5 Dino dinner time

Chapter Five DINO DINNER TIME Tamiko couldn't believe she was about to see a dinosaur hatch! She spotted a clump of soft moss and gently settled the egg into it. She and Cheng kneeled beside it. The egg cracked open a little more. Then a piece of shell fell away and a tiny creature pushed its way out. Tamiko thought it looked exactly like a mix of a bird and a lizard. It had scrawny

多美子简直不敢相信她即将看到一个恐龙孵化！她发现了一丛柔软的苔藓，轻轻地把蛋放进去。 她和程跪在旁边。 鸡蛋又裂开了一点。 然后一块贝壳掉了下来，一个小生物钻了出来。 多美子认为它看起来就像一只鸟和一只蜥蜴的混合体。 它骨瘦如柴

feathers and bright, curious eyes. "Amazing!" she murmured. The baby Archaeopteryx fluffed out its tiny feathers, opened its jaws and squawked. "I think it's hungry," said Cheng. Worry fluttered inside Tamiko. She knew all about fossilised dinosaurs, but she had no idea how to look after a living one.

羽毛和明亮好奇的眼睛。 “太神奇了！”小始祖鸟抖了抖细小的羽毛，张开嘴，吱吱叫着。 “我想它饿了，”程说。 多美子心里一阵不安。 她对恐龙化石了如指掌，但她不知道如何照顾一只活着的恐龙。

The Archaeopteryx squawked again and opened its jaws, as if it expected Tamiko and Cheng to drop some food inside them. "We need help," Tamiko said. "Let's ask the Secret Explorers how we should look after it." Tamiko pulled up a clump of moss and lined the pocket on the front of her hoodie with it. Then she carefully scooped up the baby Archaeopteryx and tucked it inside.

始祖鸟又叫了一声，张开了嘴，好像它希望多美子和程把食物扔进它们的嘴里。 “我们需要帮助，”田美子说。 “让我们问问秘密探险者们，我们应该怎么照顾它。” 多美子捡起一簇苔藓，把它放在连帽衫前面的口袋里。 然后，她小心翼翼地捞起小始祖鸟，把它塞进肚子里。

She noticed that it still had a piece of shell stuck to its wing, and she couldn't resist tucking it into her jeans pocket as a souvenir. They set off for the swamp where they'd parked the Beagle. They passed the clearing where they had found the baby Stegosaurus, and hurried through the ferns and drooping ginkgo branches. As they approached the swamp, they heard screeching. The Beagle was covered in little pterosaurs! They were flapping their leathery wings and squawking at each other.

她注意到它的翅膀上还粘着一块贝壳，她忍不住把它塞进牛仔裤口袋里作为纪念。 他们动身前往他们停放小猎犬号的沼泽地。 他们穿过发现幼剑龙的空地，匆匆穿过蕨类植物和下垂的银杏树枝。 当他们走近沼泽时，他们听到了尖叫声。 小猎犬号上满是小翼龙！它们拍打着皮革般的翅膀，互相叫着。

KRAAA! KRAAA! KRAAA! screeched the pterosaurs. KRRR-P! PIPP-PPP! the Beagle beeped back. It sounded very cross. Tamiko laughed. "I think the Beagle's trying to tell them to go away! Go on, shoo!" she called, running towards them and waving her arms. The pterosaurs flew off, and the Beagle gave a satisfied beep.

KRAAA !KRAAA !KRAAA !翼龙尖声叫道。 KRRR-P !PIPP-PPP !小猎犬号发出嘟嘟声。 听起来很生气。Tamiko笑了。 “我想小猎犬是想叫他们走开！”走吧，嘘！”她喊道，一边朝他们跑去，挥舞着双臂。 翼龙飞走了，小猎犬号发出满意的嘟嘟声。

Cheng jumped into one of the seats and tapped a screen on the dashboard. "I hope this works," he said. "We're one hundred and fifty million years away from home…" He switched on a microphone. "Calling Exploration Station! Exploration Station, come in!" The screen flickered. The faces of the other Secret Explorers appeared, all gathered around a screen. "Hi, guys!" said Connor. "How's it going in the Jurassic?"

程跳上其中一个座位，轻敲仪表板上的屏幕。 “我希望这能奏效，”他说。 “我们离地球有一亿五千万年的距离……”他打开麦克风。 “呼叫探索站！”勘探站，请进！”屏幕闪烁着。 其他秘密探险者的脸出现了，全都围在一块屏幕周围。 “嗨，伙计们！”康纳说。“侏罗纪怎么样？”