10 The Big Dunk

Chapter 10 THE BIG DUNK Beeper scrambled down his tree and jumped into the water. He swam between floating trees to get to Andrew and Judy. "We survived a giant tsunami!" shouted Beeper, climbing onto their tree trunk. As the wave pulled away from the island, it left the beach covered with logs. "We're getting hauled out to the deep sea!" said Judy. The wave carried them so far out that the island looked like a distant dot.

第十章大灌篮蜂爬下树，跳进水里。 他在漂浮的树木之间游向安德鲁和朱迪。 “我们在一场巨大的海啸中幸存了下来！”Beeper喊道，爬上了他们的树干。 当海浪离开小岛时，海滩上堆满了圆木。 “我们要被拖到深海里去了！”朱迪说。 海浪把他们冲得很远，小岛看起来就像一个遥远的点。

Beeper pointed toward a tangle of tree trunks floating nearby. "I saw the Time-A-Tron get dragged off with that pile of logs," he said. "I don't see it," said Andrew. "Maybe it sank," said Judy. "We can dive to look for it," said Andrew. "You remember what the Time-A-Tron said about the water?" asked Judy. "It's a little late to worry about that," said Beeper. "But look what I've got!" He unzipped his backpack and pulled out a small package of juice with a drinking straw attached. He yanked it off. "You can use this to snorkel," said Beeper. Beeper put one end of the straw in his mouth, bent the straw up, and dog-paddled with his face underwater. Beeper lifted his head and smiled. "See?" he said. He reached into his backpack, pulled off two straws, and handed them to Andrew and Judy.

呼机指着附近漂浮着的一堆纠结的树干。 “我看到时间战神和那堆木头一起被拖走了，”他说。 “我看不出来。”安德鲁说。 “也许它沉没了，”朱迪说。 “我们可以潜水去找它，”安德鲁说。 “你还记得时间战神说的关于水的事吗？”朱迪问。 “现在担心这个有点晚了，”Beeper说。 “但是看看我得到了什么！”他拉开背包的拉链，拿出一小包果汁，上面系着一根吸管。 他猛地把它扯下来。“你可以用这个潜水，”Beeper说。 Beeper把吸管的一端放进嘴里，把吸管弯起来，把脸埋在水里。 Beeper抬起头，笑了。 “看到了吗?”他说。他把手伸进背包，抽出两根吸管，递给安德鲁和朱迪。

"Breathe through your mouth," he said, "not your nose." "I know how to snorkel," said Judy. "My parents taught me when I was three." Andrew and Judy bent their straws, slipped off the tree trunk, and dipped their faces under the surface. Rays of sunlight lit the green water. On the sandy bottom, Andrew saw creatures that looked like they came from other worlds. Things that looked like giant ice cream cones with tentacles squirmed through the water. Huge bug- like animals crawled along the bottom. Fish with armored bodies swooped slowly over the sand. Wowzers schnauzers! he thought. I wish Thudd could tell me what these things are. But Thudd was tucked safely in his sandwich bag. Andrew was happy to find something he recognized—colored branches of coral like the ones he'd seen when he'd been lost on the reef.

“用嘴呼吸，”他说，“不要用鼻子。” “我知道怎么浮潜，”朱迪说。 “我三岁的时候父母就教我了。” 安德鲁和朱迪弯下吸管，从树干上滑下来，把脸浸在水面下。 阳光照亮了绿色的水面。 在沙质海底，安德鲁看到了一些看起来像是来自其他世界的生物。 看起来像巨大的冰淇淋甜筒，有触角的东西在水中蠕动。 巨大的虫状动物沿着底部爬行。 身披盔甲的鱼在沙滩上慢慢俯冲。 一雪纳瑞!他想。 我真希望泰德能告诉我这些东西是什么。 但泰德却安全地塞进了他的三明治袋里。 安德鲁很高兴找到了他认识的东西——五颜六色的珊瑚枝，就像他在珊瑚礁上迷路时看到的那样。

Something strange was moving behind a hill of coral. It looked like a giant snail shell. It was as big as a stove! Sticking out of the open end was a head that looked like a squid, but with dozens of wriggling tentacles. Woofers! thought Andrew, swimming away. Whatever that is, I hope its not hungry. Andrew felt a poke. It was Thudd. Even though he was in a plastic bag with a sandwich, he'd managed to creep to the top of Andrew's pocket. Thudd was pointing. At first, all Andrew could see was a big shadow. But then he glimpsed a silvery shine beneath the shadow—the Time-A-Tron! Andrew began to swim toward the Time-A- Tron. Thudd poked him even harder. Andrew lifted his head above the water, took the straw out of his mouth, and pulled Thudd out of his pocket. Judy popped up beside Andrew and so did Beeper. Beeper blew water out of his nose.

有个奇怪的东西在珊瑚山后面移动。 它看起来像一个巨大的蜗牛壳。 它和炉子一样大！从敞开的一端伸出来的是一个看起来像鱿鱼的头，但上面有几十条蠕动的触手。 低音!安德鲁想，游走了。 不管那是什么，我希望它不饿。 安德鲁感到被戳了一下。是砰。 尽管他和一个三明治在一个塑料袋里，他还是设法爬到了安德鲁口袋的顶部。 砰指了指。起初，安德鲁只能看到一个大影子。 但随后他瞥见了阴影下的银色光芒——时间战神！安德鲁开始向时间-创游去。 砰重重地戳了他一下。 安德鲁把头伸出水面，从嘴里拿出吸管，把萨德从口袋里拉了出来。 朱迪突然出现在安德鲁身边，Beeper也出现了。 哔哔把鼻子里的水吹出来。

"Thudd found the Time-A-Tron," said Andrew excitedly. "Let's go!" "Noop! Noop! Noop!" said Thudd, his voice muffled inside the plastic sandwich bag. "Giant armored fish down there! Called Dunkleosteus. Big as bus! Look!" Thudd pointed to his face screen. It showed a frightful face. Instead of teeth, its jaws were filled with jagged saws. "Dunkleosteus drag Time-A-Tron underwater!" Thudd continued. "Chew on Fast-Fins!" "Uh-oh," said Andrew. "I guess that's why the Time-A-Tron didn't want us going into the water." "How can we get the Dunkle-whatever away from the Time-A-Tron?" asked Judy. "I want to see the Dunkleosteus!" said Beeper. Judy rolled her eyes. "Beeper," said Andrew, "do you have any more of those sandwiches?" Beeper nodded. "I've got six left." "Yes!" said Andrew. "We can use them to lure the Dunk away from the Time-A-Tron."

“砰砰找到了时间战神。”安德鲁兴奋地说。 “我们走吧!”“等待!等待!不！”泰德说，他的声音被塑料三明治袋闷住了。 “下面有巨大的带甲鱼！”叫Dunkleosteus。 像公共汽车一样大！看!”泰德指着他的屏幕。 它露出一张可怕的脸。 它的下颚长满了锯齿状的锯，而不是牙齿。 “邓克莱斯塔斯把时间战神拖到水下！”Thudd继续说。 “咀嚼快鳍！”“哦哦，”安德鲁说。 “我想这就是为什么时代战神不想让我们下水的原因。” 朱迪问：“我们怎样才能把dunkle之类的东西从Time-A-Tron那里弄走呢？” “我想看看邓克莱斯特斯！” 朱迪翻了个白眼。“哔哔，”安德鲁说，“你还有那种三明治吗？”蜂鸣器点点头。 “我还剩六个。”“是的！”安德鲁说。 “我们可以用它们把‘灌者’从‘时空战神’那里引开。”

"I'll throw them," said Judy. "I'm the best pitcher in my softball league." "Let's throw the whole backpack," said Andrew. "It will take the Dunk longer to get the sandwiches and give us more time to get to the Time-A-Tron." "I hate to say it, Bug-Brain," said Judy. "But that's a good idea." Beeper punched Andrew on the arm. "Will you get me a new backpack?" he asked. "I want one with lots of pockets." "Sure!" Andrew smiled. "I've got an extra one at home." Beeper pulled two small black cases out of his backpack and put them into his pockets. Then he pushed the backpack toward Judy. "Here ya go!" he said. Judy pulled herself up onto the tree trunk. "Where's the Time-A-Tron?" she asked. Andrew pointed.

“我把它们扔了，”朱迪说。 “我是垒球联盟里最好的投手。” “我们把整个背包都扔了吧，”安德鲁说。 “‘灌者’会花更长的时间去买三明治，这样我们就有更多的时间去找‘时空创’了。” “我讨厌这么说，笨蛋，”朱迪说。 “但这是个好主意。”传呼机猛击安德鲁的手臂。 “你能给我买个新背包吗？”他问。 “我想要一件有很多口袋的。” “当然!”安德鲁笑了。“我家里还有一个。” Beeper从背包里拿出两个黑色的小箱子，放进口袋里。 然后他把背包推给朱迪。 “给你！”他说。朱迪爬上了树干。 “时间战神在哪里？”她问道。 安德鲁指出。