Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4 "Is it working?" Lydia's voice asked through the tablet. "Can you see?" "Try not to move so much!" Abbi said. "The video's all wobbly." Abbi's tablet was open in front of her on the kitchen table. Barkley was playing with a stuffed toy at her feet. Meanwhile, Lydia and Daniel were upstairs again with Abbi's phone and mic. Their own phones were duct-taped to the hard hats they were wearing, which they'd found in the mudroom. Through the twins' phone cameras, she could see everything they were seeing!

第四章“有用吗？”莉迪亚的声音透过写字板问道。 “你能看见吗？”“尽量不要乱动！”艾比。 “视频都是不稳定的。”阿比的写字板打开在她面前的厨房桌子上。 巴克利正在她脚边玩一个毛绒玩具。 与此同时，莉迪亚和丹尼尔又在楼上拿着阿比的手机和麦克风。 他们自己的手机被胶带粘在了他们戴的安全帽上，那是他们在储藏室找到的。 通过双胞胎的手机摄像头，她可以看到他们所看到的一切！

She couldn't be with them, and a video call was the next-best option. But whenever they moved too much, the video got all blurry. It was hard to make out details. "Can you lean closer, Lydia? Just a bit?" The video feed on the left of Abbi's screen zoomed in. "No, no! That's too much! I just need to see the app better." The plan was supposed to be simple: Lydia and Daniel would start recording in the same

她不能和他们在一起，视频通话是次佳选择。 但只要他们移动得太多，视频就会变得模糊。 很难看清细节。 “丽迪雅，你能靠近一点吗？” 就一点点？”阿比屏幕左侧的视频画面放大了。 “不,不!这太过分了！我只需要更好地看到这个应用程序。” 这个计划应该很简单：莉迪亚和丹尼尔会在同一个房间开始录音

spot as before, but this time they would stay with the equipment. Abbi was hoping she'd be able to see or hear something useful. But it was hard to make sure the settings were right from here! "Ugh," Abbi said. "If I could just be up there with you, this would be easy!" Daniel swung around, and his face appeared in his video feed. He looked worried. "Want us to come back down? We can just play a game or something instead." Abbi chewed on her lip. She didn't want to be the reason they stopped searching.

地点和以前一样，但这次他们会留在设备旁边。 阿比希望她能看到或听到一些有用的东西。 但很难确保从这里开始设置是正确的！“啊，”阿比说。 “如果我能和你在一起，事情就简单多了！”丹尼尔转过身，他的脸出现在他的视频中。 他看上去很担心。“要我们下去吗？” 我们可以玩游戏之类的。” 阿比咬着嘴唇。她不想成为他们停止搜寻的原因。

Just then, the strange noise blared through the screen! Barkley and Lydia yelped at the same time. "Sorry!" Lydia said. "I don't know what I pressed! Let me try to turn it off."

就在这时，屏幕上传来了奇怪的声音！巴克利和莉迪亚同时叫了起来。 “对不起!”利迪娅说。“我不知道我按了什么！”让我试着关掉它。”

"Wait! This is good," Abbi said. "We can follow the sound." Daniel turned the volume down so it wasn't blaring anymore. "Follow it how?" he asked. Abbi explained that if he and Lydia walked around with the phone, they could see whether the sound got louder or quieter by looking at the waves in the graph. The higher the wave, the closer they were to the source. "It's like playing hot or cold," Daniel said. Abbi snapped her fingers. "Exactly. Now, follow that noise!"

“等等!这很好，”阿比说。 “我们可以跟着声音走。” 丹尼尔把音量调小了，这样它就不再刺耳了。 “怎么跟着？”他问。 阿比解释说，如果他和莉迪亚拿着手机四处走动，他们可以通过观察图表中的声波来观察声音是变大了还是变小了。 海浪越高，他们离震源越近。 “这就像忽冷忽热，”丹尼尔说。 阿比打了个响指。“没错。 现在，跟着那声音走！”

The good news was that the sound was definitely coming from inside the house. The bad news? Lydia refused to go anywhere near it. "I didn't sign up for chasing a ghost!" Daniel sighed. "If we're gonna prove there isn't a ghost, we have to find out what is making the noise." "Okay, so you can go by yourself." She shoved Abbi's phone and mic into Daniel's hands. He shoved them right back. "No!" Daniel said. "We can't split up! That's rule number one of scary movies." "So you are scared!" Lydia cried.

好消息是，声音肯定是从房子里传来的。 坏消息呢？莉迪亚拒绝靠近它。 “我可不是来追鬼的！”丹尼尔叹了口气。 “如果我们要证明没有鬼，我们就得找出是什么发出的声音。” “好吧，那你可以自己去了。” 她把艾比的手机和麦克风塞到丹尼尔手里。 他把他们推了回去。 “不!”丹尼尔说。“我们不能分开！”这是恐怖电影的第一条规则。” “所以你害怕了！”丽迪雅哭了。