembering this morning or last night, when he'd turned the overwhelming force of his eyes on her.
“他太……吓人了。我不知道该怎么形容他。”她做了个鬼脸，大概想起了今天早上或者昨晚的事，那时候他把那种充满了压倒性的魔力的眼神施展到了她身上。
"I do have some trouble with incoherency when I'm around him," I admitted.
“当我在他身旁的时候，我确实很难让自己保持理性。”我坦承道。
"Oh well. He is unbelievably gorgeous." Jessica shrugged as if this excused any flaws. Which, in her book, it probably did.
“哦是的。他俊美得不可思议。”杰西卡耸耸肩，就像这是某种可以原谅的缺点一样。这个，在她的字典里，也许是这样。
"There's a lot more to him than that."
“他不仅仅是这样。”
"Really? Like what?"
“真的？例如？”
I wished I had let it go. Almost as much as I was hoping he'd been kidding about listening in.
我希望我能把这话说出来。这种愿望几乎和我所希望的他只是开玩笑说要偷听一样强烈。
"I can't explain it right… but he's even more unbelievable behind the face." The vampire who wanted to be good — who ran around saving people's lives so he wouldn't be a monster… I stared toward the front of the room.
“我没法确切地解释……但他比表面上看起来的还要让人难以置信。”一个想要做个好人的吸血鬼——他四处奔忙，去拯救别人的性命，那样他就不会是一个怪物了……我注视着教室的前方。
"Is that possible?" She giggled.
“这可能吗？”她咯咯地笑了起来。
I ignored her, trying to look like I was paying attention to Mr. Varner.
我不去理会她，试图装出正在专心听温纳老师讲课的样子。
"So you like him, then?" She wasn't about to give up.
“那么，你是喜欢他的咯？”她不打算放弃。
"Yes," I said curtly.
“是的。”我简略地说道。
"I mean, do you really like him?" she urged.
“我是说，你真的喜欢他？”她催促着。
"Yes," I said again, blushing. I hoped that detail wouldn't register in her thoughts.
“是的。”我叹息着说道，两颊飞红。我希望她没有把这个细节纳入她的思路里。
She'd had enough with the single syllable answers. "How much do you like him?"
她受够了这种单音节的回答。“你有多喜欢他？”
"Too much," I whispered back. "More than he likes me. But I don't see how I can help that." I sighed, one blush blending into the next.
“非常喜欢。”我向她耳语道。“比他对我的喜欢还要多。但我不知道该怎么办。”我叹息着，羞怯一阵接一阵涌上我的脸来。
《暮光之城》与图书题目相得益彰的是，“暮光之城”系列别具匠心的封面设计则很好地传达出了每本书内在的深远寓意。斯蒂芬妮·梅尔指出《暮色》封面上的苹果代表“创世纪” 内善恶树上的禁果。象征贝拉和爱德华之间人类与吸血鬼禁忌的爱恋。在书的开头引用了“创世纪”217页的内容：“只是分别善恶树上的果子，你不可吃，因为你吃的日子必定死。”这同时也代表了贝拉如何分辨善恶——选择是否吃下那颗禁忌的果实，这比喻了选择跟爱德华在一起或远离他。
