Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2 The man turned and waved. "Hi. You must be Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. I'm Scoop Raker. I work with Jud and his friend Dean. They should be here any minute." Scoop raised the hood of his car, and more steam billowed out. He took a jug of water from the front seat, then unscrewed the radiator cap. Suddenly he yelled and stuck his finger in his mouth.

那人转过身来挥了挥手。 “嗨。你们一定是丁克，乔什和露丝·罗斯。 我是Scoop Raker。我和贾德还有他的朋友迪恩一起工作。 他们随时都可能到。” Scoop掀起了他的汽车引擎盖，更多的蒸汽滚滚而出。 他从前座拿了一壶水，然后拧开了散热器的盖子。 突然，他大叫起来，把手指塞进嘴里。

"You'd think I'd learn by now," Scoop said, shaking his head. He pulled a Band-Aid from his pocket, removed the covering, and wrapped the green Band-Aid around his finger. Just then a long flatbed truck pulled up alongside Scoop's car. A brown tarp covered the truck bed, concealing something big and lumpy. The whole thing was tied down with ropes. The driver's door opened and a tall, lanky guy hopped to the ground. He was wearing jeans, a short-sleeve shirt, and a cowboy hat. "Howdy," the man said, beaming at Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. "Hi, Jud!" they all said at once. A man stepped out of the passenger's side of the truck. He was short and wiry and had black hair

“你会认为我现在已经学会了，”Scoop摇着头说。 他从口袋里掏出一张创可贴，揭下盖子，把绿色的创可贴缠在手指上。 就在这时，一辆长长的平板卡车停在了Scoop的车旁边。 卡车床上盖着一块棕色的篷布，上面遮住了一个又大又硬的东西。 整个东西都用绳子拴着。 司机的车门开了，一个瘦高个儿跳到了地上。 他穿着牛仔裤和短袖衬衫，戴着一顶牛仔帽。 “你好，”那人微笑着对丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯说。 “嗨，裘德!”他们异口同声地说。 一个男人从卡车副驾驶座走了出来。 他又矮又结实，长着一头黑发

tied in a ponytail. He wore work boots, baggy shorts, and a flannel shirt with the sleeves ripped off. "Guys, I'd like you to meet my roommate and best friend, Dean Whitefeather," Jud said. "Dean, this is Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose." Dean walked around the truck toward the kids. He had a friendly smile and dark eyes. His shirt pocket was filled with pens. A ring of keys on his belt jangled when he walked. The kids shook hands with Dean. Then Jud and Dean made a fuss over Pal, who gave them both big, wet kisses. "Well, what say we get busy?" Dean said, glancing at the sky. "Rain by midnight, I'll bet." He started untying the ropes. Scoop climbed back into his car. "I passed the hotel on the way in," he said. "I'll go check on our room." He drove away, with only a little steam escaping from under the hood. "Can we help?" Ruth Rose asked. Dean smiled at her. "My three favorite words," he said. "You guys can coil these ropes as we untie them," Jud said. "Just lay 'em on the ground."

扎马尾的。他穿着工作靴，宽松的短裤和一件袖子被扯掉的法兰绒衬衫。 “伙计们，我想让你们认识一下我的室友和最好的朋友，迪安·怀特费瑟。” "迪恩，这是丁克，乔什和露丝·罗斯" 迪安绕过卡车朝孩子们走去。 他有一个友好的微笑和黑色的眼睛。 他的衬衫口袋里装满了笔。 他走路时，腰带上的一串钥匙叮当作响。 孩子们和迪安握手。 然后朱迪和迪安对帕尔大吵大闹，帕尔给了他们俩又湿又大的吻。 “好吧，我们忙起来怎么样?”迪安瞥了一眼天空说。 “我敢打赌午夜前会下雨。” 他开始解开绳子。 Scoop爬回他的车里。 “我进来的时候路过了酒店，”他说。 “我去看看我们的房间。” 他把车开走了，只从引擎盖下冒出一点蒸汽。 “我们能帮忙吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 迪安对她笑了笑。“我最喜欢的三个字，”他说。 “我们解开绳子时，你们可以把绳子卷起来，”贾德说。 “把它们放在地上。”

Josh told Pal to stay, and the kids pitched in. After a few minutes, the ropes had all been removed. Dean and Jud yanked the tarp to the ground. When Dink saw what had made all those lumps, he jumped back. He was staring right at the head of a Tyrannosaurus rex! "Meet Tyrone the Tyrannosaurus," laughed Jud. "He looks even better when he's not in pieces." Dink gulped. "Where did you get it?" he asked. "We bought him," Jud said. Josh grinned. "From a dinosaur store?" he joked. "No, from the man who built Tyrone," Dean said. "He planned to start a dinosaur theme park, but he lost interest. He put an ad in the paper, and we saw it and bought Tyrone and the truck." "Um, why do you need a dinosaur?" Ruth Rose asked.

乔什让帕尔留下，孩子们也来帮忙。 几分钟后，绳子都被解开了。 迪安和朱迪把防水布拉到地上。 当丁克看到是什么造成了这些肿块时，他跳了回去。 他正盯着一头雷克斯暴龙的头!“这是暴龙泰龙。”朱迪笑着说。 “他不受伤的时候看起来更好看。” 丁克一饮而尽。“你从哪儿弄来的?”他问。 “我们买下了他，”贾德说。 杰克笑了。“从恐龙店买的?”他开玩笑说。 “不，是从建造泰龙的人那里来的，”迪恩说。 “他计划开一个恐龙主题公园，但他失去了兴趣。 他在报纸上登了一则广告，我们看到了，就买下了泰龙和卡车。” “嗯，你为什么需要一只恐龙?”露丝·罗斯问。

"To raise money," Jud said. "Dean and I want to teach kids about the dinosaurs that used to live in Montana. We've decided to build a little museum on a piece of land behind the dude ranch." "And Tyrone will be the star attraction," Dean added. "When we first saw Tyrone, he was in the guy's barn all in pieces like you see him now. I developed a computer program to make him move and talk. We make money by taking him around the country and collecting donations." "Is Scoop a teacher, too?" asked Dink. "No, we met Scoop in Wyoming. He was looking for work, so we hired him," Jud said. "He's in charge of hotel rooms, getting permission for us to set up outside schools, making the flyers, stuff like that. Scoop wants to work at the museum once it's built." Dean climbed up onto the truck bed. "Let's put this guy back together, Jud," he said.

“为了筹集资金，”贾德说。 “迪恩和我想教孩子们关于曾经生活在蒙大拿州的恐龙的知识。 我们决定在度假牧场后面的一块土地上建一个小博物馆。” 迪安补充说:“泰龙将成为明星。” “当我们第一次见到蒂龙的时候，他就像你现在看到的那样，在那个家伙的谷仓里。 我开发了一个电脑程序，让他能动能说话。 我们带着他周游全国，收集捐款来赚钱。” “Scoop也是老师吗?”丁克问。 “不，我们是在怀俄明州认识Scoop的。 他在找工作，所以我们雇了他。” “他负责酒店房间，为我们在校外举办活动获得许可，制作传单，诸如此类的事情。 一旦博物馆建成，Scoop想在那里工作。” 迪安爬上卡车床。 “让我们把这家伙拼起来吧，贾德，”他说。

"How do you put him together?" Dink asked. "Easy, like building a model with an Erector set," Dean said. He pointed to a box of large nuts, bolts, and cables on the truck bed. "What's Tyrone made of?" Ruth Rose asked. "Is he heavy?" "Not really," Jud said. He took the Tyrannosaurus's tail from Dean and laid it gently on the ground. "Tyrone's mostly fiberglass and rubber. His bones are aluminum. The teeth, toenails, and eyes are plastic." The kids gently touched one of the six-inchlong teeth. "It looks so real!" Josh said. "Careful, some of those edges are sharp," Dean said. He grinned and wiggled a finger that was wrapped in a green Band-Aid. They all looked over when Scoop's red car zoomed up. Scoop parked the car and climbed out with a stack of papers in his hand. "How'd you kids like to help out?" he asked. "Can you take these flyers around town?" Scoop handed the flyers to Ruth Rose. She looked at the top one. Beneath a picture of a Tyrannosaurus were the words:

“你是怎么把他拼起来的?”丁克问道。 迪安说:“很简单，就像用一套安装工具做模型一样。” 他指着卡车床上的一箱大螺母、螺栓和电缆。 “泰龙是什么做的?”露丝·罗斯问。 “他重吗?”“不完全是，”裘德说。 他从迪安手中接过霸王龙的尾巴，轻轻地放在地上。 “泰龙主要是玻璃纤维和橡胶。 他的骨头是铝的。牙齿、脚趾甲和眼睛都是可塑的。” 孩子们轻轻地摸了摸其中一颗6英寸长的牙齿。 “看起来真像真的!”杰克说。 “小心，有些边缘很锋利，”迪安说。 他咧嘴一笑，扭动着用绿色创可贴包着的手指。 当Scoop的红色轿车疾驰而来时，他们都看了过去。 Scoop停好车，手里拿着一叠文件爬了出来。 “你们这些孩子愿意帮忙吗?”他问。 “你能带着这些传单在镇上转一圈吗?”Scoop把传单递给Ruth Rose。 她看了看最上面的那个。 在一张暴龙的照片下面写着: