8 Setting Up Camp

Eight, setting up camp ON THE WAY BACKTO THEIR bunk, Harris explained to Zeke what a campout was. "Why would we sleep outside when we have a perfectly fine bunk bed in the cabin?" Zeke asked.

在回铺位的路上，哈里斯搭起帐篷，向齐克解释什么是露营。 “当我们在船舱里有一张非常好的双层床时，我们为什么要睡在外面？”齐克问道。

"Because it's fun!" Harris replied. Zeke shrugged. "I guess it's just one more Earth thing I really don't understand."

“因为它很有趣！”哈里斯说。 齐克耸耸肩。“我想这是地球上又一件我不明白的事情。”

The next morning, the campers gathered at the flagpole. They each had a backpack full of gear. "Okay, campers. Remember, no cell phones or other devices," Patrick announced. "Leave them in your bunks. We are going into the great outdoors, back to a time before technology. Follow me!"

第二天早上，营员们聚集在旗杆前。 他们每个人都有一个装满装备的背包。 “好的,露营者。记住，不要使用手机或其他设备。”帕特里克宣布。 “把它们放在你们的铺位上。 我们将进入伟大的户外，回到没有科技的时代。 跟我来!”

A line of campers followed Patrick onto a path that led deep into the woods. After hiking for about an hour, they came to a clearing. In the center was a fire pit made of stones. Okay, we made it! Wasn't that fun? Now we have to set up your tents in a circle around the fire pit," said Patrick. Harris and Zeke pulled out their tent, placed it onto the ground, then crawled inside with the tent poles to set it up.

一队露营者跟着帕特里克走上一条通往森林深处的小路。 走了大约一个小时后，他们来到一块空地。 中心是一个用石头砌成的火坑。 好了，我们成功了！那不是很有趣吗？ 现在我们要把你们的帐篷围在火坑周围，”帕特里克说。 哈里斯和齐克拿出他们的帐篷，把它放在地上，然后用帐篷的杆子爬进去把它搭好。

"I think that one goes over there, Zeke," said Harris, shoving a pole into the center of the tent. Zeke," stuck one end of a tent pole into the ground, then shoved the other end into a small pocket in the canvas flaps. But the pole popped out and poked Harris right in the butt. Then the whole tent collapsed on top of them. Both boys cracked up.

“齐克，我想那根应该放在那边。”哈里斯说着，把一根杆子塞进帐篷中央。 齐克把一根帐篷杆的一头插进地里，然后把另一头塞进帆布褶边的一个小口袋里。 但那根杆子弹了出来，正好戳中了哈里斯的屁股。 然后整个帐篷塌下来压在他们身上。 两个男孩都笑了。

"Even though I've never done this before, I don't think we're doing it right," said Zeke. Harris stuck his head out to see how the other campers were doing. Some were almost finished. Others, including Roger and Paul, were also struggling.

齐克说：“尽管我以前从未这样做过，但我认为我们做得不对。” 哈里斯探出头来，想看看其他露营者过得怎么样。 有些几乎完工了。 其他人，包括罗杰和保罗，也在挣扎。