1 Are We There Yet

Chapter 1 ARE WE THERE YET? Why are we still stuck in dinosaur time? thought ten-year-old Andrew Dubble. He was strapped inside his uncle's time-travel vehicle, the Time-A- Tron. Why aren't we heading for the Ice Age? The display on the Time-A-Tron's control panel kept blinking 65 MILLION YEARS AGO. Sitting next to Andrew was his thirteen-year-old cousin, Judy. She was pounding the Fast-Forward button on the silvery control panel. Outside a forest fire was roaring. Towers of flames were creeping closer. An asteroid the size of a city had just slammed into the Earth and set off an enormous explosion.

第一章我们到了吗？ 为什么我们还停留在恐龙时代？ 十岁的安德鲁·杜布尔想。 他被绑在他叔叔的时间旅行工具里，时间战神。 为什么我们没有走向冰河时代？ 六千五百万年前，“时空创”的控制面板上的显示屏一直在闪烁。 坐在安德鲁旁边的是他13岁的表妹朱迪。 她使劲按银色控制面板上的快进键。 外面一场森林大火正在熊熊燃烧。 熊熊的火焰越来越近。 一颗城市大小的小行星刚刚撞上了地球，引发了巨大的爆炸。

It had heated the Earth's surface to a thousand degrees and set fires all over the world. bong… "The Time-A-Tron is on its side," said the Time-A-Tron in its deep, echoey voice. "One of the Fast-Fins seems to be stuck. It is not spinning." "Hoo boy!" came a voice from the backseat. It was Beeper Jones, the boy they had rescued 300 million years ago. Beeper was wearing just a T-shirt, underpants with pictures of penguins, and a black tube tied around his waist. "I lost my camera," said Beeper. "I think it fell off my belt when I was getting into the Time-A- Tron. I gotta go get it. It's got the only photos of dinos in the whole world!" "Oh no, you don't," said Professor Winka Wilde. She grabbed Beeper by the neck of his T- shirt. They had found Professor Wilde stranded near a herd of triceratops.

它将地球表面加热到1000度，并在世界各地引发火灾。 “时间-创在它的一边。”时间-创用低沉、有回声的声音说。 “其中一只Fast-Fins似乎卡住了。 它没有旋转。”“好小子！”一个声音从后座传来。 他就是3亿年前他们救出的那个男孩——贝珀·琼斯。 Beeper只穿了一件t恤，一条印有企鹅图案的内裤，腰上系着一根黑色的管子。 “我丢了相机，”Beeper说。 “我想它是在我进入《时空争霸》的时候从腰带上掉下来的。 我得去拿。它有全世界唯一的恐龙照片！”“哦，不，你不知道，”温卡·王尔德教授说。 她一把抓住Beeper的T恤领口。 他们发现王尔德教授被困在一群三角龙附近。

"The fire will be here in seconds and the air may be too hot to breathe," said Winka. Beeper yanked himself away. In an instant he had pulled up the door in the floor and crawled into the lower compartment. "Beeper!" yelled Winka Wilde. "Get back here!" "What a bozo!" yelled Judy. "I'll get him," said Andrew, unbuckling his seat belt.

温卡说：“大火将在几秒钟内到来，空气可能太热而无法呼吸。” Beeper猛地走开了。 刹那间，他拉开了地板上的门，爬进了下层车厢。 “呼机！”温卡·王尔德喊道。 “给我回来！”“真是个笨蛋！”朱迪喊道。 “我去找他，”安德鲁说着解开了安全带。

"Noop! Noop! Noop!" squeaked a voice from Andrew's pocket. It was Thudd, Andrew's little silver robot and best friend. "Big, big danger!" bong… "Do not go after him, Master Andrew," said the Time-A-Tron. "I will seal the doors." bzerk… bzerk… bzerk… "The emergency escape!" said Andrew. sssssss… One of the Time-A-Tron's doors was sliding open! bong… "Too late!" it groaned. Andrew scrambled out of his chair. But just then Beeper yelled, "Found it." bunk… came a sound from the bottom compartment. "Get back here," said Winka sternly. "Just a minute," said Beeper. "I, uh, dropped something." bong… "What if we had taken off while you were outside, Master Beeper?" asked the Time-A- Tron.

“等待!等待!不！”安德鲁衣袋里一个声音尖声叫道。 那是泰德，安德鲁的银色小机器人，也是他最好的朋友。 “别去追他，安德鲁少爷。”时间战神说。 “我会把门锁上的。”bzerk……bzerk……bzerk……“紧急逃生！”安德鲁说。 一扇时间战神的门滑开了！“太晚了！”它呻吟道。 安德鲁从椅子上爬起来。 但就在这时，Beeper喊道：“找到了。” 从底部的车厢里传来一个声音。 “回来，”温卡严厉地说。 “等一下，”Beeper说。 “我，呃，掉东西了。” “如果我们趁你在外面的时候离开，会怎么样，哔哔少爷？”

"No way," said Beeper, crawling into the upper compartment. "Old Judy-Patootie can't even get us moving." "Eat worms!" said Judy. "We're leaving in a second!" "Not a chance," said Beeper. "Judy Dubble's in big, big trouble!" "Now stop it, you two," said Winka. She was leaning over the control panel, examining the buttons. "We need to focus on getting out of here." meep… "Gotta rock!" squeaked Thudd. Judy frowned at him. "Thudd, this is no time for music!" "Noop! Noop! Noop!" said Thudd. "Gotta rock Time-A-Tron. Rock side to side. Get Fast-Fin unstuck!" "Oh!" said Judy. "Good thinking, Thudd," said Winka. "Let's do it!" said Beeper. "On the count of three, rock left," said Andrew. "One… two… three!"

“不可能，”Beeper说着，爬进了上层车厢。 “老朱迪-帕图蒂甚至不能让我们动起来。” “吃虫子！”朱迪说。“我们马上就要出发了！”“不可能，”Beeper说。 “朱迪·达布尔有大麻烦了！”“住手，你们两个，”温卡说。 她俯身在控制面板上，检查着按钮。 “我们需要集中精力离开这里。” “得摇滚起来！” 朱迪对他皱起了眉头。“砰，没时间听音乐了！”“等待!等待!不！” “我要摇滚《时空争霸》。左右摇摆。 把快鳍弄出来！”“哦！”朱迪说。 “好主意，泰德。”温卡说。 “我们开始吧！”哔哔说。 “数到三，向左转。”安德鲁说。 “一……二……三！”

They all leaned left, then right, then back again. The Time-A-Tron rocked back and forth. bong… "Good work!" said the Time-A-Tron. "Keep going!" FLUMP! The Fast-Fin yanked free. WOOHOOOOOO! Balls of green flame shot from both of the Fast- Fins. They wrapped the Time-A-Tron in a web of light. BLAFOOOOOOOOOM!

他们都向左倾斜，然后向右倾斜，然后又向后倾斜。 时间战神来回摇摆。 “干得好！”时间战神说。 “继续!”砰然声!快鳍猛地挣脱了。 WOOHOOOOOO !绿色的火球从两根快鳍上射出。 他们用光网包裹了时空创。 BLAFOOOOOOOOOM !