Ch2-Pirate Captain

CHAPTER TWO Pirate Captain Jack shivered. The air was chilly, but the sun was bright. Bare branches outside the tree house swayed in the wind. Annie was wearing a long dress with an apron. Jack wore a cotton shirt over a red undershirt and a pair of trousers with suspenders. His backpack had turned into a leather bag.

第二章海盗船长杰克颤抖着。 空气很冷，但太阳很明亮。 树屋外面光秃秃的树枝在风中摇摆。 安妮穿着一件长裙，系着围裙。 杰克穿了一件棉衬衫，外面是一件红色汗衫和一条带背带的裤子。 他的背包变成了一个皮包。

Jack looked into the bag. Inside were his notebook and pencil, the message from Teddy and Kathleen, and the bottle with the magic potion. "Good," he said, "it's all here." "We've worn clothes like these before," said Annie. "Yeah, when we ran from that twister on the prairie," said Jack. "And when we helped Clara Barton in the Civil War," said Annie. "Right," said Jack. "So, did we land at the White House?"

杰克往包里看了看。里面是他的笔记本和铅笔，泰迪和凯瑟琳的信，还有装着魔药的瓶子。 “很好，”他说，“都在这里。” “我们以前穿过这样的衣服，”安妮说。 “是的，当我们从大草原上的龙卷风中跑出来的时候，”杰克说。 “还有我们在内战中帮助克拉拉·巴顿的时候，”安妮说。 “好的，”杰克说。“那么，我们降落在白宫了吗？”

They looked out the window. The tree house had landed in a grove of bare, sunlit trees. Beyond the trees, horse-drawn carriages rumbled over a circular carriageway toward a stately white mansion with tall columns. "Oh, man," whispered Jack. The White House was breathtaking in the morning air, bathed in sunlight. A crowd was gathered outside the front entrance: men in long black coats and tall hats, and women in hoopskirts and bonnets with big bows.

他们向窗外望去。 树屋坐落在一片光秃秃、阳光普照的树林里。 在树林的另一边，马车隆隆地驶过环形车道，驶向一座高耸的白色豪宅。 “哦，天哪，”杰克低声说。 沐浴在阳光下的白宫在早晨的空气中令人叹为观止。 一群人聚集在大门口：男人穿着黑色长外套，戴着高帽，女人穿着箍裙，戴着系着大蝴蝶结的帽子。

"Looks like lots of people are visiting Abraham Lincoln today," said Annie. Jack thumbed through their research book until he found another black-and-white photograph of the White House. He read aloud: When Abraham Lincoln became president in 1861, the White House was considered to belong to all the citizens of the country, as well as to the president and his family. Anyone could walk right in. President Lincoln sometimes found it hard to work in his White House office because of the number of people swarming through the building. "So anyone can just walk right into the White House and look for the president?" said Annie. "That's crazy," said Jack. "But it's good for us!" said Annie. "I guess," said Jack, "but I don't want to be one of those people who make it hard for the president to work." "Don't forget," said Annie, "we're supposed to give him hope."

“看来今天有很多人要去参观亚伯拉罕·林肯，”安妮说。 杰克翻了翻他们的研究手册，发现了另一张白宫的黑白照片。 他大声朗读：当亚伯拉罕·林肯在1861年成为总统时，白宫被认为是属于这个国家的所有公民，以及总统和他的家人。 任何人都可以直接进来。 林肯总统有时发现很难在白宫办公室工作，因为大楼里挤满了人。 “所以任何人都可以直接走进白宫去找总统？”安妮说。 “这太疯狂了，”杰克说。 “但这对我们有好处！”安妮说。 “我想是吧，”杰克说，“但我不想成为那些给总统工作添麻烦的人之一。” “别忘了，”安妮说，“我们应该给他希望。”

"With a feather that he's supposed to give us," said Jack. He shook his head, then took out their note from Teddy and Kathleen. The third thing to break the spell is a single feather from a hero's hand. Use it wisely to give him hope— the hope he needs to heal his land. "How can we get a feather from him?" said Jack. "And how can it give him hope?" "It's better to do just one thing at a time," said Annie. "First we have to find the president." "Hey, Willie! Look!" someone shouted from below. "It's a tree house! See? See?" "Oh, no!" whispered Jack. Jack and Annie peeked out the window. A boy about seven or eight years old was looking up at the tree house. The boy wore baggy gray trousers with suspenders and a white shirt. He had dark, piercing eyes. "Hello!" the boy shouted when he saw Jack and Annie. "Who are you? Why are you in our tree

“带着一根羽毛，那是他应该送给我们的。”杰克说。 他摇了摇头，然后拿出特迪和凯萨琳的纸条。 第三件可以打破咒语的东西是英雄手中的一根羽毛。 明智地使用它，给他希望——他需要治愈他的土地的希望。 “我们怎么能从他那里得到一根羽毛呢？”杰克说。 “这怎么能给他希望呢？”“最好一次只做一件事，”安妮说。 “首先我们得找到总统。” “嗨,威利!看！”下面有人喊道。 “这是一个树屋！”看到了吗?看到了什么?”“哦，不！”杰克小声说。 杰克和安妮从窗户往外偷看。 一个大约七八岁的男孩抬头望着树屋。 那个男孩穿着宽松的灰色裤子和一件白衬衫。 他有一双炯炯有神的黑眼睛。 “你好！”男孩看到杰克和安妮时喊道。 “你是谁？”你为什么在我们的树上

house?" "Your tree house?" said Jack. "It's not your tree house!" "Yes, it is!" the boy said confidently. "Tad, hush!" An older boy ran to join the younger one. He had a friendly, open smile and looked to be around Jack's age. "Don't mind my brother Tad!" he shouted. "But it's ours, Willie!" said Tad. "The White House is our house! And the tree house is in our yard!" Oh, man, thought Jack. That was what the book said, too: the White House was considered to belong to all the citizens of the country, as well as to the president. "I'm sorry, but this tree house is not like the White House," Jack called. "It doesn't belong to the citizens of the country. It's ours!" "No, it's not!" yelled Tad. "I'm coming up!" "No, you're not!" Jack yelled back. He reached for the rope ladder to pull it up. But Tad had already started climbing. "Hide our stuff!" Jack said to Annie.

房子?”“你的树屋？”杰克说。 “这不是你的树屋！”“是的，它是！”男孩自信地说。 “泰德,嘘!”一个大男孩跑去和小男孩会合。 他面带友好、坦率的微笑，看上去和杰克差不多大。 “别管我弟弟泰德！”他喊道。 “但这是我们的，威利！”泰德说。 “白宫是我们的家！”树屋就在我们的院子里！”哦，天哪，杰克想。 这本书也是这么说的：白宫被认为是属于这个国家的所有公民，也属于总统。 “对不起，这个树屋和白宫不一样，”杰克叫道。 “它不属于这个国家的公民。 这是我们的!”“不，不是的！”泰德喊道。 “我上来了！”“不，你不是！”杰克喊道。 他伸手去拿绳梯把它拉上来。 但泰德已经开始爬了。 “把我们的东西藏起来！”杰克对安妮说。