2 A Day At the Beach

2. A DAY AT THE BEACH "Well," said Jim's dad, flopped on a beach towel, "isn't this nice?" Nobody could hear him. Nugget was out of earshot, exploring tide pools with Bones, and Jim and his mom were surfing, just visible over the top of the

2. “嗯，”吉姆的爸爸说，扑通一声躺在沙滩浴巾上，“这不是很好吗？”没有人能听到他说话。 纽格特和骨头在潮汐池里探险，吉姆和他妈妈在冲浪，就在海面上

windbreak. Jim's dad poured the last dribble of warm grog from his flask into a plastic mug and gulped it down. He'd finished the word search in the Pirate Times, and it was too cloudy for sunbathing. "What shall I do now." he muttered. "HMMM... I think I'll get the metal detector out." Jim's dad loved his metal detector. It made treasure hunting so much easier. He was terrible at measuring steps and always got his left and right confused,

防风林。吉姆的爸爸把烧瓶里最后一滴温热的酒倒进一个塑料杯里，一饮而尽。 他刚刚在《海盗时报》上完成了单词搜索，天气又太阴了，不适合晒日光浴。 “我现在该怎么办呢？”他喃喃地说。 “嗯…我想我要把金属探测器拿出来。” 吉姆的爸爸很喜欢他的金属探测器。 这让寻宝变得容易多了。 他不善于测量步数，而且总是搞不清自己的左右，

so he found treasure maps tricky to follow. Not that he'd ever found any treasure. I've got a good feeling about this beach, he said to himself. I can almost smell the gold. Before long, Jim's dad was wandering along the beach, swinging his metal detector left and right over the sand. He wasn't sure why, but a cave had grabbed his attention. He had an irresistible urge to walk toward it, and everything seemed to be getting a bit hazy. From outside his headphones, he heard the faint sound of Nugget asking if she could come too. He wasn't sure if he answered her, but he felt her fingers

所以他发现藏宝图很难追踪。 并不是说他找到了什么宝藏。 我对这个海滩有一种很好的感觉，他自言自语道。 我几乎能闻到金子的味道。 没过多久，吉姆的爸爸就在沙滩上闲逛，在沙滩上左右摇摆着他的金属探测器。 他不知道为什么，但一个山洞吸引了他的注意。 他有一种不可抗拒的冲动，想走过去，但一切似乎都变得有点模糊了。 从耳机外，他听到纳格特微弱的声音，问她是否也能来。 他不确定自己是否回答了她，但他感觉到了她的手指

encircle his hand as they strolled into the darkness. BEEP! went the metal detector. BEEEP! BEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

他们在黑暗中漫步时，紧紧握住他的手。 哔哔!金属探测器过去了。 BEEEP !BEEEEEP !BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP !

"What's all that barking about?" said Jim. Jim and his mom were waist deep in the surf, clutching their boards, but Bones had grabbed their attention. He was bouncing excitedly around on the shoreline. "WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!" "ARRRR, I dunno, but Bones don't normally get so agitated," said Mom. "I can't see Dad or Nugget. Maybe we'd best go and see...."

“那是在叫什么呀？”吉姆说。 吉姆和妈妈在齐腰深的海浪中抓着冲浪板，但骨头抓住了他们的注意力。 他在海岸线上兴奋地跳来跳去。 “汪!汪!汪!”“啊，我不知道，不过骨头一般不会这么激动的。”妈妈说。 “我看不见爸爸和金块。 也许我们最好去看看....”

They waded ashore, boards under their arms, and stopped at the spot where their stuff lay abandoned in the middle of the beach. "COME 'ERE, BONES!" called Jim, but Bones kept on running, toward the rocks. He barked and dived into a cave, then poked his head out and barked again. "You dry yerself or ye'll catch yer death of cold," said Mom. "And I'll go see what's got him so worked up."

他们腋下夹着木板，涉水上岸，在海滩中央他们的东西被遗弃的地方停了下来。 “过来，骨头！”吉姆叫道，但骨头还是朝岩石跑去。 它叫了一声，钻进了一个山洞，然后探出头来，又叫了一声。 “你把身体擦干，不然你会感冒而死的，”妈妈说。 “我去看看是什么让他这么激动。”