2 Ice Everywhere

Chapter 2 ICE EVERYWHERE Sunlight shone through the tree house window. The sound of splashing water came from outside. "Hey, it doesn't feel that cold," said Annie. "Maybe because we're wearing these heavy woolen clothes," said Jack. Their summer clothes had changed into wool outfits. Now they had on thick wool coats, wool shirts, wool caps, wool mittens, and wool pants. Even Jack's backpack had changed into a wool bag. His notebook and pencil were inside. "You were right," said Annie, looking out the window. "I don't see much green here." Jack looked out with her. The tree house

阳光透过树屋的窗户照进来。 外面传来水花飞溅的声音。 “嘿，感觉没那么冷，”安妮说。 “也许是因为我们穿着这些厚重的羊毛衣服，”杰克说。 他们的夏装换成了羊毛衣服。 现在他们穿着厚厚的羊毛外套，羊毛衬衫，羊毛帽子，羊毛连指手套和羊毛裤子。 就连杰克的背包也变成了羊毛包。 他的笔记本和铅笔在里面。 “你说得对，”安妮望着窗外说。 “我在这里看不到多少绿色。” 杰克和她一起往外看。树屋

had landed on the rocky shore of an ocean bay. Across the water were brown mountains with snow-white peaks. The air felt crisp and clean. Seagulls swooped low over sparkling blue seawater. The sun shined on sheets of ice. "Ready to explore?" said Annie. "Yep," said Jack. Jack slipped their map back inside the Greenland book. He put the book and

降落在海湾的岩石岸边。 水的对面是棕色的山峰和雪白的山峰。 空气清新干净。 海鸥在波光粼粼的蓝色海水上低空俯冲。 太阳照在冰片上。 “准备好去探险了吗？”安妮说。 “是的，”杰克说。杰克把他们的地图塞进了格陵兰岛的书里。 他把书放在桌子上

Morgan's rhyme in the wool bag. Then he and Annie climbed out the window. They stepped onto a pebbly shore. "Oh, man, ice everywhere," said Jack. The ocean bay was filled with ice. Small flat icebergs were floating in the middle of the bay. Others were close to shore. "The water must be freezing," said Annie. Jack took off a glove and dipped his hand into the seawater. "Ow!" he yelped. "It's so cold, it hurts!" Jack dried his hand and put his glove back on. Then he took out the Greenland book. He read aloud from the first page: For millions of years, Greenland has been mostly covered with ice. In the twenty-first century, experts worry that the world's climate is warming and the ice is melting. Scientists from different countries live at research stations in

摩根在羊毛袋里的押韵诗。 然后他和安妮爬出了窗户。 他们踏上了鹅卵石铺成的海岸。 “哦，天哪，到处都是冰。”杰克说。 海湾里全是冰。 小而平的冰山漂浮在海湾中央。 其他人则靠近海岸。 “水一定很冷，”安妮说。 杰克摘下手套，把手伸进海水里。 “噢！”他叫道。“太冷了，好疼！”杰克擦干手，戴上手套。 然后他拿出那本格陵兰岛的书。 他大声朗读了第一页：数百万年来，格陵兰岛大部分都被冰覆盖着。 在21世纪，专家们担心世界气候正在变暖，冰正在融化。 来自不同国家的科学家住在英国的科考站

Greenland to study the effects of climate change. "Now I remember what my teacher told us," said Jack. "Melting ice in the Arctic can cause sea levels to rise and lead to disaster." "That's serious," said Annie. "I hope we meet some scientists." "Me too," said Jack. "I wonder who else lives here." He found a section in the book called "People of Greenland." He read: Experts believe that people first occupied Greenland about 4,500 years ago. Today 56,000 people live on the island. Most of them are known as the Inuit "Inuit!" said Annie. "Like the Inuit seal hunter we met on our other Arctic trip! He was great." "Yeah, but I don't see any signs of Inuit people in this area," said Jack. He looked

研究气候变化的影响。 “现在我记得老师告诉我们的话了，”杰克说。 “北极的冰融化会导致海平面上升，从而导致灾难。” “这很严重，”安妮说。 “我希望我们能遇到一些科学家。” “我也是，”杰克说。“我想知道还有谁住在这里。” 他在书中找到了一个章节，叫做“格陵兰人”。 他读到：专家认为，大约4500年前，人们首次占领了格陵兰岛。 如今有56000人居住在岛上。 他们中的大多数被称为因纽特人。“因纽特人！”安妮说。 “就像我们在另一次北极之旅中遇到的因纽特海豹猎人一样！”他很棒。” “是的，但是我在这个地区没有看到任何因纽特人的迹象，”杰克说。 他看起来

around at the cold, barren landscape. "It feels pretty lonely." "Wait, look at that!" said Annie. She pointed to a group of small silver-gray creatures resting on an iceberg. "I think those are seals?" said Jack. "They're so little and cute," said Annie. Jack found a chapter on seals in the book. He read: Greenland has three kinds of ice seals. Ringed seals are the smallest. "Okay, they must be ringed seals!" said Jack. Suddenly the seals let out high-pitched barks. They spun their heads from side to

周围寒冷贫瘠的景色。 “感觉很孤独。”“等等，看那个！”安妮说。 她指着冰山上一群银灰色的小生物。 “我想那些是海豹吧？”杰克说。 “它们又小又可爱，”安妮说。 杰克在书中找到了关于海豹的一章。 他读到：格陵兰岛有三种冰海豹。 环状海豹是最小的。 “好吧，它们一定是环海豹！”杰克说。 突然海豹们发出尖锐的叫声。 他们把头从一边转到另一边

side. Then they slipped off the ice and disappeared into the water. "I think we scared them," said Jack. A swooshing sound came from across the bay. "Not us!" cried Annie. "A whale!" A huge gray whale was skimming across the water. A sharp burst of air spurted out the blowhole on top of its head. "Whoa!" said Jack. The whale leapt into the air. Then it crashed down with a giant splash. It dove under the sea. "A humpback! That was a humpback!" said Annie. "I saw the bump on its back. Humpback whales sing. They sing a different song every year!" "How do you know that?" said Jack. "I love whales! I wrote a report on them," said Annie. "Great," said Jack. He looked up whales in

一边。然后他们滑下冰面，消失在水里。 “我想我们吓到他们了。”杰克说。 一声嗖嗖的声音从海湾那边传来。 “不是我们！”安妮叫道。“一头鲸鱼!”一头巨大的灰鲸掠过水面。 一阵猛烈的空气从它头顶的喷水孔里喷了出来。 “哇！”杰克说。鲸鱼跃入空中。 然后它轰然坠落，溅起巨大的水花。 它潜入海底。“一个驼背!那是座头鲸！”安妮说。 “我看到了它背上的肿块。 座头鲸唱歌。他们每年都唱不同的歌！”“你怎么知道的？”杰克说。 “我爱鲸鱼！我写了一篇关于他们的报告，”安妮说。 “太好了，”杰克说。他在海里寻找鲸鱼