17 The Deep End

The Deep End

深水区

Chapter One Billie B Brown has one pair of goggles, one yellow towel and one red swimming suit. Do you know what the B in Billie B Brown stands for? Belly-ache. Billie B Brown has an ache in her belly as big as a whale. Today Billie's class is having

第一章 比莉·B·布朗有一副护目镜、一条黄色毛巾和一件红色泳衣。 你知道比莉·B·布朗里的B代表什么吗？ 肚子疼。 比莉·B·布朗的肚子疼得像揣了头鲸鱼那么胀。 今天比莉的班级要去上

swimming lessons. Billie loves paddling at the beach but she hates swimming at the pool.

游泳课。 比莉喜欢在海边玩水，可她讨厌在泳池里游泳。

The pool is noisy and splashy and deep. Last year Billie's class had swimming lessons in the little pool. This year they will be in the big pool. When Billie thinks about the deep end of the big pool she feels sick.

泳池吵吵的，水花乱溅，还很深。 去年比莉的班是在小泳池上游泳课。 今年他们要去大泳池上课啦。 一想到大泳池的深水区，比莉就觉得不舒服。

In the bus on the way to the pool Billie sits next to Jack. Jack is Billie's best friend. They

在去泳池的大巴上，比莉坐在杰克旁边。 杰克是比莉最好的朋友。 他们

always sit together. Usually Billie and Jack talk or sing silly songs, but today Billie is very quiet. "Are you OK?" says Jack. "Of course!" says Billie. "I have a bit of a tummy ache, that's all." Billie doesn't want Jack to know she is scared. Jack is a good swimmer. If Billie tells Jack she is scared of the deep end, he might think she is silly. The bus pulls up outside the pool. Everyone in Billie's class cheers so loudly that the bus driver has to cover his ears. Everyone except Billie. She shrinks into her seat.

总是坐在一起。 往常比莉和杰克会聊聊天，或者唱唱傻气的歌，可今天比莉特别安静。 “你没事吧？”杰克问。 “当然没事啦！”比莉说。 “我就是肚子有点疼，没别的事。” 比莉不想让杰克知道自己害怕了。 杰克游泳游得可好了。 要是比莉告诉杰克自己怕深水区，他说不定会觉得她很傻。 大巴停在了泳池外面。 班里的每个人都欢呼得特别大声，司机都得捂住耳朵。 所有人都很开心，除了比莉。 她缩在自己的座位上。