7 Where's that wreath

Chapter 7 Where's that wreath? DeLay rolled away from the Timekeepers and leapt up. He sprinted off, looking like a speeding ostrich. "Catch him!" Kingsley cried. Rosa and Kingsley gave chase, but the tricky villain was too fast. After a few minutes of dashing around the fig trees,

第七章花环在哪里？ 迪莱从计时员身边滚开，跳了起来。 他飞快地跑开了，看起来像一只飞驰的鸵鸟。 “抓住他!”金斯利哭了。 罗莎和金斯利追了上去，但这个狡猾的恶棍跑得太快了。 绕着无花果树跑了几分钟后，

they could tell it was hopeless. "He doesn't have the wreath anyway," Rosa said. "We need a new plan..." She frowned as she jogged to a stop. A familiar, rosemary-like smell wafted back from DeLay. Incense, she thought. She'd smelled it on the priest, and at the food stands. "Maybe DeLay's been in a temple," said Rosa. "Could that be where he hid the wreath?" They unharnessed both sets of horses from the chariots, and left them with some others who were eating oats from a trough. Then they headed back across the Olympic grounds, taking a shortcut through an arch into a wide grass

他们知道这是没有希望的。 “反正他也没带花圈，”罗莎说。 “我们需要一个新计划……”她小跑着停了下来，皱起了眉头。 一股熟悉的迷迭香味从迪莱那儿飘了回来。 香，她想。她在牧师身上闻到了，在食品摊上也闻到了。 “也许迪莱在神庙里待过。”罗莎说。 “他会把花圈藏在那里吗？”他们把两组马从车上卸下来，把它们留给另外一些正在吃槽里燕麦的人。 然后，他们穿过奥运场地，抄近路穿过一个拱门，进入一片宽阔的草地

rectangle, surrounded by low buildings. A sign said: "Gymnasium." A lot of athletes wearing loincloths were practicing their sports. As they exited the gymnasium, a young woman in a short tunic jogged toward them. "I wonder why she's here?" said Rosa. "We now know women weren't allowed in the ancient Olympics. Excuse me," she called. "Are you an athlete?" "Yes. I'm training for the Heraean Games. They take place after the Olympic Games," she said. "We're from a faraway land," said Kingsley, "so we don't know much about your customs. Are the Heraean Games for women?"

长方形，周围环绕着低矮的建筑。 一个牌子上写着：“体育馆。”许多运动员穿着腰带在练习他们的运动。 当他们走出体育馆时，一个穿着短束腰外衣的年轻女子向他们慢跑过来。 “我想知道她为什么在这里？”罗莎说。 “我们现在知道古代奥运会是不允许女性参加的。 对不起，”她喊道。“你是运动员吗？”“是的。 我在为古希腊运动会训练。 它们在奥运会之后举行。” “我们来自一个遥远的国度，”金斯莱说，“所以我们不太了解你们的风俗习惯。 赫拉恩运动会是为妇女举办的吗？”

The young woman nodded. "They're in honor of Hera, Queen of the gods, and wife of Zeus," she said. "Only girls and women are allowed at our games. We're training close by—come and see." "I wish we could," Rosa said. She'd love to see the women training, but finding the victor's wreath was much more urgent. "But we have to go to a temple." "The temples are past our practice ground. I'll show you," said the young woman. "I'm Melissa." Rosa smiled. "This is Kingsley, and I'm, um, Ross. One of my best friends is

年轻女子点了点头。“它们是为了纪念赫拉，众神之王，宙斯的妻子，”她说。 “只有女孩和女人才能参加我们的比赛。 我们正在附近训练，你来看看。” “我希望我们能去，”罗莎说。 她很想看女子训练，但找到胜利者的花环要紧迫得多。 “但我们必须去寺庙。” “寺庙就在我们训练场的后面。 我指给你看。”年轻女人说。 “我梅丽莎。”罗莎微微一笑。 “我是金斯利，我是罗斯。 我最好的朋友之一是

named Melissa, too," she added. Wow! she thought. That name's 2,000 years old! Melissa showed them a group of girls and women playing a ball game, sometimes throwing the ball, sometimes kicking it. "Chrysanthe," Melissa called, "these visitors are from far away." A girl ran over to say hello. "We're playing episkyros," she said. "You throw or kick the ball, and try to get it past the other team, over the back line. It keeps us in shape!"

也叫梅丽莎，”她补充道。 哇!她想。这个名字有两千年的历史了！梅丽莎给他们看了一群女孩和妇女在玩球类游戏，有时扔球，有时踢球。 “菊花，”梅丽莎叫道，“这些客人是从很远的地方来的。” 一个女孩跑过来打招呼。 “我们在玩游戏，”她说。 “你扔或踢球，并试图让它越过对方球队，越过后防线。 它使我们保持体形！”

"In our land we play soccer," said Rosa, "but we can't use our hands." Rosa asked, "Chrysanthe, has anyone odd been lurking around? He's skinny, with strange hair..." "And a mean face..." added Kingsley. "...And he's rude to people," Rosa finished. "By Artemis, I know just who you mean!" said Chrysanthe. "He passed me as I ran through the olive grove, beneath the Hill of Kronos. There." She pointed to a cone-shaped peak, overlooking the Olympic grounds. "He yelled at me to get out of his way." A ball from the episkyros game bounced toward them. Without thinking, Rosa intercepted it, controlling it with

“在我们的土地上，我们踢足球，”罗莎说，“但我们不能用手。” 罗莎问：“菊花，有什么奇怪的人在附近潜伏吗？” 他很瘦，头发很奇怪……” “还有一张刻薄的脸……”金斯莱补充道。 “…他对人很粗鲁，”罗莎说完。 “阿耳特弥斯，我知道你说的是谁！” “当我跑过克罗诺斯山下的橄榄树林时，他从我身边经过。 在那里。”她指着一座锥形的山峰，俯瞰着奥运场地。 “他对我大喊大叫，让我让开。” 皮球比赛中的一个球弹向他们。 罗莎不假思索地拦截了它，用