Ch2-Pirates Again

CHAPTER TWO Pirates Again? Jack opened his eyes. Teddy and Kathleen were gone. The warm air was filled with mist. Jack and Annie peered out the window together. The tree house had landed in a tall tree with spreading branches. The mist was so thick they

第二章又是海盗？ 杰克睁开眼睛。泰迪和凯瑟琳走了。 温暖的空气中弥漫着薄雾。 杰克和安妮一起凝视着窗外。 树屋建在一棵枝繁叶茂的大树上。 雾太浓了

couldn't see anything around them. But Jack heard the caws of gulls and the swooshing of rolling waves. He smelled salt water and seaweed. "The ocean's out there. Feel it?" said Annie. "I hear it and smell it," said Jack. "Then let's go play in it!" said Annie. She pulled off her sneakers and socks. "We can't just play," Jack said. "We have to look for a secret of happiness." "Well, I'm happiest when I'm playing in the ocean!" Annie started down the rope ladder.

他们周围什么也看不见。 但是杰克听到了海鸥的叫声和翻滚的海浪的嗖嗖声。 他闻到了海水和海藻的味道。 “海洋就在那里。感觉到了吗？”安妮说。 “我听到了，闻到了，”杰克说。 “那我们去玩吧！”安妮说。 她脱下运动鞋和袜子。 “我们不能只是玩，”杰克说。 “我们必须寻找幸福的秘密。” “嗯，我在海里玩的时候最开心！”安妮开始顺着绳梯往下走。

I'm sure our mission's harder than that, Jack thought. He took their library books out of his pack and replaced them with the deep-sea book. "Hurry!" said Annie. Jack put on his pack and started down after her. He stepped off the ladder onto the misty ground. "Come on!" said Annie. Jack followed Annie toward the sounds of seabirds and waves. They walked through feathery ferns and climbed a sloping sand dune. When they rounded the top, Jack saw waves rolling

我敢肯定，我们的任务比这要难得多，杰克想。 他从书包里拿出图书馆的书，换上了那本深海的书。 “快点！”安妮说。杰克背上背包，开始追她。 他走下梯子，来到雾蒙蒙的地上。 “来吧！”安妮说。杰克跟着安妮向海鸟和海浪的声音走去。 他们穿过毛茸茸的蕨类植物，爬上一个倾斜的沙丘。 当他们绕过山顶时，杰克看到波浪在翻滚

onto a wide, sandy beach. But the ocean itself was still shrouded in a gray haze. "Wow," said Annie. "Yeah," said Jack. "Come on, let's go in," Annie said. Jack and Annie hurried down the dune and ran toward the ocean. While Annie waded into the water, Jack stood at the edge and pulled out their research book. "Listen to this, Annie," he called. Jack read loudly: Water covers three-quarters of our earth. Most of the ocean is an enormous plain a little more

来到宽阔的沙滩上。但海洋本身仍然笼罩在灰色的薄雾中。 “哇，”安妮说。“是的，”杰克说。 “来吧，我们进去吧，”安妮说。 杰克和安妮急忙跑下沙丘，向海边跑去。 当安妮涉水时，杰克站在水边，拿出他们的研究本子。 “听着，安妮，”他喊道。 杰克大声朗读：水覆盖了地球的四分之三。 海洋的大部分是一片巨大的平原

than two miles deep. But some ocean trenches are more than six miles deep. "More than six miles?" Annie asked, splashing the water with her hands. "It's six miles from our house to Aunt Libby's." "I know," said Jack. He read more: The ocean is home to thousands and thousands of sea creatures. Mountains and volcanoes are also hidden deep beneath the surface of the sea.

不到两英里深。但有些海沟的深度超过6英里。 “超过六英里？”安妮问，用手拍打着水。 “从我们家到莉比姨妈家有六英里。” “我知道，”杰克说。他读了更多：海洋是成千上万海洋生物的家园。 山脉和火山也隐藏在海底深处。

"Mountains and volcanoes?" asked Annie. "Under the water?" "That's what the book says," said Jack. "The ocean's a whole world we don't know anything about." "Well, some people know about it," said Annie. "Or that book couldn't have been written." Good point, thought Jack. "Put the book away and come in, Jack," said Annie. "The sun's coming out!" Jack looked up from his book. The sun was burning away the mist, making the day hotter.

“山和火山？”安妮问。 “在水下？”“书上是这么说的，”杰克说。 “海洋是一个我们一无所知的世界。” “嗯，有些人知道这件事，”安妮说。 “不然那本书就写不出来了。” 说得好，杰克想。“把书收起来，进来吧，杰克，”安妮说。 “太阳出来了！”杰克从书本上抬起头来。 太阳驱散了薄雾，使天更热了。