10-A TRUE SAILOR ALWAYS KNOWS WHAT TO DO

A TRUE SAILOR ALWAYS KNOWS WHAT TO DO On the morning of the thirty-second day of sailing, I woke up with a start. "Wake up, Gerrykins!" Thea shouted in my ear. "There's a storm out there!" Still Half asleep, I slipped on my coat and followed Thea up to the deck. The sky in the east was dark with big black clouds! "Go and lower the sails, Thea. No, wait a minute, leave the smallest one up. That way the boat will hold the seas better," I said. Maybe sailing wasn't such an easy thing after all.

真正的水手总是知道该做什么。在航行的第32天的早晨，我被惊醒了。 “醒醒，格里金斯!”西娅在我耳边喊道。 “外面有暴风雨!”我半睡半醒地穿上外套，跟着西娅上了甲板。 东方的天空乌云密布，一片漆黑!“去把帆放下来，西娅。 不，等一下，把最小的留在上面。 这样船就能更好地抵御海浪，”我说。 也许航海并不是一件容易的事。

"I'd better get Trap," I told my sister. "He's a true sailor. He'll know what to do." I left Thea at the helm and went below to search for my cousin. The boat was being tossed about by the churning waves, which kept growing bigger and bigger. I opened the door to Trap's cabin. My cousin was huddled up in his bunk under the covers. "Trap, the Lucky Lady is taking on water! We don't know what to do!" I shouted, shaking him. "I... I... don't know, either! "he mumbled, rolling his eyes. "B-B-B-ut," I sputtered, tossing my hat on his bed. "I thought you knew everything about the sea! Didn't you say you were once the captain of a ship?!" In answer to my question, my cousin sat

“我最好去找特拉普，”我告诉妹妹。 “他是个真正的水手。他知道该怎么做。” 我让西娅掌舵，到下面去找我的表妹。 船被翻腾的波浪甩来甩去，波浪越来越大。 我打开了特拉普小屋的门。 我表弟蜷缩在他的铺位上，盖着被子。 “陷阱，幸运女士要下水了!”我们不知道该怎么办!”我喊着，摇晃着他。 “我……我…我也不知道!他嘟囔着，翻白眼。 “B-B-B-ut,”我气急败坏的说,扔我的帽子在床上。 “我还以为你对大海了如指掌呢!”你不是说你曾经当过船长吗?”为了回答我的问题，我表弟坐了下来

up with a jolt and threw up right into my hat! "HOLEY CHEESE!" I screamed, leaping away from the bed. I fell against Trap's closet. A book fell out. I stared at the title: Learn How to sail in Eight Hundred Easy Lessons. A horrible feeling gripped me like a mousetrap in a fully stocked kitchen. I grabbed the book. A bookmark was stuck at page eleven. Lesson number three: Sails come in many different colors. Try to pick one that will make you smile. "SMILE!" I choked. "You'll be lucky if

猛地一摇，就吐到我的帽子里了!“多洞的奶酪!”我尖叫着，从床上跳了起来。 我撞在了特拉普的衣柜上。 一本书掉了出来。我盯着那本书的标题:在八百堂简单的课里学习如何驾驶帆船。 一种可怕的感觉攫住了我，就像一个装满食物的厨房里的捕鼠器。 我抓起书。一个书签卡在第十一页上。 第三课:帆有很多不同的颜色。 试着挑一个能让你微笑的。 “笑!”我哽咽。“你会很幸运的

you can still eat soft cheeses when I'm through with you!" I screamed at Trap. He had crawled back under the covers. "I'll deal with you later!" I called as I rushed back outside. Waves as high as Mouse Everest were pounding onto the deck. Each time the bow of the ship hit a wave, the boat sank lower. Then it would pop up again, this time tilted in the other direction. Trap wasn't the only one feeling seasick. I lurched over to my sister and gave her the bad news about our seriously truth-challenged cousin. For a minute, she looked

等我和你结束了，你还可以吃软奶酪!”我对着特拉普尖叫。 他已经爬回被窝里了。 “我以后再对付你!”我一边喊一边冲到外面。 像珠穆朗玛峰一样高的海浪拍打着甲板。 每当船头碰上波浪，船就沉得更低。 然后它会再次弹出，这次是向另一个方向倾斜。 特拉普并不是唯一感到晕船的人。 我蹒跚地走到妹妹跟前，告诉了她一个坏消息，那就是我们严重质疑真理的表弟。 她看了一会儿

as if she'd seen a cat. But she quickly got a grip. "WHO NEEDS HIM ANYWAY?" she squeaked, flipping her tail over her shoulder. What a mouse, that sister of mine! A FIRST-RATE rodent, for sure. The wind was getting stronger and stronger. Its high-pitched whistle could have called every dog in the world. Moldy mozzarella! This is no storm! This is a hurricane! I thought, nervously tugging the fur on top of my head. What rotten luck to be caught by the storm just now. We had only two or three more days before we would hit Treasure Island! Each time the boat rocked, I could hear my seasick cousin moaning down in his

好像她看见了一只猫。但她很快就控制住了自己。 “谁还需要他?”她尖声叫道，把尾巴甩到身后。 我的那个妹妹真是一只老鼠!肯定是第一流的啮齿动物。 风越来越大了。 它那尖锐的哨声可以召唤世界上所有的狗。 发霉的马苏里拉奶酪!这不是风暴!这是飓风!我一边想，一边紧张地拽着头顶上的毛。 刚才遇上了暴风雨，真倒霉。 离我们到达金银岛只有两三天了!每次船摇晃时，我都能听到我晕船的表弟在他的船舱里呻吟

cabin. Serves him right, I thought. It seems Trap had "accidentally" forgotten to mention he was never a captain of a ship— he was a cook! Night came, and things got even worse. We couldn't make out the direction of the waves in the dark. The Lucky Lady rocked back and forth like my uncle Nibbles dancing at a family wedding. We were soaked through to our tonsils. Dawn came, and THE SEA was still raging. Suddenly, disaster struck. A gust of wind tore down the mast. The Lucky Lady TILTED ON ITS SIDE, AND WATER BEGAN TO FLOOD IN. We were sinking!

小木屋。他活该，我想。 似乎特拉普“不小心”忘了说他从来没有当过船长——他是一名厨师!夜幕降临，情况变得更糟。 在黑暗中我们无法辨认海浪的方向。 幸运女士前后摇摆，就像我叔叔在家庭婚礼上跳舞一样。 我们都湿透了，连扁桃体都湿透了。 黎明来临了，大海仍在汹涌澎湃。 突然，灾难降临了。 一阵风把桅杆刮倒了。 幸运的女士歪了一下，水开始涌了进来。 我们在下沉!