8 Flytrap rescue

Chapter Eight FLYTRAP RESCUE Wham! The warehouse doors buckled outward as yet another blow landed. "You're in big trouble, kids!" the woman yelled from inside. The doors were open a crack now. Leah could see the woman's angry face glaring at her. Whom! The ropes strained against the door handles. Gustavo grabbed Leah's arm and pulled

第八章捕蝇草救援砰！仓库的门在又一次打击下向外弯曲。 “你们有大麻烦了，孩子们！”女人从里面喊道。 门现在开了一条缝。 利亚可以看到那个女人愤怒的脸怒视着她。 谁!绳子紧拉着门把手。 古斯塔沃抓住利亚的胳膊使劲拉

her farther back. She held her breath as she saw dent after dent appear on the doors. They weren't built to withstand this much force, and they were old and battered. Any moment now, they'd give. If she and Gustavo started running now, they might escape… but the plants would be lost forever. Leah clenched her fists and stood her ground. Gustavo was by her side. Wham-kerspanggg! One of the door hinges flew off. The next blow would definitely smash them open.

她在后面。当她看到门上出现一个又一个凹痕时，她屏住了呼吸。 它们的建造并不能承受这么大的力量，而且它们又旧又破。 现在任何时候，他们都会让步。 如果她和古斯塔沃现在开始逃跑，他们可能会逃脱，但这些植物将永远消失。 利亚握紧拳头，站在原地。 古斯塔沃在她身边。Wham-kerspanggg !门的一个铰链脱落了。 下一击肯定会把它们击碎。

But then, Leah heard an engine noise drawing closer. A blare of happy beeps rang out. It was the conservation center's all- terrain vehicle, zooming back up the road, with Luisa at the wheel! "You made it!" Leah cheered. She ran toward the approaching vehicle, just as the warehouse doors crashed to the ground. The crowd of angry poachers burst out of the building and started rushing toward Leah and Gustavo, but then they froze in fear. They'd heard something. Leah heard it too—the unmistakeable wailing of a police siren. The poachers ran in different directions, but it was no use. Then three police cars came screeching into the parking lot with their blue lights flashing. The cars had hardly stopped before the officers jumped out and raced after the poachers.

但就在这时，莉娅听到发动机的噪音越来越近。 一阵欢快的嘟嘟声响了起来。 那是保护中心的全地形车，路易莎在方向盘上，疾驰而回！“你做到了！”利亚欢呼。 她向驶来的汽车跑去，就在这时，仓库的门撞到了地上。 一群愤怒的偷猎者冲出大楼，开始向利亚和古斯塔沃冲去，但随后他们吓呆了。 他们听到了什么。莉娅也听到了——那是一声毫无疑问的警笛声。 偷猎者们朝不同的方向跑去，但无济于事。 然后三辆警车呼啸着开进停车场，蓝灯闪烁着。 汽车刚一停，警察就跳出车来追赶偷猎者。

Leah and Gustavo both gave Luisa a hug. "We're so glad to see you!" Leah said. "That was a wild drive!" said Luisa. One by one, the police officers brought the poachers back to the cars. The poachers' hands were cuffed. They glared at Leah as they went past, and the woman shook her head furiously. "You bunch of fools!" she yelled at the other poachers. "How could you let these two kids trick you?"

利亚和古斯塔沃都拥抱了路易莎。 “我们很高兴见到你！”利亚说。 “那是一次疯狂的驾驶！”路易莎说。 警察一个接一个地把偷猎者带回车上。 偷猎者的手被铐住了。 他们走过时怒视着利亚，那个女人愤怒地摇着头。 “你们这群傻瓜！”她对其他偷猎者喊道。 “你怎么能让这两个孩子骗了你？”

"That's enough out of you," said a police officer. "You're under arrest!" He shut her into the back of his car. With the poachers out of the way, it was safe to head into the warehouse. Luisa looked around at all the stolen Venus flytraps in their trays and clapped her hands with delight. "I can't believe it! There must be thousands of plants here. You've saved them all!" "We're just glad we could help," Gustavo said. "But what happens now?" "My team and I will take care of the plants at the conservation center. Then we'll return them to the wild when they're strong enough to survive," said Luisa. "In fact, there's a batch of Venus flytraps that are about ready to be replanted now, if the two of you would like to lend us a hand?"

“你说得够多了，”一名警官说。 “你被捕了！”他把她关在车后座上。 偷猎者走了以后，进入仓库就安全了。 路易莎环顾四周，看到盘子里那些偷来的捕蝇草，高兴地拍了拍手。 “我真不敢相信！这里一定有成千上万的植物。 你把他们都救了！”“我们很高兴能帮上忙，”古斯塔沃说。 “可现在怎么办呢？”“我和我的团队将照顾保护中心的植物。 当它们强壮到可以生存的时候，我们就把它们放回野外。”路易莎说。 “事实上，这里有一批捕蝇草已经准备好要重新种植了，你们两位愿意帮我们一把吗？”