Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE 'Whew! That sounded like a burst tyre,' said Julian, beginning to run. 'I hope they haven't had an accident.'

第五章“呼！”“听起来像是轮胎爆了。”朱利安说着开始跑起来。 “我希望他们没有出事故。”

The three turned the corner. They saw the van slewed round in the lane, almost in the ditch. The tyre on the left-hand back wheel was flat and had split badly. It certainly was a very burst tyre indeed! Two men were looking at it angrily.

三个人拐了个弯。 他们看见货车在车道上打转，几乎掉到沟里去了。 左后轮的轮胎瘪了，裂得很厉害。 这确实是一个爆胎！两个男人愤怒地看着它。

The youngest looked at the others. 'I'm not sure I want to come here again.' 'She's lying,' the eldest boy said.

最小的看着其他人。 “我不确定我还想不想再来这里。“她在说谎，”大儿子说。

'Definitely not!' said Dick. 'You nearly knocked over my sister just now. One of you can go and get help yourselves. You'd no right to drive along a country lane like that.' But neither of the men made a move to go back for help. Instead, they scowled at the burst tyre and at each other. The three stood there, looking with interest at the angry men. 'You clear off,' said one of the men at last. 'Unless you want to help us with the wheel. Do you know how to change a wheel?' 'Yes,' said Julian, sitting down on the hedge bank. 'Don't you? It's funny if you don't know. As your job is driving a van, I'd have thought it'd be one of the first things you'd learn!'

“绝对不是!”迪克说。 “你刚才差点把我妹妹撞倒。 你们其中一人可以自己去找人帮忙。 你没有权利那样在乡间小路上开车。"但两个人都没有回去求助。 相反，他们对着爆胎和彼此怒目而视。 三个人站在那里，饶有兴趣地看着那些愤怒的人。 “你走开，”最后一个人说。 “除非你想帮我们搬轮子。 你知道怎么换轮子吗？“是的，”朱利安说着，在树篱上坐了下来。 “你不?如果你不知道，那就搞笑了。 既然你的工作是开货车，我还以为这是你首先要学的东西之一呢！”

'You shut up,' said the first man, 'and clear off.' 'Why?' said Dick, sitting down beside Julian. You seem very keen to get rid of us, don't you? Or do you feel nervous that experts like us should watch you making a mess of such a simple thing as changing a wheel?'

“你闭嘴，”第一个人说，“走开。“为什么?迪克说着，在朱利安身边坐了下来。 你似乎很想摆脱我们，是吗？ 还是说你担心我们这些专家看着你把换轮子这么简单的事情弄得一团糟？”