2 Morgan’s Magic

Chapter 2 MORGAN'S MAGIC A soft sea breeze blew into the tree house. Jack heard birds cawing and waves crashing. He inhaled moist, salty air. "Nice clothes," said Annie. "We look good." "Yeah, we do," said Jack. They were both wearing long-sleeved green shirts with pockets, baggy tan cargo pants, and hiking boots. They looked out the window together. The tree house had landed in a palm tree. The tree stood at the edge of a long white beach. Sunlight sparkled on gentle ocean waves. "There's the beautiful bird!" said Annie. An albatross was gliding on the wind. Seagulls and black birds with huge wings also circled above the beach. Out in the ocean, a motorboat was speeding toward a dock that extended beyond the shoreline.

第二章摩根的魔法一阵柔和的海风吹进了树屋。 杰克听到鸟叫和海浪撞击的声音。 他吸入了潮湿、含盐的空气。 “漂亮的衣服，”安妮说。 “我们看起来不错。”“是的，我们有。”杰克说。 他们都穿着有口袋的绿色长袖衬衫，宽松的褐色工装裤和登山靴。 他们一起向窗外望去。 树屋落在一棵棕榈树上。 那棵树矗立在长长的白色沙滩的边上。 阳光在柔和的海浪上闪闪发光。 “那只漂亮的鸟在那儿！”安妮说。 一只信天翁在风中滑翔。 海鸥和长着巨大翅膀的黑鸟也在海滩上空盘旋。 在大海上，一艘摩托艇正朝着海岸线外的一个码头疾驰而去。

"Okay. A motorboat," said Jack. "We must not have gone very far into the past." "I see trucks, too," said Annie. She pointed to two white pickup trucks parked near the beach. "And our clothes. Ready to climb down?" "Wait. Our badges," said Jack. "Oh, right," said Annie. She handed Jack his badge. Jack and Annie clipped the badges to the pockets of their green shirts. "Ready now," said Jack. Annie gasped. "Wait! Something's happening to our badges!" Jack looked at Annie's badge. One at a time, letters were magically appearing until they spelled: ANNIE WORLD TURTLE EXPERT "World Turtle Expert?" Jack said. He looked down at his own badge. It now said:

“好吧。一艘摩托艇。”杰克说。 “我们一定没有回到过去很远的地方。” “我也看到了卡车，”安妮说。 她指着停在海滩附近的两辆白色皮卡。 “还有我们的衣服。准备好下来了吗？””等。 我们的徽章。”杰克说。“哦，对了，”安妮说。 她把徽章递给杰克。 杰克和安妮把徽章别在绿色衬衫的口袋里。 “准备好了，”杰克说。安妮气喘吁吁地说。 “等等!我们的徽章出问题了！”杰克看了看安妮的徽章。 一个个字母神奇地出现了，直到它们拼成了：安妮世界海龟专家“世界海龟专家？”杰克说。 他低头看了看自己的徽章。 现在它说：

JACK WORLD TURTLE EXPERT "But what does that mean?" said Jack. "It means we're World Turtle Experts," said Annie. "But what does that mean?" said Jack. "It means we're World Turtle Experts!" said Annie again. "Get it?" "Turtles?… Really?" said Jack. He looked out the window. To his surprise, his mind was suddenly filled with expert turtle information. "Oh, I know where we are now," he said with wonder. "We landed on Isabela Island. It's part of the Galápagos Islands!" "Right!" said Annie, looking with him. "The Galápagos belong to the country of Ecuador. Any turtle expert would recognize this place." "Of course," said Jack. "It's world-famous for having the biggest tortoises in the world—the Galápagos giant tortoises!" "The kings and queens of the turtle world!" exclaimed Annie. "I love giant tortoises!"

世界海龟专家杰克说：“那是什么意思呢？” “这意味着我们是世界海龟专家，”安妮说。 “那是什么意思？”杰克说。 “这意味着我们是世界海龟专家！”安妮又说。 “明白了吗?”“海龟?真的吗？”杰克说。 他向窗外望去。令他惊讶的是，他的脑海里突然充满了专业的海龟信息。 “哦，我知道我们现在在什么地方了，”他惊奇地说。 “我们降落在伊莎贝拉岛。 它是Galápagos群岛的一部分！”“对！”安妮说，看着他。 “Galápagos属于厄瓜多尔。 任何海龟专家都会认出这个地方。” “当然，”杰克说。“它以拥有世界上最大的乌龟而闻名于世——Galápagos巨型乌龟！”“海龟世界的国王和王后！”安妮惊呼道。 “我爱巨龟！”

"Who doesn't?" said Jack. "Most of the Galápagos is a national park to protect wildlife. On the islands, you'll find fifteen different—" Suddenly Jack shook his head. "Wait—wait—this is too weird. Let's take these off." He unclipped his badge from his shirt. Annie did the same. "I don't know what I'm saying," said Jack. "I never knew anything about these islands before. I've never even heard of them! And turtles! Really? I never knew anything about turtles." "Well, we do now—when we wear our badges," said Annie. "Get it? They instantly turned us into turtle experts and gave us a bunch of knowledge." She picked up their note again. "Listen—" Your badges are magic. You'll be what they say. Clip them on when you land In a port far away. "But this is too strange," said Jack. "I don't feel like myself. I don't sound like myself."

“谁不喜欢呢？”杰克说。“Galápagos的大部分地区都是保护野生动物的国家公园。 在岛上，你会发现十五种不同的——”杰克突然摇了摇头。 “等等，等等，这太奇怪了。 我们把这些脱下来吧。”他从衬衫上取下徽章。 安妮也这样做了。“我不知道我在说什么，”杰克说。 “我以前对这些岛屿一无所知。 我从来没听说过他们！和海龟!真的吗? 我对海龟一无所知。” 安妮说：“嗯，现在我们戴徽章的时候就有了。” “明白了吗?他们立刻把我们变成了海龟专家，给了我们很多知识。” 她又拿起了他们的纸条。 “听着——”你的徽章很神奇。 你会成为他们所说的那样。当你在一个遥远的港口着陆时，把它们夹上。 “但这太奇怪了，”杰克说。 “我感觉不像我自己了。 我听起来不像我自己。”

"I know, but it's fun," said Annie. "I love being a World Turtle Expert. Don't you?" "I—I don't know…," said Jack. "Hey, it's just like the time Morgan gave us magic baseball caps, remember?" said Annie. "When we wore them, we instantly became batboys in a major- league game. We knew everything we needed to know." "Yeah… right, we did," said Jack. Annie read more from the note: Show them to strangers, And they'll all agree. No matter your age, "Experts" they'll see. "Wow, this is so incredible," said Annie. "When strangers see our badges, they'll totally believe we're grown-up experts. They won't see us as know- nothing kids." "How's that possible?" said Jack. "It's Morgan's magic!" said Annie. "Remember when people saw us wearing the magic baseball caps? They thought we were both teenage boys!"

“我知道，但这很有趣，”安妮说。 “我喜欢成为世界海龟专家。 你不?”“我——我不知道……”杰克说。 “嘿，这就像上次摩根送我们魔法棒球帽一样，记得吗？”安妮说。 “当我们穿上它们时，我们立刻成为大联盟比赛中的蝙蝠手。 我们知道我们需要知道的一切。” “是啊……没错，我们是这么做的。”杰克说。 安妮又读了几句：把它们拿给陌生人看，他们都会同意的。 无论你的年龄多大，“专家”他们都会看到。 “哇，这太不可思议了，”安妮说。 “当陌生人看到我们的徽章时，他们会完全相信我们是成人专家。 他们不会把我们看作什么都不懂的孩子。” “这怎么可能？”杰克说。 “这是摩根的魔法！”安妮说。 “还记得人们看到我们戴着神奇的棒球帽吗？” 他们以为我们都是十几岁的男孩！”