Ch5-Bing-Bing

Bing-Bing Annie pulled Jack to the bars of the panda house and pointed out to the yard. "See? Over there," she whispered. A giant panda was climbing down the trunk of a maple tree, rump-first. She touched the ground, then sat up and raised her head. She was bigger than Jack had expected. Her head was the size of a basketball. "Oh, wow!" said Annie. "She's amazing!" "Yeah, she is," whispered Jack. The giant panda was much more amazing in real life than in photos, Jack thought. She looked like a gigantic stuffed animal that had come alive. Her nostrils quivered as she sniffed the air. Her black ears twitched. "Hello, Bing-Bing," Master Lee said. Jack and Annie jumped in surprise.

冰冰安妮把杰克拉到熊猫馆的栅栏前，指着院子。 “看到了吗?在那儿，”她低声说。 一只大熊猫正从一棵枫树的树干上爬下来，屁股朝前。 她摸了摸地面，然后坐起来，抬起头来。 她比杰克想象的要高大。 她的头有篮球那么大。 “哦，哇！”安妮说。“她是惊人的!”“是的，她是。”杰克小声说。 杰克想，现实生活中的大熊猫比照片上的大熊猫更令人惊叹。 她看起来就像一个巨大的毛绒玩具，活了过来。 她嗅着空气，鼻孔颤抖着。 她的黑耳朵抽搐了一下。“你好，冰冰，”李老师说。 杰克和安妮吃惊地跳了起来。

Master Lee pushed a cart loaded with bamboo through the back door of the cage. "Can we go out in the yard and pet Bing-Bing?" asked Annie. "Oh, no," said Master Lee. "We always keep our big pandas separated from our visitors. They won't hurt you, but we don't want people intruding on their space." "Really?" said Annie. "Pandas are not pets," said Master Lee. "They are wild animals. We want them to live as naturally as possible." "That makes sense…," said Annie. She let out a big sigh as she stared at Bing-Bing. "It's just that she looks so soft and cuddly." Jack felt sorry for Annie. He knew how badly she wanted to be close to the panda. "At least we get to actually see one," he said. "Now that we have found Bing-Bing, I have one more job for you," said Master Lee. He handed each of them clipboards with paper and pencils. "I need you to record data. If she stays in view, observe her and write down every sound and movement she makes. Can you do that?"

李师傅推着一辆装满竹子的推车穿过笼子的后门。 “我们能去院子里抚摸冰冰吗？”安妮问。 “哦，不，”李师傅说。 “我们总是把大熊猫和游客分开。 它们不会伤害你，但我们不希望别人侵入它们的空间。” “真的吗？”安妮说。“熊猫不是宠物，”李大师说。 “它们是野生动物。我们希望它们尽可能自然地生活。” “有道理……”安妮说。 她盯着冰冰，深深地叹了口气。 “只是她看起来太温柔了，太可爱了。” 杰克为安妮感到难过。 他知道她多么想接近熊猫。 他说：“至少我们真的看到了。” “既然我们已经找到了冰冰，我还有一项工作要给你，”李师傅说。 他递给他们每个人带有纸和铅笔的剪贴板。 “我需要你记录数据。 如果她在你的视线里，观察她，写下她发出的每一个声音和动作。 你能做到吗？”

"Sure. Jack loves to collect data," said Annie, trying to be cheerful. "And I love to watch animals." "So you are true scientists. Good," said Master Lee. "Now I will get more bamboo." The panda keeper dumped the cartful of bamboo onto the floor, then left Jack and Annie alone. Jack and Annie took off their gloves and observed Bing-Bing through the bars. They held their pencils, ready to record data. The giant panda didn't pay any attention to them. She sat against the maple tree and scratched her back by rubbing it up and down the trunk. Then she scratched the top of her head with a forepaw and her belly with a hind paw. Annie giggled. Jack wrote: scratches back, head, and belly The panda raised a paw and scratched her nose. Jack added: and nose

“当然。杰克喜欢收集数据，”安妮说，努力让自己高兴起来。 “我喜欢看动物。” “所以你们是真正的科学家。 很好，”李大师说。“现在我要去采更多的竹子。” 熊猫饲养员把那一箱竹子倒在地板上，然后让杰克和安妮单独呆着。 杰克和安妮摘下手套，隔着栅栏观察冰冰。 他们拿着铅笔，准备记录数据。 大熊猫没有注意到他们。 她靠着枫树坐着，在树干上上下摩擦着后背。 然后她用前爪抓她的头顶，用后爪抓她的肚子。 安妮咯咯笑了。杰克写道：抓背、抓头、抓肚子。熊猫抬起一只爪子抓鼻子。 杰克补充道：还有鼻子

The panda swatted at a fly to shoo it away. Jack wrote: swats fly "Hey, I think she's coming over here!" Annie whispered. Bing-Bing had stood up. She was staring in Jack and Annie's direction. Then she started moving on all fours with graceful rolling steps. She came right up to the bars of the cage, sat down, and peered at Jack and Annie. Jack held his breath. He felt as if he and Annie were zoo animals and the panda was a curious visitor observing them. The giant panda tilted her large head. Then she covered her eyes with her paws. "Oh my gosh!" Annie whispered with delight. The panda put her paws down and looked directly at Jack. He stared back into her bright, intelligent eyes. Holding her gaze, he lowered his pencil and clipboard.

熊猫拍苍蝇把它赶走。 杰克写道：“嘿，我想她过来了！”安妮小声说。 冰冰站了起来。她盯着杰克和安妮的方向。 然后她开始用四肢行走，迈着优美的滚动的步子。 她径直走到笼子的栏杆前，坐下来，凝视着杰克和安妮。 杰克屏住了呼吸。他觉得他和安妮好像是动物园里的动物，而熊猫是一个好奇的游客在观察他们。 大熊猫歪着她的大脑袋。 然后她用爪子遮住了眼睛。 “我的天哪！”安妮高兴地小声说。 熊猫放下爪子，直视着杰克。 他回望着她明亮而睿智的眼睛。 他抓住她的目光，放下铅笔和写字板。

Jack felt as if he were falling through time. For a moment, the panda wasn't eight years old. She was three million years old. She was filled with wisdom. She knew things he could never understand. He didn't know what to write—words couldn't possibly capture the wonder of her. "I'm back. How are you doing?" asked Master Lee. Jack snapped out of his dreamlike thoughts and turned to the panda keeper. "Uh… fine," he said. "How unusual that Bing-Bing came so close to you," said Master Lee, walking over to them. "Did you record her behavior?" Silently, Jack and Annie handed him their pencils and clipboards. Annie's paper was blank, and only a few words were written on Jack's. "Ah," said Master Lee with a smile. "Well, if you ever come back, you can observe more." Jack nodded, but he knew he'd observed a lot— only it was more with his heart than his head. "You have to go now," said Master Lee. "I saw your grandmother headed to the bus with everyone else. I'm surprised she didn't come for you."

杰克觉得自己好像在穿越时空。 有那么一刻，这只熊猫还不到八岁。 她有三百万年的历史。 她充满了智慧。 她知道一些他永远无法理解的事情。 他不知道该写些什么，言语无法表达她对他的惊叹。 “我回来了。你好吗？”李大师问。 杰克突然从梦境中清醒过来，转向熊猫饲养员。 “嗯……好吧，”他说。“冰冰离你们这么近，真是太不寻常了。”李师父说着，朝他们走了过去。 “你记录下她的行为了吗？”杰克和安妮默默地把铅笔和写字板递给他。 安妮的纸是空白的，杰克的纸上只写了几个字。 “啊，”李师傅笑着说。 “好吧，如果你回来的话，你可以观察更多。” 杰克点了点头，但他知道自己观察到了很多——只不过更多的是用心而不是头脑。 “你现在得走了，”李师傅说。 “我看到你奶奶和其他人一起朝公共汽车走去。 我很奇怪她没有来接你。”

"She's a little forgetful sometimes," said Annie. She turned back to the panda, who was still staring at them. "Bye, Bing-Bing." "Bye, Bing-Bing," Jack murmured, looking into the panda's eyes once again. He hated to leave. Their time together had been too short. "Hurry," said Master Lee. "You don't want to keep the others waiting." Master Lee ushered them out the back door of the cage and along the path. He stopped at the goldfish pond. "Follow the stone path to the entrance gate. Don't forget to leave your volunteer clothes in one of the bins there." "Thank you, Master Lee," said Jack. "Good-bye," said Master Lee. Then he turned and headed back to Bing-Bing's house. "I have to admit, that was really, really great," said Jack. "Ready to get back to our mission now?" "Yes," said Annie, "but first, let's follow the path the other way. Maybe we can get a quick peek at some more pandas." "Okay, but a really quick peek," said Jack. "We have to solve that riddle."

“她有时有点健忘，”安妮说。 她转向熊猫，熊猫还在盯着他们。 “再见,兵兵。”“再见，冰冰，”杰克喃喃地说，再次看着熊猫的眼睛。 他不愿离开。他们在一起的时间太短了。 “快点，”李师傅说。“你可不想让别人久等。” 李师傅领着他们从笼子的后门出来，沿着小路走。 他在金鱼缸前停了下来。 “沿着石径走到大门。 别忘了把志愿者的衣服放在那里的一个箱子里。” “谢谢你，李师傅，”杰克说。 “再见，”李师傅说。 然后他转身向冰冰的家走去。 “我不得不承认，那真的，真的很棒，”杰克说。 “准备好继续我们的任务了吗？”“是的，”安妮说，“但首先，我们走另一条路。 也许我们可以很快地看到更多的熊猫。” “好吧，不过很快就能看一眼。”杰克说。 “我们必须解开这个谜。”