微观世界儿童百科 · 06 In the Whale
Chapter 5 BLUFFOOOWEEE! Andrew struggled through the hole with the booby. Ploorp! He splashed down into a dark space. Wetness squished around him. I wish I had my flashlight, he thought. "Gack!" said the booby. Andrew patted the booby's head. "Yerrrgh!" came Judy's voice in the darkness. "I'm stuck! It feels like I'm being squeezed through a keyhole!" "Um, try to push," said Andrew. "Do you want me to pull your head or something?"
第5章虚张声势!安德鲁带着鲣鸟挣扎着穿过洞。 Ploorp !他扑通一声落到一片黑暗的地方。 他周围湿漉漉的。 真希望我有手电筒,他想。 “嘎!”鲣鸟说。安德鲁拍了拍鲣鸟的头。 “耶!”黑暗中传来朱迪的声音。 “我困!感觉就像被人从钥匙孔里挤了出来!”“嗯,试着推一下,”安德鲁说。 “你想让我扯你的头还是怎么的?”
"No way, Bug-Brain!" said Judy. She grunted and struggled. "Okay okay" she sighed. "When I count to three, you pull my head and I'll push." Andrew put down the booby, felt around for Judy's head, and grabbed it. "One… two… three!" said Judy. Andrew yanked, Judy shoved, and finally— Ploorp! Judy ended up in the third stomach, too. As she poked the flashlight through the darkness, they saw they had landed in a place that looked like the inside of a green balloon. Sticky yellow-green goo was squirting out from a hose- like opening on one side of it. meep… "More juice to digest stuff," said Thudd. "From liver." Bluuuuuurf! A river of pink mush poured in from the second stomach. It didn't look like krill anymore.
“不可能,笨蛋!”朱迪说。 她咕哝着,挣扎着。 “好吧,好吧,”她叹了口气。“当我数到三的时候,你拉我的头,我推。” 安德鲁放下鲣鸟,伸手去摸朱迪的头,一把抓住了它。 “一……二……三!”朱迪说。 安德鲁猛拉,朱迪推,最后——噗!朱迪最后也进了第三个胃。 当她把手电筒在黑暗中拨开时,他们看到他们降落在一个地方,看起来像是一个绿色气球的内部。 黏糊糊的黄绿色的东西正从它一侧一个像软管一样的开口里喷出来。 “更多的果汁来消化东西。”泰德说。 “从肝。”Bluuuuuurf !一股粉红色的糊状物从第二个胃里涌了出来。 它看起来不再像磷虾了。
"What time is it, Thudd?" asked Judy. meep… "Two o'clock," said Thudd. "So we have to get out of this whale before four o'clock," said Judy. "Before our Bubble Duds start
“现在几点了,泰德?”朱迪问。 “两点钟。”泰德说。 “所以我们必须在四点之前离开这条鲸鱼,”朱迪说。 “在我们的泡泡玩具开始之前
to fall apart and we turn into whale chow." THUMPA THUMPA THUMPA They were closer to the whale's heart. There was another, quieter sound, too. thumpa thumpa thumpa "It sounds like the whale has two hearts!" said Andrew. "Maybe it's an echo," said Judy. meep… "Not echo," said Thudd. "Sound echo off of hard stuff. Rocks. Metal. Whale made out of soft stuff. Whale not got two hearts, either. Big whale got baby whale inside." "Wow!" said Judy. "Jumping gerbils!" said Andrew. The last stomach gave them one more squirt of liver juice. Then it started to squeeze them out into something that seemed like a tight pink stocking. Andrew went in headfirst, holding the booby in front of him. It was slippery inside, and fuzzy, too, like a towel.
分崩离析,我们变成了鲸鱼的食物。” 他们离鲸鱼的心脏更近了。 还有另一种更安静的声音。 “听起来鲸鱼好像有两颗心!”安德鲁说。 “也许是回声,”朱迪说。 “不是回声。”泰德说。 硬物发出的回声。 岩石。金属。用柔软的东西做成的鲸鱼。 鲸鱼也没有两颗心。 大鲸肚子里有小鲸。” “哇!”朱迪说。“跳沙鼠!”安德鲁说。 最后一个胃又给了他们一喷肝汁。 然后,它开始把它们挤进一个看起来像粉色紧身袜子的东西里。 安德鲁头朝前走了进去,手里拿着那只鲣鸟。 里面很滑,而且像毛巾一样毛茸茸的。
The pink tube squeezed and tugged. It was like being inside a boa constrictor. "Yuck-a-rama!" said Judy. meep… "Intestines!" said Thudd. "This part is small intestine. Fuzzy stuff pull food molecules into blood." Judy groaned. "There's only one thing that interests me about intestines. Getting out of them! It could take hours for the intestines to shove us out. We've got to get out fast! Move it, Andrew!" "Woofers!" said Andrew, crawling along and pushing the booby ahead of him. "It's so hot and stinky in here." meep… "Whales got warm blood, like humans," said Thudd. "Whales got same temperature as humans. That why whale got lots of blubber fat. Keep whale warm in cold water. Like fur keep polar bear warm in cold air. Lotsa years ago, people hunt whales for blubber. Melt blubber fat. Make oil. Use oil to burn in lamps. Make candles, soap, lotsa stuff." Spluuurt!
粉红色的管子又挤又拉。 就像在一条大蟒蛇里面一样。 “哎呀!”朱迪说。“肠子!” “这部分是小肠。 毛茸茸的东西把食物分子拉进血液。” 朱迪呻吟着。“关于肠道,只有一件事让我感兴趣。 摆脱他们!肠子要花好几个小时才能把我们赶出去。 我们得赶快出去!让开,安德鲁!”“低音炮!”安德鲁一边说,一边爬着向前推着那只鲣鸟。 “这里又热又臭。” “鲸鱼和人类一样,也有温血。” “鲸鱼的体温和人类一样。 这就是为什么鲸鱼有很多鲸脂脂肪。 让鲸鱼在冷水中保持温暖。 就像皮毛让北极熊在寒冷的空气中保持温暖一样。 很多年前,人们捕杀鲸鱼是为了获取鲸脂。 融化鲸脂。使石油。 在灯里用油燃烧。做蜡烛,肥皂,很多东西。” Spluuurt !
Slimy juices were squirting out of the intestine. "Gack! Gack!" said the booby. Andrew could feel it trying to flap its wings. "It's okay, little buddy," he said. "We'll get out soon—I hope." Judy passed the flashlight up to Andrew as they shoved their way through the goo. meep… "Whale intestine five hundred feet long," said Thudd. "Almost long as two football fields. Human intestine thirteen feet long." A soft rumble came up behind them. FFFLOOOOOOOOF! A big puff of wind, like air bursting out of a balloon, blew past them. "Pee-YEW!" said Judy. "That was unbelievably stinky!" meep… "Lotsa little bacteria eat stuff in intestine," said Thudd. "Yum!" said Judy. meep… "Then bacteria burp up stinky gas. Gas move through intestine. Make big noise!"
黏糊糊的汁液正从肠子里喷出来。 “Gack !“嘎!”鲣鸟说。 安德鲁能感觉到它在努力拍打翅膀。 “没事的,小家伙,”他说。 “我希望我们很快就能出去。” 朱迪把手电筒递给安德鲁,他们挤过粘稠的东西。 “鲸肠有五百英尺长,”萨德说。 “几乎有两个足球场那么长。 人的肠子有十三英尺长。” 他们身后传来一阵轻微的隆隆声。 FFFLOOOOOOOOF !一阵风从他们身边吹过,就像从气球里吹出来的空气。 “嘘!”朱迪说。“很多小细菌会吃肠道里的东西。” “好吃!”朱迪说。然后细菌就会呼出臭气。 气体穿过肠道。 大声点!”
