Chapter 11

Chapter Eleven The ice-cold air stings my lungs. The snowflakes are thick and heavy, but not thick and heavy enough to hide us from the monster.... "We're not out of this yet!" I cry. Meathook is lumbering toward us. A hateful roar comes from the bottom of his belly. "We can escape down the hill!" June says. Just beyond the monster, the yard slopes down, leading to the steeper, hillier street beyond.

第十一章冰冷的空气刺痛我的肺。 雪花又厚又重，但还不足以让我们躲避怪物.... “我们还没结束呢！”我哭了。 Meathook笨重地向我们走来。 一声可恨的怒吼从他的腹部发出。 “我们可以逃下山去！”6月说。 就在怪物后面，院子向下倾斜，通向另一条更陡峭、多山的街道。

ENGAGE INSTANT-INFLATE INNER TUBES. "Wait—what?" I exclaim. My buddies are already reaching down and pulling their rip cords.... POOF! POOF! POOF! The inner tubes inflate. "Guys! No inner tube here, remember? I'm a no-inner-tube guy! I'm a gum guy!" But they don't hear me. One second, June, Dirk, and Quint are sprinting ahead—next, they're on their tubes, flying down

启动瞬时充气内管。 “不过?”我惊叫。我的伙伴们已经开始往下拉他们的破绳.... 噗!噗!噗!内胎充气。 “男人!这里没有内胎，记得吗？ 我是一个没有内胎的家伙！我喜欢口香糖！”但他们听不见我的声音。 前一秒，琼、德克和昆特还在前面狂奔，下一秒，他们就上了飞机，往下飞

the hill. The ground quakes. A rumble shakes the earth and makes my soul squeak in terror. I turn just in time to see Meathook's big fist flashing in the air. "Whoa!" I cry out as I try to avoid the blow. But I'm too slow. I'm half-turned, trying to duck, when the massive hammerfist connects with my back. There's a deafening— BOING! For a second, I think I'm done for. But then I realize—no! This was actually perfect! Meathook's fist struck the shield! I cushioned the blow! My terrible dodge caused him to hit me at such an angle that I'm now sailing through the air!

山上。大地在震动。 轰隆声震动大地，使我的灵魂因恐惧而尖叫。 我转过身，正好看见米塔克的大拳头在空中一闪而过。 “哇!”我大叫一声，试图躲开那一击。 但是我太慢了。我半转身，想躲开，这时那把巨大的锤拳击中了我的背部。 有一声震耳欲聋的——砰！有那么一瞬间，我觉得我完了。 但后来我意识到——不！这真是太完美了！米索克的拳头打在了盾牌上！我减轻了打击！我可怕的闪避使他以这样一个角度打了我，我现在在空中航行！

When I land, the shield acts exactly like a sled! Unfortunately, I'm upside down on that sled. The hill is rushing up, rocket-fast. Snow in my eyes. Wind snaps and howls in my ears. I have zero control over this thing. I bang into a mailbox, and magazines dump on my head. I spin out into the street. I'd better not barf—I've got a superhero's shield, and superheroes don't barf.

当我降落时，盾牌就像一个雪橇！不幸的是，我倒在雪橇上了。 山势如火箭般迅速上升。 雪在我眼里。风在我耳边呼啸。 我无法控制这事。 我撞到了邮箱，杂志砸在我头上。 我飞快地跑到街上。 我最好不要呕吐——我有超级英雄的盾牌，而超级英雄是不会呕吐的。

I'm quickly catching up with my buddies ahead. Houses whir by. I catch a glimpse of Meathook's one huge hand. He's right behind us. I bang into a car, and the spinning stops, but I'm still zipping backward. I have a perfect view of Meathook, stomping fast, closing in! Is it close within arm's reach? And it's quite the arm SNOWBANK "Where?" I cry. "I'm backward! Give me a heads-up so that I don't plow right—!"

我很快就赶上了前面的伙伴们。 房子呼啸而过。我瞥见了米索克的一只大手。 他就在我们后面。我撞上了一辆车，旋转停止了，但我仍在向后滑行。 我可以很清楚地看到米索克，它正在加速前进，越来越近！它在伸手可及的范围内吗？ 雪银行：“在哪儿？”我哭了。 “我是落后的!提醒我一下，好让我犁得不对——！”

SLAM! There's the snowbank. I'm tossed into flight, and Meathook stumbles. MEATHOOK DOWN. The shield lands hard on the street. It's all black ice. I'm about to flip, but then— "GOTCHA, DUDE!" June shouts. I look down—June has me by my wrist. I lunge and grab Quint's hand. Quint swings then clings to

大满贯!那是雪堆。 我被抛向空中，米索克跌倒了。 MEATHOOK下来。盾牌重重地落在街上。 全是黑冰。我刚要翻筋斗，然后- “抓到你了，老兄！”6月大喊。 我低下头，琼抓住了我的手腕。 我扑过去抓住昆特的手。 昆特摇摆，然后紧紧抓住