Ch2-Buried Alive!

CHAPTER TWO Buried Alive! A cold wind swept through the window. The purple light of the setting sun filled the tree house. Jack and Annie wore scratchy wool pants, shirts, hats, scarves, and gloves, and leather shoes. Jack's pack had turned into a leather bag. When he opened it, he saw the scroll and the blue bottle inside—along with his notebook and pencil and the emerald rose.

第二章活埋！一阵冷风从窗户吹进来。 夕阳的紫光充满了树屋。 杰克和安妮穿着粗糙的羊毛裤、衬衫、帽子、围巾、手套和皮鞋。 杰克的背包变成了一个皮包。 当他打开它时，他看到了卷轴和蓝色的瓶子——还有他的笔记本、铅笔和翡翠玫瑰。

"So these are the Swiss Alps," said Annie, shivering and looking out the window. "Pretty, but cold." Jack looked out with her. The tree house was nestled between gray boulders on a mountain slope. Snowy peaks loomed overhead. Below the peaks was the snow-covered pass they had seen in the picture. Smoke rose from a tall building. "This must be the Great Saint Bernard Pass," said Jack. He picked up their book and turned to the page with the bookmark and read:

“原来这就是瑞士的阿尔卑斯山脉，”安妮说，一边看着窗外，一边颤抖着。 “很漂亮，但是很冷。”杰克和她一起往外看。 树屋坐落在山坡上的灰色巨石之间。 白雪皑皑的山峰隐约出现在头顶。 山峰下面是他们在照片中看到的白雪覆盖的山口。 烟雾从一座高楼升起。 “这一定是圣伯纳德山口。”杰克说。 他拿起他们的书，翻到有书签的那一页，读道：

The Great Saint Bernard Pass is an ancient road between the two highest peaks of the Alps. For thousands of years, it was the only route between Switzerland and Italy. The pass was named for Bernard of Menthon, who built a monastery there in the eleventh century. For hundreds of years, the monks at this Swiss monastery have welcomed cold and weary travelers who are crossing the pass. "So that building must be the monastery," said Jack. "Great," said Annie. "We can start our mission by going there." "Okay," said Jack. "But I don't get it. To save Penny we have to find a white and yellow flower. And we have to live its meaning, if only for an hour—whatever that means." "We'll figure it out," said Annie. "Let's hope," said Jack. "But where do we find flowers here?" Jack and Annie looked out at the treeless landscape of ice, snow, and rock. "Well, there

圣伯纳德大山口是阿尔卑斯山脉两座最高山峰之间的一条古道。 几千年来，它是瑞士和意大利之间的唯一通道。 这个山口以门松的伯纳德命名，他在11世纪在那里建了一座修道院。 几百年来，这座瑞士修道院的僧侣们一直欢迎那些穿越山口的寒冷而疲惫的旅行者。 “那么那座建筑一定是修道院了。”杰克说。 “太好了，”安妮说。“我们可以从那里开始我们的任务。” “好吧，”杰克说。“但我不明白。 为了救佩妮，我们必须找到一朵黄白相间的花。 我们必须活出它的意义，哪怕只是一个小时——不管那意味着什么。” “我们会想办法的，”安妮说。 “让我们希望吧，”杰克说。“但是我们在哪儿能找到花呢？”杰克和安妮望着外面那片冰雪和岩石组成的无树之地。 “嗯,有

must be flowers somewhere," said Annie. "I don't know," said Jack. "Maybe Teddy and Kathleen made a mistake and sent us to the wrong place." "They've never made a mistake before," said Annie. "Uh, excuse me. Teddy didn't make a mistake turning Penny into stone?" said Jack. "Okay, good point," said Annie. "But let's head to the monastery before it gets dark. We can ask about flowers there." "But what if—" started Jack. "Stop worrying," interrupted Annie. "Our book says the monks welcome cold, weary travelers. I'm cold, and your questions are making me weary. Come on." She climbed out the window into the snow. "Funny," said Jack. But he was ready to find shelter, too. His face was freezing. He packed up their book and slung the leather bag over his shoulder, then followed Annie out the tree house window. Jack's feet crunched down onto the icy snow. As the sun went down behind the peaks, deep

一定在什么地方有花，”安妮说。 “我不知道，”杰克说。 “也许泰迪和凯瑟琳犯了个错误，把我们送到了错误的地方。” “他们以前从来没有犯过错误，”安妮说。 “呃，不好意思。泰迪把佩妮变成石头没有错吧？”杰克说。 “好，说得好，”安妮说。 “但是我们还是在天黑之前去修道院吧。 我们可以问问那里的花。” “但是如果——”杰克开始说。 “别担心，”安妮打断她说。 “我们的书上说，僧侣们欢迎寒冷、疲惫的旅行者。 我很冷，你的问题让我感到厌倦。 来吧。”她爬出窗户，走进雪中。 “真有趣，”杰克说。但他也准备好了寻找庇护。 他的脸冷得要命。他把书收拾好，把皮包挎在肩上，跟着安妮走出了树屋的窗户。 杰克的脚嘎吱嘎吱地踩在冰冷的雪地上。 当太阳落在山峰后面，深深的

purple shadows climbed over the tall mountains. The monastery in the hollow below was completely hidden in darkness. "We have to hurry," said Annie. "No, we have to move slowly down the slope, so we don't slide," said Jack. "Well, then let's move slowly quickly," said Annie. Jack and Annie started down the slope. As they carefully put one foot in front of the other, a strange sound came from above: whumph! "What was that?" said Jack, looking around. Next came a low rumble like thunder. "What's that?" said Annie. Then came a noise like the sound of glass breaking. "Whoa!" cried Jack. Directly above them on the mountain, big blocks of snow were breaking into smaller chunks and sliding down the slope. "Grab my hand!" shouted Jack. He reached for Annie, and she gripped his hand. Suddenly snow was moving all around them! Even the snow beneath them was sliding! A block

紫色的影子爬上高高的山峰。 下面山谷里的修道院完全隐藏在黑暗中。 “我们得快点了，”安妮说。 “不，我们必须慢慢地滑下斜坡，这样我们就不会滑倒了。”杰克说。 “好吧，那我们就慢慢地快走吧，”安妮说。 杰克和安妮开始下山。 当他们小心翼翼地把一只脚放在另一只脚前面时，一个奇怪的声音从上面传来：轰！“那是什么声音？”杰克环顾四周，问道。 接着是一声雷鸣般的低沉的隆隆声。 “那是什么？”安妮说。 然后传来一声像玻璃破碎的声音。 “哇！”杰克叫道。在他们正上方的山上，大块的雪碎成小块，沿着山坡滑下来。 “抓住我的手！”杰克喊道。 他伸手去抓安妮，她紧紧抓住他的手。 突然，雪在他们周围移动！就连他们脚下的雪也在滑动！一块

of icy snow slammed into Jack, knocking him away from Annie. "Jack!" Annie cried. Another chunk of snow knocked Jack off his feet and sent him tumbling headfirst down the slope. Jack kept falling downhill until a wall of frozen snow stopped him. He tried to stand, but a giant wave of soft, powdery snow blew over him, burying him completely. Jack kicked his arms and legs, trying to surface from the fluffy sea of snow. He kicked and flailed, but the harder he struggled, the more snow there seemed to be. Snow clogged Jack's eyes, ears, and throat. Every time he coughed, he sucked in more snow. He felt as if he were drowning—until he finally pushed his head up through the snow into the cold air. He could breathe! But Jack still couldn't see. A gust of snow powder blinded him. He couldn't move his arms or hands, his legs or feet. The soft snow around his body had turned hard and solid. Jack felt as if he were trapped in cold concrete, buried up to his

一团冰雪砸向杰克，把他从安妮身边撞开。 “杰克!”安妮哭了。又一大块雪把杰克撞倒，使他头朝下滚下山坡。 杰克一直往下坠，直到一堵冰冻的雪墙挡住了他。 他想站起来，但是一股巨大的柔软的粉状雪从他身上吹过，把他完全埋葬了。 杰克踢着胳膊和腿，试图从松软的雪海中浮出水面。 他又踢又挥，但越挣扎，雪就越多。 雪堵住了杰克的眼睛、耳朵和喉咙。 他每咳嗽一次，就吸进更多的雪。 他觉得自己好像要淹死了——直到他终于把头伸到雪地里，伸到寒冷的空气中。 他能呼吸了！但是杰克还是看不见。 一阵雪粉把他弄瞎了。 他的胳膊、手、腿和脚都不能动了。 他身体周围柔软的雪已经变硬了。 杰克觉得自己好像被困在冰冷的混凝土里，被埋在他的脚下