5 Go Slow Fast!

Chapter 5 GO SLOW FAST! A black-and-green snake was sliding out from the underbrush. Then Jack saw another! "Pit vipers!" he yelled, springing up from the ground. "Venomous!" The two pit vipers slithered away between the rocks. "Go! Go!" Jack shouted to Annie. "Go slow!" she yelled, hurrying after him.

第五章慢速前进！一条黑绿相间的蛇正从灌木丛中溜出来。 然后杰克又看到了一个！“蝮蛇！”他喊道，从地上跳了起来。 “毒!”两条蝮蛇在岩石间滑走了。 “去!去吧!”杰克对安妮喊道。 “慢点走！”她喊道，急忙跟在他后面。

"Go slow fast!" cried Jack. They scrambled up the mountain slope. The snake scare gave them a burst of energy. But after a while, they grew tired and short of breath again. "I… I need to… stop…," said Annie, panting. "Up ahead… short way…," Jack gasped. "A clearing… keep going." Jack and Annie pushed themselves harder, climbing through brush and tall plants, until they came to an open area. "Stop… here…." Jack could barely get the words out. Just below the misty mountaintop, the forest had been cleared. A series of low stone walls had been built on the slope. Between the walls were narrow, flat fields. "What are these walls?" said Annie, still breathless.

“慢一点，快一点！”杰克叫道。 他们爬上了山坡。 蛇的惊吓给了他们一阵能量。 但过了一会儿，他们又累了，喘不过气来。 “我……我需要……停下来……”安妮喘着气说。 “前面……不远的路……”杰克喘着气说。 “一块空地……继续走。” 杰克和安妮更加努力地爬过灌木丛和高大的植物，来到一片开阔的地方。 “停……这里……”杰克几乎说不出话来。 就在雾蒙蒙的山顶下面，森林已经被砍伐一空。 山坡上修筑了一排低矮的石墙。 两墙之间是狭窄平坦的田地。 “这些墙是什么？”安妮问，仍然喘不过气来。

"I think they're called terraces," said Jack. "The walls keep rocks and mud from sliding down mountains." "Looks like… a stairway for giants," said Annie. "I'll bet it leads u… to the Secret City." "Yeah," said Jack. "Let's rest again… figure stuff out…. But first… check for snakes." They both looked around carefully for snakes. "All clear," said Annie. She and Jack sank to the ground. They rested their backs against the first stone wall and took deep breaths. Jack felt sleepy and light-headed. "Let's read about… Old Mountain," he said. He pulled out their travel guide and looked in the index. "Here." He read: In the language of the Incas, Machu Picchu means Old Mountain.

“我想它们叫梯田，”杰克说。 “这些墙防止岩石和泥土从山上滑下来。” “看起来像……巨人的楼梯，”安妮说。 “我敢打赌它会把你引向……神秘之城。” “是的，”杰克说。“让我们再休息一下……想想办法.... 但首先……检查一下有没有蛇。” 他们俩都仔细地环顾四周，看有没有蛇。 “没事，”安妮说。她和杰克倒在地上。 他们把背靠在第一堵石墙上，深吸了一口气。 杰克感到困倦和头晕。 “我们来读读……老山。”他说。 他拿出他们的旅游指南，查了查索引。 “在这里。”他念道：在印加人的语言中，马丘比丘的意思是古老的山。

"What? Machu Picchu?" said Jack, suddenly awake. "That's where Uncle Josh went!" said Annie. "I saw his photos! He took a train up the mountain!" "I know," said Jack. "Lots of tourists… go to Machu Picchu. It's one of the wonders of the world… like the Great Wall of China." Jack turned the page. A photo showed crumbling stone ruins on a mountain ridge. The roofs of the buildings were gone. He read: The fortress of Machu Picchu was built almost six hundred years ago, at the height of the Inca Empire. It was a secret retreat for royal families and their guards and servants. Machu Picchu was active for only about a hundred years. After the Inca Empire

“什么?马丘比丘？”杰克突然醒了过来。 “那是乔什叔叔去的地方！”安妮说。 “我看到了他的照片！”他是坐火车上山的！”“我知道，”杰克说。 “很多游客……去马丘比丘。 它是世界奇迹之一，就像中国的长城一样。” 杰克翻过了这一页。一张照片显示了山脊上摇摇欲坠的石头废墟。 建筑物的屋顶都不见了。 他念道：马丘比丘要塞建于近600年前，在印加帝国的鼎盛时期。 这是皇室及其卫兵和仆人的秘密住所。 马丘比丘只存在了大约100年。 在印加帝国之后

ended, the secret city fell into ruin and was forgotten, until explorers discovered it in the early twentieth century. "Whoa," said Jack. "Topa and his grandparents are still calling Machu Picchu the Secret City, so we've definitely come here hundreds of years in the past." "I know," said Annie. "Come on. We have to keep going." "Wait. We should rest longer. To get used to the low oxygen," said Jack. They took deep breaths and tried to relax. Finally, Annie stood up. "I think I'm ready now," she said. "Me too," said Jack. He felt a lot better. "Let's give it a try." He put away the travel guide, then turned to Annie. She gave him a thumbs-up. Then

最后，这座神秘的城市沦为废墟，被人遗忘，直到探险家们在20世纪初发现了它。 “哇，”杰克说。“托帕和他的祖父母仍然称马丘比丘为秘密之城，所以我们肯定是在几百年前来到这里的。” “我知道，”安妮说。“来吧。 我们必须继续前进。””等。 我们应该多休息一会儿。为了适应低氧环境，”杰克说。 他们深吸了几口气，试图放松下来。 最后，安妮站了起来。“我想我现在准备好了，”她说。 “我也是，”杰克说。他感觉好多了。 “让我们试一试。”他把旅行指南收起来，然后转向安妮。 她对他竖起大拇指。然后

she pointed toward the Secret City. "I see a path," said Annie. She led the way to a pebble path that ran between the terraces up the slope. "Not too fast!" said Jack. They slowly hiked up the path. Clouds hid the higher terraces. Through the haze, they saw people working in the narrow terrace fields. The workers were using wooden shovels to break up the hard ground. Jack was glad the workers wore ponchos and hats like theirs. He was also glad it was hard to see through the cloud mist. Hopefully no one would notice two kids heading toward the Secret City. "Keep going," Jack said. "Keep breathing." They kept following the path. Near the top of the mountain, they came to the last terrace. A high wall loomed beyond it.

她指着秘密城。 “我看到一条路，”安妮说。 她领着我来到一条卵石小径上，这条小径在梯田之间，沿着斜坡向上延伸。 “别太快！”杰克说。 他们慢慢地沿着小路往上走。 云层遮住了较高的梯田。 透过薄雾，他们看到人们在狭窄的梯田里劳作。 工人们正在用木铲刨开坚硬的土地。 杰克很高兴工人们都穿着和他们一样的雨披和帽子。 他也很高兴在云雾中很难看清东西。 希望没人注意到两个孩子朝秘密城走去。 “继续，”杰克说。“保持呼吸。” 他们一直沿着小路走。 在靠近山顶的地方，他们来到了最后一个梯田。 远处隐约出现了一堵高墙。