3 Going Down!

Chapter 3 GOING DOWN! "Yikes!" yelled Judy. "Yowzers!" yelled Andrew. "Yeep!" squeaked Thudd. The Water Bug sped down and down. Slanted beams of sunlight lit up the blue-green world below. A dial on the dashboard measured how deep they were. The meter said ten feet, then twenty feet, then thirty feet. Judy shook her head. "Well, smarty-pants," she said. "You've gotten us into giant trouble again! The air in here won't last long."

第三章往下走！“哎呀！”朱迪叫道。 “尤尔斯！”安德鲁喊道。“耶！”泰德尖声说。 水虫飞快地往下坠。 倾斜的阳光照亮了下面蓝绿色的世界。 仪表盘上的一个刻度盘测量了它们的深度。 计价器显示10英尺，然后是20英尺，然后是30英尺。 朱迪摇了摇头。“好吧，自作聪明的人，”她说。 “你又给我们惹了大麻烦！”这里的空气撑不了多久。”

meep… "Water Bug got gills on doors," said Thudd. "Pull oxygen from water same way fish do. Lotsa oxygen molecules in water." "Good!" said Judy. "At least well be breathing when some gross sea monster turns us into a snack. Maybe it will be one of those giant squids! What are those things anyway?" meep… "Giant squid strange, strange, strange!" said Thudd. "Cousin of octopus. Long as two school buses! Got eyes the size of dinner plates! No human ever seen giant squid alive. Look!" Thudd pointed to his face screen. "Wowzers schnauzers!" said Andrew. "It looks kind of interesting."

“水虫的鳃长在门上。” “像鱼一样从水中吸收氧气。 水中有很多氧分子。” “很好！”朱迪说。“当某个恶心的海怪把我们变成零食的时候，至少我们还能呼吸。 也许会是一只巨大的鱿鱼！“大乌贼真奇怪，真奇怪，真奇怪！” “章鱼的表亲。只要两辆校车！眼睛有餐盘那么大！没有人见过活着的巨型乌贼。 看!”泰德指着他的屏幕。 “哇兹雪纳瑞！”安德鲁说。 “看起来挺有意思的。”

Judy rolled her eyes. "Oh brother!" she said. "Come on, guys. Let's figure out some way to get back. Quick!" Andrew studied the buttons and dials. "Hmmm…," he said. Judy groaned. "'Hmmm' does not sound like someone who knows what he's doing." meep… "Thudd call Uncle Al," said Thudd. There were three rows of buttons on Thudd's chest. They all glowed green except for the big purple button in the middle. This was the one Thudd used to send emergency messages to Uncle Al. Thudd pressed the big purple button. It blinked three times. Colors flashed beneath the glass floor. Judy leaned down to see. "Look at this!" she said. Below the Water Bug swam schools of fish. Their colors weren't like the colors on land. They glowed like jewels. Some fish were such a bright

朱迪翻了个白眼。“哦，兄弟！”她说。 “来吧，伙计们。我们想办法回去吧。 快!”安德鲁研究着按钮和刻度盘。 “嗯……”他说。朱迪呻吟着。 “‘嗯哼’听起来不像是一个知道自己在做什么的人。” “砰，给阿尔叔叔打电话，”砰说。 泰德的胸前有三排钮扣。 除了中间那颗紫色的大纽扣外，它们都是绿色的。 这是泰德用来给艾尔叔叔发紧急信息的手机。 砰地按了一下紫色的大按钮。 它眨了三次。玻璃地板下闪烁着色彩。 朱迪俯下身去看。“看看这个！”她说。 在水虫的下面游着成群的鱼。 它们的颜色不像陆地上的颜色。 它们像珠宝一样闪闪发光。有些鱼是如此明亮

blue, they looked like they had light bulbs inside them. Hundreds of lemon yellow fish shaped like dinner plates fluttered by. They moved together so perfectly they seemed to be part of one big animal. There were orange fish with purple tiger stripes, green fish speckled with neon blue spots, and fish the color of yellow and orange flames. Thousands of finger-sized silver fish whirled around and around and made a huge ball shape.

蓝色的，看起来像里面装了灯泡。 数百条形状像餐盘的柠檬黄鱼扑腾而过。 它们移动得如此完美，就像一个大动物的一部分。 橙色的鱼身上有紫色的虎纹，绿色的鱼身上有霓虹蓝色的斑点，还有黄色和橙色火焰的鱼。 成千上万只手指大小的银鱼一圈一圈地旋转，形成了一个巨大的球形。

meep… "Little fish swim together, look like one big fish," said Thudd. "Try to fool big fish looking for little fish." "The water is green here," said Andrew. "It was blue when we were near the shore." meep… "Water green cuz lotsa tiny green plants floating here," said Thudd. "Lotsa tiny animals, too. Floating stuff called plankton. Green water mean lotsa plankton. Lotsa food for fish!" Judy pointed to a fish that looked like it was made from black and orange puzzle pieces. "That's the official state fish of Hawai'i," she said. "It's called the humu humu nuku nuku apu ah ah!" Andrew laughed. "I think they picked it because everybody likes to say 'humu humu nuku nuku apu ah ah.'" Suddenly the big purple button in the middle of Thudd's chest began to blink. It popped open and a beam of purple light zoomed out. At the end of the beam, a purple hologram of Uncle Al appeared on the dashboard.

“小鱼一起游，看起来像一条大鱼。” “找小鱼骗大鱼。” “这里的水是绿色的，”安德鲁说。 “我们靠近海岸的时候，天是蓝色的。” “水是绿色的，因为有很多绿色的小植物漂浮在这里，”泰德说。 “还有很多小动物。浮游生物。 绿色的水意味着大量的浮游生物。 有很多鱼吃的！”朱迪指着一条鱼，它看起来像是用黑色和橙色的拼图片拼成的。 “那是夏威夷的官方州鱼，”她说。 “这叫humu humu nuku nuku apu啊啊！”安德鲁笑了。 “我认为他们选择这个名字是因为每个人都喜欢说‘humu humu nuku nuku apu ah ah’。突然间，泰德胸前那颗紫色的大扣子开始闪烁起来。 它突然打开，一束紫光嗖地射了出来。 在光束的末端，阿尔叔叔的紫色全息图出现在仪表板上。

"Hey there!" said the Uncle Al hologram. "Where are you guys?" With his hologram, Uncle Al could hear them but not see them. "Um, we're in the water," said Andrew. Uncle Al shook his head. "I know you love the ocean," he said. "But we have to have breakfast and leave for the airport. It's not time for swimming." "We're not swimming!" said Judy. "We're trapped in the Water Bug in the middle of the ocean!"

“嘿，你们好！”阿尔叔叔全息图说。 “你们在哪儿？”有了他的全息影像，阿尔叔叔可以听到他们，但看不到他们。 “嗯，我们在水里，”安德鲁说。 艾尔叔叔摇了摇头。“我知道你喜欢海洋，”他说。 “但我们必须吃完早餐，然后动身去机场。 现在不是游泳的时候。” “我们不是在游泳！”朱迪说。 “我们被困在大海中央的水虫号里了！”