3 The Big Jump Jumping Contest

The Big Jump Jumping Contest

大跳高比赛

"Hey, Andy," said Jill. "I bet I can jump higher than you." "I bet you can't," I said. "I bet I can," said Jill. "Let's have a jumping contest and I'll prove it!" "Anytime," I said. "Right now, if you want." "Can I be in it, too?" said Terry. "Sure," said Jill. "But you're not going to win, because I can definitely jump higher than both of you." "And I bet I can jump higher than both of you," said Terry. "And I can jump higher than both of you and me!" I said. "You can jump higher than yourself?" said Jill. "How

“嘿，安迪。”吉尔说。“我打赌我能跳得比你高。” “我打赌你不能，”我说。 “我打赌我能。”吉尔说。“我们来一场跳跃比赛，我来证明！”“随时奉陪，”我说。 “现在，如果你愿意的话。”“我也能进去吗？”特里问。 “当然可以。”吉尔说。“但是你不会赢的，因为我肯定比你们两个都跳得高。” “我打赌我能比你们俩都跳得高，”特里说。 “而且我能跳得比你我都高！”我说。 “你能跳得比自己高？”吉尔说。 “如何

is that even possible?" "You'll see," I said. "Let the big jump jumping contest begin. On the first jump, I jumped higher than Jill and Terry. On the second jump, Jill jumped higher than Terry and me.

这可能吗？”“你等着瞧吧，”我说。 “大跳高比赛开始吧。 第一跳时，我跳得比吉尔和特里还高。 在第二跳时，吉尔跳得比我和特里都高。

On the third jump, we all jumped as high as one another, but when Jill and I landed, Terry was nowhere to be seen. "He must have run away to hide when he realized that we could jump so much higher than him," I said. "I don't think so," said Jill. "Look up there!" I looked up— and there, far above us in the sky, was Terry!

第三跳时，我们都跳得和别人一样高，但当吉尔和我落地时，特里却不见了。 “当他意识到我们比他跳得高得多时，他一定是跑开躲起来了，”我说。 “我可不这么认为。”吉尔说。 “看那儿！”我抬头一看，特里就在我们头顶的天空上！

He'd jumped so high he was as high as the clouds. "Come back, Terry!" I shouted. "You win!" But Terry was too far away to hear me. And he kept going higher. And higher. And higher. "Uh-oh," I said. "If he doesn't stop, he'll end up in outer space. We have to get him back." "But how?" Jill said. "We'll never be able to reach him because neither of us can jump that high!" "I've got an idea," I said, handing Jill a pair of jet- powered jumping boots. "Put these on. I invented them in our secret underground laboratory last week. Luckily, I made two pairs." Jill and I put on the jumping boots and then we jumped as high as we could. We jumped up almost as high as the clouds, which

他跳得那么高，和云一样高。 “回来，特里！”我叫道。 “你赢了!”但特里离得太远，听不见我说话。 他继续往高处飞。甚至更高。 甚至更高。“哦哦，”我说。 “如果他不停下来，他最终会飞到外太空。 我们必须把他找回来。”“可是什么?”吉尔说。 “我们永远也够不到他，因为我们两个都跳不了那么高！”“我有个主意。”我说着，递给吉尔一双喷气动力的跳高靴。 “穿上这些。我上周在我们的秘密地下实验室里发明了它们。 幸运的是，我做了两双。” 吉尔和我穿上跳靴，然后我们尽可能地跳得高。 我们跳得几乎和云一样高，这

was quite high, but nowhere near high enough. "We need to get higher!" I said as we landed back in the treehouse— surprisingly softly thanks to the reverse- thrust feature I'd built into the jumping boots. "I've got an idea," said Jill. "Let's eat some jumping beans. I've got some right here."

相当高，但远不够高。 “我们得爬得更高！”当我们降落在树屋时，我说——由于我在跳靴上安装了反向推力功能，声音轻得出奇。 “我有个主意。”吉尔说。 “我们吃些跳豆吧。 我这儿就有一些。”