27 Let’s Turn It Up a Little

Chapter 27 LET'S TURN IT UP A LITTLE A thunderstorm was on the horizon as Dr. McDonald flipped on the wipers and steered the RV back on Route 48 heading west. To his relief, the GPS began working again as soon as he left the state park. It was a quick ten miles to the small town of Menlo, and from there just two miles until this appeared.... "Woo-hoo!" yelled Coke. "Sweet home Alabama! Hey, can you guys name two things that the following people have in common? Hank Aaron, George Washington Carver, Nat King Cole, Helen Keller, Joe Louis, Willie Mays, Jesse Owens, and Satchel Paige."

第二十七章让我们把声音开大一点。 麦克唐纳打开雨刷，把房车开回48号公路，向西驶去。 让他松了一口气的是，他一离开州立公园，GPS就开始工作了。 到门罗小镇十英里的路程很快，从那里到这个....只有两英里 “哇嗬！”可口可乐喊道。“可爱的家乡阿拉巴马！嘿，你们能说出下面这些人的两个共同点吗？ 汉克·亚伦、乔治·华盛顿·卡弗、纳特·金·科尔、海伦·凯勒、乔·路易斯、威利·梅斯、杰西·欧文斯和书包·佩奇。”

"They were all from Alabama?" guessed Pep. "That's only one thing they have in common," Coke said. "The other thing was that they were all human beings." "You're a moron." "Don't call your brother a moron," said Mrs. McDonald. She dropped her dog-eared copy of Georgia Off the Beaten Path into the garbage bag and took her brand-new Alabama Family Adventure Guide out of the glove compartment. "What's the plan for Alabama, Mom?" Pep

“他们都是从亚拉巴马州来的？” “这是他们唯一的共同点，”科克说。 “另一件事是，他们都是人。” “你是个白痴。”“别叫你弟弟白痴，”麦克唐纳太太说。 她把她那本卷角的《乔治亚远离人迹罕至》扔进了垃圾袋，又从仪表盘里拿出了她那本崭新的《阿拉巴马家庭冒险指南》。 “去阿拉巴马的计划是什么，妈妈？”鼓舞士气的

asked. "It's starting to come down hard," said Dr. McDonald. "Let's keep the driving to a minimum today, okay?" "Well, there's the MOOseum in Montgomery," said Mrs. McDonald. "It tells the history of beef and cattle. And they have a pest control museum in Decatur." "Great," said Dr. McDonald with a groan. "A museum devoted to bugs." "Let's see," Mrs. McDonald continued. "There's a spear-hunting museum in Summerdale. And at the Hall of History Museum in Bessemer, they have Adolph Hitler's typewriter!" "Why is Hitler's typewriter in Alabama?" asked Pep. "It doesn't say," her mother replied. "Hmm, this is interesting. In the town of Sylacauga, there's a monument to a lady who got hit by a meteorite that crashed through the roof of her house in 1954. And in the same town, they have

问。“它开始严重下降，”博士说。 麦当劳。“今天我们尽量少开车，好吗？”“嗯，蒙哥马利有个MOOseum，”麦克唐纳太太说。 “它讲述了牛肉和牛的历史。 他们在迪凯特有一个害虫防治博物馆。” “太好了，”麦克唐纳医生呻吟着说。 “一个专门展示虫子的博物馆。” “让我看看，”麦克唐纳太太继续说。 “在萨默代尔有一个长矛狩猎博物馆。 在贝塞麦的历史博物馆大厅里，他们有阿道夫·希特勒的打字机！”“为什么希特勒的打字机在阿拉巴马州？”佩普问。 “上面没说，”她妈妈回答。 “嗯，这很有趣。 在Sylacauga镇，有一座纪念碑，纪念一位女士，她在1954年被一颗陨石击中，陨石穿过了她的屋顶。 在同一个城镇，他们做到了

a tribute to Gomer Pyle...." "Who's Gomer Pyle?" the twins asked, in unison. "Never mind," replied both parents. "Well, you'll be pleased to hear that we're not going to any of those places," said Mrs. McDonald. "Yay!" "So where are we going?" asked Coke. "Wherever it is, it won't be much fun in the rain." "Oh, you'll see," said his mother. "Stay on Route 117, Ben." Outside, the sky was getting darker and more ominous. A few small towns passed by—Valley Head, Henagar—as they traveled across rural northern Alabama. It was pretty, but after a while pretty loses its appeal and the human brain yearns for "different" instead. "Are we there yet?" asked Pep an hour after they had crossed the state line. "Color me officially bored."

向戈默·派尔致敬....” “高梅·派尔是谁？”双胞胎异口同声地问。 “没关系，”父母都回答。 “好吧，你会很高兴听到我们不去那些地方的，”麦克唐纳太太说。 “耶!”“那我们要去哪里？”可口可乐问道。 “不管它在哪里，在雨中都不会有多大乐趣。” “哦，你会看到的，”他妈妈说。 “继续走117号公路，本。”外面的天空越来越暗，越来越不祥。 当他们穿越阿拉巴马州北部的乡村时，有几个小镇经过了山谷头和赫纳加。 它很漂亮，但过了一段时间，漂亮就失去了吸引力，人类的大脑转而渴望“不同”。 “我们到了吗？”他们越过州界一个小时后，佩普问道。 “给我涂上无聊的颜色。”

They stopped for lunch at the side of the road near Guntersville Lake, but didn't get out of the RV because of the rain coming down. After lunch they switched to Route 72 West. It wasn't long before they reached the outskirts of a large city—Huntsville, Alabama. Dr. McDonald pulled off the highway just past the University of Alabama campus. A strange sight came into view: three or four huge, white rockets pointing toward the sky. He pulled into a parking lot. The rain had tapered off a bit, but now there was lightning and the rumble of thunder in the distant sky. "Is this where we're going today?" asked Coke. "Yup," said Mrs. McDonald. "Oh," Pep said, disappointed. "Rockets are cool," said Coke. "You think anything that ignites is cool." "Well, anything that ignites is cool." Huntsville, Alabama, is known as the rocket capital of the world. It was here where the

他们在冈特斯维尔湖附近的路边停下来吃午饭，但因为下起了雨，他们没有下车。 午饭后，他们转到72号西公路。 没过多久，他们就到达了一个大城市的郊区——阿拉巴马州的亨茨维尔。 麦克唐纳博士把车停在高速公路上，正好经过阿拉巴马大学校园。 一个奇怪的景象映入眼帘：三四个巨大的白色火箭指向天空。 他把车开进了一个停车场。 雨已经小了一点，但现在远处的天空中有闪电和隆隆的雷声。 “这就是我们今天要去的地方吗？”可口可乐问道。 “是的，”麦克唐纳太太说。 “哦，”佩普失望地说。 “火箭很酷，”可口可乐说。 “你认为任何能点火的东西都很酷。” “嗯，任何能点火的东西都很酷。” 阿拉巴马州的亨茨维尔被称为世界火箭之都。 就是在这里

rockets were developed to put our astronauts in orbit around the earth and on the moon. Parts of the space shuttle and the International Space Station were designed here too. "The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is a museum devoted to the space program," Mrs. McDonald read from her guidebook. "The Apollo 16 capsule is here, as well as a full-size replica of a Saturn V rocket. They have all kinds of interactive exhibits, demonstrations, and IMAX movies. They even have a rock that was brought back from the moon."

研制火箭是为了把我们的宇航员送入地球和月球的轨道。 航天飞机和国际空间站的部分部件也是在这里设计的。 “美国太空与火箭中心是一个致力于太空计划的博物馆，”麦克唐纳夫人从她的旅游指南上读到。 “阿波罗16号太空舱在这里，还有一个全尺寸的土星5号火箭复制品。 他们有各种各样的互动展览、演示和IMAX电影。 他们甚至有一块从月球带回来的岩石。”