Snow Camping

Snow Camping. Written by Elise Sweeney. Illustrated by John Kastner.

《雪地露营》。作者：埃莉斯·斯威尼。插画：约翰·卡斯特纳。

January 8th, 4pm. I cannot believe I am going snow camping in two days. Dad promised I could go when I turned 8. That is when Kate first went with Dad. She is 12 now. So this year will be her fifth snow camping trip.

1月8日下午4点。 我真不敢相信两天后我就要去雪地露营了。 爸爸答应过我满8岁就可以去。 凯特第一次跟爸爸去的时候就是8岁。 她现在12岁了， 所以今年是她第五次参加雪地露营。

Kate says snow camping is fun. I should not be scared. But I am scared. How will I stay warm? What is it like to sleep in a snow dome? Is it like sleeping in a freezer? Kate will roll her eyes if I whine. She will say, Stop being a baby, Maddie. I want to be brave, like Kate.

凯特说雪地露营很好玩， 我不该害怕的。 可我就是怕呀， 我要怎么保暖呢？ 睡在雪穹里是什么感觉呀？ 会不会像睡在冰柜里一样？ 要是我发牢骚的话凯特肯定会翻白眼， 她会说：“别像个小屁孩似的，麦迪。 ”我想要变得勇敢，像凯特一样。

January 9th, 7 .30 p .m. Dan and I just packed my backpack. He says the trick to staying warm is to wear several loose layers of fast -drying clothes. He also said that wearing wet clothes in the frigid cold causes hypothermia. I did not know until tonight that hypothermia is when your body cannot make enough heat to stay warm. People can die from hypothermia.

1月9日晚上7点30分。 我刚和丹一起收拾好了我的背包。 他说保暖的秘诀就是穿好几层宽松的速干衣。 他还说在天寒地冻的时候穿湿衣服会导致体温过低。 我今晚才知道体温过低就是你的身体产生的热量不够保暖的情况。 体温过低严重的话人是会死的。

January 10th, 1130 A .M. Dad was right. I am warm. We hiked for two hours to our campsite in snowshoes. I was so hot. I even took off my coat. It is so quiet here, except for the sound of our snowshoes moving across the snow. It sounds like this. Whump. Whump. I have to go. We are going to build a snow dome now.

1月10日上午11点30分。 爸爸说得对，我好暖和。 我们穿着雪地靴走了两个小时才到露营地。 我刚才热得不行，连外套都脱了。 这里好安静啊， 只有我们的雪地靴踩在雪地上的声音。 听起来是这样的： 扑通。扑通。 我得走啦，我们现在要去搭雪穹啦。

January 10th 5 p .m. Wow making a Quincy is tiring but fun. First we made a massive pile of snow with our shovels. Then we ate lunch. The snow hardened. Then we carved out the dome. Our Quincy looked like a snow cave. We even added a kitchen. I am still scared to sleep in there. Will we freeze while sleeping in snow? Will the Quincy fall in on top of us?

1月10日下午5点。 哇，做昆西雪屋好累但好好玩呀。 首先我们用铲子堆了一个超大的雪堆。 然后我们吃了午饭。 雪变硬了。 然后我们就把里面挖空做成穹顶。 我们的昆西雪屋看起来就像个雪洞。 我们甚至还加了个厨房呢。 我还是不敢睡在里面。 我们睡在雪地里会冻僵吗？ 会不会昆西雪屋塌下来压到我们呀？