4 Stand Back!

Chapter 4 STAND BACK! "Go, guys, go!" Annie shouted to the narwhals. She raced to the shoreline. Jack ran with her. "GO! GO! GO!" he yelled as loudly as he could. The narwhals dove under the surface of the water again. The orcas took off after them. But one of the huge predators swam toward Jack and Annie. "Whoa!" said Jack, pulling Annie back from the edge of the sea. Suddenly there was a flurry of splashes and whooshing sounds. "What's happening?" said Jack. "That orca's chasing a narwhal!" cried

第四章退后！“加油，伙计们，加油！”安妮对独角鲸喊道。 她跑向海岸线。 杰克和她一起跑。“去!走吧!走！”他尽可能大声地喊道。 独角鲸又潜入了水面下。 逆戟鲸追赶着他们。 但是一只巨大的食肉动物向杰克和安妮游来。 “哇！”杰克说着，把安妮从海边拉了回来。 突然一阵哗哗的水花和嗖嗖的声音。 “发生什么事了？”杰克问。 “那只虎鲸在追一条独角鲸！

Annie. A small narwhal had separated from his herd. He was swimming toward a row of icebergs about thirty feet offshore. "The orca's still coming!" said Annie. The giant orca kept chasing the narwhal. "Hurry!" cried Jack. The narwhal escaped through a passage in the row of icebergs. He swam into a pool of shallow water. The orca was too big to swim through the opening. It crashed against the huge mounds of ice. Some of the ice splintered and broke off in chunks. The orca tried to swim under the icebergs. But the water was too shallow. It smashed against the barrier again. But the passage was still too narrow. Finally, the killer whale swam away. "Yay!" said Annie. Jack sighed with relief. The narwhal was alone in the pool of

安妮。一只小独角鲸离开了它的鲸群。 他朝离岸约三十英尺的一排冰山游去。 “逆戟鲸还在过来！”安妮说。 那头巨大的逆戟鲸不停地追赶独角鲸。 “快点！”杰克叫道。独角鲸从一排冰山的通道里逃了出来。 他游进了一滩浅水区。 那头虎鲸太大了，游不过洞口。 它撞上了巨大的冰堆。 有些冰碎成大块。 逆戟鲸试图游到冰山下面。 但是水太浅了。 它又撞在障碍物上了。 但是通道还是太窄了。 最后，虎鲸游走了。 “耶！”安妮说。杰克松了口气。 独角鲸独自在水池里

water. "They're gone!" Jack called to him. "You can go now! Go!" "Hurry! Before they come back!" yelled Annie. "Find your friends!" shouted Jack. As they spoke, more ice shifted and fell. A chunk of fallen ice now completely blocked the passage that led back out to deep water. The narwhal circled inside the shallow pool. Surrounded by packed ice, he was trapped. "Oh, no, he can't get out!" said Annie. "Stand back!" someone shouted behind them. "Move away!" Jack and Annie whirled around. A boy with shoulder-length red hair stood on some rocks above them. He looked as young as Annie, but he was holding a huge spear.

水。“他们不见了!”杰克叫他。 “你现在可以走了！”去吧!”“快点!在他们回来之前！”安妮喊道。 “去找你的朋友！”杰克喊道。 就在他们说话的时候，更多的冰在移动和下落。 一大块落下的冰完全堵住了通往深水的通道。 独角鲸在浅水池里盘旋。 他被冰块包围，被困住了。 “哦，不，他出不去了！”安妮说。 “退后！”有人在他们身后喊道。 “离开!”杰克和安妮转过身来。 一个长着齐肩红发的男孩站在他们上方的岩石上。 他看起来和安妮一样年轻，但他拿着一支巨大的长矛。

"Whoa, hi!" said Jack. "Who are you?" The boy scowled. He wore a red tunic with a rope around his waist, leather pants, and boots. His spear was made of wood and had a sharp metal blade. Maybe his parents work at a research station, thought Jack. Maybe he likes to dress in costumes and play with ancient weapons. "Move away! He is mine!" the boy said. "What do you mean, yours?" said Jack. "He's not anybody's!" said Annie. The boy strode down the slope toward the water. He raised his spear, aiming it at the narwhal. "No! Stop! What are you doing?" said Jack. He charged at the boy and tried to take his spear away. The boy lost his grip and dropped it. Jack grabbed the spear. It was so heavy, he could barely lift it. What kind of kid carries around something like this? he wondered.

“哇，嗨！”杰克说。“你是谁？”男孩皱起了眉头。 他穿着一件红色的束腰外衣，腰上系着一根绳子，脚上穿着皮裤和靴子。 他的矛是木制的，有一个锋利的金属刃。 也许他的父母在研究站工作，杰克想。 也许他喜欢穿戏服玩古代武器。 “离开!他是我的！”男孩说。 “你是什么意思，你的？”杰克说。 “他不是任何人的！”安妮说。 男孩大步走下山坡，朝水边走去。 他举起长矛，对准那只独角鲸。 “不!停!你在干什么？”杰克说。 他冲向男孩，试图夺走他的长矛。 男孩没抓住它，把它掉在地上。 杰克抓起矛。它太重了，他几乎举不起来。 什么样的孩子会带着这种东西？ 他想知道。

"Give it back!" the boy said. He reached for his spear. But Annie jumped between him and Jack. "Stop!" she said. "Why do you want to hurt that narwhal? What's wrong with you?" "His horn is worth a fortune. Everyone knows that," said the boy. "That's a terrible reason!" said Annie. "You can't kill him for his horn!" said Jack. "Why not?" said the boy. He stared at Jack with fierce blue eyes. "Because narwhals are special!" said Annie. "They're mysteries of nature. They know secrets we'll never know. They hear things in ways we'll never hear! They talk in a language we'll never understand! Get it?" The boy looked from Jack to Annie. He took a deep breath and stepped to the water's edge. He stared at the narwhal as if seeing the creature for the first time.

“还给我！”男孩说。 他伸手去拿长矛。但是安妮跳到他和杰克之间。 “停！”她说。“你为什么要伤害那只独角鲸呢？” 你怎么了？”“他的号角值一大笔钱。 每个人都知道，”男孩说。 “这个理由太糟糕了！”安妮说。 “你不能为了他的角而杀了他！”杰克说。 “为什么不呢？”男孩说。他用凶狠的蓝眼睛盯着杰克。 “因为独角鲸很特别！”安妮说。 “它们是大自然的奥秘。 他们知道我们永远不会知道的秘密。 他们听到的声音是我们永远听不到的！他们用一种我们永远听不懂的语言说话！明白了吗?”男孩看看杰克，又看看安妮。 他深吸了一口气，走到水边。 他盯着那只独角鲸，好像是第一次见到它似的。