Ch6-All Fall Down

CHAPTER SIX All Fall Down. Nancy put away her radio and looked at Jack and Annie. "I don't know how you two got past me." "We're sorry," said Annie. "This is unbelievable!" said Nancy. Jack couldn't believe it, either. How did they mess up so badly? "I'm so sorry I brought you here," said Nancy.

第六章全都倒下了。 南希放下收音机，看着杰克和安妮。 “我不知道你们两个是怎么通过我的。” “我们很抱歉，”安妮说。 “难以置信！”南希说。 杰克也不敢相信。 他们怎么会搞得这么糟？ “我很抱歉把你带到这里来，”南希说。

"No, no, it's our fault," Jack said again. "It's mine, all mine, oh…," said Nancy. She seemed near tears. "You're just little kids." Not so little! thought Jack again. Gee! A snowmobile rumbled outside, its engine warming up. "Oh, dear," said Nancy. "I've got to lead the group up a safe route to the crater, or they'll be in trouble. But Pete should be back here in just a few minutes. Will you be okay by yourselves till then?" "We'll be fine, don't worry," said Annie. "Good," said Nancy. "Here, sweeties." She poured some water into two cups and gave them to Jack and Annie. "Drink." While they drank the

“不，不，是我们的错。”杰克又说。 “这是我的，都是我的，哦……”南希说。 她似乎快哭出来了。“你们还只是小孩子。” 一点也不少！杰克又想。 哇!一辆雪地摩托在外面隆隆作响，发动机正在预热。 “哦，天哪，”南希说。“我必须带领这群人走上一条通往火山口的安全路线，否则他们就有麻烦了。 但皮特几分钟后就会回来。 在那之前你们自己能行吗？”“我们会没事的，别担心，”安妮说。 “很好，”南希说。“在这里,糖果。” 她把一些水倒进两个杯子里，递给杰克和安妮。 “喝。”他们一边喝着

water, Nancy spread a blanket on the floor and turned on the small heater. "Lie down here," she said. "Just rest." She patted the blanket. Jack and Annie lay down. Nancy covered them with another blanket. "If you get thirsty, drink more water," she said. "Thanks," said Annie. Jack was too embarrassed to say anything. He felt like a preschool kid being put down for a nap. "Okay!" Nancy said with a big sigh. "You kids nearly gave me a heart attack," she repeated half to herself as she left the hut. "Sorry," said Jack. But Nancy was gone.

南希在地上铺了一条毯子，打开了小暖炉。 “躺在这儿吧，”她说。 “只是休息。”她拍了拍毯子。 杰克和安妮躺了下来。南希用另一条毯子盖住他们。 “如果你渴了，就多喝水，”她说。 “谢谢，”安妮说。杰克尴尬得说不出话来。 他觉得自己就像一个学龄前的孩子被人放下睡午觉。 “好吧!”南希长叹一声说。 “你们这些孩子差点把我吓得心脏病发作，”她在离开小屋时半自言自语地说。 “对不起，”杰克说。但是南希已经走了。

Soon the roar and rumble of the snowmobiles filled the air as Nancy led the scientists and journalists up the mountain. "We really messed up our mission this time," said Jack, lying under the blanket. "And we were doing so well, too," said Annie. She sat up. "Can I see Morgan's rhyme, please?" Jack pulled the rhyme out of his pocket and handed it to Annie. "Okay," said Annie. She read aloud: …then all fall down, Till you come to the Cave of the Ancient Crown.

不久，南希领着科学家和记者上山时，空气中充满了雪地车的轰鸣声和隆隆声。 “这次我们真的把任务搞砸了。”杰克躺在毯子下面说。 “我们也做得很好，”安妮说。 她坐了起来。“我能看看摩根的押韵诗吗？”杰克从口袋里掏出那首押韵诗，递给安妮。 “好吧，”安妮说。她大声朗读：……然后所有人都倒下了，直到你来到古王冠的洞穴。

"I wonder if this counts as falling down?" asked Annie. She put the rhyme into her pocket. "I don't think so," said Jack. "I don't know what that means. And there's no 'Ancient Crown' in Antarctica. It's all science and research and rules and helicopters and snowmobiles… It's the real world…" His voice trailed off. "Well, I know one thing: I don't want to waste time lying around here," said Annie. She threw off the blanket and stood up. "At least I can take a few pictures while we wait for Pete." "You really feel like doing that?" said Jack. "Not really, but I'm going to try," said Annie. "I don't think you should," said Jack.

“我想知道这算不算摔倒？”安妮问。 她把押韵诗放进口袋里。 “我不这么认为，”杰克说。 “我不知道那是什么意思。 南极洲也没有“古王冠”。 这都是科学、研究、规则、直升机和雪地摩托……这是真实的世界……” “好吧，我知道一件事：我不想浪费时间躺在这里，”安妮说。 她掀开毯子站了起来。 “至少我可以在等皮特的时候拍几张照片。” “你真的想这么做吗？”杰克说。 “不太想，但我要试试，”安妮说。 “我认为你不应该这么做，”杰克说。

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon," said Annie. "Maybe I'll see an ancient crown." "Yeah, sure," said Jack. Annie put on her goggles and ski mask and headed outside. Jack reached into his pack and pulled out their book. He took off his glove and looked up ancient crown in the index. He wasn't surprised to find it wasn't there. Jack put the book back in his pack and took out his notebook. He read over his notes: Go slow! Stay with others! Cracks in ice! Never touch wildlife!

“别担心，我很快就回来，”安妮说。 “也许我会看到一顶古老的王冠。” “是的，当然，”杰克说。安妮戴上护目镜和滑雪面罩，走了出去。 杰克把手伸进背包，拿出了他们的书。 他摘下手套，在索引中查找古王冠。 当他发现它不在时，他并不感到惊讶。 杰克把书放回书包，拿出笔记本。 他把笔记读了一遍：慢点走！和别人呆在一起！冰裂了！永远不要碰野生动物！