Ch11-Swing that Music

CHAPTER ELEVEN Swing that Music. As the streetcar rumbled down Canal Street, Jack looked over his shoulder. Dipper was right. African Americans were sitting in the back, while only white people were in the front. Jack hadn't even noticed it on their first streetcar ride. Jack's heart felt heavy. Why would anyone not want to sit next to someone just because they are a different color? he wondered. How could anyone

第十一章摇摆音乐 有轨电车隆隆地驶下运河街时，杰克回头看了看。 迪珀是对的。非裔美国人坐在后面，而只有白人坐在前面。 杰克第一次坐电车时都没注意到。 杰克的心情很沉重。为什么会有人因为肤色不同而不愿意坐在别人旁边呢？ 他想知道。怎么会有人

ever be mean to Dipper? Dipper, who is gentle and friendly and kind? Dipper, who hears music everywhere? Jack listened to the click-clack of the streetcar rolling down the tracks. The sound had a good beat. Jack tapped his hand against his knee, until the streetcar came to a stop. "Let's go," said Annie. Jack and Annie stood up. Canal Street was bright with lights. People were still selling things on the sidewalk. "What time is it, please?" Jack asked the conductor. "Five minutes after nine, boy," said the conductor. "Y'all better head for home."

曾经对迪珀刻薄过吗？迪珀，谁又温柔又友好又善良？ 迪珀，谁到处都能听到音乐？ 杰克听着有轨电车沿着轨道滚动的咔嗒声。 这声音节奏很好。 杰克用手轻拍膝盖，直到电车停了下来。 “我们走吧，”安妮说。杰克和安妮站了起来。 运河街灯火通明。 人们还在人行道上卖东西。 “请问几点了？”杰克问售票员。 “九点五分，孩子，”售票员说。 “你们最好回家去。”

"We are!" said Annie. Jack and Annie hopped off the streetcar and started to run. They ran to the bottom of Canal Street and crossed to the palm trees in the grove near the Mississippi River. In the dark, they found the rope ladder and scrambled up it into the tree house. Jack grabbed the Pennsylvania book that would take them home. "Wait!" said Annie, looking out the window. "Look!" A brightly lit Mississippi showboat was rolling up the river. A large paddle wheel behind the boat was churning the water. Music was coming from on board.

“我们是！”安妮说。杰克和安妮跳下电车，开始跑。 他们跑到运河街尽头，走到密西西比河附近树林里的棕榈树旁。 在黑暗中，他们找到了绳梯，爬上了树屋。 杰克抓起那本可以带他们回家的宾夕法尼亚书。 “等等！”安妮看着窗外说。 “看!”一艘灯火通明的密西西比游船在河上翻滚。 船后面的一个大桨轮搅动着水面。 音乐从船上传来。

Annie grabbed Jack's arm. "Listen! The 'Heebie-Jeebies'!" she said. Jack listened. He could hear the trio singing: Little Mack, Happy, and Big Nose Sidney. But the

安妮抓住杰克的胳膊。“听着!‘希比吉比’！”她说。 杰克听。他能听到三重唱：小麦克、乐乐和大鼻子西德尼。 但是,

best sound of all was the bright sound of a horn sailing through the New Orleans night. "It's Dipper!" said Annie. "It's got to be!" "He caught the boat!" said Jack. "Just in time!" Jack and Annie listened to the joyful swinging sound of Dipper's music until the riverboat rolled out of sight. Jack heaved a happy sigh. Then he pointed at their Pennsylvania book. "I wish we could go home," he said. The wind began to blow. The tree house started to spin. It spun faster and faster. Then everything was still.

最美好的声音莫过于响彻新奥尔良夜空的号角声了。 “是迪珀！”安妮说。 “一定是！”“他抓住了船！”杰克说。 “来得正是时候！”杰克和安妮听着迪珀欢快摇摆的音乐，直到河船滚出了视线。 杰克高兴地叹了口气。然后他指着他们宾夕法尼亚的书。 “我希望我们能回家，”他说。 风开始起了。树屋开始旋转。 它转得越来越快。 然后一切都静止了。

Absolutely still. Jack and Annie were wearing their own clothes again. Rain tapped gently against the roof of the tree house. A cool breeze blew through the window. "We have to get home before Mom and Dad wake up," said Annie. "Right," said Jack. He pulled A History of New Orleans Music out of his backpack and left it on the floor. Annie put the trumpet beside it. Then they headed down the rope ladder. They pulled up their

绝对静止。杰克和安妮又穿上了自己的衣服。 雨水轻轻地拍打着树屋的屋顶。 一阵凉风从窗户吹进来。 “我们必须在爸爸妈妈醒来之前到家，”安妮说。 “好的，”杰克说。他从背包里掏出一本新奥尔良音乐史，放在地板上。 安妮把小号放在它旁边。 然后他们走下绳梯。 他们把他们的