Ch7-Panic

CHAPTER SEVEN Panic WAHOO! Koku shrieked and jumped up and down. Annie slapped Jack on the back. "You did it!" she cried.

第七章恐慌！Koku尖叫着，跳上跳下。 安妮拍了拍杰克的背。 “你做到了！”她叫道。

"We did it," Jack said, breathing hard. "Thanks for saving me when I lost my grip!" He shook his finger at the baby baboon. "Bad time for an ear grab, Koku von Kensky!" Koku pressed her lips against Jack's cheek and gave him a kiss. "Eww, gross!" said Jack, laughing. "She's so happy we saved her!" said Annie. Jack glanced down at the ground below the cliffs to make sure the jackals hadn't returned. "Okay, let's rest a minute," he said. He sat back, closed his eyes, and took a long, deep breath. "Koku, would you like a treat?" Annie said. "Here," said Jack. He opened his eyes and reached into his pouch. He took out a bit of bread and gave it to Koku. She chewed happily as the three of them sat together, looking out over the land of western Thebes. "What a great view," said Jack. The sun was setting behind the honey-colored mountains, and the River Nile glimmered with golden light. The cornfields were golden, too, as herds of sheep and goats headed home. Jack felt

“我们成功了。”杰克喘着粗气说。 “谢谢你在我抓不住的时候救了我！”他对着小狒狒摇了摇手指。 “现在可不是抓耳朵的时候，孔库·冯·肯斯基！”Koku把嘴唇贴在Jack的脸颊上，吻了他一下。 “哎呀，真恶心！”杰克笑着说。 “她很高兴我们救了她！”安妮说。 杰克瞥了一眼悬崖下面的地面，以确定豺狼没有回来。 “好吧，让我们休息一会儿，”他说。 他靠在椅背上，闭上眼睛，深深地吸了一口气。 “Koku，你想吃点什么吗？”安妮说。 “给你，”杰克说。他睁开眼睛，把手伸进口袋。 他拿出一小块面包递给Koku。 她愉快地咀嚼着，三个人坐在一起，眺望着西底比斯的土地。 “景色真美，”杰克说。 太阳正落在蜂蜜色的群山后面，尼罗河闪烁着金色的光芒。 当成群的绵羊和山羊回家时，玉米地也一片金黄。 杰克感到

the same calm feeling he'd felt during his climb. He felt free of all his fears and worries. As the sky turned from gold to red to dark purple, the wind began to blow. The air grew cooler. Sand swirled around the two Colossi of Memnon. Jack imagined that the giants' breath was stirring the sands. He shivered and pulled out the handbook and looked at the map of Thebes. "Okay. On the other side of the Nile are the Temples of Karnak and Luxor," Jack said. He looked across the Nile to the distant temples. Beyond the temples, a full moon was starting to rise. Jack looked back at the map. "And on this side of the Nile are the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens." "Look!" said Annie. She pointed to the fallen temple near the road to the river. "Do you see two people?" Sure enough, in the distance two people were riding a horse and a donkey. "It's them!" Jack said. "Florence and Mustafa! Maybe they can help us get back, since we don't have donkeys anymore." He stood up and waved his arms. "Hello!"

就像他在登山时一样平静。 他感到摆脱了所有的恐惧和忧虑。 当天空从金色变成红色再变成深紫色时，风开始吹了起来。 空气变凉了。沙子在门能的两座巨像周围打转。 杰克想象巨人的呼吸搅动着沙子。 他打了个寒颤，拿出一本手册，看了看底比斯的地图。 “好吧。在尼罗河的另一边是卡纳克神庙和卢克索神庙，”杰克说。 他望着尼罗河对岸远处的庙宇。 在庙宇的另一边，一轮满月开始升起。 杰克回头看了看地图。 “尼罗河的这一边是帝王谷和皇后谷。” “看！”安妮说。她指着通往河边的路上那座倒塌的寺庙。 “你看到两个人了吗？”果然，远处有两个人骑着一匹马和一头驴。 “这是他们!”杰克说。“弗洛伦斯和穆斯塔法！”也许他们能帮我们回去，因为我们没有驴子了。” 他站起来，挥舞着双臂。 “你好!”

Annie joined him. "Hello!" she yelled. But Florence and Mustafa didn't seem to hear them as they rode back toward the Nile. "Hello!" Annie called once more, but it was no use. "Well, we'll just walk fast and catch up with them at the boat," said Jack. "We still have time to get down, don't we?" said Annie. "I mean, our hour isn't up yet, is it?" "I… I don't think so," said Jack. He couldn't believe he'd forgotten about the time! "How long did it take us to climb up? How long have we been sitting here?" "I don't know," said Annie. The sun had sunk below the horizon, and the sky was quickly growing dark. "We have to hurry!" said Jack. "Before our hour runs out! Before we lose our rock-climbing skills! Before it gets darker! Before the hills become more dangerous!" "Relax, Jack," said Annie. "Remember, rock climbers go slowly. We look. We think. We move."

安妮也跟着他。“你好！”她喊道。 但是弗洛伦斯和穆斯塔法似乎没有听到他们的声音，他们骑着马向尼罗河返回。 “你好!”安妮又叫了一遍，但没有用。 “好吧，我们就快走，在船上追上他们。”杰克说。 “我们还有时间下去，不是吗？”安妮说。 “我是说，我们的时间还没到，不是吗？”“我……我不这么认为，”杰克说。 他不敢相信自己竟然忘了时间！“我们爬上去花了多长时间？” 我们在这儿坐了多久了？”“我不知道，”安妮说。 太阳已经落在地平线以下，天空很快就黑了下来。 “我们得快点了！”杰克说。 “在我们的时间耗尽之前！”在我们失去攀岩技能之前！在天黑之前！在山变得更危险之前！”“放轻松，杰克，”安妮说。 “记住，攀岩者走得很慢。 我们看。我们认为。我们移动。”

"Right," said Jack. "Right. Okay." He took a deep breath and tried to slow his racing heart. He tried not to think about running out of time, or losing their rock-climbing skills, or the danger in the dark valley. "You okay?" said Annie. "Yes," said Jack. They looked over the edge of the cliff at the rock face. Jack realized he still knew exactly what to do. "No big deal," he said. "No big deal," echoed Annie. Jack mapped out his route to the ground. He located bumps… ledges… holes… ridges… cracks… until he had a good plan. "I'll carry Koku on my back. She's not heavy," said Annie. "I'll start down over there." She moved about twenty feet away from Jack. "Don't forget, go slowly," she reminded Jack. "And don't freak out! We look, we think, we move." "Yeah, right, I know," said Jack. "Just concentrate on yourself." Jack turned away from Annie and Koku. He took a full, deep breath. When he felt a perfect

“好的，”杰克说。“正确。 好吧。”他深吸了一口气，试着让心跳慢下来。 他尽量不去想时间不够用，或者失去攀岩技能，或者黑暗山谷里的危险。 “你还好吗？”安妮说。“是的，”杰克说。 他们从悬崖的边缘望向岩石的表面。 杰克意识到他仍然知道该怎么做。 “没什么大不了的，”他说。“没什么大不了的，”安妮应声说。 杰克画出了到达地面的路线。 他找到了凸起、岩壁、洞、山脊、裂缝，直到有了一个好计划。 “我要把郭背在背上。 她不重，”安妮说。 “我从那边开始。” 她走到离杰克大约20英尺远的地方。 “别忘了，慢慢走。”她提醒杰克。 “不要惊慌！”我们看，我们想，我们行动。” “是啊，对，我知道，”杰克说。 “专注于你自己。” 杰克转身离开了安妮和郭。 他深深地吸了一口气。 当他感到完美的时候

balance between calm and alertness, he started down the cliff wall. Jack inched smoothly along the face of the rock, shifting his weight and keeping his eyes on his feet. He reached down to lower ledges with his toes and lodged his fingertips in the cracks above. He kept his body straight and didn't lean too closely into the rock. Jack knew exactly what to do—until he was halfway down. Then suddenly he didn't know anything. Jack froze. His body started to shake. His toes slipped from the cracks they were in. His hands slipped from the ridge he was gripping. He fell. Jack hit the ground so hard he couldn't breathe. His whole body screamed with pain, especially his right shoulder and arm. "Jaaack!" Annie cried out from above him. Then there was a terrible thud. Jack heard Koku shriek. He wanted desperately to help Annie and the baby baboon, but he was still struggling to breathe. He couldn't stand up. He couldn't move at all! Jackals started howling. It sounded like many more than just two. It sounded like a whole pack.

在冷静和警觉之间保持平衡，他开始沿着悬崖壁往下走。 杰克沿着岩石的表面平稳地挪动着，移动着身体的重心，眼睛盯着自己的脚。 他用脚趾向下够到下边的壁架，指尖插在上面的裂缝里。 他保持身体挺直，没有靠得太紧。 杰克知道该怎么做，直到他走到一半。 突然间，他什么都不知道了。 杰克冻结。他的身体开始颤抖。 他的脚趾从缝里滑了出来。 他的手从他抓着的山脊上滑了下来。 他下降了。杰克重重地摔在地上，喘不过气来。 他全身疼得尖叫起来，尤其是右肩和右臂。 “Jaaack !”安妮在他上方喊道。 然后是一声可怕的撞击声。 杰克听到郭的尖叫。他非常想帮助安妮和小狒狒，但他仍然呼吸困难。 他站不起来。他根本不能动！豺狼开始嚎叫。 听起来不止两个。 听起来像是一整群。