11 In the Grand Sand

CHAPTER 11 IN THE GRAND SAND By noon, we come to a desert. The good news is there's no more jungle. The bad news is there's a lot of sand. We're very thirsty. Unfortunately, there are no public water fountains. The only good thing about a desert is that if you add another s it would be a dessert!

第十一章大沙漠中午时分，我们来到一片沙漠。 好消息是没有丛林了。 坏消息是那里有很多沙子。 我们很渴。不幸的是，这里没有公共饮水机。 甜点唯一的好处是，如果你再加一个s，它就是甜点了！

Kids are dropping like flies. I've never seen a fly drop, but I've seen fly droppings. Anyway, it's hot, and it's lunchtime. I even miss the school cafeteria. I'm losing it. I ask if we can stop and eat. "Not until the lunch bell rings," says Mrs. Green. I hear a lot of bells.

孩子们像苍蝇一样掉下来。 我从没见过苍蝇掉下来，但我见过苍蝇的粪便。 不管怎样，天气很热，现在是午餐时间。 我甚至想念学校的自助餐厅。 我要失去理智了。我问我们能不能停下来吃点东西。 “等午饭铃响了再说，”格林太太说。 我听到很多铃声。

Then I start seeing things.... A Pizza Mutt wiggling in the heat waves. A swimming pool full of rubber ducks. I even see a school bus. Wait, it is a school bus! It drives up. On the front of it are printed the words CLASS TRIP.

然后我开始看到.... 披萨狗在热浪中摇摆。 一个满是橡皮鸭的游泳池。 我甚至看到了一辆校车。等等，这是一辆校车！它向上行驶。 它的正面印着“班级旅行”几个字。

Mr. Fenderbender opens the door and I get on. All the kids are sitting there bright-eyed and excited.

芬德本德先生打开门，我上了车。 所有的孩子都坐在那里，眼睛炯炯有神，兴奋不已。

Mrs. Green says we're going to the zoo to see a lot of wild animals. Hey, that's baby stuff. They're all in cages. A zoo is pretty tame after you've seen the real thing.

格林太太说我们要去动物园看很多野生动物。 嘿，那是婴儿的东西。他们都在笼子里。 在你看过真正的动物之后，动物园是相当温顺的。

Maybe next time we'll blast off to a space station, climb Mount Everest, or water-ski up the Amazon River. Now that would be a trip!

也许下次我们会飞向空间站，爬上珠穆朗玛峰，或者沿着亚马逊河滑水。 这才是一次旅行！