Ch6-Sandblasted

CHAPTER SIX Sandblasted In the distance, a haze of sand was spreading over the desert. As the wind picked up, the sky turned red and the haze thickened into a brown cloud. The cloud began gliding toward Jack, Annie, and Mamoon like a moving wall.

在远处，一层沙的薄雾正在沙漠上蔓延。 随着风的增加，天空变成了红色，雾霾变成了棕色的云。 乌云开始像一堵移动的墙一样向杰克、安妮和马蒙飘来。

"Get down! Lie on your bellies!" ordered Mamoon. "Quickly! Cover your faces with your head cloths!" Jack clucked his tongue. Beauty knelt to the ground. Jack, Annie, and Mamoon jumped off their camels and lay down on the sand beside them. Jack tried desperately to cover his face with his head cloth, but the raging wind kept whipping the cloth from his hands. The sky turned from red to black. The moaning sound turned into a loud rumbling.

“下来!趴下！”马蒙命令道。 “快!你们要用头巾蒙住脸！”杰克咯咯地咂舌。 美女跪在地上。 杰克、安妮和马蒙从骆驼上跳下来，躺在他们旁边的沙滩上。 杰克拼命想用头巾遮住脸，但狂风不停地把他手上的头巾吹走。 天空由红色变成黑色。 呻吟声变成了轰隆声。

Jack looked up and saw the wind rip the saddlebag off Mamoon's kneeling camel! The bag hit the ground and fell open. The box bounced out and tumbled away in the driving wind. "The treasure!" cried Jack, but his voice was drowned out by the wind. He jumped up and bolted after the box. Jack raced across the desert as the sand battered his body. The wind tried to push him

杰克抬起头，看见风把马蒙跪着的骆驼上的鞍袋扯了下来！袋子掉在地上，打开了。 箱子在疾风中弹了出来，滚走了。 “宝藏！”杰克喊道，但他的声音被风淹没了。 他跳起来，飞快地追着箱子跑。 杰克飞快地穿过沙漠，沙子拍打着他的身体。 风试图推动他

down. But Jack ran with all his might, until finally he caught up with the box and threw himself down on top of it. He grabbed the ends of his head scarf and covered his face. The sandstorm blasted over Jack, sounding like the hoofbeats of a hundred galloping camels. Jack's eyes burned. He felt as if he were suffocating. Slowly the thundering softened to a low rumbling. The rumbling faded to a moaning. The wind died down. The hot desert grew still and silent. Coughing, Jack rolled over and sat up. He had sand in his mouth, sand in his ears, and sand in his nose. He pulled off his glasses

下来。但是杰克拼命地跑着，最后他追上了箱子，扑了上去。 他抓住头巾的末端，遮住了脸。 沙尘暴在杰克身上肆虐，听起来就像一百头飞驰的骆驼的蹄声。 杰克的眼睛火辣辣的。他觉得自己好像要窒息了。 雷声慢慢地减弱为低沉的隆隆声。 隆隆声逐渐减弱为呻吟声。 风停了。炎热的沙漠变得寂静无声。 杰克咳嗽着，翻了个身坐了起来。 他嘴里有沙子，耳朵里有沙子，鼻子里也有沙子。 他摘下眼镜

and rubbed his stinging eyes. But rubbing only made them worse. Blinking, Jack clutched the box and looked around for the others. The air was thick with dust. He had completely lost his sense of direction. "Jack! Jack!" He heard Annie shouting. Jack clutched the small wooden box and stood up. His legs were so wobbly, he fell over. "Annie!" he croaked. "Jack!" she called through the dust. "Where are you?" "Here!" he said. "Where?"

揉了揉他那双刺痛的眼睛。 但摩擦只会让它们变得更糟。 杰克眨着眼睛，抓住盒子，四处寻找其他人。 空气中充满了灰尘。 他完全失去了方向感。 “杰克!杰克!”他听到安妮在喊。 杰克抓着小木箱站了起来。 他的腿抖得厉害，摔倒了。 “安妮！”他嘶哑地说。“杰克！”她在尘土中喊道。 “你在哪儿？”“这儿！”他说。 “在哪里?”

"Here!" "There you are!" said Annie, stumbling out of the haze. "Are you okay?" "I'm okay," croaked Jack. "Are you?" "Yes! I ran after you," said Annie. Her voice was hoarse, too. "I had to save the box," said Jack. "Where's Mamoon?" "I don't know," said Annie. "I don't think he saw us chase after the box." "Mamoon!" they shouted together. "Mamoon!" There was no answer.

“在这里!”“你在这儿啊！”安妮说着，跌跌撞撞地走出了阴霾。 “你还好吗？”“我没事。”杰克嘶哑地说。 “你是?”“是啊!我追着你跑，”安妮说。 她的声音也沙哑了。 “我必须保存这个盒子，”杰克说。 “Mamoon在哪?”“我不知道，”安妮说。 “我想他没有看到我们在追箱子。” “妈妈！”他们一起喊道。 “Mamoon !”没有人回答。