40_Final Preparations

" There he is! ” Julia pointed to the long jump area Iphicles was standing with some others who were watching as Apollo’s champion and Poseidon’s champion took turns. Every time one of the athletes beat the other’s score, most of the onlookers cheered. But Iphicles barely seemed to be paying attention. “ He looks restless, ” Markos said. “ That’s good. It shouldn’t be difficult to convince him to talk with us. ” Julia hurried over to Iphicles . “ Can you come with us? There’s something very important we need to talk about. ”

"他在那儿！”茱莉亚指着跳远区 伊菲克勒斯和其他一些人站在一起，观看阿波罗的参赛者和波塞冬的参赛者轮番登场。 每当其中一名运动员超过另一名运动员的分数时，大多数旁观者都欢呼起来。 但伊菲克勒斯似乎几乎没有注意到。 他“看起来坐立不安，”马库斯说。“这很好，说服他与我们交谈应该不难。” 朱莉娅急忙走到伊菲克勒斯。“你能和我们一起走吗？有件非常重要的事我们需要谈谈。”

Iphicles looked surprised, but he nodded. “ What is it?” “ Just come on . We don’t want anyone else to hear. ” Julia led the way to a quiet corner behind a pile of armor used for the hoplitodromos race. On the way she glanced around for Brody. She didn’t see him, but she hoped he’d found an excuse to talk to Heracles. “ What’s going on?” Iphicles asked as he followed Julia and Markos behind the armor. “ A lot, actually. ” Julia turned to face him. “ It has to do with your brother . . . ” She went on to remind him that every god in Olympia was planning to try to sabotage Heracles at the Games.

伊菲克勒斯看起来很惊讶，但他点了点头。“这是什么？” “来吧，我们不想让其他人听到。”朱莉娅领着路来到一个安静的角落，身后是一堆用于重装步兵赛跑比赛的盔甲。 在路上，她四处寻找布罗迪。 她没有看到他，但她希望他找到了一个借口，可以和赫拉克勒斯谈谈。 “怎么回事？”伊菲克勒斯一边问，一边跟着朱莉亚和马科斯走在盔甲后面。 “确实有很多事情。”茱莉亚转过身来面对他。“这与你哥哥有关…” 她继续提醒他，奥林匹亚的每个神都计划在奥运会上破坏赫拉克勒斯。

“ So your brother is in great danger, ” Markos added. “ We think we can save him from Tartarus, but we’ll need your help. ” Julia held her breath . She was sure he would want to help his brother. But Iphicles seemed quiet and brooding most of the time . What if he didn’t believe what they’d told him? What if he didn’t trust them? But to Julia ’s surprise , Iphicles nodded immediately. “ I’ll help however I can, ” he said. “ Do you have a plan?”

“所以你的兄弟处于极大的危险之中，”马库斯补充道。“我们认为我们可以把他从塔尔塔罗斯中救出来，但我们需要你的帮助。” 茱莉亚屏住了呼吸，她确信他会想帮助他的兄弟。 但伊菲克勒斯大部分时间都显得安静而沉思。 如果他不相信他们告诉他的话呢？如果他不信任他们呢？ 但令朱莉娅惊喜的是，伊菲克勒斯立即点头。 “我会尽我所能提供帮助，”他说。“你有计划吗？”

” Yes, ” Julia said. “ We’re still working out some of the details . " ” But basically, the three of us need to figure out everything the gods have planned for Heracles at the Games. ” “ And then make sure that the gods don’t succeed, ” Markos finished. Iphicles slowly nodded. “ The gods aren’t exactly secretive about their plans, ” he said . “ I’ve heard many of them plotting and scheming myself, even though everyone must know I’m Heracles’ brother. ” “ Yes, we’re counting on their lack of secrecy, ” Markos said.

“是的，”茱莉亚说。“我们仍在研究一些细节。" ”但最起码，我们三人需要弄清楚众神在奥运会上为赫拉克勒斯计划的一切。” “然后确保众神不会成功。"马库斯说到。 伊菲克勒斯缓缓点头，“众神对他们的计划并不讳莫如深，”他说。 “我听过他们中的许多人都在对我自己使用阴谋诡计，尽管每个人都知道我是赫拉克勒斯的兄弟。” “是的，我们指望他们缺乏保密，”马科斯说。

“ We’ve already figured out what a few of them are planning. ” He and Julia filled Iphicles in on what they’d learned from the gods. When they finished, Iphicles nodded again. “ All right, ” he said . “ We should split up and eavesdrop on the rest of the gods right now. We can meet later to figure out how to foil their plans. ” “ Perfect. ” Julia smiled at him. She was already feeling more optimistic about the Games . “ Brody is supposed to be telling Heracles about all this right now. Let’s go find them and make sure that happened. ”

“我们已经弄清楚了其中一些人的计划。” 他和茱莉亚向伊菲克勒斯讲述了他们从众神那里听到的东西。 当他们说完后，伊菲克勒斯又点了点头。 “好吧，”他说，“我们现在应该分头去偷听其余的神。我们可以稍后再见面，想办法挫败他们的计划。” “很好。”茱莉亚对他笑了笑，她已经对奥运会感到更加乐观了。 ”布罗迪现在应该告诉赫拉克勒斯这一切。让我们去找他们，确保事情发生。”

At last it was the day of the Games “ Are you ready to become an Olympic champion, my boy?” Hermes called out as he strode across Markos’ courtyard. Brody grinned. “ I’m as ready as I’ll ever be! ” Julia rolled her eyes, but she was smiling. She followed as Hermes, Brody, and Markos stepped out of the courtyard. The whole city felt with excitement today. Cheers rang out from every side. Citizens of Olympia lined the streets leading to the stadium.

终于到了奥运会的日子 “孩子，你准备好成为奥运冠军了吗？”赫耳墨斯大步走过马科斯的庭院时喊道。 布罗迪咧嘴一笑。“我已经准备好了！” 朱莉娅翻了个白眼，但她在微笑。赫耳墨斯、布罗迪和马科斯走出院子时，她也跟着走了。 今天整个城市都异常兴奋，欢呼声从四面八方响起。 奥林匹亚市民在通往体育场的街道上排队。