Ch3-The Grand Lady, of the Lagoon

CHAPTER THREE The Grand Lady of the Lagoon. The gondola glided toward a landing at the edge of the canal. As the gondolier tied up the boat, water was sloshing from the canal onto a wide walkway filled with Carnival-goers.

第三章泻湖的贵妇人。 贡多拉滑向运河边上的一个登陆点。 船夫把船系好后，河水从运河溅到一条宽阔的人行道上，人行道上挤满了狂欢节的游客。

The gondolier reached a gloved hand toward Annie and helped her out of the boat. He then held out a hand to Jack. When Jack grabbed it, he was surprised that the gondolier's hand felt small under the white glove, like a kid's hand. As soon as Jack had stepped out of the boat, the gondolier untied the rope, pushed off from the landing, and began rowing away. "Bye! Thanks!" called Annie. The two strangers in the white bird masks waved. Jack and Annie watched the gondola disappear over the choppy waters. Then they looked back at the shore. The Carnival crowd

船夫伸出一只戴着手套的手，帮助安妮下了船。 然后他向杰克伸出一只手。 当杰克抓住它时，他惊讶地发现船夫的手在白手套下感觉很小，像个孩子的手。 杰克刚下了船，船夫就解开了绳子，把船从平台上推下来，开始划走。 “再见!谢谢！”安妮喊道。 两个戴着白鸟面具的陌生人挥了挥手。 杰克和安妮看着小船消失在波涛汹涌的海面上。 然后他们回头看了看海岸。 狂欢节的人群

was parading up and down the wide walkway along the canal. "Hey look," said Annie. "There's a bunch of people dressed like us! And like the two people in our gondola!" Jack saw lots of black cloaks, bird masks, funny hats, and ruffled collars. He also saw people dressed as chickens, pirates, and knights. None of the costumed people seemed to mind the water spilling over the edge of the canal, soaking their boots and slippers. As Jack and Annie stared at the crowd, a distant bell began to ring. The bell rang nine

沿着运河在宽阔的人行道上走来走去。 “嘿，看，”安妮说。“有一群人穿得跟我们一样！”就像我们贡多拉上的两个人一样！”杰克看到了许多黑色斗篷、鸟面具、滑稽的帽子和皱巴巴的衣领。 他还看到有人打扮成鸡、海盗和骑士。 那些盛装打扮的人似乎都不介意水溢出运河的边缘，浸湿了他们的靴子和拖鞋。 当杰克和安妮盯着人群时，远处的铃声开始响起。 铃响了九点钟

times. "I guess that means it's nine o'clock," said Jack. Just then another bell began to chime. Jack counted again. This time, ten chimes rang out. "Ten?" said Jack, puzzled. "So what time is it? Nine o'clock or ten o'clock?" "Don't worry about that now," said Annie. "I think I see the Grand Lady of the Lagoon!" "Where?" said Jack. Annie pointed to a tall woman at the edge of the parade. She was wearing a black mask. She wore piles of jewelry, a white wig, and a wide hoop skirt. Jack and Annie moved toward the lady. "Excuse me," said Annie. "Hi."

次。“我想这意味着九点了，”杰克说。 就在这时，又响了一声钟。 杰克又数了一遍。这一次，钟声响了十下。 “十个？”杰克不解地说。 “现在几点了？”九点还是十点？”“现在不用担心，”安妮说。 “我想我看见了泻湖大夫人！”“在哪儿？”杰克问。 安妮指着游行队伍边上的一个高个子女人。 她戴着一个黑色的面具。 她戴着一堆珠宝，戴着一顶白色假发，穿着一条宽箍裙。 杰克和安妮走向那位女士。 “对不起，”安妮说。“嗨。”

The lady looked at Annie. "Hello," she said in a deep man's voice. "Whoa," said Jack, stepping back. Annie laughed. "You're a man!" she said. "Of course," said the man. "But for Carnival, I am a very beautiful lady, no?" "We're looking for someone called the Grand Lady of—" started Annie. But before she could finish, a giant chicken grabbed the man's hand and pulled him away into the crowd. "Oh, brother," said Jack, looking around. Lots of people were dressed as grand ladies! "How are we supposed to know who to visit?"

那位女士看着安妮。“你好，”她用低沉的男人的声音说。 “哇，”杰克说着，往后退了一步。 安妮笑了。“你是个男人！”她说。 “当然，”那人说。 “但是对于嘉年华来说，我是一位非常美丽的女士，不是吗？”“我们在找一个叫贵妇人的人——”安妮开始说。 但她还没说完，一只大鸡就抓住了这个男人的手，把他拉到了人群中。 “哦，兄弟，”杰克环顾四周说。 很多人都打扮成贵妇的样子！“我们怎么知道该去拜访谁呢？”

"Maybe it's time to use one of Kathleen and Teddy's rhymes," said Annie. "No, we should save our rhymes," said Jack. "Then let's just skip visiting the Grand Lady of the Lagoon for now," said Annie. "What's the next thing Merlin tells us to do?" Jack looked at Merlin's directions and read aloud: To find out where you need to go, Seek out a painter named Tiepolo. "Good, that's clear," said Jack. "Let's see if Tiepolo is in our research book."

“也许是时候用凯瑟琳和特迪的一首押韵诗了，”安妮说。 “不，我们应该保留我们的押韵，”杰克说。 “那我们现在就不去参观泻湖大夫人了，”安妮说。 “梅林接下来要我们做什么？”杰克看了看梅林的指示，大声念了起来：要知道你要去哪里，去找一个叫提波罗的画家。 “好，这就清楚了。”杰克说。 “让我们看看提埃波罗是否在我们的研究书里。”