1. Duck Tour!

1 Duck Tour! Ever since a bulletin board had fallen off the wall beside his bed—and made him as flat as a pancake —Stanley Lambchop had traveled all around the world. Sometimes he went on secret missions—as the world's most famous flat person, there were some problems that only he could solve. And sometimes he went on vacation, just for fun. But

1鸭子之旅!自从一块布告栏从他床边的墙上掉下来，把他摔得像煎饼一样扁之后，斯坦利·兰博切就周游了世界。 有时他会执行秘密任务——作为世界上最著名的扁平人，有些问题只有他才能解决。 有时他去度假，只是为了好玩。 但

even though Stanley had been on almost every continent—and visited many famous places—he had never, not once, been on a duck tour. Actually, he didn't even know what a duck tour was! But he was about to find out. The Lambchops were visiting Boston for a long weekend getaway, and Boston, his mother told him, was famous for its duck tours. "This is the best way for us to get an overview of the whole city," Mrs. Lambchop said as they hurried to get in line. "Once we see the whole city, then we can decide what else to do while we are here." That made sense to Stanley. The only problem was that his father and his younger brother, Arthur, already knew what they wanted to do... and it was not a duck tour at all. Mr. Lambchop wanted to see Boston's historic sites. "Boston is one of America's oldest cities," Mr. Lambchop told his sons. "It started as a town in the British colony of Massachusetts. Then, in the 1700s, some colonists took the first steps toward freeing our country from British rule. Without our Revolutionary War, we would not have the country that we live in today!"

尽管斯坦利几乎走遍了每一个大洲，参观了许多著名的地方，但他从来没有，一次也没有参加过鸭子之旅。 事实上，他甚至不知道鸭子之旅是什么!但他马上就要知道了。 兰博一家是来波士顿度周末的，他母亲告诉他，波士顿以游览鸭子而闻名。 “对我们来说，这是一览整个城市的最佳方式，”当他们匆忙排队时，兰姆切普太太说。 “一旦我们看到整个城市，我们就可以决定在这里还能做些什么。” 这对斯坦利来说是有道理的。 唯一的问题是，他的父亲和他的弟弟亚瑟已经知道他们想做什么…… 这根本不是鸭子之旅。 兰切普想看看波士顿的历史遗迹。 “波士顿是美国最古老的城市之一，”兰切普告诉他的儿子们。 它最初是英国殖民地马萨诸塞州的一个小镇。 然后，在18世纪，一些殖民者迈出了将我们的国家从英国统治下解放出来的第一步。 没有我们的独立战争，就不会有我们今天生活的国家!”

"And we would not have the aquarium, or the science museum, or the Boston Red Sox either!" said Arthur. "Those are the things that I really want to see on this trip." Arthur was more interested in new Boston than in old Boston. And he was a lot more excited about sports than history. Stanley walked ahead of them a little. He wasn't sure what he wanted to do in Boston. He only knew what he didn't want to do. Something was bothering him. Right now he didn't even want to think about it. Stanley was the first to hand over his ticket and board the strangest vehicle he had ever seen. It looked a little like a boat, but it had wheels. With a flat top and rows of seats inside, it also reminded Stanley of a school bus. If a school bus had rainbow stripes!

“我们也没有水族馆，没有科学博物馆，也没有波士顿红袜队!”阿瑟说。 “这些都是我在这次旅行中真正想看到的东西。” 阿瑟对新波士顿比对老波士顿更感兴趣。 与历史相比，他对体育更感兴趣。 斯坦利走在他们前面。 他不确定自己想在波士顿做什么。 他只知道他不想做什么。 有什么事困扰着他。 现在他连想都不想想。 斯坦利第一个交出了车票，登上了他所见过的最奇怪的车辆。 它看起来有点像船，但它有轮子。 它平顶，里面有一排排的座位，这也让斯坦利想起了校车。 如果校车有彩虹条纹!

"I don't know why they call it a duck," said Stanley to Arthur, who was walking up behind

“我不知道他们为什么叫它鸭子。”斯坦利对从后面走过来的阿瑟说

him. "It doesn't look like a duck at all." Mrs. Lambchop pointed at the words on its side. "Look!" she said. "Its name is Fenway Franny!" "Maybe it will take us to the game," said Arthur. "Fenway Park is where the Red Sox play baseball." Just then, a woman in a lighthouse T-shirt walked off the boat to greet everyone. "Hello, visitors of Boston! I'm Beacon Jill," she said, "and I'll be your con-duck-tor today. I will show you all the city's highlights!" She directed them to sit inside the strange vehicle.

他。“它看起来一点也不像鸭子。” 兰切普太太指着旁边的字。 “看!”她说。“它的名字叫芬威弗兰尼!”“也许它会带我们去看比赛。”阿瑟说。 “芬威球场是红袜队打棒球的地方。” 就在这时，一个穿着灯塔t恤的女人走下了船，向大家打招呼。 “波士顿的游客们，你们好!“我是灯塔吉尔，”她说，“今天由我来做你们的鸭子。 我将带你参观这座城市的所有亮点!”她让他们坐在那辆奇怪的车里。