4 Shark Attack!

Chapter 4 SHARK ATTACK! "Um, there's no blue wire under the destination dial," said Andrew. Uncle Al rubbed his chin. "Problems always have more than one solution," he said. "I'll figure out another way to fix the destination dial." Judy rolled her eyes. "Can't you just use sonar or radar or something to find us?" "Did you notice the unusual color of the Water Bug?" asked Uncle Al. "Yup," said Judy. "Andrew said it was some kind of disguise coating." "It is," said Uncle Al. "The Protectum coating helps to hide the Water Bug from everyone— including me!"

第4章鲨鱼袭击！“嗯，目的地拨号下面没有蓝线，”安德鲁说。 艾尔叔叔揉了揉下巴。“问题总是有不止一个解决方案，”他说。 “我再想个办法把目的地拨号修好。” 朱迪翻了个白眼。“你就不能用声纳或雷达之类的东西找到我们吗？”“你注意到水虫不寻常的颜色了吗？”阿尔叔叔问。 “是的，”朱迪说。“安德鲁说这是某种伪装涂层。” “是的，”阿尔叔叔说。“保护膜可以帮助水虫隐藏起来，不被所有人发现——包括我！”

"Bummer!" said Judy. "But why does the Water Bug have to be hidden?" Uncle Al was quiet for a moment. "Have you guys ever heard of Soggy Bob Sloggins?" he asked. "Uh-uh," said Andrew. "Nope," said Judy. "Soggy Bob Sloggins has been stealing animals from all over the world," said Uncle Al. "Last year, he smuggled a dozen platypuses out of Australia in his suitcases. He packed a pair of pandas out of China in his trunks. The International Police caught him sneaking out of India with a pygmy elephant in a pickup truck." "Why does he want all those animals?" asked Andrew. "Soggy Bob is building Animal Universe," said Uncle Al, "the biggest theme park ever. But he doesn't care about the animals. He told a reporter that if an animal cost too much to care for, he'd stuff it!" "Oh no!" said Judy.

“笨蛋！”朱迪说。“可是水虫为什么一定要藏起来呢？”艾尔叔叔沉默了一会儿。 “你们听说过‘湿漉漉的鲍勃·斯洛金斯’吗？” “嗯嗯，”安德鲁说。“不，”朱迪说。 “湿漉漉的鲍勃·斯洛金斯一直在从世界各地偷动物，”艾尔叔叔说。 “去年，他把十几只鸭嘴兽装在手提箱里偷偷带出了澳大利亚。 他在箱子里装了一对从中国运来的熊猫。 国际警察发现他和一只小货车里的侏儒象偷偷溜出印度。” “他为什么想要那些动物？”安德鲁问。 “湿鲍勃正在建造动物宇宙，”阿尔叔叔说，“有史以来最大的主题公园。 但他不关心动物。 他告诉记者，如果一只动物太贵了，他会把它塞进肚子里！”“哦，不！”朱迪说。

"I've been working with the International Police," said Uncle Al. "We've heard that Soggy Bob wants to find and capture giant squids! He's got a huge tank ready. The sign above it says 'Soggy Bob's Giant Squidwiches—Coming Soon!'" "We can't let him do it!" said Judy. "We've got to protect them!" said Andrew. Uncle Al nodded. "I know how you feel," he said. "I made the Water Bug so I could go anywhere in the ocean and keep Soggy Bob from harming giant squids or—" Suddenly the Water Bug started to shake! The Uncle Al hologram wiggled like purple Jell-O. Then it disappeared. "Yikes!" yelled Judy, wobbling in her seat. "Why are we on spin cycle, and what happened to Uncle Al?" Andrew and Judy peered out the windshield. At first, all they saw was a gray triangle. Then they saw a smooth torpedo shape as long as a car! "It's a shark!" said Andrew.

“我一直在与国际警察合作，”艾尔叔叔说。 “我们听说湿鲍勃想要找到并捕获巨型鱿鱼！”他准备了一个巨大的坦克。 上面的牌子上写着“湿鲍勃的巨型鱿鱼三明治——即将到货！”“我们不能让他这么做！”朱迪说。 “我们必须保护他们！”安德鲁说。 艾尔叔叔点点头。“我知道你的感受，”他说。 “我做了水虫，这样我就可以去海洋的任何地方，防止潮湿的鲍勃伤害巨大的鱿鱼，或者——”突然，水虫开始颤抖！艾尔叔叔的全息图像紫色果冻一样扭动着。 然后它消失了。“哎呀！”朱迪喊道，在座位上颤抖着。 “为什么我们在旋转单车上，艾尔叔叔怎么了？”安德鲁和朱迪从挡风玻璃往外看。 起初，他们看到的只是一个灰色的三角形。 然后他们看到了一个光滑的鱼雷形状，长得像一辆车！“是鲨鱼！”安德鲁说。

The shark had chomped down on the Water Bug's bumper. It was trying to pull it off! Judy leaned close to the windshield to get a better look. "Why would a shark bite a bumper?" she asked. Andrew scratched his head. "I made the bumpers out of this special rubber blubber so the Water Bug could bounce off rocks and stuff. But it looks like rubber-blubber buggy bumpers taste good to sharks." Judy gave Andrew a nasty look. The shark let go of the bumper and cruised by the windshield. "Yaaaaah!" yelled Judy. "That's the weirdest head I've ever seen."

鲨鱼咬住了水虫的保险杠。 它想把它拉下来！朱迪凑近挡风玻璃看得更清楚。 “鲨鱼为什么要咬保险杠？”她问道。 安德鲁挠了挠头。 “我用这种特殊的橡胶脂做了保险杠，这样水虫就可以在岩石和其他东西上弹回来。 但看起来橡胶-鲸脂的甲虫保险杠对鲨鱼来说很好吃。” 朱迪恶狠狠地看了安德鲁一眼。 鲨鱼松开保险杠，沿着挡风玻璃游过去。 “啊——啊！”朱迪喊道。“这是我见过的最奇怪的脑袋。”

The shark's head was as wide as the windshield and shaped like the top of the letter T. At each end of the T, there was a big, dark eye! meep… "Hammerhead shark!" said Thudd. "Sharks use lotsa stuff to find prey. Shark skin feel things move in water. Shark ears tell if prey animal healthy or sick. Shark nose good smeller. Can feel electricity, too! Electricity come from all things that live. Come from machines! Come from Water Bug!" The shark's mouth was a curved slit filled with rows and rows of claw-like teeth! meep… "Sharks got three thousand teeth!" said Thudd. "When tooth break off, shark get new one!" "What's that yucky stuff stuck between its teeth?" asked Judy. "I think it's little pieces of the rubber-blubber bumper," said Andrew. "That shark could use a toothpick." Suddenly Andrew saw something in the rearview mirror. More torpedo-shaped creatures!

鲨鱼的头和挡风玻璃一样宽，形状像字母T的顶部。 在T字的两端各有一只又大又黑的眼睛！“锤头鲨！” “鲨鱼用很多东西来寻找猎物。 鲨鱼的皮肤能感觉到水中物体的移动。 鲨鱼的耳朵能告诉猎物是健康的还是生病的。 鲨鱼的鼻子很好闻。也能感觉到电！电来自于所有的生物。 来自机器！从水虫那儿来！”鲨鱼的嘴是一条弯曲的裂缝，里面布满了一排排像爪子一样的牙齿！“鲨鱼有三千颗牙齿！” “牙齿掉了，鲨鱼就会长新的！”“它牙缝里塞的是什么东西？”朱迪问。 “我想那是橡胶保险杠的小碎片，”安德鲁说。 “那鲨鱼可以用牙签了。” 突然，安德鲁从后视镜里看到了什么东西。 更多鱼雷形状的生物！

Lots of them! They were twisting and spinning through the water, right toward the Water Bug!

很多！他们在水中旋转着，朝着水虫的方向前进！