13-THE SECRET OF THE PYRAMIDS

THE SECRET OF THE PYRAMIDS We mounted two camels standing outside the lab and galloped off. The sun was setting over the desert sand, painting the dunes pink. I pulled out my camera. Somehow I managed to take a few great shots without falling off the camel. click click click Oh, what a day! After a wild ride, we finally spotted Cheops's pyramid.

金字塔的秘密我们骑上站在实验室外面的两头骆驼疾驰而去。 太阳落在沙漠的沙滩上，把沙丘染成了粉红色。 我拿出相机。不知怎么的，我设法拍了几张很棒的照片，没有从骆驼上摔下来。 哦，多美好的一天啊!经过一番疯狂的骑行，我们终于看到了胡夫的金字塔。

The professor jumped off his camel and parked it like a pro. I slid off mine and crumpled to the ground. My snout was GREEN from the crazy ride.

教授从骆驼上跳下来，像个专业人士一样把车停好。 我从我的衣服上滑下来，瘫倒在地上。 我的鼻子因为疯狂的骑行而变绿了。

"HOLEY CHEESE!..." I murmured. My camel gave me a look that said, You are one sorry, sorry mouse, Stilton. I wasn't sure why we had stopped, but I quickly found out. It seemed the professor had a little history lesson in store for me. He began to recite. "The pyramids were

“多洞的奶酪!……”我低声说道。 我的骆驼看了我一眼，好像在说:斯蒂尔顿，你是一只对不起，对不起的老鼠。 我不确定我们为什么停下来，但我很快就发现了。 教授似乎为我准备了一堂小小的历史课。 他开始背诵。“金字塔是

funerary monuments dedicated to the pharaohs, like Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos. The pyramids have a SQUARE base. Inside, there are one or more burial chambers connected by secret corridors and passages.

献给法老的丧葬纪念碑，如胡夫、谢夫伦和迈克里诺斯。 金字塔的底座是方形的。 在里面，有一个或多个由秘密走廊和通道连接的墓室。

"After his death, the pharaoh's body would be emptied of its internal organs. It was then treated with a special substance called mum to preserve it. Finally, it was wrapped in linen bandages and placed in a sarcophagus, a big stone coffin. "The pharaoh's mummy was sealed inside the sarcophagus. Then, all of the pharaoh's riches were placed around it. That's because the Egyptians believed that after death, the soul went on a journey to the afterlife, taking all its treasures with it! Robbers have been digging through the pyramids for centuries, looking

“法老死后，他的身体将被掏空内脏。 然后用一种叫做mum的特殊物质来保存它。 最后，用亚麻布绷带把它裹起来，放进石棺，一种巨大的石棺。 法老的木乃伊被封在石棺里。 然后，法老所有的财富都放在它的周围。 那是因为埃及人相信人死后，灵魂会带着所有的宝藏踏上去往来世的旅程!几个世纪以来，强盗们一直在挖掘金字塔，寻找

for the riches left beside the pharaohs' sarcophagi. "The pyramids are still a great MYSTERY to this day. They were built thanks to the labor of thousands of workers. Most of them were peasants. The peasants built these huge monuments to honor their pharaoh. "Cheops's pyramid is the biggest stone structure ever built. How were the Egyptian workers able to lift such incredibly heavy blocks? No one knows for sure. Perhaps the workers transported the blocks using wooden rollers to slide them along!" Professor Spitfur coughed. Then he added in a low voice, "According to some theories, the Egyptians lifted the blocks by the use of telepathy, or the power of thought. It is said

为了法老的石棺旁边留下的财富。 “金字塔至今仍是一个巨大的谜。 它们是由成千上万工人的劳动建成的。 他们中的大多数是农民。 农民们建造了这些巨大的纪念碑来纪念他们的法老。 “胡夫金字塔是有史以来最大的石头建筑。 埃及工人是如何举起如此沉重的石块的? 没有人确切知道。也许工人们是用木滚轮来搬运石块的!”斯皮弗教授咳嗽了一下。 然后他又低声补充道:“根据一些理论，埃及人是用心灵感应或思想的力量抬起这些石块的。 据说