Ch3-A Race Against Time

CHAPTER THREE A Race Against Time The Alaskan boy looked at Jack and Annie. "They can't delay!" he whispered frantically. "It sounds like medicine is on the way," Jack said, trying to calm him. "It will arrive once the storm passes." "But it needs to get here as soon as possible!" said Oki. "The doctor said—" started Annie. "The doctor can do nothing until the medicine arrives," Oki said. "But there is something I can

第三章与时间赛跑那个阿拉斯加男孩看着杰克和安妮。 “他们不能耽搁了！”他疯狂地小声说。 “听起来药物马上就要来了。”杰克说，试图让他平静下来。 “一旦风暴过去，它就会到达。” “但它需要尽快送到这里！”Oki说。 “医生说——”安妮开始说。 “在药物到达之前，医生什么也做不了，”Oki说。 “但有些事我能做到

do." He headed down the hall and hurried out the front door of the hospital into the dark. As he left, a gust of frigid air blew into the waiting room. "That's it!" Annie said to Jack. "What?" he said. "Our mission! Help save the lives of these sick people!" Annie said. "That's why Merlin sent us here!" "I think you're right," said Jack. "So let's talk to the doctor and nurse and find out what we can do." "No, we should go," said Annie. "Go where?" asked Jack. "Go save Oki's life first!" Annie said. "But he's not one of the people in danger," said Jack. "He will be! He's going to do something crazy. I can feel it!" said Annie. "Come on!" She took off down the hallway and out the front door. Jack followed her into the icy cold. The moon was full and bright overhead.

做的。”他穿过大厅，匆匆走出医院的前门，消失在黑暗中。 当他离开时，一股冷空气吹进了候诊室。 “就是这样!”安妮对杰克说。 “什么？”他说。“我们的使命!帮助拯救这些病人的生命！”安妮说。 “这就是梅林派我们来这里的原因！”“我想你是对的，”杰克说。 “所以让我们和医生和护士谈谈，看看我们能做些什么。” “不，我们应该去，”安妮说。 “去哪儿？”杰克问。“先去救奥基吧！”安妮说。 “但他不是有危险的人之一，”杰克说。 “他会的！”他要做些疯狂的事。 我能感觉到！”安妮说。 “来吧!”她沿着走廊跑出了前门。 杰克跟着她走进了冰天雪地。 头顶上的月亮又圆又亮。

"There!" said Annie. Before Jack could stop her, she took off after the Alaskan boy. "Oki, wait!" she shouted. Jack hurried after Annie down the moonlit boardwalk. When they caught up with Oki, they were panting, their breath billowing into the air. "Stop!" said Annie. "We want to help you!" "How can you help me?" said the boy. He kept walking. Annie and Jack fell into step beside him. "We came to Nome to help people fight the epidemic," said Annie. "Only the medicine can help," said Oki. "They might all die soon if they do not get the medicine." "Why can't they bring the medicine here by boat?" asked Jack. "The sea is frozen!" said Oki. "Just look!" "Well, what about a plane?" said Annie. "No plane can fly at forty or fifty degrees below zero!" said Oki. "The pilot would freeze."

“那里！”安妮说。杰克还没来得及阻止她，她就跑去追那个阿拉斯加男孩了。 “哦，等等！”她喊道。杰克匆匆跟在安妮后面，沿着月光照耀的木板路走下去。 当他们赶上奥基时，他们气喘吁吁，他们的呼吸在空气中翻滚。 “停下！”安妮说。“我们想帮助你！”“你怎么能帮我？”男孩说。 他继续往前走。安妮和杰克在他身边走到一起。 “我们来诺姆是为了帮助人们抗击疫情，”安妮说。 “只有药物能起作用，”Oki说。 “如果他们得不到药物，他们可能很快就会死去。” “他们为什么不能用船把药运过来呢？”杰克问。 “海水都结冰了！”Oki说。 “看!”“那么，飞机怎么样？”安妮说。 “没有飞机能在零下四五十度飞行！”Oki说。 “飞行员会冻僵的。”

"Oh, yeah, you're right," said Jack. Planes in 1925 must still have open cockpits, he thought. "A car?" asked Annie. "No roads in winter," said Oki. "The only way to Nome is by dogsled, over the mail trail." "So what do you plan to do?" asked Jack. "I will take a team of dogs and find Gunnar Kaasen," said Oki. "I will travel through the storm and bring the medicine back myself." "But what about that blizzard?" asked Jack. "The one the mayor was talking about—the huge blizzard sweeping down from the Arctic?" "Any good musher with a good team of dogs can handle a blizzard," said Oki. "Where's your team?" asked Annie. "My uncle Joe is a mail carrier," said Oki. "He has a team that runs to Port Safety and Solomon and beyond all the time." "So your uncle Joe will go with you?" asked Annie. "No. He has a broken leg from a sled accident," said Oki. "But I am not afraid to go alone."

“哦，是啊，你说得对。”杰克说。 他想，1925年的飞机一定还有开放式驾驶舱。 “一辆汽车？”安妮问。“冬天没有路，”Oki说。 “到诺姆的唯一办法是坐狗拉的雪橇，走邮路。” “那你打算怎么办？”杰克问。 “我会带一队狗去找冈纳·卡森，”Oki说。 “我要穿越风暴，亲自把药带回来。” “可是那场暴风雪怎么办？”杰克问。 “就是市长说的那个——从北极刮来的大暴风雪？”Oki说：“任何一个优秀的牧场主和一群优秀的狗都能应对暴风雪。” “你的团队呢？”安妮问。 “我的叔叔乔是一个邮递员，”Oki说。 “他有一个团队一直跑到安全港和所罗门港，甚至更远的地方。” “那么你的叔叔乔会和你一起去？”安妮问。 “没有。他在雪橇事故中摔断了一条腿，”Oki说。 “但我不怕一个人去。”

Jack and Annie hurried alongside Oki, until they came to a shack on a spit of land near the frozen sea. In the bright moonlight, Jack could see that the shack was made of old driftwood and flattened tin cans. Smoke was rising out of a stovepipe on the roof. "This is my uncle's house," said Oki. "And those are his huskies."

杰克和安妮匆匆跟在奥基身边，直到他们来到冰封的海面附近的一小块陆地上的一间小屋。 在明亮的月光下，杰克可以看到小屋是由旧浮木和扁平的锡罐组成的。 烟从屋顶上的烟囱里冒出来。 “这是我叔叔的房子，”Oki说。 “那些是他的哈士奇。”

Next to the small house was a dog pen surrounded by a wire fence. A dogsled was inside the pen. Eight huskies were sleeping in the snow, their dark bodies curled up together to keep warm. "Oh, wow," breathed Annie. The dogs woke up at the sound of voices. They leapt to their feet and began yipping and whining. "Hi, guys!" Annie said. She hurried to the fence to pet them. "Careful!" said Oki. "They are very strong. They can jump up.…" But Annie had an instant connection with the dogs. "You're so beautiful!" she said, reaching over the fence and rubbing different furry heads. "Hey, what's your name? What's your name?" As Annie spoke, the dogs flattened their ears, and their lips curved into smiles. "They really like her," Oki said to Jack. He sounded impressed. "Yeah, Annie has a special way with animals," said Jack. "Especially dogs."

小房子旁边是一个被铁丝栅栏包围的狗圈。 围栏里有一架狗拉的雪橇。 八只哈士奇在雪地里睡觉，它们乌黑的身体蜷缩在一起取暖。 “哦，哇，”安妮轻声说。 狗听到说话声就醒了。 他们一跃而起，开始又叫又叫。 “嗨,伙计们!”安妮说。她急忙跑到篱笆旁抚摸它们。 “小心！”Oki说。“他们非常强壮。 它们能跳起来。但是安妮和狗狗们立刻产生了共鸣。 “你真漂亮！”她说着，把手伸过栅栏，抚摸着不同的毛茸茸的脑袋。 “嘿，你叫什么名字？”你叫什么名字？”安妮说话的时候，狗们竖起耳朵，嘴角弯成微笑的样子。 “他们真的很喜欢她，”奥基对杰克说。 他听起来印象深刻。“是的，安妮对动物有一种特殊的方式，”杰克说。 “特别是狗。”