暮光之城?暮色 第24期:打開的書(5)
我在福克斯的第一個(gè)周末過得很平淡。查理，不習(xí)慣袋在這平?？諢o一人的房子里，周末大部分時(shí)間都在加班。我打掃了房子，做完了作業(yè)，還給我媽寫了一封電子郵件，這一次我裝得更高興。我星期六的確開車去了圖書館，但是里面的藏書實(shí)在是少得太可憐了，我也就懶得廢那個(gè)勁去辦卡了;我可能得定個(gè)日子，過幾天去參觀參觀奧林匹亞或西雅圖并找一個(gè)好點(diǎn)兒的書店。我閑得無聊，想到了那輛卡車的油耗有多大……這一想，想得我不寒而栗。
The rain stayed soft over the weekend, quiet, so I was able to sleep well.
周末雨一直不大，很安靜，所以能夠睡得很好。
People greeted me in the parking lot Monday morning. I didn't know all their names, but I waved back and smiled at everyone.It was colder this morning, but happily not raining. In English, Mike took his accustomed seat by my side. We had a pop quiz on Wuthering Heights. It was straightforward, very easy.
星期一早上在停車場(chǎng)，人們紛紛跟我打招呼。我并不知道他們所有人的名字，但我還是微笑著沖每個(gè)人揮了揮手。今天早上更冷了，但令人高興的是沒有下雨。上英語(yǔ)課時(shí)，邁克習(xí)慣地坐在了我旁邊的座位上。老師搞了一次突然襲擊，就《呼嘯山莊》跟我們來了一次小測(cè)驗(yàn)。題目很簡(jiǎn)單，非常容易。
All in all, I was feeling a lot more comfortable than I had thought I would feel by this point. More comfortable than I had ever expected to feel here.
總的說來，到目前為止，我感覺比我想象的要舒服多了。在這兒的感覺，比我預(yù)料到的要舒服一些。
When we walked out of class, the air was full of swirling bits of white. I could hear people shouting excitedly to each other. The wind bit at my cheeks, my nose.
我們下課出來時(shí)，只見漫天飛舞著一些白色的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。我聽見人們?cè)谂d奮地相互大喊大叫。風(fēng)吹打著我的臉頰和鼻子。
"Wow," Mike said. "It's snowing."
"哇，"邁克叫道，"下雪嘍。"
I looked at the little cotton fluffs that were building up along the sidewalk and swirlingerratically past my face.
我看了看那些小小的棉花一樣的雪團(tuán)兒，它們?cè)谌诵械郎显椒e越厚，從我的臉前橫掃而過，狂飛亂舞。
"Ew." Snow. There went my good day.
"噫。"討厭的雪，我的好日子就這么完了。
He looked surprised. "Don't you like snow?"
他顯得很驚訝："你不喜歡下雪?"
"No. That means it's too cold for rain." Obviously. "Besides, I thought it was supposed to come down in flakes — you know,each one unique and all that. These just look like the ends of Q-tips."
"不喜歡。那意味著天冷得都不能下雨了。"顯而易見，"而且，我還以為雪下下來的時(shí)候，應(yīng)該是一片片的雪花呢——你知道的，每一朵都很獨(dú)特，等等。這些看上去就像棉簽頭兒似的。"
"Haven't you ever seen snow fall before?" he asked incredulously.
"你以前沒見過雪?"他懷疑地問道。
"Sure I have." I paused. "On TV."
"當(dāng)然見過啦。"我頓了一下，"在電視上見過。"
Mike laughed. And then a big, squishy ball of dripping snow smacked into the back of his head. We both turned to see where it came from. I had my suspicions about Eric, who was walking away, his back toward us — in the wrong direction for his next class.Mike appatently had the same notion. He bent over and began scraping together a pile of the white mush.
邁克笑了起來。接著，一個(gè)濕漉漉的大雪球啪地一聲砸在了他的后腦勺上。我倆都扭過頭去，看是從哪里扔過來的。我懷疑是埃里克干的，他正走開，背對(duì)著我們，方向與他下一節(jié)課的方向相反。邁克顯然也持相同的看法。他俯下身去，攏了一堆白色的雪塊。
"I'll see you at lunch, okay?" I kept walking as I spoke. "Once people start throwing wet stuff, I go inside."
"我們吃午飯的時(shí)候見怎么樣?"我邊走邊說，"人們只要一開始扔濕東西，我就往屋里鉆。"
He just nodded, his eyes on Eric's retreating figure.
他只是點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭，眼睛盯著埃里克遠(yuǎn)去的背影。
Throughout the morning, everyone chattered excitedly about the snow; apparently it was the first snowfall of the new year. I kept my mouth shut. Sure, it was drier than rain — until itmelted in your socks.
整個(gè)一上午，每個(gè)人都在興高采烈地談?wù)撓卵┑氖?顯然這還是新的一年里頭的頭一場(chǎng)雪。我沒有開口。無疑，雪是比雨干一些——在你的襪子里化成水之前。
I walked alertly to the cafeteria with Jessica after Spanish. Mush balls were flying everywhere. I kept a binder in my hands,ready to use it as a shield if necessary. Jessica thought I was hilarious, but something in my expression kept her from lobbing a snowball at me herself.
下了西班牙語(yǔ)課后，我和杰西卡一起去自助餐廳，一路上我都很警惕。到處都飛舞著軟乎乎的雪球。我手里拿著一個(gè)活頁(yè)夾，準(zhǔn)備遇上情況就拿它當(dāng)擋箭牌。杰西卡認(rèn)為我很搞笑，但看了我的表情后，她放棄了扔我個(gè)雪球的念頭。
