7 The Island

7. THE ISLAND Jim Lad hopped out of the car-boat with its bow rope coiled around his shoulder. "All ashore, me hearties!" His dad dropped the anchor while Matilda, Nugget, and Bones splashed through the surf and onto the sand. Jim ran up the beach and tied the rope to a palm tree, to be doubly sure the vehicle wouldn't float away if the tide changed.

7. 吉姆·拉德从汽艇上跳了下来，船头的绳子盘绕在他的肩上。 “都上岸了，亲爱的！”他的爸爸放下了锚，玛蒂尔达、纳格特和骨头溅起浪花，来到沙滩上。 吉姆跑到海滩上，把绳子系在一棵棕榈树上，以确保万一涨潮，车子不会漂走。

"What a lovely spot!" said Jim's dad. "We shoulda brought a picnic!" "Ye've only just had breakfast," said Jim, frowning. Mr. Jolley-Rogers took off his flip- flops and climbed out of the vehicle. His tummy rumbled as he paddled through the

“多可爱的地方啊！”吉姆的爸爸说。 “我们应该带野餐的！”“你刚吃过早饭，”吉姆皱着眉头说。 乔利-罗杰斯先生脱下他的人字拖，爬出了车。 他在水中划水时肚子咕咕叫

water to join the others. He hadn't eaten as many sausages as he normally would, because everyone had been in a rush to find Grandpa a new peg leg. Before he was so rudely awoken, he had been enjoying a lovely dream about a mermaid, but now his memory was getting a bit hazy and he couldn't remember her name. "Hey ho, then, let's collect a bunch o' timber!" he said, pointing to a wicker basket he'd dropped on the sand. "Move sharply,

水加入其他人。他没有像平时那样吃那么多香肠，因为大家都忙着给爷爷找新的假腿。 在他被粗鲁地唤醒之前，他正在享受一个关于美人鱼的美丽的梦，但现在他的记忆变得有点模糊，他不记得她的名字了。 “嘿，那么，我们去捡一堆木材吧！”他指着他扔在沙滩上的一个柳条篮子说。 “大幅移动,

then we can be gettin' back to the Blackhole in time for my mid-mornin' cake!" "Here's a decent bit of driftwood," said Matilda, picking up a pale, twisted branch on the shoreline. "Good start, Tilly! Ye can stick it in the basket, but that piece looks gnarlier than Grandpa! I reckon we should be searchin' along yonder tree line for the best stuff." Jim pointed to the dense foliage at the top of the beach. With all of them rummaging among the undergrowth, the basket soon filled up. But Nugget quickly got bored with collecting wood and wandered along the beach, in search of shells.

这样我们就能及时赶回黑洞，吃我的中午蛋糕了！”“这里有一根不错的浮木，”玛蒂尔达说着，在海岸线上捡起一根苍白扭曲的树枝。 “开得好，蒂莉！”你可以把它放在篮子里，但那块看起来比爷爷还粗糙！我想我们应该沿着那边的林木线去找最好的东西。” 吉姆指着海滩顶上茂密的树叶。 他们在矮树丛中翻找着，篮子很快就装满了。 但纳格特很快就厌倦了收集木头，沿着海滩闲逛，寻找贝壳。

"Don't go far!" shouted Jim Lad. "Aye, aye, Cap'n!" said Nugget, chuckling and saluting as she skipped away. She hadn't gone far when she met a monkey, sitting on a rock. It was looking directly at her, holding a banana. The monkey popped the banana out of its skin and offered the fruit to Nugget with an outstretched arm. "Mmm, I am a little hungry..." said Nugget, taking the banana and sitting down next to the monkey. But before she had finished eating, the monkey jumped from the rock and disappeared into the trees. Seconds later it reappeared with

“别走远！”吉姆·拉德喊道。 “是啊，是啊，船长！”纳格特说，一边蹦蹦跳跳地走开，一边咯咯地笑着，敬了个礼。 没走多远，她就遇到了一只猴子，它正坐在一块石头上。 它正盯着她，手里拿着一根香蕉。 猴子把香蕉从皮里弹了出来，伸出手臂把香蕉递给了金块。 “嗯，我有点饿……” 纳金说着，拿起香蕉，坐在猴子旁边。 但在她吃完之前，猴子从岩石上跳了下来，消失在树林里。 几秒钟后，它又出现了

another banana and offered her that one too. "Oh, thank ye kindly!" said Nugget. "But one's enough for me. My dad's always hungry. And my brother and his landlubbing friend, Matilda, would probably like a banana. Are there more of them?" The monkey nodded, chattering wildly as it scurried into the trees.

又给了她一根香蕉。 “哦，谢谢你！”纳格特说。 “但对我来说，一个就够了。我爸爸总是很饿。 我哥哥和他的陆行朋友玛蒂尔达可能会喜欢香蕉。 还有更多的人吗？”猴子点点头，一边狂乱地叽叽喳喳地跑进树林。