Ch8-Game of a Lifetime

EIGHT Game of a Lifetime "Seriously?" said Jack. "Yes!" said Annie. "But what about our mission? Getting into the banquet? Meeting the players?" said Jack. "Right now, this seems more important, don't you think?" said Annie.

“真的吗？”杰克说。 “是的!”安妮说。“但是我们的使命呢？” 进入宴会？和队员们见面？”杰克说。 “现在，这似乎更重要，你不觉得吗？”安妮说。

Jack looked at Roberto's sad face. He thought about the boy's kindness and his happy excitement at the stadium. "Yeah," he said. "Yeah, it does." He turned and yelled at Miguel, "We'll play! But all of us! Or none of us!" "Oh… okay," Miguel said reluctantly. Roberto shook his head. "No, Jack, no," he said. Diego's players laughed. "You'll lose now for sure, Miguel!" one of them yelled. "Big-time!" "Give us a minute!" Jack said to the soccer players. And he huddled with Annie and Roberto. "Jack, they are right. I'm not a good player," said Roberto. "Me neither," said Jack. "But together we will make a beautiful team. I promise." "Listen, Roberto," said Annie. "We'll use magic from Merlin the magician of Camelot and make a wish—" "To play like Pelé," finished Jack. "Magic?" said Roberto. "Yes. Mist gathered at first light on the first day of the new moon on the Isle of Avalon," Annie said.

杰克看着罗伯托悲伤的脸。 他想起了那个男孩的善良和他在体育馆里快乐的兴奋。 “是的，”他说。“是的，确实如此。” 他转身对米格尔喊道：“我们一起玩！但是我们所有人！或者谁也不要！”“哦……好吧，”米格尔不情愿地说。 罗伯托摇了摇头。“不，杰克，不，”他说。 迭戈的球员们笑了。“你肯定会输的，米格尔！”其中一个喊道。 “一流的!”“给我们一分钟！”杰克对足球队员们说。 他和安妮和罗伯托挤在一起。 “杰克，他们说得对。我不是一个好球员，”罗伯托说。 “我也是。”杰克说。“但我们一起会成为一支美丽的球队。 我保证。”“听着，罗伯托，”安妮说。 “我们要用卡梅洛特的魔术师梅林的魔法，许个愿——”“像佩洛埃尔那样打球，”杰克说完。 “魔法？”罗伯托说。“是的。 “阿瓦隆岛新月的第一天，晨光一亮，薄雾就聚集起来了，”安妮说。

Roberto shrugged. "Okay," he said. "Are you guys playing or not?" Miguel shouted. "We're playing!" Jack yelled over his shoulder. He pulled the cork from the bottle and breathed in Merlin's magic mist. He smelled oranges and cinnamon and cedar. "I wish to play like Pelé!" he whispered. Jack gave the tiny bottle to Annie. She breathed in the mist and said, "I wish to play like Pelé!" Annie gave the bottle to Roberto, and he breathed in the magic mist. Then he exclaimed with great enthusiasm, "I wish to play like Pelé!" "Come on!" Miguel shouted from the soccer field. "We're coming! One second!" said Jack. He put Merlin's magic mist away and glanced at his watch. "It's three-fifteen now. We have one hour of magic. At four-fifteen the magic ends. Let's go!" Jack confidently led Annie and Roberto toward the soccer game. When they got to the edge of the field, Jack stopped. "Off with the shoes," he said cheerfully. The three of them slipped off their shoes and socks to be like the other kids.

罗伯特·耸耸肩。“好吧，”他说。 “你们到底玩不玩？”米格尔喊道。 “我们在玩!”杰克扭头喊道。 他拉开瓶塞，吸入梅林的魔法雾。 他闻到了桔子、肉桂和雪松的香味。 “我希望像pelpele那样打球！”他低声说。 杰克把小瓶子给了安妮。 她对着雾吸了口气，说：“我希望能像pelpele那样演奏！”安妮把瓶子递给罗伯托，他吸了一口神奇的雾气。 然后他热情地喊道：“我希望能像pelpele那样演奏！”“来吧!”米格尔在足球场上喊道。 “我们来了!等一下！”杰克说。 他收起梅林的魔法迷雾，看了看手表。 “现在是三点十五分。我们有一个小时的魔术表演。 在4点15分，魔法结束了。 我们走吧!”杰克自信地领着安妮和罗伯托走向足球场。 当他们走到田边时，杰克停了下来。 “把鞋脱了，”他高兴地说。 他们三个脱掉鞋子和袜子，像其他孩子一样。

Jack left his backpack next to his shoes. Then he clapped his hands. "Okay!" he said. "Let's play ball!" As Jack, Annie, and Roberto walked onto the field, mud oozed between their toes. The rain had stopped, but the ground was soaked. They took forward positions on Miguel's team. "We're ahead by two goals," said Miguel. "Don't blow it, okay?" Jack just smiled and nodded. Buzzing with excitement, he was eager to play. The referee placed the soccer ball in the center of the muddy field. A kicker and another teammate from Diego's team stood near the ball. On the other side of the centerline, the opposite team glared at the three forwards. But Jack wasn't worried. He grinned back at them, eager for the game to start. The referee on the dusty sideline blew a whistle, and the second half of the match began. The kicker on Diego's team tapped the ball to her teammate, who passed it to Diego. As Diego and some other teammates knocked the ball around, Jack noticed that they were really good

杰克把背包放在鞋子旁边。 然后他拍了拍手。 “好吧！”他说。“我们一起打球吧！”当杰克、安妮和罗伯托走进球场时，泥浆从他们的脚趾间渗出。 雨停了，但地面湿透了。 他们在米格尔的队伍中占据了前沿位置。 “我们领先两球，”米格尔说。 “别搞砸了，好吗？”杰克只是微笑着点点头。 他兴奋得嗡嗡作响，渴望玩耍。 裁判把足球放在泥泞场地的中央。 迭戈队的一名踢球队员和另一名队友站在球附近。 在中线的另一边，对方球队怒视着这三个前锋。 但是杰克并不担心。他也朝他们咧嘴一笑，急切地盼望着比赛开始。 裁判在尘土飞扬的边线上吹响了哨子，下半场比赛开始了。 迭戈所在球队的踢球者把球传给了她的队友，队友又把球传给了迭戈。 当迭戈和其他队友把球踢来踢去时，杰克注意到他们踢得很好

soccer players. But then suddenly Annie slipped in and stole the ball from them. She whacked it with her instep, passing it to Jack, who slid it to Roberto. Roberto began moving the ball down the field. As Diego's defenders moved in, Roberto changed pace from slow to fast, slow to fast. The ball seemed glued to his feet, until he fired a shot and drove it like a missile into the net. "Score!" shouted the referee. "Gooooaaaallll!!!!" Jack, Annie, and Roberto shouted, pumping the air with their fists. All the other players gasped in amazement. "Who are you guys?" Carla shouted. The goalie kicked the ball back into play. Carla passed it to a girl, who tried to pass it to a boy. But like lightning, Jack moved in and shot the ball through the air to Roberto. Roberto used his thigh to pop the ball to Annie. Annie stopped the ball with her foot and dribbled it past two defenders down the field, then passed it to Jack. Jack moved the ball backward, forward, and sideways with short taps of his feet. He had never

足球运动员。但是突然安妮溜了进来，把球从他们手里偷走了。 她用脚背猛拍，把球传给杰克，杰克又把球传给罗伯托。 罗伯托开始在场上带球。 随着迭戈的防守队员不断靠近，罗伯托的步伐从慢变快，从慢变快。 球似乎粘在了他的脚上，直到他一脚射门，把球像导弹一样射进了球网。 “得分！”裁判喊道。 “Gooooaaaallll ! !”杰克、安妮和罗伯托喊道，用拳头挥舞着空气。 所有其他球员都惊讶地倒吸了一口气。 “你们是谁？”卡拉喊道。 守门员把球踢回场上。 卡拉把它传给一个女孩，女孩又想传给一个男孩。 但就像闪电一样，杰克冲了过来，把球从空中射给了罗伯托。 罗伯托用大腿把球传给了安妮。 安妮用脚把球停住，带球越过两个防守队员，然后传给杰克。 杰克用脚轻拍球，前后前后左右移动。 他从来没有

had so much fun in his life! He felt as if his feet could do anything! He saw Roberto across the field and kicked the ball to him, passing it over the heads of the defenders. Roberto gave the ball a leaping header, sending it to Annie. Annie trapped the ball on the ground, then ran with it, keeping it close. She faked a move one way, then another, then kicked the ball backward to Roberto. Roberto delivered another perfect shot into the net. "Score!" "Gooooaaaallll!!!!" Jack, Annie, and Roberto shouted, pumping the air with their fists. The goalie kicked the ball back into play. The opposing side started the ball down the muddy field, but Jack moved faster—he intercepted it and passed it to Annie. Annie sent the ball back to Roberto, who scooped his foot under the ball and popped it over a group of players, right to Jack. Jack outjumped two defenders and hit the ball with his chest, sending it down the field. Roberto sped after the ball, stole it from two players, and gave it a swift kick—right into the net.

他的生活太有趣了！他觉得自己的脚好像无所不能！他看到罗伯托穿过球场，把球踢给他，越过防守队员的头顶。 罗伯托跳起头球把球传给了安妮。 安妮把球截住在地上，然后带着球跑，一直追着。 她一边假装移动，一边假装移动，然后把球向后踢给罗伯托。 罗伯托又一次完美射门入网。 “分!”“Gooooaaaallll ! !”杰克、安妮和罗伯托喊道，用拳头挥舞着空气。 守门员把球踢回场上。 对方在泥泞的场地上开始传球，但杰克移动得更快——他拦截了球，传给了安妮。 安妮把球传给罗伯托，罗伯托用脚铲球，越过一群球员，把球传给了杰克。 杰克跳得比两名防守队员都快，用胸部把球击中，把球送到场边。 罗伯托快速追球，从两名球员手中抢过球，然后迅速一脚将球踢入网中。