6 English as a Second Language

Chapter 6 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE "Coke, wake up!" Pep shouted in her brother's ear. "Huh? What?" Her brother bolted up and shook his head, as if that would erase the bad thoughts from his brain. "I was having a dream," he said, still fuzzy. "A nightmare." "About what?" "We were floating on rafts in a lake," Coke recalled, "and then the bowler dudes tried to run us down with Jet Skis but we were rescued by Mrs. Higgins and then she tried to kill us with chloroform but we were saved by Archie Clone and then he tried to kill us in a

第六章英语作为第二语言“可乐，醒醒！”佩普在她哥哥的耳边喊道。 “嗯?什么?”她哥哥关上门，摇了摇头，好像这样就能消除他脑子里的坏念头。 “我刚刚做了一个梦，”他说，仍然有些模糊。 “噩梦”。“什么?”“我们在湖上的木筏上漂着，”科克回忆说，“然后那些玩保龄球的家伙试图用水上摩托把我们撞倒，但我们被希金斯夫人救了出来，然后她试图用氯仿杀死我们，但我们被阿奇·克隆救了出来，然后他试图杀死我们。

giant car-crushing machine and then Evil Elvis and Doominator showed up. And then Dr. Warsaw. They were all trying to do horrible things to us!" Pep motioned for her brother to look to the left, where the three aliens were staring at them intently. It didn't take a genius to realize that the situation he was currently in was not a whole lot better than his nightmare. Coke flinched. "Flog slab," said the alien across the room. "Stop saying that!" Coke shouted, getting up off the table he had been lying on. "Is that all you know how to say?" "Flog slab," said the alien in the middle. The twins both had slight headaches, but didn't realize it was because their brains had been probed. They glanced quickly around the room. All the screens and unusual equipment made it look like a hospital, or perhaps some kind of a laboratory. "Do you think they performed bizarre

巨大的汽车压路机，然后邪恶的猫王和末日终结者出现了。 然后是华沙医生。他们都想对我们做可怕的事！”佩普示意她哥哥往左边看，那三个外星人正聚精会神地盯着他们。 不需要什么天才就能意识到，他目前的处境并不比他的噩梦好多少。 可口可乐退缩。“鞭板。”房间另一头的外星人说。 “别再说了！”科克喊道，从他躺着的桌子上站了起来。 “你就会说这些吗？”“鞭板，”中间的外星人说。 这对双胞胎都有轻微的头痛，但没有意识到这是因为他们的大脑被探测了。 他们迅速扫视了一下房间。 所有的屏幕和不寻常的设备使它看起来像一个医院，或者可能是某种实验室。 “你觉得他们的表演很奇怪吗？

medical experiments on us while we were sleeping?" Pep asked. She examined her arms and legs for cuts, scars, or bruises, but found nothing. "I don't know," Coke replied. "Why don't you ask Moe, Larry, and Curly over there?" "Flog slab," said the alien on the right. "You know what?" Coke said. "I've had enough of you three." "What did you do to us?" Pep begged the aliens. "Why are we here? When will you let us go? We want to go back to our parents." "You're wasting your breath," her brother told her. "They're not going to answer. All they know how to say is flog slab." "Boolay," said the one he'd called Moe. "Boolay wow boolay." Coke and Pep looked at each other, then back at the three aliens. Pep's jaw dropped open. "What did you say?" she asked. "Boolay wow boolay," said Larry, nodding its

趁我们睡觉的时候拿我们做医学实验？”Pep问道。 她检查了自己的胳膊和腿，看有没有割伤、疤痕或瘀伤，但什么也没发现。 “我不知道，”可口可乐回答。 “你为什么不问问那边的老谋子、拉里和卷毛呢？”“鞭板，”右边的外星人说。 “你知道吗？”可口可乐表示。 “我受够你们三个了。” “你对我们做了什么？”佩普恳求外星人。 “我们为什么在这里？”你什么时候放我们走？ 我们想回到父母身边。” “你在白费口舌，”她哥哥对她说。 “他们不会回答的。 他们只会说‘鞭打板’。” “好啦，”他叫莫伊的那个说。 “喂，喂，喂。”可口可乐和佩普面面相觑，然后又看了看那三个外星人。 佩普目瞪口呆。“你说什么？”她问。 “喂，喂，喂，”拉里点头说

head. "Boolay wow boolay," said Curly. "Gurk quizzlibub," said Moe. "Gurk quizzlibub good evening gurk quizzlibub." "They're talking!" Coke exclaimed. "They're using words that sound something like our words. What do they mean?" "I don't know," Pep said, "but I'm going to figure it out." Pep loved word games and she was excellent at solving puzzles of all kinds. To a large extent, her verbal skill was the reason why she and Coke were still alive. If she hadn't been able to figure out all those ciphers along the road, there was no telling what would have happened to them. Pep faced the aliens and slowly asked, "What does boolay mean?" "Boolay wow boolay," said Moe, who appeared to be the "spokesman" for the group. "Boolay wow boolay wow." "Wait a minute. Does boolay mean 'wow'?"

头。“来啦，来啦，”卷毛说。 “问你个问题。”莫伊说。 “Gurk quizzlibub晚上好，Gurk quizzlibub ” “他们说!”可口可乐喊道。 “他们用的词听起来和我们的词很像。 这是什么意思？”“我不知道，”佩普说，“但我会想办法的。” 佩普喜欢文字游戏，她擅长解决各种各样的谜题。 在很大程度上，她的语言技巧是她和科克仍然活着的原因。 如果她没能破解路上所有的密码，谁也不知道他们会发生什么事。 佩普面对外星人，慢慢地问：“boolay是什么意思？”“哇，哇，哇，”莫伊说，他似乎是该组织的“发言人”。 “哇，哇，哇。”“等一下。 boolay是‘哇’的意思吗？”

Pep asked. "Boolay wow boolay wow," all three aliens responded, nodding their heads vigorously. "Gurk quizzlibub good evening gurk quizzlibub." "Boolay means 'wow' in their language!" Pep said, jumping up and down. "Boolay!" "Boolay wow boolay," said Curly. "You don't know that for sure," Coke told his sister. "Maybe they're just making random vocalizations, or imitating you. Like a parrot or something." "Boolay boolay boolay," said the aliens. "Gurk quizzlibub good evening gurk quizzlibub," said the one the twins had dubbed Larry. "Do you think gurk quizzlibub means 'good evening'?" Pep asked. "Maybe gurk means 'good' and quizzlibub means 'evening.'" "Don't look at me," Coke said, "I don't speak alien." "Gurk quizzlibub good evening," said Curly.

Pep问道。“布来哇，布来哇，”三个外星人回答道，使劲地点着头。 “Gurk quizzlibub晚上好，Gurk quizzlibub ” “在他们的语言中，Boolay的意思是‘哇’！”佩普说着，跳上跳下。 “Boolay !”“来啦，来啦，”卷毛说。 “你不能确定，”科克告诉他的妹妹。 “也许它们只是随机发声，或者模仿你。 像鹦鹉之类的。” “喂，喂，喂，喂，”外星人说。 “Gurk quizzlibub晚上好，Gurk quizzlibub，”双胞胎给拉里起的名字说。 “你认为gurk quizzlibub是‘晚上好’的意思吗？”Pep问道。 “也许gurk的意思是‘好’，而quizzlibub的意思是‘晚上’。“别看我，”科克说，“我不会说外星人的语言。” “Gurk quizzlibub晚上好。”卷毛说。

"Good evening gurk quizzlibub." "Yes! Yes! Yes!" Pep shouted, clapping her hands. "Yerp yes yerp yes yerp yes," said Moe. "And yerp must mean 'yes'!" Pep said. "Can you believe this? We're communicating with them!" "It sounds as if we can say any English word and they'll translate it," Coke said. "Hand," Pep said, holding up her hand for the aliens to see. "Blisky," said the aliens. "Blisky hand. Hand blisky." "Eyes," Pep said, pointing to her eyes. "Klimps," said the aliens. "Klimps eyes. Eyes klimps." "Nose," Pep said, touching her nose. "Snorfle," said the aliens. "Snorfle nose. Nose snorfle." "Spy," said Coke, wanting to get in on the conversation. "Snarg," said the aliens. "Snarg spy. Spy

“晚上好，gurk quizzlibub。” “是啊!是的!是的!”佩普喊着，拍着手。 “是的，是的，是的，是的，是的，”莫说。 “yerp的意思一定是‘是’！”Pep说。 “你能相信吗？我们正在和他们沟通！”“听起来好像我们可以说任何一个英语单词，他们就会把它翻译出来，”科克说。 “手，”佩普说，举起她的手给外星人看。 “好极了。”外星人说。 ”Blisky的手。手blisky。” “眼睛，”佩普指着她的眼睛说。 “瘸腿。”外星人说。 “Klimps眼睛。眼睛klimps。” “鼻子，”佩普摸着她的鼻子说。 “哼！”外星人说。 “Snorfle鼻子。鼻子snorfle。” “间谍，”可口可乐说，想加入谈话。 “咆哮，”外星人说。“Snarg间谍。 间谍