12 A Big Bat-tle

Chapter 12 A BIG BAT-TLE "Looks like a blond guy and a girl with long brown hair," said Judy, peering into the hole. "They can get us out of here!" Andrew got down on all fours and leaned over the edge. Judy knelt next to him. "Looks like the guy is putting something into a plastic bag," she said. "I can hear them talking." "This is exciting!" the guy said. "What is it, Cody?" asked the girl. "A newspaper from July 20, l969," said Cody. "Neil Armstrong Walks on the Moon." "My gosh!" said the girl. "Imagine reading a newspaper from so long ago." meep… "When paper get buried," said Thudd, "take long time to get eaten by worms and stuff. Long time to turn into good dirt.

“看起来像一个金发男孩和一个棕色长发女孩，”朱迪凝视着洞里说。 “他们能把我们弄出去！”安德鲁趴在地上，身子探过悬崖边。 朱迪跪在他旁边。她说：“看起来这家伙正在把什么东西放进塑料袋里。” “我能听到他们在说话。” “太令人兴奋了！”那人说。 “怎么了，科迪？”女孩问。 “1969年7月20日的报纸，”科迪说。 “尼尔·阿姆斯特朗在月球上行走。” “我的天哪！”女孩说。“想象一下，如果你读的是很久以前的报纸。” “纸被埋起来，”泰德说，“要花很长时间才会被虫子之类的东西吃掉。 时间长了才变成好土。

"Plastic worse. Plastic last forever. Nothing eat plastic to make dirt." Down in the hole, Cody was asking Hannah a question. "What's the most interesting thing that you found, Hannah?" he said. Hannah held up a strange-looking container. "This whale-oil lamp," she said. "It's from about 1880. Imagine eating dinner or reading books by the light of burning whale fat." Cody nodded. "Garbage dumps are history books," he said. "You can tell a lot about the way people lived from the stuff they threw away." "This place has been used as a dump for hundreds of years," said Hannah. "If we had more time to dig, I'll bet we'd find arrowheads and stone tools."

“塑料更糟。塑料经久耐用。 没有什么东西会吃塑料来制造污垢。” 在洞里，科迪正在问汉娜一个问题。 “你发现的最有趣的东西是什么，汉娜？”他说。 汉娜举起一个样子奇怪的容器。 “这盏鲸油灯，”她说。 “大约是1880年。想象一下，在燃烧鲸鱼脂肪的光线下吃饭或读书。” 科迪点点头。“垃圾场就是历史书，”他说。 “从人们扔掉的东西中，你可以了解很多他们的生活方式。” “这个地方几百年来一直被当作垃圾场，”汉娜说。 “如果我们有更多的时间挖掘，我敢打赌我们会发现箭头和石器。”

"We'll never know," said Cody. "They'll begin to bulldoze the dump tomorrow. Then they'll cover it with clean dirt and grass." Hannah shook her head. "It's hard to believe they're turning the dump into a park!"

“我们永远不会知道，”科迪说。 “他们明天就要开始铲平垃圾场了。 然后他们会用干净的泥土和草覆盖它。” 汉娜摇了摇头。“很难相信他们要把垃圾场变成公园！”

"Cheese Louise!" said Judy. "We're going to get bulldozed and buried!" "The new landfill will be cleaner than this dump," Hannah was saying. "But it's going to use up a tremendous amount of land. And they're building it close to the school, too." The sun was quickly sinking into a bright pink and orange glow. Cody looked up. "It'll be dark soon," he said. "Let's pack our backpacks and get out of here." Andrew looked Judy in the eye. "This is dangerous," he said. "But we don't have a choice. As Cody and Hannah come up the ladder, we jump onto one of their backpacks." "What if we miss when we jump?" Judy asked. "We'll be lost in that hole and never get out." The racket of the day was changing into the noises of the night—quieter noises, spookier noises. "My hands are still super-sticky from the slug slime," said Andrew. "I'll stick to whatever I touch. Wrap your arms around my waist. We'll

“奶酪露易丝！”朱迪说。 “我们要被推土机推平，然后被埋了！”“新的垃圾填埋场会比这个垃圾场干净，”汉娜说。 “但这将消耗大量的土地。 而且他们还把它建在学校附近。” 太阳很快就变成了明亮的粉红色和橙色的光芒。 科迪抬起头来。“天很快就黑了，”他说。 “让我们收拾好背包，离开这里吧。” 安德鲁看着朱迪的眼睛。 “这很危险，”他说。 “但我们别无选择。 当科迪和汉娜爬上梯子时，我们跳到他们的一个背包上。” “如果我们跳错了怎么办？”朱迪问。 “我们会迷失在那个洞里，再也出不来了。” 白天的喧闹声变成了夜晚的嘈杂声——更安静的嘈杂声，更可怕的嘈杂声。 “我的手仍然因为鼻涕虫黏液而超级粘，”安德鲁说。 “我会粘住我碰过的任何东西。 用你的手臂搂住我的腰。 我们会

jump together and I'll grab on to Cody or Hannah when they come up." It was getting dark. Colors were fading to black and white. Most of the seagulls were gone. But a flurry of small, dark shapes were darting and diving in the sky. meep… "Bats!" "Eeeuw!" Judy shuddered. "We'll never make it through the night here." "Okay," said Andrew. "Jump when I say 'Go.'" Cody climbed so quickly that he was out of the hole before they were ready. "Oh no!" said Judy. "We have one more chance," said Andrew. Hannah was climbing up. Judy leaned over to get a better look. Andrew lost his balance, and they toppled into the hole! "Errrgh!" hollered Andrew as they tumbled down and down. "Aaaaaack!" screamed Judy.

一起跳，科迪或汉娜上来时我就抓住他们。” 天渐渐黑了。颜色逐渐褪成黑白。 大部分海鸥都不见了。 但是，一群黑色的小东西在天空中飞来飞去。 meep…“蝙蝠!”“Eeeuw !”朱迪战栗。 “我们在这里熬不过今晚了。” “好吧，”安德鲁说。“我说‘走’就跳。’”科迪爬得很快，在他们准备好之前，他就爬出了洞。 “哦，不！”朱迪说。“我们还有一次机会，”安德鲁说。 汉娜正在往上爬。朱迪倾身想看得更清楚。 安德鲁失去了平衡，他们掉进了洞里！“呃！”安德鲁喊道，他们往下滚，往下滚。 “啊——啊！”朱迪尖叫道。

Booof! Andrew felt himself sinking into something as soft as a feather pillow but stringy. "We've landed in Hannah's hair!" he said. Hannah stopped climbing. Her brown hair ruffled and separated into strands. Fingertips were rushing toward them! "Super-duper pooper-scooper!" yelled Andrew. "She feels us! She'll find us! We're saved! I can even get back in time to win the Young Inventors Contest!" Hannah's slender fingers combed through her long, soft hair. "Oook! Bugs!" she said as Andrew got poked in the stomach by her pink fingernail. Andrew and Judy were caught between her fingers! They were getting swept away! "Help us, Hannah!" they screamed, but she couldn't hear them. She flicked her fingers, flinging Andrew and Judy into the air.

Booof !安德鲁觉得自己陷进了一个像羽毛枕头一样柔软的东西里。 “我们降落在汉娜的头发上了！”他说。 汉娜停止了攀爬。她的棕色头发卷曲成绺。 指尖冲向他们！“超级狗屎铲！”安德鲁喊道。 “她感觉到我们了！”她会找到我们的！我们得救了!我甚至可以及时赶回去赢得青年发明家大赛！”汉娜纤细的手指梳理着她又长又软的头发。 “Oook !虫子！”她说，这时安德鲁的肚子被她粉红色的指甲戳了一下。 安德鲁和朱迪被她抓住了！他们被冲走了！“救救我们，汉娜！”他们尖叫着，但她听不见。 她轻弹手指，把安德鲁和朱迪抛向空中。