Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE Under the Ice and Snow They came to a hole that led under the ice and snow. The bear pushed Joe down it- and to Joe's enormous surprise he found there was a big room underneath, with five bears there, big and little! It was quite warm there too- Joe was astonished, for there was no heater, of course.

第三章 冰雪之下 他们来到一个洞口，这个洞直通冰雪的下方。 大熊把乔推了进去——让乔大吃一惊的是，下面居然有个大大的房间，里面有五只熊，有大有小！ 房间里还暖乎乎的—— 乔可惊讶了，因为这里显然根本没有暖气呀。

"Ooomph," said all the bears politely. "Ooomph!" said Joe. That pleased the bears very much indeed. They came and shook paws with Joe very solemnly and oomphed all over him. Joe liked the look of the bears much more than he liked the look of the Snowman. He

“呜嗡。”所有熊都礼貌地打招呼。 “呜嗡！”乔也回应道。 这可把熊们高兴坏了。 他们走过来，郑重地和乔握了握爪子，对着他呜嗡呜嗡叫个不停。 比起雪人那副模样，乔觉得这些熊看着顺眼多了。 他

thought perhaps they might help him to escape from this silly land of ice and snow. "Could you tell me the way back to the Faraway Tree?" he asked the bears politely and clearly. The bears looked at one another and then ooomphed at Joe. It was quite clear that they didn't understand a word he said.

觉得说不定他们能帮自己逃出这个傻乎乎的冰雪国度。 “你们能告诉我回遥远之树的路怎么走吗？” 他礼貌又清楚地问熊们。 熊们你看看我，我看看你，然后对着乔呜嗡叫了起来。 很明显，他说的话他们一个字都听不懂。

"Never mind," said Joe, with a sigh, and made up his mind to put up with things till he could see a way to escape. The Snowman was a great nuisance. No sooner did Joe settle himself down for a nap, leaning his head against the big warm body of a bear, than there came a call from the snow-house.

“算了。”乔叹了口气，打定主意先忍耐一下，等找到逃出去的办法再说。 那个雪人实在太烦人了。 乔刚把头靠在一只熊暖乎乎的大身上，准备打个盹，雪屋里就传来了喊叫声。

"Hey, boy! Come here and play dominoes with me!" So Joe had to go and play dominoes, and as the Snowman wouldn't let him come into the house because he said he was squashed, Joe had to sit at the doorway and play, and he nearly froze to bits. Then another time, just as he was eating a nice bit of fried fish that one of the bears had kindly cooked for him, the Snowman shouted to him to come and make him a window in his house.

“喂，小子！ 过来和我玩多米诺骨牌！” 乔只好过去玩骨牌，可雪人不让他进屋，说他会把屋子挤坏，乔只能坐在门口玩，冻得都快成冰坨了。 还有一次，他正吃着一只熊好心给他煎的香喷喷的鱼肉，雪人又喊他过去，要他给自己的房子开扇窗户。

And Joe had to hurry off and cut a sheet of clear ice to fit into one side of the snow-house for a window! Really, that Snowman was a perfect nuisance!

乔只好赶紧跑过去，切了一块透亮的冰，安在雪屋的一侧当窗户！ 哎呀，这个雪人真的太讨厌了！