3 Make some noise

Chapter Three MAKE SOME NOISE. Now that he could see the humpback whales clearly, Connor was worried. They needed help, but what kind? He didn't like to think of these beautiful creatures being in danger. "Can we get closer?" Roshni asked excitedly. "Sure," Connor replied. "But not too close. We don't want to spook them."

第三章制造噪音。 现在他可以清楚地看到座头鲸，康纳很担心。 他们需要帮助，但什么样的帮助呢？ 他不愿意想到这些美丽的生物处于危险之中。 “我们能再靠近点吗？”罗什尼兴奋地问。 “当然，”康纳回答。“但不要太近。 我们不想吓到他们。”

He turned the engines down until they were coasting quietly through the water. As they drew closer to the pod, more and more whales emerged from the murk. He could clearly see the knobbly bumps on their heads and their wise little eyes. Roshni's own eyes widened and she gasped. "Look, they've got babies!" Connor looked where she was pointing. Sure enough, among the large whales were some little ones. They were only a few yards long, and each was swimming close to an adult whale. Those had to be their mothers. "Calves," Connor said.

他把发动机的音量调低，直到它们在水中平稳地滑行。 随着它们越来越靠近鲸群，越来越多的鲸鱼从黑暗中浮出水面。 他可以清楚地看到他们头上的疙瘩和聪明的小眼睛。 Roshni自己也睁大了眼睛，倒吸了一口气。 “看，他们有孩子了！”康纳看了看她指的地方。 果然，在这些大鲸中也有一些小鲸。 它们只有几码长，每只都游在一条成年鲸的附近。 那一定是他们的母亲。 “小牛，”康纳说。

"Huh? Where?" "That's what you call a baby whale. This mission just got even more important, Roshni." Roshni nodded, her face serious. "We've got to protect these guys. So what's the danger? Predators?" "I can't tell yet," Connor said. "But I know one thing. These whales give birth in Pacific waters, where it's warm. So now they must be migrating south to Antarctica. The water there is cold, but it's full of krill for them to eat." The Beagle, which had been quiet until now, let out a sudden beep! Red lights flashed on the console. Connor and Roshni stared at it. Connor asked "What's up, Beagle? Did I get something wrong?" Beep! the Beagle repeated.

“嗯?在哪里?”“这就是你所说的小鲸。 这次任务变得更加重要了，罗什尼。” Roshni点了点头，表情严肃。 “我们必须保护这些人。 那么危险是什么呢？捕食者?”“我还不知道，”康纳说。 “但我知道一件事。这些鲸鱼在温暖的太平洋水域分娩。 所以现在它们必须向南迁徙到南极洲。 那里的水很冷，但里面有很多磷虾供它们吃。” 之前一直很安静的小猎犬号突然发出了“哔”的一声！控制台上的红灯闪烁着。 康纳和罗什尼盯着它看。 康纳问道：“怎么了，小猎犬？” 我说错了什么吗？”哔哔!小猎犬重复道。

"Wait." Roshni held up a hand. "You said the whales were swimming south. But the sun's right in front of us right now. And the whales are swimming toward it. And it's nearly sunset, and the sun sets in the west. So that means..." BLOO-BOOPOP, jabbered the Beagle encouragingly. It sounded like "keep talking." "…the whales are swimming west, not south!" Roshni exclaimed. Connor sat bolt upright in his seat. "You're right. They're swimming toward Australia, not Antarctica. The pod of whales is off course!"

“等等。”Roshni举起一只手。 “你说鲸鱼向南游去了。 但太阳现在就在我们面前。 鲸鱼正在向它游来。 快日落了，太阳从西边落下。 所以这意味着……”噗噗噗，小猎犬鼓励地嘟囔着。 听起来像是“继续说。” “鲸鱼在向西游，不是向南！”Roshni喊道。 康纳笔直地坐在座位上。 “你是对的。它们游向澳大利亚，而不是南极洲。 鲸群偏离航线了！”

The Beagle made a triumphant DING! noise like someone ringing a bell. "But how could the whales have gone the wrong way?" Roshni said. "They use the same migration route every year, don't they?" Connor thought he knew what had happened. "Remember that red tide we saw? Maybe the whales didn't want to swim through that stuff. They might have gotten lost trying to avoid it." They both looked out at the whales, who were all swimming powerfully in the wrong direction. Connor and Roshni understood now what their mission was—to get the whale pod back on track. But how? "You're the marine expert, Connor," Roshni said. "What do we do?" Connor thought hard. Those whales were huge, strong, and determined. Getting them

小猎犬发出了一声胜利的叮！好像有人在按铃。 “可是鲸鱼怎么可能走错方向呢？”Roshni说。 “它们每年都走同样的迁徙路线，不是吗？”康纳以为他知道发生了什么事。 “还记得我们看到的红潮吗？” 也许鲸鱼不想游过那些东西。 他们可能在试图避开它时迷路了。” 他们俩都向外看了看鲸鱼，它们正朝着错误的方向有力地游去。 康纳和罗什尼现在明白了他们的任务是什么——让鲸鱼群回到正轨。 但如何?“你是海洋专家，康纳，”罗什尼说。 “我们该怎么办？”康纳苦思冥想。 那些鲸鱼体型巨大，强壮，意志坚定。 让他们

to change course wouldn't be easy. He tried to remember how other people had helped whales in the past. "I read about a whale that was trapped in a harbor," he said. "It didn't know which way to go. Whales don't like loud sounds, so people banged on pipes and all kinds of other things to drive her in the right direction, so she could swim away to safety." Roshni asked, "Could we do the same?"

改变路线并不容易。 他努力回忆过去其他人是如何帮助鲸鱼的。 “我读到过一条鲸鱼被困在港口里的故事，”他说。 “它不知道该走哪条路。 鲸鱼不喜欢大声的声音，所以人们敲打管子和各种各样的东西，把它引向正确的方向，这样它就能游到安全的地方。” Roshni问道：“我们能做同样的事吗？”