1 Green-land

1 GREEN-LAND Jack and Annie sat on their porch in the warm summer twilight. Jack was reading a library book called Amazing Facts. "Get this," he said. "A beehive can have as many as sixty million bees in it." "Is that all?" Annie said. "Ha," said Jack. "Okay, then get this!" He read: "Some experts say there might be ten billion trillion stars in the universe." "Wrong," said Annie. "In fact, there are ten billion trillion and seventy-three." Jack laughed. They both looked up at the dark-blue sky. The first stars were coming out. "Seriously, ten billion trillion…?" said

在温暖的夏日黄昏中，杰克和安妮坐在门廊上。 杰克正在图书馆读一本叫《惊人事实》的书。 “听着，”他说。“一个蜂巢里可以有多达六千万只蜜蜂。” “就这些吗？”安妮说。 “哈，”杰克说。“好吧，那就拿这个！”他念道：“一些专家说，宇宙中可能有一百亿亿亿颗恒星。” “错了，”安妮说。“事实上，有一百亿亿七十三。” 杰克笑了。他们都抬头看着深蓝色的天空。 第一批星星出来了。 “说真的，一百亿万亿……？

Annie. "I can't even imagine it." She stood up. "Hey, do you see that?" "What?" said Jack. "That little cloud," Annie said. "Where?" said Jack, standing. "Over the treetops," said Annie. "Oh, man," whispered Jack. He saw it, too: a small, brightly glowing cloud over the Frog Creek woods.

安妮。“我甚至无法想象。” 她站了起来。“嘿，你看到了吗？”“什么？”杰克说。 “那朵小云，”安妮说。 “在哪儿？”杰克站起来问。 “在树梢上，”安妮说。 “哦，天哪，”杰克低声说。 他也看见了：青蛙溪树林上空有一小片明亮的云。

"We'd better check it out," said Annie. Jack put his book on a porch chair. "Mom? Dad?" he called through the screen door. "We'll be back soon!" "Fifteen minutes!" their dad called. "We'll watch a movie together!" "Great!" called Jack. He grabbed his backpack and then turned to Annie. "Let's go. Hurry!" Jack and Annie dashed down the porch steps. They tore across their yard and headed up the sidewalk. When they came to the Frog Creek woods, they crossed the street and hurried between the trees. The darkening woods were filled with the sounds of crickets and frogs. The air smelled of warm green leaves and wood and earth. Soon Jack and Annie came to the tallest oak. "Hurray!" said Annie.

“我们最好去看看，”安妮说。 杰克把书放在门廊的椅子上。 “妈妈?爸爸？”他隔着纱门喊道。 “我们很快就回来！”“十五分钟！”他们的爸爸喊道。 “我们一起看电影吧！”“太好了！”杰克喊道。 他抓起背包，然后转向安妮。 “我们走吧。快点!”杰克和安妮冲下门廊的台阶。 他们飞快地穿过院子，走上人行道。 当他们来到青蛙溪森林时，他们穿过街道，在树林之间匆匆穿行。 渐渐暗下来的树林里充满了蟋蟀和青蛙的叫声。 空气中弥漫着温暖的绿叶、木头和泥土的味道。 很快，杰克和安妮来到了最高的橡树前。 “万岁！”安妮说。

The magic tree house was back. It was shimmering against the evening sky. "Yes!" said Jack. He grabbed the rope ladder and started up. Annie followed. They climbed into the tree house. "Look," said Jack. In the last light of day, he saw a book on the floor. He grabbed the book. He read the title on the plain green cover. GREENLAND The World's Largest Island "Greenland!" said Annie. "That sounds nice!" "Yeah, our teacher told us about Greenland," said Jack. "But I don't remember what he said…." "Open the book," said Annie. Jack opened the book. He found a map in a pocket on the inside cover. He took it out and unfolded it.

神奇的树屋回来了。 它在夜空的映衬下闪闪发光。 “是的！”杰克说。他抓住绳梯，跳了起来。 安妮。他们爬进了树屋。 “看，”杰克说。在黄昏时分，他看见地板上有一本书。 他抓起书。他读了绿色封面上的标题。 “格陵兰岛！”安妮说。 “听起来不错！”“是的，我们的老师告诉了我们关于格陵兰岛的事，”杰克说。 “但我不记得他说了什么....” “打开书，”安妮说。 杰克打开书。他在内盖的口袋里发现了一张地图。 他把它拿出来展开。