3 The Scurvy Sea

3. THE SCURVY SEA It was a short stroll from the Grumpy Mermaid to the Jolley-Rogers' ship, the Blackhole. There was a crowd of tourists taking photographs and admiring the ship, which stood out among the gleaming white yachts bobbing in the harbor. The Jolley-Rogers took up their positions around the deck and aloft, Jim scurrying up the ratlines so that he'd be ready to unfurl the mainsail with his mom. Matilda climbed

3. 从“脾气暴躁的美人鱼”号到乔利-罗杰斯的船“黑洞”号只有很短的一段路程。 有一群游客在拍照和欣赏这艘船，它在港口里闪闪发光的白色游艇中很显眼。 乔利-罗杰斯号的船员们在甲板上和甲板上各就其位，吉姆急忙爬上船舷，准备和妈妈一起展开主帆。 玛蒂尔达爬

onto the foredeck with Bones the dog, who propped a paw and a wooden leg on the rail, barking excitedly. On the poop deck, Jim's dad rolled out the treasure map and shouted to Matilda's parents. "Could ya help us out and unhitch them lines?" Nugget jumped on her barrel at the helm and, with the push of a big brass button, the Blackhole's engine burbled to life. Matilda's parents each released a rope from a bollard and waved from the dock as the Blackhole slipped its moorings and chugged out of the harbor. Matilda blew her parents a kiss, delighted to be heading out to sea on a real treasure hunt.

狗骨头把一只爪子和一条木腿撑在栏杆上，兴奋地叫着。 在船尾甲板上，吉姆的爸爸拿出藏宝图，对玛蒂尔达的父母大喊。 “你能帮我们解开绳子吗？”纳格特跳到她掌舵的木桶上，按下一个黄铜大按钮，“黑洞”号的发动机轰隆隆地发动起来。 玛蒂尔达的父母每人松开系绳柱上的一根绳子，在码头上挥手示意，“黑洞”号松开系泊，驶离港口。 玛蒂尔达给了父母一个飞吻，很高兴能出海进行真正的寻宝活动。

The fiddler had been playing some rousing shanties, but as they sailed into the open waters of Dullshire Sound, the music took on a more somber tone. "To find this island, you'll have to be quick— for they say it performs a vanishing trick! And none who've tried to set foot on its sands have ever returned to pirate lands." "What did he say?" mumbled Jim's dad from the stern of the ship, his ears straining to make out the words of the fiddler, who was dancing on the fo'c'sle.

小提琴手一直在演奏一些振奋人心的棚屋，但当他们驶进多尔郡湾的开阔水域时，音乐的调子变得更加阴郁。 “要找到这个岛，你得快点——因为他们说它会消失！”那些试图踏上它的沙滩的人，从来没有回到过海盗的地盘。” “他说了什么？”吉姆的父亲在船尾喃喃自语，耳朵使劲听着小提琴手在船舷上跳舞的声音。

"I ain't sure," said Jim's mom, sliding down a rope onto the poop deck. "But I don't think we shoulda brought him. Ye've a collection of sea shanty CDs, and we could've plugged in some speakers on deck if ye'd wanted a singsong. There be somethin' fishy 'bout that fiddler." "He said the island does a vanishing trick," said Nugget, whose hearing was better than her parents'. "And the pirates that go there never come back!" "Well, that ain't right," said Jim's dad, looking through his telescope and admiring the fiddler's balance as he pranced along the bowsprit. "Because he 'imself came back. He's a harmless old

“我不确定，”吉姆的妈妈边说边顺着绳子滑到船尾甲板上。 “但我认为我们不应该把他带来。 你收集了很多海上棚屋的cd，如果你想要唱歌的话，我们可以在甲板上插上扬声器。 那个小提琴手有点‘可疑’。” “他说这个岛有一种消失魔术。”纳格特说，她的听力比她的父母好。 “去那里的海盗一去不复返！”“嗯，那不对，”吉姆的爸爸说，一边从望远镜里往外看，一边欣赏着小提琴手在船首斜桅上跳跃时的平衡。 “因为他自己回来了。 他是个无害的老人

minstrel; a salty sea dog with a song to sing. Hard to starboard, please, Nugget! We'll be headin' southeast!" Through the lens, a gnarly old head came into view, popping up through a hatch on the foredeck. The head was followed by a rusty hook, waved in the direction of the fiddler. "Uh-oh," said Jim's dad. "Grandpa's awake." Grandpa turned his face toward the stern, grumbled a few words that were lost on the wind, then disappeared belowdecks with a grimace. "And he's not happy!"

吟游诗人;一只咸咸的海狗，有一首歌要唱。 请用力右转，金块！我们要往东南方向走！”透过镜头，一个粗糙的老头儿从前甲板的一个舱口冒了出来。 鱼头后面跟着一个生锈的钩子，朝小提琴手的方向挥去。 “哦哦，”吉姆的爸爸说。“爷爷醒了。” 爷爷把脸转向船尾，咕哝了几句，被风吹散了，然后做了个鬼脸，消失在甲板下面。 “他不高兴！”