Ch2-Cozumel

CHAPTER TWO Cozumel Afternoon sunlight flooded into the tree house. Jack heard the sound of waves softly lapping the shore. He and Annie looked out the window. The tree house had landed in a palm tree overlooking snow-white sand and a turquoise-blue sea. Near the beach was the stone pyramid pictured on the cover of the travel guide. "Cozumel," Jack said. "Paradise," Annie said.

第二章科苏梅尔下午的阳光照进了树屋。 杰克听到海浪轻轻拍打海岸的声音。 他和安妮看着窗外。 树屋坐落在一棵棕榈树上，俯瞰着雪白的沙滩和蓝绿色的大海。 海滩附近是旅游指南封面上的石头金字塔。 “科苏梅尔，”杰克说。“天堂，”安妮说。

"Where is everyone?" said Jack, looking around. There were no other tourists—no swimmers, surfers, or sunbathers. There were no sightseers. There were no vehicles parked near the Mayan pyramid. "I don't know…," Annie said. "I thought there'd be, you know, luxury spa hotels and fancy restaurants." "It's weird," said Jack. "Maybe it's just the perfect beach," said Annie, shrugging. "Yeah, but…" Jack looked through their travel guide until he found a photo that seemed to match the deserted shoreline with the pyramid. "This looks like the same place." He read the caption: On the southwest Caribbean coast is a nature preserve. "Oh, cool! We landed in a nature preserve!" said Annie. "That's why it looks so natural." "Right…," said Jack. He read on:

“大家都到哪儿去了？”杰克环顾四周，问道。 没有其他游客——没有游泳，没有冲浪，也没有日光浴。 没有观光客。没有车辆停在玛雅金字塔附近。 “我不知道……”安妮说。 “你知道，我以为那里会有豪华水疗酒店和高档餐厅。” “真奇怪，”杰克说。“也许这只是一个完美的海滩，”安妮耸耸肩说。 “是啊，但是……”杰克翻遍了他们的旅游指南，直到他找到了一张照片，照片上荒凉的海岸线和金字塔似乎很吻合。 “这看起来是同一个地方。” 他读了标题：在加勒比海西南海岸是一个自然保护区。 “哦,太酷了!我们降落在一个自然保护区！”安妮说。 “这就是它看起来如此自然的原因。” “好的……”杰克说。他继续读下去：

Dazzling coral reefs are just a short distance offshore. Beginning snorkelers can swim without losing sight of land. "Yay!" said Annie. "We did come to the perfect place—a nature preserve with a coral reef, just like Randy and Jenny's." "Yep!" said Jack. "Let's snorkel first. Then maybe check out that pyramid. It looks cool." "Good plan," said Annie. She started down the rope ladder. Jack put the travel guide into the swim bag with their snorkel gear. He hung the bag on his shoulder and followed Annie. He stepped off the ladder and stood with her in the shade of the tree. "Oh, man…," said Jack, sighing. A fresh, salty ocean breeze wafted over them. White sand sparkled in the warm sunlight. "This is a good view," said Annie. "I'll take a picture. No, even better, a video." She reached into the pocket of her tunic and pulled out their cell phone. Pointing the phone at the beach, she clicked the "record" button and spoke loudly:

耀眼的珊瑚礁就在离岸不远的地方。 刚开始浮潜的人可以在看不见陆地的情况下游泳。 “耶！”安妮说。“我们确实来到了一个完美的地方——一个有珊瑚礁的自然保护区，就像兰迪和珍妮的一样。” “是的！”杰克说。“我们先浮潜吧。 那就去看看金字塔吧。 看起来很酷。”“好计划，”安妮说。 她从绳梯上下来。 杰克把旅行指南和他们的潜水装备一起放进游泳包里。 他把书包挂在肩上，跟着安妮走了。 他走下梯子，和她一起站在树荫下。 “哦，天哪……”杰克叹了口气说。 一股清新带咸味的海风从他们身上吹过。 白色的沙子在温暖的阳光下闪闪发光。 “这景色不错，”安妮说。 “我要拍张照片。不，最好是视频。” 她把手伸进上衣口袋，掏出了他们的手机。 她把手机对准海滩，按下“录音”键，大声说：

"Jack and I are in Cozumel, at a beautiful beach on a nature preserve, and this—" "Hey, stop!" said Jack. "What if Mom and Dad see that? You have to erase it." "Oh, you're right!" said Annie. She laughed as she deleted the video. "No big deal, Mom and Dad, we just took a little detour to Mexico on our way home from the lake." She put the phone in Jack's bag. "Okay! No camera on this trip." "Let's hit the water," said Jack. As they started across the beach, their flip-flops sank into the fine, sugary sand. Seagulls cawed overhead. "It's easier to go barefoot," said Annie. She and Jack stopped and put their flip-flops into Jack's bag. "Hey, what's that?" Annie pointed to a raft lying on the sand. "Whoa," said Jack. They hurried over to the raft. It was made of bamboo poles lashed together with leather strips. A paddle lay beside it. Jack looked around for its owner, but no one was in sight. "Who left it here?"

“杰克和我在科苏梅尔，在一个自然保护区的美丽海滩上，而这个——”“嘿，住手！”杰克说。 “要是爸爸妈妈看到了怎么办？” 你必须把它擦掉。”“哦，你说得对！”安妮说。 她笑着删除了视频。 “没什么大不了的，爸爸妈妈，我们只是在从湖边回家的路上绕道去了墨西哥。” 她把手机放在杰克的包里。 “好吧!这次旅行不带相机。” “我们下水吧，”杰克说。 当他们开始穿过海滩时，他们的人字拖陷进了细细的、含糖的沙子里。 海鸥在头顶鸣叫。“光着脚走路更方便，”安妮说。 她和杰克停下来，把他们的人字拖放进杰克的包里。 “嘿，那是什么？”安妮指着躺在沙滩上的一只木筏。 “哇，”杰克说。他们急忙跑到木筏边。 它是由竹竿和皮革条捆绑在一起制成的。 旁边放着一只桨。杰克四处寻找它的主人，但没有人。 “谁把它留在这儿的？”

"It must belong to the nature preserve," said Annie. "I'll bet it's for tourists to use. Why else would it just be lying here? It's got a paddle and everything. Want to try it?" "What? Put it in the water?" said Jack. "Yes," said Annie. "It'll be fun! Say yes." "No!" Jack said. "Oh, Jack. Please! We can paddle out to the reef. Look how calm the water is! It'll be superfun," said Annie. Jack started to say no again, but he stopped. It would actually be super-fun, he thought. "Well, if we take it, we have to stay close to shore, and keep a lookout for its owner, just in case—" "Okay, okay," said Annie. "I'll row!" She grabbed the paddle, and Jack dragged the raft over the wet sand. He pushed it from the bubbling sea-foam into the cool, clear water. "She floats!" said Annie. Gentle waves lapped the sides of the raft. "Okay, you hop on first," said Jack. He put their bag on the raft and then held it steady while Annie

“它一定属于自然保护区，”安妮说。 “我敢打赌这是给游客用的。 不然它为什么就躺在这里？ 它有桨和其他东西。 想试试吗？”“什么?把它放到水里？”杰克说。 “是的，”安妮说。“会很有趣的！”说,是的。” “不!”杰克说。“哦,杰克。 拜托!我们可以划到礁石那里去。 看，水多平静啊！那会非常有趣，”安妮说。 杰克又想说不，但他停住了。 他想，这真的会超级有趣。 “好吧，如果我们把它带走，我们必须靠近海岸，并留意它的主人，以防万一——”“好吧，好吧，”安妮说。 “我就行!”她抓住船桨，杰克把木筏拖过湿沙滩。 他把它从冒泡的泡沫中推到凉爽、清澈的水中。 “她能浮起来！”安妮说。温柔的波浪拍打着木筏的侧面。 “好吧，你先跳上去。”杰克说。 他把他们的包放在木筏上，然后拿稳了，而安妮

climbed onto the bamboo poles. The raft kept floating. "Good, good…now me," said Jack as he climbed aboard. The raft dipped a bit lower in the water, but it easily held them both. "Yay! Now let's find the reef!" said Annie. "I'll take us there." As she began to paddle, the breeze helped push the raft over small ocean swells. "This is a great raft!"

爬上竹竿。 木筏一直漂浮着。“很好，很好……现在轮到我了。”杰克边说边爬上船。 木筏在水里下沉了一点，但它很容易地把他们俩托住。 “耶!现在我们去找礁石吧！”安妮说。 “我带我们去。”当她开始划桨时，微风把木筏推过了海浪。 “这是一个伟大的木筏！”