4 Speedy, Slow Down!

4 SPEEDY, SLOW DOWN! "Got it," said Shani. The two rangers jumped back into their jeep. "Come on, Jack!" said Annie. Holding Speedy, she started to climb into the jeep, too. "Oh, no, no, no, kids. You can't go with us," said Shani. "Why not?" asked Annie. "Too dangerous!" said Jomo. "We don't mind danger!" said Annie. Jack hung back. "Wait, what kind of danger?" he asked. "Poachers," said Shani. "They might spot Rosie. We have to race to the west side of the reserve before their chopper lands." "What's a chopper?" asked Annie. "A helicopter," Jack said. "Yes, sometimes poachers use helicopters and carry heavy weapons," said Shani.

4 .速度快，慢一点！“明白了，”沙尼说。 两个护林员跳回了他们的吉普车。 “来吧，杰克！”安妮说。 她抱着飞毛腿，也开始爬进吉普车。 “哦，不，不，不，孩子们。你不能和我们一起去，”沙尼说。 “为什么不呢？”安妮问。“太危险了！”乔莫说。 “我们不介意危险！”安妮说。 杰克退缩了。“等等，什么样的危险？” “偷猎者，”沙尼说。“他们可能会发现罗茜。 我们必须在他们的直升机降落前赶到保护区的西侧。” “什么是直升机？”安妮问。 “一架直升机。”杰克说。 “是的，有时偷猎者使用直升机，携带重型武器，”沙尼说。

Jomo started the jeep engine. "The Safari Ride will be back soon," he said. "Please wait here for the bus. Don't wander the bush." "We'll see you back at the camp!" said Shani. The jeep lurched forward. "Wait! You forgot Speedy!" Annie shouted. The rangers didn't hear her as their jeep roared away. Speedy made sad, chirpy sounds. "I'm sorry, Speedy. They had to go save Rosie," Annie said to the tiny primate. She looked at Jack. "I really wanted to go with them. Didn't you?" "Uh, no. It sounded super-dangerous," said Jack. "Shani and Jomo are trained to handle these situations." "But I wanted to save Rosie, too," said Annie. "I know you did," said Jack. "But let's just do what they told us and wait here for the Safari Ride to come back." "You didn't want to join the ride before," said Annie. "I know, but it's different now," Jack said. "We can tell the driver that Jomo and Shani told us to get onboard and meet them back at their camp." Annie sighed. "So we just stand here and wait?"

乔莫启动了吉普车的引擎。 “游猎之旅很快就会回来，”他说。 “请在这里等公共汽车。 不要在灌木丛里徘徊。”“我们在营地见！”沙尼说。 吉普车蹒跚地向前驶去。“等等!你忘了飞毛腿！”安妮喊道。 护林员没有听到她的声音，他们的吉普车呼啸而去。 斯皮迪发出悲伤、欢快的声音。 “对不起，飞毛腿。他们必须去救罗西，”安妮对这只小小的灵长类动物说。 她看着杰克。“我真的很想和他们一起去。 你没?”“哦,不。听起来超级危险。”杰克说。 “沙尼和乔莫接受过处理这些情况的训练。” “但我也想救罗西，”安妮说。 “我知道，”杰克说。 “但我们还是照他们说的做吧，在这里等着游猎之旅回来。” 安妮说：“你以前不想加入我们的行列。” “我知道，但现在不一样了，”杰克说。 “我们可以告诉司机，乔莫和沙尼让我们上车，回到他们的营地和他们见面。” 安妮叹了口气。“那我们就站在这里等着？”

"Yes. And we take care of Speedy," said Jack. "Okay. That's important, too," said Annie. She hugged the tiny bush baby. Jack looked at their booklet again. He read aloud: Never before has it been so important to keep large rare animals alive on earth. In a number of African nature reserves, rangers risk their lives to save endangered elephants and rhinos. "I'd love to train to be a reserve ranger someday," said Annie. "Wouldn't you?" "Um…maybe," said Jack. He looked around. He felt hot, sweaty, and itchy. He waved the booklet to shoo away mosquitoes whining around his head. "You okay?" said Annie. "It's too buggy here near the creek," said Jack. "Let's walk up the road toward those trees. The bus will come back that way." "Sure," said Annie. "And maybe we'll find out what Morgan means by a paper tree." "Maybe," said Jack. He and Annie started up the dusty dirt road. As they walked, Speedy perched on Annie's shoulder.

“是的。我们会照顾飞毛腿的。”杰克说。 “好吧。这也很重要，”安妮说。 她抱着灌木丛里的小婴儿。 杰克又看了看他们的小册子。 他大声朗读：保护地球上的大型珍稀动物从未像现在这样重要。 在许多非洲自然保护区，护林员冒着生命危险拯救濒临灭绝的大象和犀牛。 “我希望有一天能接受训练，成为一名预备役护林员，”安妮说。 “你不会?”“嗯……也许吧。”杰克说。 他环顾四周。他觉得热，出汗，发痒。 他挥动小册子，驱赶在他头上嗡嗡叫的蚊子。 “你还好吗？”安妮说。“靠近小溪的地方太拥挤了，”杰克说。 “我们沿着这条路朝那些树走去吧。 公共汽车会从那条路回来。” “当然，”安妮说。“也许我们会发现摩根说的纸树是什么意思。” “也许吧，”杰克说。他和安妮开始走上尘土飞扬的土路。 他们走的时候，飞毛腿搭在安妮的肩膀上。

Jack turned the pages of the booklet. He read aloud: For more than thirty million years, rhinos and their ancestors have survived ice ages, earthquakes, floods, and volcanoes. "Rhinos and their ancestors?" said Annie. "What does that mean?" "All creatures have ancestors that go back through time," said Jack. "Like our great-great-great- grandmothers, grandfathers, and parents. You know." "Oh, yeah, our family history," said Annie. "Uncle Josh is making a chart of that." "Look. Here's a great-great-ancestor chart for rhinos," said Jack. He showed Annie the chart in the booklet. At the top was an illustration of a prehistoric rhino. At the bottom of the chart was a present-day rhino. Jack read: Modern-day rhinoceroses are descended from the family of prehistoric rhinos, which includes the Paraceratherium (say pa-ruhseh- ruh-THEE-ree-um).

杰克把小册子翻了几页。 他大声朗读：3000多万年来，犀牛和它们的祖先在冰河时代、地震、洪水和火山爆发中幸存下来。 “犀牛和它们的祖先？”安妮说。 “这是什么意思？”“所有的生物都有祖先，可以追溯到很久以前。”杰克说。 “就像我们的曾曾曾曾祖母、祖父和父母一样。 你知道的。”“哦，是的，我们的家族史，”安妮说。 “乔希叔叔正在做一个图表。” “看。这是犀牛的高祖先图表，”杰克说。 他给安妮看小册子里的图表。 最上面是史前犀牛的插图。 在图表的底部是一头现代犀牛。 杰克读到：现代犀牛是史前犀牛家族的后裔，其中包括副犀类（pa-ruhseh- ruh- ee- ee-um）。

"Whew. Hard word," said Annie. "Just look at this monster," said Jack. He pointed to the drawing at the top of the chart. It showed a huge, long-necked creature. To illustrate the creature's size, there was a tiny person drawn next to it. Jack read more: This ancient rhinoceros was the largest land mammal that ever lived. The creature weighed at least five times as much as a rhino of today. It was a plant-eater that mainly ate leaves and grass. "Cool, a plant-eater," said Annie. "Yep. But I wouldn't want it to step on me," said Jack. He kept reading:

“呼。安妮说。 “看看这个怪物，”杰克说。 他指着图表顶部的图画。 它显示了一个巨大的长脖子生物。 为了说明这种生物的大小，在它旁边画了一个小人。 这只古老的犀牛是有史以来最大的陆地哺乳动物。 这种生物的体重至少是现在犀牛的五倍。 它是食草动物，主要吃树叶和草。 “真酷，食草动物，”安妮说。 “是的。但是我不想让它踩到我。”杰克说。 他继续念道：

The armor of the rhino family has protected the animals for millions of years. But humans have found ways to kill rhinos, and they are critically endangered. Some experts worry that black rhinos could disappear from Africa within ten years. "What? Only ten years?" cried Annie. "That's horrible! Rhinos have been around for over thirty million years! And now they might disappear from Africa in just ten years? I hate that!" "Me too," said Jack. Suddenly Speedy let out a shrill whistle. He leapt out of Annie's arms onto the ground. He frantically hopped around, jabbering. "Speedy, what's wrong?" said Annie. The tiny bush baby took flying leaps up the road. He headed toward the bushes and umbrella-like trees. "Wait! Wait! Speedy!" Annie called. "Speedy, slow down! We have to keep you safe!" She started running after the bush baby. "Come on, Jack!" Annie shouted. Jack stuck the booklet into his pocket. Then he raced after Annie and Speedy up the dirt road.

犀牛家族的盔甲保护了它们数百万年。 但人类已经找到了杀死犀牛的方法，它们已经濒临灭绝。 一些专家担心黑犀牛可能在十年内从非洲消失。 “什么?才十年？”安妮叫道。 “这是可怕的!犀牛已经存在了三千多万年了！现在它们可能在十年内从非洲消失？ 我讨厌那样！”“我也是，”杰克说。 突然，斯皮迪发出一声刺耳的口哨。 他从安妮的怀里跳到了地上。 他疯狂地跳来跳去，叽叽喳喳地说个不停。 “斯皮迪，怎么了？”安妮说。 灌木丛里的小婴儿在路上蹦蹦跳跳。 他朝灌木丛和伞形树走去。 “等等!等等!快速!”安妮叫。 “斯皮蒂，慢点！”我们必须保证你的安全！”她开始追着灌木丛宝宝跑。 “加油，杰克！”安妮喊道。 杰克把小册子塞进口袋里。 然后他追上安妮，在土路上疾驰。