3. Up, Up, and Away!

3 Up, Up, and Away! When Stanley and Nick arrived at the course, they noticed that most of the crowd was huddled near the bottom of the run. "The wind's picked up," said Nick. "It'll make for some fantastic boarding. But I wish we could get to the top to watch."

向上，向上，出发!当斯坦利和尼克到达跑道时，他们注意到大多数人都挤在跑道底部。 “起风了，”尼克说。 “这将是一次奇妙的登机体验。 但我希望我们能爬到山顶观看。”

"Stay behind me and we'll fly right up," Stanley told Nick. With the wind at his back, Stanley towed his new friend to the start line. "Thanks!" said Nick. "We'll have the best view in the place!" The competition began and Nick was right—the conditions were perfect for some astonishing snowboarding. "Did you see that fellow? That was an epic jump!" Nick said. "You sure know a lot about this," Stanley said admiringly. "You must be really good." "I'm better than good!" Nick bragged. He looked longingly down the trail. "In fact, if only I had my snowboard, I'd show them a thing or two…." Stanley grinned. "Well, there are some things I'm really good at, too…." Then he stiffened, perfectly straight, with his arms at his side. "What do you think?" Nick got the idea at once, but he smirked. "Are you serious? I only use the best boards! Very expensive… like the pros!" "Oh, come on, let's try it," Stanley urged. Nick rolled his eyes. "All right. Let's go!"

“跟在我后面，我们马上飞上去。”斯坦利对尼克说。 斯坦利顺风顺水地把他的新朋友拖到了起跑线上。 “谢谢!”尼克说。“我们会有这个地方最好的视野!”比赛开始了，尼克是对的——条件非常适合进行令人惊叹的单板滑雪。 “你看见那个家伙了吗?”那是一次史诗般的跳跃!”尼克说。 “你确实知道很多，”斯坦利钦佩地说。 “你一定很厉害。” “我比好还好!”尼克吹嘘。 他渴望地望着小径。 “事实上，如果我有我的滑雪板，我会给他们展示一两件事....” 斯坦利咧嘴一笑。“嗯，有些事情我也很擅长....” 然后他挺直了身子，双臂放在身体两侧。 “你觉得怎么样?”尼克立刻明白了他的意思，但他傻笑着。 “你是认真的吗?我只用最好的板子!非常昂贵……就像专业人士一样!”“哦，来吧，我们试试。”斯坦利催促道。 尼克翻了个白眼。“好吧。 我们走吧!”

The boys edged their way to a spot alongside the starting gate. Nick pulled on his goggles. "Ready?" Stanley lay down in the snow and wrapped his scarf around his middle for foot bindings. "Ready!" Nick jumped on top of him, and the starting gun went off. The boys shot down the slope, parallel to the other snowboarders. Nick called out commands, and Stanley positioned himself accordingly. They made quite a team. They started on course, weaving through packs of snowboarders as they fired over some moguls. "Are we in control?" Nick asked. "I think so," Stanley replied as they approached a ten-foot kicker jump.

男孩们慢慢地走到起跑门旁的一个地方。 尼克戴上了护目镜。 “准备好了吗?”斯坦利躺在雪地里，把围巾裹在腰上绑脚。 “准备好了!”尼克跳到他身上，发令枪响了。 男孩们与其他单板滑雪运动员平行地冲下斜坡。 尼克喊出命令，斯坦利也跟着摆好位置。 他们配合得很好。他们沿着既定路线出发，穿过一群群滑雪板选手，越过一些雪上障碍物。 “我们能控制局面吗?”尼克问。 “我想是的，”斯坦利回答说，这时他们正走到一个10英尺高的起跳处。

"I hope so!" Nick hollered as they accelerated through the kicker, getting enormous air. The view from thirty feet above the slope was spectacular, peaceful, and still. Stanley caught a snowflake on his tongue, and then Nick said, "Stanley, we're going down now!" It was time for the landing, something that neither Nick nor Stanley had considered until that moment. They braced themselves for a rough impact, pleased when they glided gently into some thick powder, skidding away in a wake of snow. "That wasn't so bad," Stanley reflected.

“我希望如此!”尼克喊道，他们加速穿过踢水器，呼吸到了大量的空气。 从山坡上三十英尺高的地方望去，景色壮观、宁静而宁静。 斯坦利用舌头抓住了一片雪花，然后尼克说:“斯坦利，我们现在要下去了!”是时候着陆了，尼克和斯坦利在那之前都没有考虑过。 他们做好了猛烈撞击的准备，当他们轻轻地滑进厚厚的粉末里，顺着雪的尾迹滑开时，他们感到很高兴。 “没那么糟，”斯坦利想。

"Stanley! Stanley!" Nick was pointing ahead, trying his best to keep Stanley on course as they veered off the trail and into the woods! "Look, a jib!" Nick said. He guided them toward a fallen tree where snowboarders were sliding over the trunk. They glided up and over the length of the log, spinning as onlookers admired their flair. "Wheeeeeee!" Stanley and Nick shouted together. They landed and sped back to the course, going faster than ever. "Ladies and gentlemen, it seems we have a new challenger!" shouted the sports announcer. "And he's giving the professionals some competition!" The wind blew even stronger now. "I'm going to cut you into it now," Nick told Stanley. "If we can catch a current, I bet we can kill it!" "Are you sure?" called out Stanley. "We're going higher than anyone else already!" "That's just where I should be!" yelled Nick. "Bombs away!" Stanley strained upward to catch the wind, remembering what he'd learned when Arthur had flown him like a kite. Up and up he went, while Nick crouched to hold on to Stanley with one hand. The crowd below roared in delight. Even the

“斯坦利!斯坦利!”尼克指着前方，尽力让斯坦利保持正确的方向，他们驶离了小路，进入了树林!“看，三角帆!”尼克说。 他把他们带向一棵倒下的树，那里的滑雪者正在从树干上滑过。 他们在圆木上滑行，旋转着，旁观者对他们的才华赞叹不已。 “Wheeeeeee !”斯坦利和尼克一起喊道。 他们着陆后迅速回到航线上，速度比以前更快了。 “女士们，先生们，看来我们有一个新的挑战者了!”体育播音员喊道。 “他给了专业选手一些竞争!”现在风刮得更大了。 “我现在要把你切进去了。”尼克对斯坦利说。 “如果我们能赶上水流，我打赌我们就能杀死它!”“你确定吗?”斯坦利喊道。 “我们已经比别人飞得更高了!”“那正是我该去的地方!”尼克喊道。 “投弹完毕!”斯坦利奋力向上抓住风，想起阿瑟把他像风筝一样放飞时他学到的东西。 他越升越高，尼克蹲下来用一只手抓住斯坦利。 下面的人群高兴地欢呼起来。 即使是

other snowboarders, finished with the run now, cheered in awe. Stanley realized the problem first. "I can't come down!" he yelled to Nick. "I've caught the current, and I can't get out of it!" Nick shouted, "No way, dude! I've got it under control." He tried to guide the Stanley-board down, but it was no use…. Suddenly, an even stronger gust of wind flipped them completely over. "Grab my hands and feet!" Stanley called to Nick. Nick did, just in time, and Stanley allowed himself to billow in the wind like a parasail. The boys floated even higher over the course. Far down below in the crowd, Stanley caught sight of his father, standing with Doctor Dave, looking very worried. "We're going to fall!" Nick screamed.

其他的滑雪板选手已经跑完了全程，他们敬畏地欢呼起来。 斯坦利首先意识到了这个问题。 “我不能下来!”他对尼克喊道。 “我遇上了水流，我出不来了!”尼克喊道:“不可能，伙计!我已经控制住了。” 他试图引导斯坦利板下来，但这是没有用的.... 突然，一股更猛烈的风把它们完全掀翻了。 “抓住我的手和脚!”斯坦利叫尼克。 尼克及时照做了，斯坦利任由自己像副伞一样在风中翻滚。 男孩们漂得更高了。 在下面的人群中，斯坦利看到了他的父亲，他和戴夫医生站在一起，看起来很担心。 “我们要掉下去了!”尼克尖叫。