Ch1-Old Friends

Monday with a Mad Genius

疯狂天才的周一

CHAPTER ONE Old Friends Jack poured milk over his cereal. His stomach felt fluttery. It was Monday—the first day of a new school year. Jack always felt nervous on the first day. What would his new teacher be like? Would his desk be

第一章老朋友杰克把牛奶倒在麦片粥上。 他感到胃里扑腾。 那是星期一——新学年的第一天。 杰克在第一天总是感到紧张。 他的新老师会是什么样的？ 他的桌子会是

close to a window? Would friends from last year be in his class again this year? "Annie, hurry!" Jack's mom called upstairs. "It's fifteen minutes till eight. School starts in half an hour." Jack's dad walked into the kitchen. "Are you sure you and Annie don't want me to drive you?" he asked. "No thanks, we don't mind walking," said Jack. Their school was only three blocks away. "Annie, hurry!" their mom called again. "You're going to be late!" The back door banged open. Annie rushed into the kitchen. She was out of breath.

靠近窗户？去年的朋友今年还会在他的班上吗？ “安妮,快点!”杰克的妈妈打电话到楼上。 “差十五分钟八点了。 还有半个小时就要开学了。” 杰克的爸爸走进厨房。 “你确定你和安妮不要我开车送你们吗？”他问。 “不，谢谢，我们不介意走路。”杰克说。 他们的学校离这里只有三个街区。 “安妮，快点！”妈妈又叫了一声。 “你要迟到了！”后门砰的一声开了。 安妮冲进厨房。 她上气不接下气。

"Oh, I thought you were upstairs," their mom said with surprise. "You were outside?" "Yes!" said Annie, panting. "Just taking a quick walk." She looked at Jack. Her eyes sparkled. "Hurry, Jack. We really should go now!" "Okay, I'm coming!" said Jack. He leapt up from the table. He could tell Annie wasn't talking about school. The tree house must be back! Finally! Jack grabbed his backpack. Annie held the door open for him. "No breakfast?" their mom asked. "Too nervous to eat now, Mom," said Jack. "Have fun," their mom said.

“哦，我以为你在楼上呢，”他们的妈妈惊讶地说。 “你在外面？”“是的！”安妮气喘吁吁地说。 “只是散个步。” 她看着杰克。她的眼睛闪闪发光。 “快点,杰克。我们真的该走了！”“好的，我来了！”杰克说。 他从桌子上跳了起来。 他看得出安妮说的不是学校的事。 树屋一定回来了！终于!杰克抓起他的背包。 安妮为他扶着门。 “不吃早餐？”妈妈问。 “妈妈，我现在太紧张了，吃不下东西。”杰克说。 “玩得开心，”他们的妈妈说。

"Learn a lot," said their dad. "Don't worry, we will!" said Annie. Jack and Annie slipped out the door and walked quickly across their yard. "It's back!" said Annie. "I figured it was!" said Jack. "Morgan must want us to look for another secret of happiness to help Merlin," said Annie. "Yep!" said Jack. "Let's run!" Jack and Annie dashed up the sidewalk. They crossed the street and headed into the Frog Creek woods. They ran between the trees, through shadows and light, until they came to the tallest oak.

“学很多东西，”他们的爸爸说。 “别担心，我们会的！”安妮说。 杰克和安妮溜出了门，迅速穿过院子。 “它回来了！”安妮说。“我就知道是！”杰克说。 “摩根一定想让我们寻找另一个快乐的秘密来帮助梅林，”安妮说。 “是的！”杰克说。“让我们跑!”杰克和安妮沿着人行道狂奔。 他们穿过街道，向青蛙溪树林走去。 他们在树林间奔跑，穿过阴影和光明，直到他们来到最高的橡树前。

High in the tree was the magic tree house. The rope ladder was swaying in the chilly morning wind. "How did you know it was here?" asked Jack, catching his breath. "I woke up thinking about Teddy and Kathleen," said Annie, "and I had this strange feeling." "Really?" said Jack. "Teddy! Kathleen!" he shouted up at the tree house. Two young teenagers looked out the tree house window: a curly-haired boy with freckles and a big grin and a smiling girl with sea-blue eyes and dark wavy hair. "Jack! Annie!" the girl said.

树的高处是魔法树屋。 绳梯在凛冽的晨风中摇摆。 “你怎么知道它在这里？”杰克屏住呼吸问道。 “我醒来时想着特迪和凯瑟琳，”安妮说，“我有一种奇怪的感觉。” “真的吗？”“泰迪!凯瑟琳！”他冲着树屋喊道。 两个十几岁的少年从树屋的窗户往外看：一个长着雀斑的卷发男孩咧着嘴笑，一个长着海蓝色眼睛和深色卷发的微笑女孩。 “杰克!安妮！”女孩说。