小屁孩树屋历险记 · 05 The 65-Storey Treehouse
CHAPTER 7 STONE AGE ART SCHOOL We swirl and swirl and swirl until, finally, the wheelie bin lands.
第七章石器时代艺术学校我们不停地旋转,旋转,旋转,直到最后,轮式垃圾箱着陆。
Terry is studying the chronometer. 'Well,' I say, 'is this six and a half years before the treehouse was built?' 'Um… not exactly,' says Terry, 'but we're definitely getting closer… now we're in the year 65,000 BC.' I open the lid of the bin. 'Wow, look!' I say. 'Cave men!' 'And cave women!' says Terry. 'And cave children and… cave dogs!' 'They don't look very happy,' I say. 'No,' says Terry. 'They look kind of bored.'
特里正在研究计时器。 “嗯,”我说,“这是在树屋建成之前的六年半吗?”“嗯……不完全是,”特里说,“但我们肯定越来越接近了……现在我们到了公元前65000年。”我打开垃圾桶的盖子。 “哇,你看!”我说。“洞穴人!“还有山洞女人!”特里说。 “还有洞穴里的孩子和……洞穴里的狗!”“他们看起来不太高兴,”我说。 “不,”特里说。“他们看起来有点无聊。”
'Well, it's no wonder, really,' I say. 'I mean, they are living in the Stone Age. All the really good stuff hasn't been invented yet. There are no books, no TV, no treehouses! There's nothing to do.'
“哦,这并不奇怪,真的,”我说。 “我的意思是,他们生活在石器时代。 所有真正的好东西还没有被发明出来。 没有书,没有电视,没有树屋!没有什么可做的。”
Terry goes up to them and says, 'Hi, I'm Terry. How are you?' 'Bored,' says a cave man. 'Why don't you draw something?' says Terry. 'That's what I do when I'm bored.' '"Draw something"?' grunts one of the cave men. 'What is "draw"? What is "something"?' 'What is "draw something"?' says one of the cave
特里走上前对他们说:“嗨,我是特里。 你好吗?“无聊,”一个穴居人说。 “你为什么不画点什么呢?”特里说。 “我无聊的时候就这么干。“画点什么?”一个穴居人咕哝着说。 “draw是什么?”什么是“某事”?“什么是‘draw something’?”洞穴里的一个人说
