10 An Ear-ly Landing

Chapter 10 AN EAR-LY LANDING Uncle Al rubbed his chin. "I had thought you could slip through the cells in my eardrum. The eardrum is just a thin piece of skin. But you're much too big for that now." Andrew looked around the ear cave. His light fell on a round opening near his feet. He leaned down to look into the hole, but all he could see was a dark tunnel. "There's a hole under the ear bones," said Andrew. "It's big enough for us to squeeze into." meep… "Eustachian tube," said Thudd. "Connect ear to back of nose."

第十章提早着陆艾尔叔叔揉了揉下巴。 “我还以为你能从我耳膜的细胞里钻出来呢。 鼓膜只是一层薄薄的皮肤。 但你现在已经长大了。” 安德鲁环顾了一下耳洞。 他的灯光照在脚边的一个圆口上。 他俯下身往洞里看，但他所能看到的只是一条黑暗的隧道。 “耳骨下面有个洞，”安德鲁说。 “它足够大，我们可以挤进去。” “咽鼓管。” “把耳朵接到鼻子后面。”

Uncle Al smiled. "You guys can slip into the Eustachian tube and get to the back of my nose," he said. "From there, you can crawl down through my nose and out!" "Eeeew!" said Judy. "Okey-dokey, Unkie," said Thudd. "Let's go!" said Andrew. He slipped into the Eustachian tube and Judy followed. The way down was steep and tight and damp. As Andrew slid down, the tube got tighter and tighter. He had to push himself through. I'm growing fast, he thought.

艾尔叔叔笑了。“你们可以溜进咽鼓管，摸到我的鼻子后面，”他说。 “从那里，你可以从我的鼻子里爬出来！”朱蒂说：“噫！” “好吧，好吧，昂基。” “我们走吧！”安德鲁说。他溜进了咽鼓管，朱迪跟着他。 下山的路又陡又窄又潮湿。 随着安德鲁往下滑，管子越来越紧。 他必须把自己推过去。 我长得很快，他想。

Andrew plopped onto a gooey, slippery shelf in a dark cave much larger than the inside of Uncle Al's ear. meep… "Drewd at back of Unkie's nose now," said Thudd. "Lotsa nose goo here, called mucus." Andrew felt something moving him backward. Below him, under the goo, he could make out a carpet of tiny, waving hairs. They were working like a slimy conveyor belt, dragging him to the back of Uncle Al's nose.

安德鲁扑通一声落在一个比阿尔叔叔耳朵里大得多的黑暗洞穴里一个黏糊糊、滑溜溜的架子上。 “现在德鲁在昂基的鼻子后面了。” “鼻子里有很多黏液，叫粘液。” 安德鲁感到有什么东西在把他往后推。 在他下面，在粘稠的下面，他可以辨认出一层微小的、飘动的毛发。 他们就像一条黏糊糊的传送带，把他拖到阿尔叔叔的鼻子后面。

"What's moving me?" asked Andrew. meep… "Little hairs under mucus called cilia," said Thudd. "Mucus catch dirt. Catch germs. Cilia move mucus from back of nose to back of throat. Then mucus get swallowed." "Whoa!" Judy came sliding down and landed on a shelf-like place below Andrew "I'm soaked in Uncle Al's nose goo!" said Judy. A strong wind whipped by them, dragging them backward through the goo. And in a second, the

“是什么让我感动？”安德鲁问。 “粘液下面的小毛，叫做纤毛。” “粘液能吸附灰尘。捕捉细菌。 纤毛将粘液从鼻后移动到喉咙后。 然后粘液被吞下。” “哇!”朱迪滑了下来，落在安德鲁下面一个像架子一样的地方。“我被阿尔叔叔的鼻子弄得湿透了！”朱迪说。 一阵强风刮过他们，把他们向后拖过粘稠的东西。 一秒钟后，

wind changed direction and nearly yanked them down from their slimy shelves. "It's Uncle Al breathing," said Andrew. Uncle Al's eyes squeezed shut and his mouth opened. "Uh-oh," he said. "You're tick-link the back of my nose. Ahm tryink not to shneeze." Eek! squeaked Thudd. "Sneeze can go two hundred miles an hour. Fast as winds of hurricane! Fast as winds of tornado!" Uncle Al's face was getting redder. His eyes were bulging. His cheeks puffed out like a chipmunk storing nuts for the winter. "AHH… AHHH… AHHHH…" —Uncle Al looked as though he was about to explode— "CHOOOOOOOOOO!"

风改变了方向，差点把它们从粘糊糊的架子上刮下来。 “是阿尔叔叔在呼吸。”安德鲁说。 艾尔叔叔闭上了眼睛，张开了嘴。 “哦哦，”他说。“你是我的鼻梁。 嗯，我尽量不打喷嚏。” 唷!Thudd吱吱地。“喷嚏每小时能跑两百英里。 快如飓风！像龙卷风一样快！”艾尔叔叔的脸越来越红了。 他的眼睛鼓了起来。他的脸颊鼓了起来，就像一只为冬天储存坚果的花栗鼠。 “啊……啊……啊……”——艾尔叔叔看起来好像要爆炸了——“啊……啊……”

Suddenly Andrew and Judy were flying through space like Superman and Super-woman. "Yeoooow!" hollered Andrew. His stomach flip- flopped as he zoomed through the air. Everything was a blur. He whammed into something soft and bounced away. He waved his arms to grab whatever he could. He caught something and hung on. Andrew was hanging down into empty space and seeing double. He was dizzy from the flying and falling and flip-flopping. But he had a grip on something soft and tan.

突然，安德鲁和朱迪像超人和女超人一样在太空中飞行。 “耶！”安德鲁叫道。 当他在空中急速飞行时，他的胃扑通一跳。 一切都是一片模糊。他撞到软的东西上又弹开了。 他挥舞着双臂，想抓住他能抓住的任何东西。 他抓住了什么东西，紧紧抓住。 安德鲁悬在空中，看到了双重的东西。 他因为飞来飞去、摔下来、翻筋斗而头晕目眩。 但他抓住了一个柔软的棕褐色的东西。