3 The hunters

Chapter 3 The hunters Iceland, Now This is James Kim." The teacher patted James's shoulder. "Shall we welcome him to Dalvik High School, everyone?" "Hi James," mumbled the students. Here we go again... James thought. Another month, another school. His dad's job meant they were always moving.

第三章猎人冰岛，这是詹姆斯·金。” 老师拍了拍詹姆斯的肩膀。 “大家好，欢迎他来到达尔维克高中吧？”“嗨，詹姆斯。”学生们嘟囔着。 又来了……詹姆斯想。 另一个月，另一所学校。 他爸爸的工作意味着他们总是搬家。

James was fourteen years old and well- built for his age. Most people assumed he played a lot of sports. In fact, his only exercise was helping his dad at work. But since his dad, Mr. Kim, was a vampire hunter, this meant James spent most evenings running, jumping, ducking and wielding a wooden stake or a crossbow. James glanced out of the window as the teacher waffled on through her 'be nice to the new pupil' speech. Although it was the early afternoon, it was already pitch-dark.

詹姆斯十四岁，就他的年龄来说，他的体格很好。 大多数人认为他经常运动。 事实上，他唯一的锻炼就是帮助他爸爸工作。 但由于他的父亲金先生是一名吸血鬼猎人，这意味着詹姆斯大多数晚上都在奔跑、跳跃、躲避，挥舞木桩或弩。 詹姆斯向窗外瞥了一眼，老师正在絮叨着“对新来的学生好点”的演讲。 虽然是下午早些时候，天已经漆黑一片了。

This place is a vampire paradise, James thought, grimly. At this time of year, it's dark almost all the time. James looked around the class. Do any of them know what's out there? He suspected that they didn't. Hardly anyone in the world knew about vampires. James often wished that he'd never found out about them himself...

这里是吸血鬼的天堂，詹姆斯冷酷地想。 每年的这个时候，天几乎都是黑的。 詹姆斯环顾了一下全班。 有人知道外面有什么吗？ 他怀疑他们没有。 世界上几乎没有人知道吸血鬼的存在。 詹姆斯常常希望他自己从来没有发现过他们……

Long ago, James and his family were attacked by vampires. He and his father got away unharmed. His mother didn't get away at all. Ever since then, his father had devoted his life to killing these monsters. As soon as he was old enough, James joined him.

很久以前，詹姆斯和他的家人被吸血鬼袭击了。 他和他父亲毫发无损地逃走了。 他的母亲根本没有逃脱。 从那时起，他的父亲就致力于杀死这些怪物。 他一长大，詹姆斯就加入了他的行列。

Dalvik was their latest stop- Mr. Kim had read about some mysterious disappearances there and was sure that vampires were responsible. They'd moved from New York to Dalvik within a week. As James was being introduced to his new classmates, he knew his father was searching for vampire lairs.

Dalvik是他们的最新一站——Kim先生读到过那里的一些神秘失踪事件，他确信是吸血鬼干的。 他们在一周内从纽约搬到了Dalvik。 当詹姆斯被介绍给他的新同学时，他知道他的父亲正在寻找吸血鬼的巢穴。

The plan was that James and Mr. Kim would observe the creatures' movements and habits for a while, then ambush them. "But you need an education, too," his dad had insisted. So here he was. As the teacher finished her speech, she ushered James to the only empty chair, beside a pretty girl with pale, fair hair. She smiled as he sat down.

他们的计划是，詹姆斯和金先生先观察这些生物的活动和习性一段时间，然后伏击它们。 “但你也需要接受教育，”他父亲坚持说。 所以他来了。老师讲完话后，把詹姆斯领到唯一的一张空椅子上，坐在一位金发碧眼的漂亮姑娘旁边。 他坐下时，她笑了。