2 Tarnation!

Chapter 2 "Tarnation!" Clouds of sand whirled in the air as the plane thundered toward them. Yasmin and Min-Jun were deafened by the roar of an enormous propeller. They threw themselves out of the way just in time. It was hard in these old-fashioned clothes, and Yasmin's skirt tangled around her legs

第二章“诅咒！”飞机轰鸣而来，沙尘在空中盘旋。 巨大螺旋桨的轰鸣声震聋了雅斯敏和敏君的耳朵。 他们及时闪开了。 穿着这些老式的衣服很吃力，雅斯敏的裙子缠在她的腿上

as she scrambled up a nearby sand dune. Min-Jun was close behind her. He had lost his hat. "Cuckoo!" shouted Tempo in alarm. "Cuckoo! Cuckoo!"

当她爬上附近的沙丘时。 敏君紧跟在她后面。 他的帽子丢了。“布谷鸟！”Tempo惊恐地喊道。 “杜鹃!布谷鸟!”

With a final sputtering sound from the propeller, everything fell quiet. The dust and sand settled. Yasmin and Min- Jun sank on to the dune and stared at the amazing machine in front of them. It looked nothing like a modern plane. It had a wooden framework that reminded Yasmin of Min-Jun's model, and two sets of wide canvas wings, one on top of the other, separated by rows of wooden struts. There were two large wooden propellers, and what looked like a small engine fixed above the pilot. The pilot wasn't seated, like Yasmin had expected, but lying down on his front. "Tarnation!" the pilot cried in disappointment. Clearly the flight hadn't gone to plan.

随着螺旋桨发出最后的溅射声，一切都安静下来了。 沙尘落了下来。 雅斯敏和敏君坐在沙丘上，盯着眼前这台神奇的机器。 它看起来一点也不像现代飞机。 它有一个木制框架，让雅斯敏想起了敏君的模型，还有两组宽大的帆布翅膀，一个叠在另一个上面，由一排排的木制支柱隔开。 有两个大的木制螺旋桨，还有一个看起来像小引擎的东西固定在飞行员的上方。 飞行员并没有像亚斯明预期的那样坐着，而是俯卧着。 “该死！”飞行员失望地喊道。 很明显，这次飞行没有按计划进行。

"I was going to say," Yasmin told Min- Jun as she caught her breath, "that Kitty Hawk is where the Wright brothers made the first-ever powered flight, in 1903."

“我想说，”雅斯敏喘着气对敏君说，“小鹰号就是1903年莱特兄弟首次进行动力飞行的地方。”

"Awesome!" said Min-Jun, looking at the plane on the sand in front of them with admiration. "Cuckoo," said Tempo, looking a bit ruffled. "Wilbur! Hey, Wilbur!" Another man came running toward the plane, his scarf flying behind him. "Did you damage the plane?"

“太棒了！”敏君说，羡慕地看着他们面前沙滩上的飞机。 “杜鹃，”Tempo说，看起来有点生气。 “威尔伯!嘿,威尔伯!”另一个人跑向飞机，围巾在身后飞舞。 “你弄坏飞机了吗？”

"You're more worried about the Flyer than about me, Orville," said the pilot a little grumpily. "I'm doing just fine, thanks for asking." Yasmin wanted to shout with excitement. It was the Wright brothers themselves!

“你更担心飞行者而不是我，奥维尔，”飞行员有点暴躁地说。 “我很好，谢谢关心。” 雅斯敏兴奋得想大叫。 是莱特兄弟自己！