Chapter 5

Chapter 5 Gram Hathaway's living room was crowded with people. Spike and Chip sat at a small table with the box in front of them. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose perched on the stairs.

格拉姆·海瑟薇的客厅里挤满了人。 斯派克和奇普坐在一张小桌子旁，盒子放在他们面前。 丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯坐在楼梯上。

"Thank you all for coming!" Gram told everyone. Then she smiled at Spike. He stood up. "Thanks for inviting us," Spike said. "Chip and I have been diving for a few years now. A couple weeks ago, we found a sunken ship." Chip opened the box. Spike reached in and pulled out a gold cross, about eight inches tall. The gold shone warmly in the sunny room. Someone said, "Oh, my goodness!" Spike gently laid the cross on the table. Next he brought out a shiny hunk of silver, about the size of a big bar of soap. Then he spread a handful of gold coins on the table. "There's a lot more down there," he continued. "We've found chains, silver goblets, even jewelry." Gram's friends got out of their seats and crowded around Spike and Chip. "May we touch it?" one woman asked. Spike laughed. "Can't hurt it, ma'am. It's been on the bottom of the ocean for almost four hundred years!"

“谢谢大家的光临!”奶奶告诉了所有人。 然后她对斯派克微笑。他站了起来。 “谢谢你邀请我们，”斯派克说。 “奇普和我已经潜水好几年了。 几周前，我们发现了一艘沉船。” 奇普打开了盒子。斯派克把手伸进去，拿出一个大约八英寸高的金十字架。 金子在阳光充足的房间里闪闪发光。 有人说:“哦，我的天哪!”斯派克轻轻地把十字架放在桌子上。 接着，他拿出一块闪闪发光的银块，大约有一块大肥皂那么大。 然后他把一把金币放在桌子上。 “下面还有很多，”他继续说。 “我们发现了链子、银质高脚杯，甚至还有珠宝。” 克拉姆的朋友们从座位上站起来，围在斯派克和奇普周围。 “我们可以摸一下吗?”一位女士问道。 高峰笑了。“这也无妨，太太。 它在海底已经快四百年了!”

Josh was standing up so he could see. Gram Hathaway's friends were passing around the gold and silver. "Um, Spike?" Josh said. "How did you get it so clean? Wouldn't it have barnacles and stuff all over it?" Spike grinned. "Good question," he said. "First we soak the pieces, then we rub them with regular old vinegar. You'd be surprised how easily it cleans up."

乔希站了起来，这样他就能看见。 格兰姆·海瑟薇的朋友们在传递金银财宝。 “嗯,斯派克?”杰克说。“你是怎么弄得这么干净的?” 上面不会爬满藤壶什么的吗?”斯派克咧嘴一笑。 “问得好，”他说。“首先，我们把鱼片浸泡一下，然后用普通的老醋擦一擦。 你会惊讶地发现清理起来有多容易。”

Ruth Rose's hand shot up. "Can I ask a question?" Spike nodded. "Ask away." "It took Mel Fisher twenty years to find his sunken ship," said Ruth Rose. "How did you find yours so quickly?" Spike smiled. "I guess we were just lucky," he said.

露丝·罗斯的手一下子举了起来。“我能问个问题吗?”峰值点了点头。 “问了。”“梅尔·费雪花了二十年才找到他的沉船，”露丝·罗斯说。 “你怎么这么快就找到了你的?”高峰笑了。 “我想我们只是运气好，”他说。

"And we had good maps," Chip added. Spike turned back to the group. "I hope you'll all consider investing with us," he said. "Once we can buy some more equipment, we'll start bringing up some serious treasure." Ruth Rose's grandmother stood up. "Why don't we have refreshments now?" she said. Everyone began talking and filling small plates with cookies. Ruth Rose went into the kitchen for the lemonade. Dink and Josh stayed on the stairs, near the table of goodies. Spike and Chip stepped over to the refreshment table. Dink watched Spike take a few cookies. "'These cookies are loaded with chocolate chips," Spike whispered to his friend. Dink was about to say something to Spike, but he stopped. He knew he had heard those words before! Dink closed his eyes and tried to remember the voice he'd overheard in the airport. Dink was positive the man had said "…those cookies are loaded." Dink was almost sure it had been the same voice!

“而且我们有很好的地图，”奇普补充说。 斯派克转身对着人群。 “我希望你们都考虑和我们一起投资，”他说。 “一旦我们能买到更多的设备，我们就会开始发现一些真正的宝藏。” 露丝·罗斯的祖母站了起来。 “我们现在何不吃点点心呢?”她说。 每个人都开始说话，在小盘子里装满了饼干。 露丝·罗斯走进厨房拿柠檬水。 丁克和乔希呆在楼梯上，靠近摆满糖果的桌子。 斯派克和奇普走到茶点桌前。 丁克看着斯派克吃了几块饼干。 “这些饼干里都是巧克力片，”斯派克对他的朋友耳语道。 丁克正要对斯派克说点什么，但他停住了。 他知道他以前听过这些话!丁克闭上眼睛，努力回忆他在机场听到的那个声音。 丁克确信那个人说的是“……那些饼干是有料的。” 丁克几乎可以肯定是同一个声音!

He looked down for a tattoo, but Spike's pants covered his ankles. The sandals looked the same. But a lot of people in Florida wore brown leather sandals. "What's the matter?" Ruth Rose asked Dink. "You look like you smelled something rotten." Dink stood up. "Come outside," he whispered. "It's important!"

他低下头想找个纹身，但斯派克的裤子盖住了他的脚踝。 那双凉鞋看起来一模一样。 但佛罗里达州的很多人都穿棕色皮凉鞋。 “怎么啦?”露丝·罗斯问丁克。 “你好像闻到了什么腐烂的东西。” 丁克站了起来。“到外面来。”他低声说。 “很重要!”