2 Paulo

Chapter 2 Paulo "Ooh, I hope we're right about this being the Amazon," said Sofia. "My mom says millions of animal species live here."

“哦，我希望我们是对的，这里是亚马逊，”索菲亚说。 “我妈妈说这里生活着数百万种动物。”

She leaned over the rail toward the densely wooded riverbank, scanning the tall, skinny trees and the vines and bushes for signs of animal life. Max tugged on the back of her shirt. "I know you love animals," he said with a grin. "But don't fall in!" "I can't see anything from here anyway," Sofia sighed. "Let's go below deck," Max suggested. "There might be some stuff down there that can help us figure out what we're here to do." They hurried over to the wooden hatch, which led to a metal ladder. Rung by rung, they climbed down to the cabin, which was illuminated by sunlight streaming through the portholes. They raced past the small kitchenette and stopped beside a long, low bookshelf. A giant atlas lay on a table, just as it had on their last adventure. As Max and Sofia came closer, the book flipped open, and its pages turned quickly in a blur and finally settled down. "We are in the Amazon rain forest," Sofia declared, pointing at the page. "In Brazil. See?"

她从栏杆上探过身子，朝着树木茂密的河岸，扫视着又高又瘦的树木、藤蔓和灌木丛，寻找动物的踪迹。 麦克斯拽了拽她的衬衣后摆。 “我知道你喜欢动物，”他笑着说。 “但是不要掉进去！”“反正我在这儿什么也看不见。”索非亚叹了口气。 “我们到甲板下面去吧。”麦克斯建议道。 “那里可能有一些东西可以帮助我们弄清楚我们在这里要做什么。” 他们急忙走到木舱口，那里有一架金属梯子。 他们一阶一阶地爬下船舱，阳光透过舷窗照在里面。 他们跑过小厨房，在一个又长又矮的书架旁停了下来。 桌上放着一幅巨大的地图集，就像他们上次冒险时一样。 马克斯和索非亚走近时，书被掀开了，书页在一片模糊中快速翻动，最后平静下来。 “我们在亚马逊雨林里，”索菲亚指着那一页宣称。 “在巴西。看到了什么?”

Max studied the map, which showed a wide river winding through a patch of green. "Yes! We were right!" He offered Sofia a fist bump. "But wait... I don't know very much about Brazil. Do you?" "Not really," Sofia confessed. "Hey, let's see if there's anything in here!" She walked to the big sea chest carved with animals. "Remember, last time the chest had snorkeling gear, which was just what we needed for our adventure." The top of the chest was made of heavy wood, but Sofia was able to get it open without much trouble. "Look!" At the bottom of the chest lay two beaded necklaces alongside a pair of flashlights and bug spray. Sofia picked up one of the necklaces and saw that the beads were different shades of brown, as if each had

马克斯仔细看了看地图，地图上显示一条宽阔的河流蜿蜒流过一片绿地。 “是啊!我们是对的！”他和索菲亚碰了一下拳头。 “但是等等…我对巴西不太了解。 你呢?”“不完全是，”索菲亚坦白道。 “嘿，让我们看看里面有没有东西！”她走到雕刻着动物的大海箱前。 “记住，上次箱子里有浮潜装备，这正是我们冒险所需要的。” 箱子的顶部是用很重的木头做的，但是索非亚毫不费力就把它打开了。 “看!”在箱子底部放着两条串珠项链，旁边放着一对手电筒和杀虫剂。 索非亚拿起一条项链，看到珠子是深浅不同的棕色，好像每一颗都是一样的

been made from a different type of wood. "What do we do with those beads?" Max asked. Sofia was already putting on her necklace. "We wear them," she said, as if he'd asked the silliest question in the world. Max shrugged and put his on, too. "I guess we'll also need these," he said, grabbing one of the flashlights. Sofia nodded and reached for the other one, and motioned to the can of bug spray. "Don't forget this. We don't want to get eaten alive

是由另一种木材制成的。 “我们怎么处理这些珠子？”马克斯问道。 索菲亚已经在戴项链了。 “我们戴着它们，”她说，仿佛他问了世界上最愚蠢的问题。 马克斯耸了耸肩，也穿上了他的衣服。 “我想我们还需要这些。”他说着，抓起一个手电筒。 索非亚点点头，伸手去拿另一个，指着那罐杀虫剂。 “别忘了这一点。我们可不想被活活吃掉

by mosquitoes." "Good idea!" Max said as he sprayed himself all over. As Max followed Sofia back up to the deck, he noticed that the trees were much closer now—and much taller. "I think the boat is taking us ashore!" he said. They waited, full of excitement, as they drifted closer to the riverbank. Tree branches reached out over the water, beckoning them forward. Then Wind Rider lurched to a stop. "Is there a dock?" Max asked, glancing down at the murky water. The sandy riverbank was still several yards away. "Who needs a dock?" said Sofia. When Max turned around, he saw Sofia reaching toward the branches of the tree that hung over the deck. She heaved herself up onto a branch, and the wooden beads dangled from her neck. "Come on!" she said to Max, grinning. Max followed, carefully crawling along the tree limb, pushing past its shiny, rubbery leaves. When he reached the thick trunk, Sofia was already climbing

由蚊子。”“好主意!”马克斯说着喷了全身。 当马克斯跟着索非亚回到甲板上时，他注意到那些树现在离他近多了，也高多了。 “我想船要把我们带上岸了！”他说。 他们满怀兴奋地等待着，越游越靠近河岸。 树枝伸向水面，召唤着他们前进。 然后风骑士蹒跚地停了下来。 “有码头吗？”马克斯低头看了看浑浊的河水，问道。 沙质河岸离这里还有几码远。 “谁需要码头？”索菲亚说。 马克斯转过身来，看见索非亚伸手去摸悬在甲板上的树枝。 她爬到一根树枝上，木珠在她的脖子上晃来晃去。 “来吧！”她咧嘴笑着对麦克斯说。 马克斯跟在后面，小心翼翼地沿着树枝爬行，推开闪闪发光的橡胶叶子。 当他走到那根粗大的树干旁时，索非亚已经在往上爬了

down, using a tangle of vines as a ladder. As her feet hit the rain forest floor, Sofia breathed in deeply. Down here, below the canopy of trees, the world felt dark and shady. She glanced around, searching for a path through the tangled tree roots, rocks, and leaves. "Which way now?" she asked. Max dropped to the ground beside her. "I don't know," he said. "Just keep your eyes open for anyone —or anything—that might need our help." As he and Sofia passed by the vines and waxy plants, they could hear a faint pitter-patter of water dripping from leaves all around. Birds called to each other, so different from the caw, caw of the seagull that had brought them here. Max looked overhead, hoping to see the gull, but he couldn't even see the sky—the trees were so thick! They eventually found a narrow path and walked for what felt like hours, until the trees began to spread

用一团藤蔓做梯子下去 当她的脚踩在雨林的地面上时，索菲亚深深地吸了一口气。 在这里，在树冠下，整个世界都是阴暗的。 她环顾四周，在纠结的树根、岩石和树叶中寻找一条路。 “现在走哪条路？”她问。 马克斯倒在她身边的地上。 “我不知道，”他说。“只要你睁大眼睛，留意可能需要我们帮助的任何人——或任何事。” 当他和索非亚从藤蔓和蜡质植物旁走过时，他们能听到周围树叶上滴水的声音。 鸟儿们互相叫着，与把它们带到这里来的海鸥的叫声截然不同。 马克斯抬头望了望，希望能看到那只海鸥，但他连天空都看不见——树太密了！他们最终找到了一条狭窄的小路，走了几个小时，直到树木开始蔓延