4 Chapter 4 Learning to Fly

Chapter 4 Learning to Fly The next day, Stanley pressed his back against the face of Mount Huashan. Slowly, he inched along the narrow walkway. "Come on!" called Yin from up ahead. Yang whizzed by Stanley's face doing a one-legged cartwheel. "Let's go, Turnip Cake!"

第4章学习飞行第二天，斯坦利把背贴在华山的脸上。 他慢慢地在狭窄的人行道上挪动。 “加油!”殷在前面喊。 杨做着单腿侧翻，从斯坦利的脸上呼啸而过。 “我们走吧，萝卜饼!”

Stanley made the mistake of looking down. The bottom of the valley was nearly six thousand feet below. Terrified, he looked up again, only to find that he had come to the end of the walkway. Yin and Yang were nowhere to be seen. Stanley looked around in a panic. He found the twins overhead, swiftly climbing a thick iron chain that reached up the mountain. Stanley took a deep breath. With a grunt, he started pulling himself up. When he reached the top, Stanley flopped facedown on the ground with a slap. He'd finally

斯坦利犯了向下看的错误。 山谷的底部在近6000英尺以下。 他吓坏了，又抬起头来，却发现自己已经走到了走道的尽头。 阴和阳都不见了。 斯坦利惊慌地环顾四周。 他发现了头顶上的双胞胎，他们正飞快地爬上一条通往山顶的粗铁链。 斯坦利深吸了一口气。 他哼了一声，开始把自己拉起来。 当他到达山顶时，斯坦利扑通一声脸朝下倒在地上。 他最后

made it— "Hey, Stanley!" Yin's voice called. "Keep moving like that," echoed Yang, "and we'll never get to Beijing." Stanley peeled himself from the ground. In front of him stretched a staircase carved into the rock. I promised I'd do my best, thought Stanley. He forced himself to go on. At last, his whole body aching, Stanley reached the end of the staircase. Before him stood an ancient temple. Now where are Yin and Yang? he thought. Suddenly, Yang's upside-down face appeared before his eyes. Yin was dangling her brother by the foot from the roof of the temple. "You coming?" asked Yang, grabbing Stanley's hands. Stanley landed flat on his back on the roof with a thud. "Ow," Stanley groaned. Yin and Yang smiled down at him.

“嘿，斯坦利!”尹的声音在叫。 “继续这样走下去，”杨附和道，“我们永远也到不了北京。” 斯坦利从地上爬了起来。 在他面前有一道刻在岩石上的楼梯。 我答应过我会尽力的，斯坦利想。 他强迫自己继续说下去。 最后，斯坦利全身酸痛地走到了楼梯的尽头。 在他面前矗立着一座古庙。 那么阴阳在哪里呢? 他想。突然，杨倒过来的脸出现在他的眼前。 尹把她哥哥的脚吊在寺庙的屋顶上。 “你来吗?”杨问，抓住史丹利的手。 斯坦利砰的一声仰面摔在屋顶上。 “噢，”斯坦利呻吟道。阴和阳朝他微笑。

"Finally," said Yang. "We can begin your training at last!" said Yin. On the temple roof atop one of the five peaks of Mount Huashan, Yin twirled on one foot like a ballerina. With Stanley holding her wrists, she swung his body round and round over her head. He was getting dizzier and dizzier. He felt sick. His palms were sweaty... and then they started to slip. In an instant Stanley had lost his grip. "Stanley!" cried Yin, as Stanley soared off the mountain peak. He sensed a gust of wind and arched his back. The wind lifted him, and he did a backflip to land on the roof. "Ta-da!" he panted. Yin laughed. "You are crazier than a yak!" Yang turned down the corners of his mouth. "Again," he said, perched like a stork on his good foot. With only five days left, Stanley, Yin, and Yang stood in a narrow pit filled with row after row of

“终于，”杨说。“我们终于可以开始训练你了!”殷说。 在华山五峰之一的寺庙屋顶上，尹像芭蕾舞演员一样单脚旋转。 斯坦利抓着她的手腕，她把他的身体在她头上一圈又一圈地晃来晃去。 他感到越来越头晕。 他感到恶心。他的手掌出汗了。 然后他们开始下滑。 一瞬间，斯坦利失去了控制。 “史丹利!”尹叫道，这时史丹利已经飞离了山顶。 他感觉到一阵风，弓起了背。 风把他举了起来，他做了个后空翻落在屋顶上。 “哒哒!”他喘着气说。尹笑了。 “你比牦牛还疯狂!”杨垂下了他的嘴角。 “再来一次，”他说，像一只鹤一样站在他那只完好的脚上。 只剩下五天了，赤柱、阴和阳站在一个狭窄的坑里，坑里满是一排排的

warriors made of clay. Some were taller than Stanley. Arthur would love this! he thought. "This is the Terracotta Army. They were buried with the first emperor of China in 210 B.C.," explained Yin. "Only a few foreigners, like Queen Elizabeth the Second, have been allowed to walk through the pits as you do now. These artifacts are priceless!" "I'll try not to break any," joked Stanley. "Good idea," replied Yang without smiling. Without warning, Yin dived headfirst into the army. She bounced and flipped, springing among the soldiers like a grasshopper. Without toppling a single one, she landed back beside Stanley.

粘土做的战士。有些比斯坦利还高。 亚瑟会喜欢的!他想。 “这是兵马俑。 他们在公元前210年与中国第一位皇帝一起埋葬，”尹解释说。 “只有少数外国人，比如伊丽莎白女王二世，被允许像你现在这样穿过坑。 这些文物是无价的!”“我会尽量不打破的，”斯坦利开玩笑说。 “好主意，”杨面无笑容地回答。 尹毫无征兆地一头扎进了军队。 她蹦蹦跳跳，像蚱蜢一样在士兵中间跳来跳去。 她一个也没打翻，回到了斯坦利身边。

"Now, Turnip Cake," Yang said. Stanley's mouth hung open. Yin and Yang raised their eyebrows at him. He shut his mouth. Shaking his head, Stanley took a deep breath and plunged into the army. He hit the ground with both hands and pushed back up, landing on his toes. He cartwheeled into a flip and— His right pinkie toe hit a clay horse. It somersaulted into the air. Stanley perched his fingers and toes on the heads of two soldiers. He arched his back. The horse

“现在，萝卜饼，”杨说。 斯坦利张着嘴。 阴阳对他扬起眉毛。 他闭上了嘴。斯坦利摇了摇头，深吸了一口气，一头扎进了队伍。 他双手触地，又把身子推了起来，脚尖着地。 他侧手翻了个空翻他的右小拇指碰到了泥马。 它翻了个筋斗飞向空中。 斯坦利把他的手指和脚趾放在两个士兵的头上。 他拱起背。那匹马