Ch2-Money Blues

CHAPTER TWO Money Blues. The hot, muggy air was filled with noise. Jack and Annie heard the clippity-clop of horses' hooves. They heard voices calling out "Crawfish pies!" "Buttermilk!" "Gumbo for sale here!" Jack looked down at his and Annie's clothes. They were both wearing white shirts and dark trousers with suspenders. Jack's backpack had

第二章金钱的忧郁。闷热的空气中充满了噪音。 杰克和安妮听到了急促的马蹄声。 他们听到有人喊道：“小龙虾馅饼！”“白脱牛奶!”“这里卖秋葵汤！”杰克低头看了看他和安妮的衣服。 他们都穿着白衬衫和带背带的深色裤子。 杰克的背包里有

turned into a cloth bag. Neither Jack nor Annie was wearing shoes. "Wow, we're barefoot. That's cool," said Annie. "And at least I can run in these pants. I like them a lot better than the dress I wore on our last mission." "Yeah." Jack smiled, remembering Annie's long, frilly dress in Vienna and his velvet coat and white wig. "I like being barefoot, too," he said. "But what year did we come to? I can't tell from our outfits." Jack and Annie looked out the window. The tree house had landed in a grove of palm trees. Not far away, steamboats churned down a river. Below them was a bustling city scene. Rows of stores

变成了一个布袋。杰克和安妮都没穿鞋。 “哇，我们光着脚。“太酷了，”安妮说。 “至少我可以穿着这条裤子跑步。 比起上次执行任务时穿的裙子，我更喜欢它们。” “是的。”杰克笑了，想起了安妮在维也纳穿的那件有褶边的长裙和他的天鹅绒外套和白色假发。 “我也喜欢光着脚，”他说。 “可是我们到了哪一年？” 从我们的服装上看不出来。” 杰克和安妮向窗外望去。 树屋坐落在一片棕榈树丛中。 不远处，汽船在河上汹涌而下。 他们下面是一片繁华的城市景象。 一排排的商店

lined both sides of a wide street. Vendors were selling food from carts. Women shoppers wore long skirts, and men wore white suits and hats. Mule carts and horse-drawn buggies bumped alongside a few antique-looking cars. Moving down the middle of the street were red and green train cars. Each one was attached to an electric line overhead. "This is definitely a long time ago," said Jack. "But when exactly?"

在宽阔的街道两旁排列。 小贩们在推车上卖食物。 女顾客穿长裙，男顾客穿白色西装，戴白色帽子。 骡车和四轮马车在几辆老式汽车旁边颠簸着。 在街道中央行驶的是红色和绿色的火车车厢。 每一个都连接在架空的电线上。 “这绝对是很久以前的事了，”杰克说。 “但具体是什么时候呢？”

"I can't tell," said Annie. "Maybe our research book can help us," said Jack. "I'll look up Louis Armstrong." Jack looked

“我不知道，”安妮说。 “也许我们的研究书可以帮助我们，”杰克说。 “我去查一下路易斯·阿姆斯特朗。” 杰克看起来

in the index of A History of New Orleans Music and found a chapter on Louis Armstrong. He read: Born in New Orleans in 1901, Louis Armstrong grew up to be one of the greatest jazz musicians who ever lived. A photo showed an African American man playing a trumpet. His cheeks were puffed out and his eyes were closed. Stage lights were shining on him. The caption under the photo read Louis Armstrong, King of Jazz. "So what is jazz exactly?" asked Annie. "It's a kind of music," said Jack. "Well, yeah, but what kind?" said Annie.

在《新奥尔良音乐史》的索引中找到了路易斯·阿姆斯特朗的一章。 他写道：路易斯·阿姆斯特朗1901年出生于新奥尔良，长大后成为有史以来最伟大的爵士音乐家之一。 一张照片显示一个非裔美国人在吹小号。 他的脸颊鼓了起来，眼睛闭着。 舞台灯光照在他身上。 照片下的说明文字是：路易斯·阿姆斯特朗，爵士乐之王。 “那爵士乐到底是什么呢？”安妮问。 “这是一种音乐，”杰克说。 “嗯，是的，但是哪种呢？”安妮说。

Jack looked up jazz in the glossary of their book. He read: Jazz began in New Orleans in the early 1900s and was first played by African Americans. It is a style of music that has a strong beat and is played with lots of feeling. Jazz melodies are often made up on the spot. "Got it," said Annie. "Read more about Louis." Jack flipped back to the pages about Louis Armstrong and read: As a young teenager, Louis Armstrong often performed with "kid bands" on the streets of the city. Eventually he played

杰克在他们的书的词汇表中查找爵士乐。 他念道：爵士乐起源于20世纪初的新奥尔良，最初由非裔美国人演奏。 它是一种音乐风格，有强烈的节奏，演奏时充满了感情。 爵士乐的旋律常常是即兴创作的。 “明白了，”安妮说。“多读读路易斯的故事。” 杰克翻回关于路易斯·阿姆斯特朗的书，读到：年轻的时候，路易斯·阿姆斯特朗经常在城市的街道上和“儿童乐队”一起表演。 最后他演奏了