Ch4-Follow Me!

FOUR Follow Me! "Wait till we stop again!" Annie yelled at Jack. "But what if we just missed our stop?" said Jack. "What if that was Pino Suaréz?" "We're stopping again! We have to check that map!" said Annie.

跟我来！“等着我们再停下来！”安妮对杰克喊道。 “但是如果我们过站了怎么办？”杰克说。 “如果那是皮诺·苏亚姆兹呢？”“我们又停下来了！”我们得看看那张地图！”安妮说。

As the train slowed for the next stop, Jack and Annie both got ready to jump out of their seats. But when the metro doors jerked open, hardly anyone got off. Instead, new travelers pushed their way into the crowded car. Jack and Annie hardly had room to breathe, much less stand up and check the map. "No way!" Jack shouted to Annie. "Can someone help us?" Annie called. "We need to get to the World Cup game! Where is the stop for Pino Suaréz?" Nobody seemed to hear her. "This is hopeless!" said Jack. Then he heard a small voice, shouting above the noise of the train. "Excuse me! Pardon me, please!" A Mexican boy squeezed through the crowd to get to Jack and Annie. "Did you say you are going to the World Cup game?" he shouted. "Yes!" said Annie. "Me too!" said the boy. "Can I help you?" "Yes!" said Jack, relieved. "We don't know where to get off!"

当火车慢下来等下一站时，杰克和安妮都准备从座位上跳起来。 但当地铁车门猛地打开时，几乎没有人下车。 相反，新来的旅客挤进了拥挤的车厢。 杰克和安妮几乎没有喘息的余地，更不用说站起来查看地图了。 “不可能!”杰克对安妮喊道。 “有人能帮帮我们吗？”安妮叫。 “我们要赶去看世界杯比赛！”Pino suarsamz的终点站在哪里？”似乎没有人听到她的声音。 “没希望了！”杰克说。 接着，他听到一个微弱的声音在火车的轰鸣声中喊叫。 “对不起!请原谅我！”一个墨西哥男孩从人群中挤到杰克和安妮身边。 “你说你要去看世界杯比赛？”他喊道。 “是的!”安妮说。“我也是！”男孩说。 “我能帮你吗？”“是的！”杰克松了一口气。 “我们不知道在哪里下车！”

"The next stop! Pino Suaréz!" said the boy. "You can follow me!" As soon as the train stopped, Jack and Annie followed the boy, squeezing past people to get to the door. "Excuse me! Excuse me!" they said. Then all three of them popped off the hot, airless train. Half the people on the train got off with them. "Man, that was crazy," said Jack. He was covered in sweat. "Thank you!" Annie said to the boy. "It's not over yet," the boy said, smiling. He had a cheerful, open face. "We have to catch the Blue Line to Taxquefia." "Can we come with you?" asked Annie. "We lost our directions." "Of course!" said the boy. "This way! Pronto!" Jack and Annie followed the boy down a tunnel and around a corner to the Blue Line. Hordes of people were waiting for that metro line, too. "My father told me to go to the end of the platform," said the boy. "The last train cars are never as crowded."

“下一站！”皮诺·苏亚姆兹！”男孩说。 “你可以跟我来！”火车一停，杰克和安妮就跟着那个男孩，挤过人群走到门口。 “对不起!对不起！”他们说。 然后，他们三个都从闷热的火车上跳了下来。 火车上一半的人和他们一起下了车。 “伙计，这太疯狂了，”杰克说。 他浑身是汗。“谢谢你!”安妮对男孩说。 “还没结束呢，”男孩笑着说。 他有一张开朗开朗的脸。 “我们得搭蓝线去塔克克菲亚。” “我们能和你一起去吗？”安妮问。 “我们迷路了。”“当然！”男孩说。 “这种方式!Pronto !”杰克和安妮跟着男孩穿过隧道，拐了个弯来到蓝线。 成群的人也在等地铁。 “我爸爸叫我去站台的尽头，”男孩说。 “末班车从来没有这么拥挤。”

As the train rolled into the station, Jack and Annie quickly followed the boy down the platform. They sped up when the doors opened. Just before the doors closed again, the three of them jumped into the last car of the train. The boy was right. The car wasn't crowded at all. They got good seats together. Jack felt hugely relieved. "Thanks for helping us," he said. "You're welcome," said the boy. "My name is Roberto." He held out his hand. Jack shook Roberto's hand. "I'm Jack," he said. "And I'm Annie," said Annie, shaking his hand, too. "Are you going to the game alone, Roberto?" "Yes. My parents gave me a ticket for my birthday present," said Roberto. "It's the best present I've ever gotten." "Is today your birthday?" asked Jack. Roberto nodded. "I turn ten years old today." "Happy birthday!" Jack and Annie said together. "I'm ten, too," said Annie. "Jack's eleven." "Why didn't your mom and dad come with you?" Jack said.

当火车驶入车站时，杰克和安妮迅速跟着男孩下了站台。 门开了，他们加快了速度。 就在车门再次关上之前，他们三个跳进了火车的最后一节车厢。 男孩是对的。车里一点也不拥挤。 他们一起找了个好座位。 杰克感到如释重负。 “谢谢你的帮助，”他说。 “不用谢，”男孩说。 “我叫罗伯托。”他伸出手来。 杰克握了握罗伯托的手。 “我是杰克，”他说。“我是安妮，”安妮说，也握了握他的手。 “你一个人去看比赛吗，罗伯托？”“是的。 我的父母给了我一张票作为我的生日礼物，”罗伯托说。 “这是我收到的最好的礼物。” “今天是你的生日吗？”杰克问。 罗伯特点点头。“今天我十岁了。” “生日快乐!”杰克和安妮一起说。 “我也十岁了，”安妮说。 “杰克的十一。”“你爸爸妈妈为什么不跟你一起去呢？”杰克说。

"They could only afford one ticket," said Roberto. "I have eight brothers and sisters. It will be my job to tell them everything I see. They will all be waiting at home for my stories about the great game." He smiled his big smile again. The train began to slow down. "We get off here," said Roberto, standing up. Jack and Annie followed Roberto off the metro, down an underground passageway, then out of the stifling station into the breezy, wet air. Jack felt a thousand times better. "Now we take tramline 53," said Roberto. "That's like a subway above ground, right?" said Jack.

“他们只买得起一张票，”罗伯托说。 “我有八个兄弟姐妹。 我的职责就是告诉他们我看到的一切。 他们都在家里等着听我讲这场伟大比赛的故事。” 他又露出了灿烂的笑容。 火车开始慢下来。 “我们在这里下车，”罗伯托说着站了起来。 杰克和安妮跟着罗伯托下了地铁，穿过一条地下通道，然后走出令人窒息的车站，进入微风吹拂的潮湿空气中。 杰克感觉好了一千倍。 “现在我们坐53号电车，”罗伯托说。 “那就像地上的地铁，对吧？”杰克说。

"Yes. Come with me." Roberto led Jack and Annie across a walkway to the trolley tracks. Hundreds of people stood in lines, waiting to board the packed trams. As they joined one of the lines, Jack pulled out some pesos. "Everyone's going to the World Cup championship game," said Roberto. "People have come to Mexico from all over South America and Europe to see this game." "Did you hear that it would be the game of a lifetime?" asked Jack. "Absolutely," said Roberto. "Did you know Pelé was playing?" Annie asked. "Of course! Pelé the Great!" said Roberto. "He has made over a thousand goals. And his whole team is fantastic. They are called the Beautiful Team!" "That's cool," said Jack. "Three pesos," said the driver at the door of the tram. Roberto reached into his pocket, but Jack stopped him. "I got it," he said. Jack handed over three pesos.

“是的。跟我来。”罗伯托领着杰克和安妮穿过人行道，走向电车轨道。 数百人排队等候登上拥挤的有轨电车。 当他们加入其中一条队伍时，杰克拿出一些比索。 “每个人都要去看世界杯冠军赛，”罗伯托说。 “人们从南美和欧洲各地来到墨西哥观看这场比赛。” “你听说了吗？这将是一场千载难逢的比赛。” “当然，”罗伯托说。 “你知道佩尔佩尔要参加比赛吗？”安妮问。 “当然!pelpeleve大帝！”罗伯托说。 “他已经进了1000多个球。 他的整个团队都很棒。 他们被称为美丽之队！”“太酷了，”杰克说。 “三比索，”电车门口的司机说。 罗伯托把手伸进口袋，但杰克阻止了他。 “我明白了，”他说。杰克递给他三个比索。