Ch2-Lots of Ice

CHAPTER TWO Lots of Ice. "Welcome to Antarctica," said Annie. Jack and Annie were bundled in cold-weather gear. They both wore snow pants, gloves, boots with spikes, and thick red parkas with hoods. Goggles covered their eyes, and wool masks covered their mouths and noses. A hiker's backpack had replaced Jack's own pack.

第二章大量的冰“欢迎来到南极洲，”安妮说。 杰克和安妮穿着御寒装备。 他们都穿着雪地裤、手套、带尖钉的靴子和带兜帽的红色厚大衣。 护目镜遮住了他们的眼睛，羊毛面具遮住了他们的嘴和鼻子。 一个徒步旅行者的背包代替了杰克自己的背包。

Jack felt trapped by all the gear. He pulled his mask down under his chin and pushed his goggles onto his forehead. Annie did the same. Their breath made clouds of mist in the freezing air. "It's really cold here!" said Jack. The wind stung his bare face and made his eyes water. But

杰克感到被所有的装备困住了。 他把面罩拉到下巴下面，把护目镜推到额头上。 安妮也这样做了。他们的呼吸在冰冷的空气中形成了云雾。 “这里真冷！”杰克说。 风刺痛了他裸露的脸，使他流泪。 但

he kept his mask and goggles off as he looked out the window with Annie. The tree house was on the ground. It was tucked under the overhang of an ice cliff near the ocean. Icy seawater sparkled in the sunlight. The shore was silent and deserted. "It looks totally empty out there," said Jack. "I still don't get it—how do we find the Cave of the Ancient Crown here? No king or queen ever ruled Antarctica. In fact, no people ever lived here at all until explorers came in recent times." "Let's get started and try to figure it all out," said Annie. "Not so fast," said Jack. He pulled off his glove and opened their research book to the first chapter.

他摘下了面罩和护目镜，和安妮一起望着窗外。 树屋在地上。 它隐藏在靠近海洋的冰崖的悬垂下。 冰冷的海水在阳光下闪闪发光。 岸边一片寂静，空无一人。 “外面看起来空无一人，”杰克说。 “我还是不明白——我们怎么才能在这里找到古王冠洞呢？” 没有国王或王后统治过南极洲。 事实上，在近代探险者到来之前，根本没有人住在这里。” “让我们开始吧，试着把这一切弄清楚，”安妮说。 “别那么快，”杰克说。他摘下手套，打开他们的研究书，翻到第一章。

He read aloud: The continent of Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest place on earth. Larger in area than the United States, it is a land filled with ice—ice cliffs, icebergs, ice sheets, ice shelves— "Okay, lots of ice," said Annie. "Got it. Let's go." "In a minute." Jack kept reading: But Antarctica was not always a land of ice. Eons ago, it was part of a supercontinent scientists have named Gondwana. It had forests, flowers, and

他大声朗读：南极洲是地球上最冷、最干燥、风最大的地方。 它的面积比美国还大，到处都是冰——冰崖、冰山、冰原、冰架——“好吧，很多冰，”安妮说。 “明白了。我们走吧。”“等一下。” 杰克继续读着：但是南极洲并不总是一片冰天雪地。 亿万年以前，它是一个被科学家命名为冈瓦纳的超大陆的一部分。 那里有森林，有鲜花，还有

many animals, including dinosaurs. But no people ever lived there. "See?" said Jack. "No kings, no queens, no crowns." "Yep, let's go," said Annie. But Jack kept reading: Over millions of years, Antarctica broke off from Gondwana and drifted south. "Okay, I'm drifting now myself, Jack," said Annie. "Byeee—" She climbed out the window and disappeared from the tree house. Jack looked back at the book, but before he could read further, he heard Annie whoop with laughter. "Oh, wow! Jack, come look!" she yelled.

许多动物，包括恐龙。 但从来没有人住在那里。 “看到没？”杰克说。“没有国王，没有王后，没有王冠。” “是的，我们走吧，”安妮说。 但杰克一直在读：数百万年来，南极洲从冈瓦纳大陆分离出来，向南漂流。 “好吧，杰克，我现在也在漂流，”安妮说。 “再见——”她爬出窗户，从树屋消失了。 杰克又看了看那本书，但还没来得及继续读下去，他就听到安妮在哈哈大笑。 “哦,哇!杰克，快来看！”她喊道。

"What is it?" said Jack, closing the book. "You won't believe this!" said Annie. "You have to come see!" Jack put his glove back on and pulled on his backpack. He folded the paper with Morgan's rhyme and put it in his pocket. Then, clutching the research book to his chest, he climbed out of the window. Jack followed the sound of Annie's laughter beyond the tree house. On the frozen seashore was a group of penguins, grown-ups and babies. The grown-ups had orange streaks on their cheeks, puffy white chests, and black wings they held straight by their sides. The babies were fluffy balls of gray fuzz. All the penguins were waddling

“这是什么？”杰克合上书说。 “你不会相信的！”安妮说。 “你一定要来看！”杰克戴上手套，背起背包。 他把写着摩根押韵诗的纸折叠起来放进口袋。 然后，他把那本研究书抱在胸前，爬出了窗户。 杰克顺着安妮的笑声走出树屋。 冰冻的海岸上有一群企鹅，有成年企鹅，也有小企鹅。 这些成年人的脸颊上长着橙色的条纹，白色的胸膛鼓鼓的，黑色的翅膀直插在身体两侧。 婴儿是毛茸茸的灰色绒毛球。 所有的企鹅都摇摇摆摆地走着