5 Help from the hub

Chapter 5 Help from the hub Hannah ran down the street, just behind Jackson. She nearly crashed into him when he suddenly stopped. "What's up?" she said. He sniffed the air. "Smoke." "Not again!" said Hannah.

汉娜沿街跑着，紧跟在杰克逊后面。 他突然停了下来，她差点撞上他。 “怎么了？”她说。他嗅了嗅空气。 “烟”。“又来了！”汉娜说。

Jackson shook his head. "Not burning food," he said. "Not that sort of smoke." Hannah sniffed too. "Hmm. It smells like..." "A Time Crunch!" said Jackson. He pointed to a wooden box on a nearby wall. It was roughly the size and shape of a letterbox. "See that? It's got wisps of smoke hanging around it." "So, DeLay was here," said Hannah. "But why? Let's see what's so interesting about that box."

杰克逊摇了摇头。“不烧食物，”他说。 “不是那种烟。”汉娜也闻了闻。 “嗯。闻起来像……”“时间紧迫！”杰克逊说。 他指着附近墙上的一个木箱。 它的大小和形状和信箱差不多。 “看到了吗?它周围有一缕缕烟雾。” “原来，迪莱在这儿，”汉娜说。 “但为什么?让我们看看这个盒子有什么有趣的。”

They peered at it. A black object stuck out from the front. It looked like something you might speak into. On the side was a hook with another black object hanging on it. That one was connected to the box by a wire. "I think it's an early sort of phone," Hannah said. "You hold the bit on the side to your ear and speak into the front bit." Jackson rubbed some dust away. "It's got the word 'Bell' on the front," he said, "but I can't see one. Why was DeLay so interested in it?" "Let's try it," said Hannah. She picked up the side piece and put it to her ear. "Do I just speak?" she asked. "Or should I press something?"

他们盯着它看。一个黑色的东西从前面伸出来。 看起来像是你会对着它说话的东西。 旁边有一个钩子，钩子上挂着另一个黑色的东西。 那个是用电线和盒子连接的。 “我认为这是一种早期的手机，”汉娜说。 “你把旁边的嚼子贴近耳朵，对着前面的嚼子说话。” 杰克逊擦去一些灰尘。 “它的正面有‘贝尔’两个字，”他说，“但我一个也看不见。 为什么迪莱对它这么感兴趣？”“我们试试吧，”汉娜说。 她拿起旁边的那块，贴在耳朵上。 “我只是在说话吗？”她问。 “或者我应该按什么？”

The earpiece suddenly crackled, and a voice said, "Hello, losers." It was DeLay! Jackson took one look at Hannah's face and leaned in closer to listen. "I do so enjoy our chats. It would have taken those buffoonish workers all day to install that phone, but thanks to my Time Crunch they did it in a blink. You two must think you're so smart," DeLay taunted them, "but you're never as smart as me. And I just wanted to tell you that you won't ever get those plans back!" He snorted with laughter, and, with a click, he was gone.

耳机突然噼啪作响，一个声音说：“你好，失败者。” 是迪莱！杰克逊看了汉娜的脸一眼，凑过去听。 “我很喜欢和你聊天。那些滑稽的工人可能要花一整天的时间来安装这部手机，但多亏了我的Time Crunch，他们眨眼之间就完成了。 “你们两个一定觉得自己很聪明，”迪莱嘲讽他们说，“但你们永远没有我聪明。 我只是想告诉你，你再也拿不回那些计划了！”他哼了一声笑，咔哒一声，就走了。

Jackson's eyes lit up. "Hannah, there were hardly any phones in this time. But if DeLay can speak to us, he must be somewhere where they have another one. If we can find it, we'll find DeLay—and the plans. But where could it be?" "We'll call the History Hub," Hannah decided, "and ask the other Timekeepers if they can find out." She glanced around. No one was near, so she and Jackson flipped open their watches. A gallery of friendly faces appeared on the screens. "How can we help?" asked Min-Jun. Hannah quickly explained what had happened, while Jackson held up his watch to show them the telephone. "If we want to find DeLay and the plans, we need to do it quickly," Hannah

杰克逊的眼睛亮了起来。“汉娜，那段时间几乎没有电话。 但如果德莱能跟我们说话，他一定在他们有另一个人的地方。 如果我们能找到它，就能找到迪莱和计划。 但它会在哪里呢？”“我们给历史中心打个电话，”汉娜决定，“问问其他计时员能不能查出来。” 她环顾四周。附近没有人，所以她和杰克逊打开手表。 屏幕上出现了一群友好的面孔。 “我们能帮什么忙？”敏俊问。 汉娜迅速解释了发生的事情，杰克逊举起手表给他们看电话。 “如果我们想找到迪莱和他的计划，我们就得快点，”汉娜说

told them. "But there isn't time to search every building for another phone." "We're on it," said Sarah. "That box telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell over ten years before your World's Fair. In 1889, not many people had ever seen one." "Oh, that's why it has 'Bell' written on it," said Jackson. Yasmin spoke up. "I'm sending a map of the fair to everyone's screens."

告诉他们。“但我们没有时间在每栋楼里寻找另一部手机。” “我们这就去。”萨拉说。 “电话亭是亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔在世界博览会召开十多年前发明的。 在1889年，没有多少人见过。” “哦，这就是为什么上面写着‘贝尔’，”杰克逊说。 雅斯敏开口了。“我要把博览会的地图发到每个人的屏幕上。”