Chapter 2

ChAPTER TWO "Welcome to Miss Custard's Condiment Cruise Bi-Annual Champion-Shrimps!" yodelled Captain Mustard, bursting out onto the deck through some gold curtains and making a deep bow to the crowd of passengers. "Today we will be holding our first event in celebration of the good ship Miss Custard's fiftieth year! FISHING!" Dad, who was all trussed up in

第二章 “欢迎来到卡仕达小姐号调味品游轮半年一度的虾王争霸赛！” 芥末船长高声吆喝着，穿过金色的帘子冲到甲板上，对着乘客们深深地鞠了一躬。 “今天我们要举办第一场活动，庆祝咱们的卡仕达小姐号游轮顺利航行第五十个年头！” 钓鱼大赛！ 爸爸这会儿浑身上下裹得严严实实的，脚上还穿着

galoshes, whooped and clapped very loudly. He loved fishing! "Whoever wins the most events will be awarded a prize on the last day of our cruise- a very secret prize." The Captain winked at the crowd. "But for now...

胶鞋，他兴奋地大喊大叫，巴掌拍得震天响。 他可太爱钓鱼了！ “谁赢下的项目最多，游轮行程的最后一天就能领到一份奖品——一份超级神秘的奖品哦。” 船长对着人群眨了眨眼。 “不过现在嘛……”

ON-YOUR-SHARKS GEt-SEt GO!" Captain Mustard waved a flag and everyone rushed to the jumbled pile of rods, snatching up the shiniest ones with the most colourful hooks first. Squashed between General Hornbill's legs and a stranger's bottom, Kate grabbed the first thing she could. "Oh dear," she said to Rupert when the crowd parted. She was holding a crusty old cage that didn't look like it had caught anything in years, fish or otherwise.

各就各位——预备——出发！ 芥末船长挥了挥旗子，所有人都一窝蜂冲到堆得乱七八糟的鱼竿堆前，抢先抓那些最亮、鱼钩颜色最鲜艳的鱼竿。 凯特被挤在犀鸟将军的腿和一个陌生人的屁股中间，伸手抓住了自己够得到的第一样东西。 “哎呀呀。”人群散开的时候，她对着鲁伯特说道。 她手里拎着个脏兮兮的旧笼子，看着像是好几年都没抓到过任何东西了，不管是鱼还是别的啥。

Still, she swung it over the side, hoping for at least a crab. A Special Correspondent, especially if they were in training, had to show capability at every hurdle, even if it was fishing in a ridiculous competition to commemorate the Captain's new range of mayonnaise. Soon fishing lines were whizzing through the air along with shouts of "I've got one!', "So close!" and "GAAAAH!"

不过她还是把笼子甩到了船舷外，盼着至少能捞到只螃蟹。 一名特派记者，尤其是还在受训的特派记者，不管遇到什么难关都得证明自己的能力，哪怕这只是个为了纪念船长新推出的蛋黄酱系列举办的傻兮兮钓鱼比赛。 没过多久，鱼线就在空中嗖嗖飞过，到处都有人喊：“我钓到了！”“差一点！”还有“哎呀妈呀！”

when a fish decided to abandon the pursuit of their worm and splash back into the water. On her right, Miss Frou-Frou, one of the singers, was warbling to tempt fish to the surface, although upon hearing her high notes most of them decided the bottom of the river was preferable. On her left, General Hornbill was shouting commands at the water.

那是鱼不肯吃虫子，啪嗒一下跳回水里的时候大家发出的叫声。 她右边的芙芙小姐是歌手之一，正哼着歌想把鱼引到水面上来，不过大家听见她的高音都觉得还是河底待着更舒服。 她左边的犀鸟将军正对着河水发号施令。

"Attention! ATTENTION!!" "I suppose not everyone is aware he's a Very Important Bird Brigade General; chuckled Rupert. In fact, most of the fish were flocking to Dad, who was reeling them in like there was no tomorrow, no day after, no nothing except for fishing. His precision was incredible, his moves so slick, his mantra... well, you can decide for yourself. And into the bucket fish happily plopped. Kate had never seen him move so fast; his scores were soaring above everyone else's! She abandoned her very unhelpful

“注意！注意！！” “我估计不是所有人都知道他是鸟类旅的超级重要将军吧。”鲁伯特偷笑起来。 实际上，大部分鱼都凑到了爸爸那边，他正一个劲地收线，仿佛世界末日就要来了，除了钓鱼别的什么都不存在。 他的准头好得惊人，动作也利落极了，至于他的钓鱼口诀嘛……嗯，你可以自己猜猜是什么。 鱼一条条欢快地扑通扑通掉进桶里。 凯特从没见过他动作这么快，他的得分嗖嗖往上涨，把所有人都甩在了后面！ 她干脆扔下手里那只一点用都没有的