Ch5-An Excellent Student

CHAPTER FIVE An Excellent Student? Jack froze. Basho stepped forward. When the two samurai saw him, they bowed. "Good afternoon, Master," one said. "Good afternoon," said Basho. "These are my students, Koto and Baku.

第五章优秀学生？ 杰克冻结。芭蕉走上前去。 当两个武士看到他时，他们鞠了一躬。 “下午好，主人，”一个说。 “下午好，”芭蕉说。 “这是我的学生，Koto和Baku。

I am afraid they left their passports at home today." "They are your students?" said the samurai with the scar. "Yes, excellent students," said Basho. "They have much natural talent." "Ah." The two samurai looked at Jack and Annie with interest. "Will you share your talent with us?" one asked, smiling. What talent? Jack wondered frantically. Some samurai-warrior talent? Basho saw Jack's confusion. "Perhaps you would each recite one of your poems," he said.

恐怕他们今天把护照忘在家里了。” “他们是你的学生？”有伤疤的武士说。 “是的，优秀的学生。”芭蕉说。 “他们很有天赋。” “啊。”两个武士饶有兴趣地看着杰克和安妮。 “你愿意和我们分享你的才华吗？”其中一人微笑着问道。 什么人才?杰克疯狂地想。 一些武士的天赋？ 芭蕉看出了杰克的困惑。 “也许你们会每人背诵一首自己的诗，”他说。

"One of our poems?" squeaked Jack. What kind of samurai talent is that? he wondered. Do samurai warriors have to know poems? "Sure," said Annie. "Here's a poem." She took a deep breath and then recited: Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. The samurai with the scar nodded. "Very good, Koto," he said. "The little star twinkles like a diamond."

“一首我们的诗？”杰克尖声问道。 这是什么样的武士才能？ 他想知道。武士一定要懂诗吗？ “当然，”安妮说。“这里有一首诗。” 她深吸了一口气，然后背诵道：一闪，一闪，小星星，我多么想知道你是什么。 高高在上，像一颗钻石在天空中。 有伤疤的武士点点头。 “很好，Koto，”他说。 “小星星像钻石一样闪闪发光。”

The other samurai closed his eyes as if he were seeing the star. "Yes, yes, very good!" he said. "A sparkling diamond high above the world! Excellent." Both samurai then turned to Jack. "And you, Baku?" one said. Jack stared at them. He couldn't remember any poem—not even a

另一个武士闭上眼睛，仿佛看到了那颗星星。 “是的，是的，很好！”他说。 “一颗闪闪发光的钻石高高挂在世界之上！”太好了。” 两个武士都转向杰克。 “你呢，巴库？”一个人说。 杰克盯着他们。他记不住一首诗——甚至一首诗也记不住

nursery rhyme! "Uh… a poem? Right," said Jack. "Um. Let's see…. Okay." He took a deep breath and said: I love Japan. Oh, man. I really love Japan. The land of Japan Is cool. Jack bit his lip. He knew his poem was bad. He glanced at Annie. She looked as if she were trying not to laugh.

童谣!“呃……一首诗？” 好的，”杰克说。“嗯。让我们看看… 好吧。”他深吸一口气说：“我爱日本。” 哦,男人。我真的很喜欢日本。 日本的土地很凉爽。 杰克咬着嘴唇。他知道自己的诗写得不好。 他瞥了安妮一眼。她看起来好像在努力忍住不笑。

The dark-eyed samurai turned to Basho. "An excellent student?" he said. Basho nodded. "Well, yes…. Baku has a—a special talent. He needs work, but the talent is there." The samurai frowned. "You say he left his passport at home, Master Basho? Where is his home?" Just then the drumbeat started again. The samurai turned to look. A new sumo match was beginning. The two samurai moved closer to the ring to get a better look. Basho turned to Jack and Annie. "We should leave now," he said calmly. "I

黑眼睛的武士转向芭蕉。 “一个优秀的学生？” 芭蕉点点头。“嗯,是的… 巴库有一种特殊的才能。 他需要训练，但他有天赋。” 武士皱起眉头。“您说他把护照忘在家里了，芭蕉师傅？” 他的家在哪里？”就在这时，鼓声又响起了。 武士转过头去看。 一场新的相扑比赛开始了。 两个武士走近拳击台，想看得更清楚些。 芭蕉转向杰克和安妮。 “我们现在该走了。”他平静地说。 “我