2 The Raft

CHAPTER 2

第二章

The Raft "What do you want to do today?" asked Clara as the two friends met on the palace steps. "Discover a new land," said Lucas. Clara rolled her eyes. "Besides that," she said. Lucas looked toward the water. "Want to build a sand castle?" he suggested. Clara smiled. "Now, that's more like it!" she said. Lucas and Clara walked to Mermaid's Cove and worked on a sand castle all morning. The tide had nearly reached the castle. Lucas dug a path from the moat to the edge of the water. Seawater quickly began to fill the moat. Lucas plopped two hermit crabs onto the drawbridge.

“今天你想做什么？”当两个朋友在宫殿的台阶上相遇时，克拉拉问。 “发现一片新大陆，”卢卡斯说。 克拉拉翻了个白眼。“除此之外，”她说。 卢卡斯朝水面望去。 “想建一个沙堡吗？”他建议道。 克拉拉笑了。“这才像话呢！”她说。 卢卡斯和克拉拉走到美人鱼湾，整个上午都在做沙堡。 潮水几乎涨到城堡了。 卢卡斯挖了一条从护城河到水边的小路。 海水很快就开始填满护城河。 卢卡斯把两只寄居蟹扑通一声放到吊桥上。

"The hermit crabs will protect the sand castle from enemies," said Lucas. "Good idea," said Clara as she stuck a sand dollar above the castle entrance. "What shall we call our castle?" she asked. Lucas looked at their creation. The sand sparkled in the sun. The hermit crabs scuttled toward the moat. Small pieces of coral stood around the castle like leafless trees.

“寄居蟹会保护沙堡不受敌人的攻击，”卢卡斯说。 “好主意，”克拉拉说，她在城堡入口上方贴了一个沙美元。 “我们的城堡叫什么名字呢？”她问。 卢卡斯看着他们的作品。 沙子在阳光下闪闪发光。 寄居蟹飞快地向护城河走去。 小块的珊瑚像光秃秃的树一样矗立在城堡周围。

"How about Coral Castle?" he suggested. Clara smiled and brushed loose strands of hair from her face with the back of her hand. "That's perfect," she said. She began to roll up her pants. "Now let's go cool off." "Right behind you!" said Lucas. The waves rolled over their feet as they walked along the water. Then Lucas noticed something sticking out of some seaweed farther down the shore. "What's that?" he said, pointing at the tangled green mess. The children ran down the beach to see what the sea

“珊瑚城堡怎么样？”他建议道。 克拉拉笑了笑，用手背拨弄了一下脸上松散的头发。 “太完美了，”她说。 她开始卷起裤子。 “现在我们去凉快凉快吧。”“就在你后面！”卢卡斯说。 当他们在水面上行走时，波浪翻滚着打在他们的脚上。 然后卢卡斯注意到海岸远处的海藻中有什么东西伸出来。 “那是什么？”他指着那堆乱七八糟的绿色东西说。 孩子们沿着海滩跑去看海

had washed up. "It's a raft!" exclaimed Lucas. They freed the raft from the seaweed. It was made from several rows of narrow logs tied together with ropes. "It looks pretty strong," said Lucas. "Let's take it out!" Clara looked at the water. "We'd better not," she said. "The waves look kind of big."

已经洗过了。“是木筏！”卢卡斯叫道。 他们把木筏从海藻中解放出来。 它是由几排用绳子绑在一起的窄原木制成的。 “它看起来很结实，”卢卡斯说。 “我们把它拿出来吧！”克拉拉看着水。 “我们最好不要，”她说。 “海浪看起来有点大。”