Chapter 3

Chapter THREE Mum, Honeyblossom, and I made our way out of the hotel and across the road to the beach. It was covered in sunloungers and umbrellas. There were food stalls nearby too, so Mum bought us some lunch and an ice cream. We found a nice spot on the sand and put our towels down. I licked my ice cream and wriggled my toes

第三章妈妈、蜜花和我走出旅馆，穿过马路来到海滩。 上面摆满了躺椅和雨伞。 附近也有大排档，所以妈妈给我们买了午餐和冰淇淋。 我们在沙滩上找了一个不错的地方，放下了毛巾。 我舔着冰淇淋，扭动着脚趾

in the warm sand while Mum changed Honeyblossom into her swimming costume.

在温暖的沙滩上，妈妈给Honeyblossom换上泳装。

'Isn't it nice Mum!' I said. 'It's lovely Isadora,' said Mum. Well done for winning the competition.' But there was a tone to her voice that made me think she wasn't completely happy. I stared round at all the people on the beach, lying on their sunloungers, playing, and eating snacks. There were a lot of them. Maybe it was too busy here for her. 'Shall we go swimming?' Mum asked. 'Come on, the sea looks sparkling!' She picked up Honeyblossom and we made our way over to the crystal clear water,

“真漂亮，妈妈！”我说。 “这是可爱的伊莎多拉，”妈妈说。 干得好，赢得了比赛。”但她的语气让我觉得她并不是很开心。 我环视着沙滩上的人们，他们躺在躺椅上玩耍，吃着零食。 他们有很多人。也许这里对她来说太忙了。 “我们去游泳好吗？”妈妈问。 “来吧，大海看起来闪闪发光！”她抱起蜂蜜花，我们朝清澈的水走去，

stopping to pick up an old empty crisp packet that was lying on the sand. 'Such a shame,' tutted Mum, as she scrunched it up to put in the bin later. We paddled into the sea and splashed about for a while. I put on my snorkel and dipped my head under the water so that I could see little silvery fish darting about, and twirly pink shells lying on the ripply sand. I could see something else too-a plastic ring with a little dinosaur on it. I reached out and grabbed it, holding it up in the air for Mum to see. 'Look!' I said. 'Treasure!' Then I slipped it onto my finger and admired it in the sunshine. Mum looked a bit troubled.

停下来捡起一个躺在沙滩上的旧的空薯片包。 “太可惜了，”妈妈嘟囔着，把它揉成一团准备扔进垃圾桶。 我们划到海里，溅了一会儿水。 我戴上呼吸管，把头伸进水里，这样我就能看到银色的小鱼在水里游来游去，还有粉红色的贝壳在荡漾的沙滩上旋转。 我还看到了别的东西——一个塑料戒指，上面有一只小恐龙。 我伸手抓住它，举在空中给妈妈看。 “看!”我说。“宝藏!”然后我把它戴在手指上，在阳光下欣赏它。 妈妈看起来有点不安。

'It's not really treasure,' she said. 'It's litter.' Just then we heard the sound of music coming across the water and we turned round to see a big boat floating on the sea. There were people in it who looked as though they were having a lot of fun. The boat came in near to the beach and stopped. Some of the people began to jump off the sides of the boat making big splashes in the water. Then I noticed a slide coming off the back of the boat. People were whizzing down it into the water, shrieking and laughing. On the side of the boat was a big sign saying: 'BOOK YOUR TOUR NOW'.

她说，这不是真正的宝藏。 “垃圾。”就在这时，我们听到水面上传来音乐声，我们转过身来，看到海面上漂着一艘大船。 里面有些人看起来好像玩得很开心。 船靠近海滩停了下来。 一些人开始从船舷上跳下来，在水里溅起很大的水花。 然后我注意到船的后部有一个滑梯。 人们尖叫着，大笑着，嗖嗖地往下冲。 船的一侧有一个大牌子，上面写着：“现在预订你的旅行”。