03 It's Alive!

Chapter 3. It's alive. Where did he go? said Jack. He and Annie peeked through the hole. They saw a long hallway. Burning torches lit the walls. Dark shadows loomed. Let's go in, said Annie. Wait, said Jack. He pulled out the Egypt book and turned to the section on pyramids. He read the caption aloud.

第三章 它活过来了 ‘他去哪儿了？’杰克说。他和安妮从洞口往里面张望。 他们看见一条长长的走廊。燃烧的火把照亮了墙面，昏暗的影子若隐若现。 ‘我们进去吧。’安妮说。‘等等。’杰克说。他掏出那本讲埃及的书，翻到关于 金字塔的部分，大声念出了图片说明。

Pyramids were sometimes called houses of the dead. They were nearly all solid stone, except for the burial chambers deep inside. Wow, let's go there, to the burial chambers, said Annie. I bet a mummy's there. Jack took a deep breath. Then he stepped out of the hot bright sunlight into the cool dark pyramid. The hallway was silent. Floor, ceiling, walls, everything was stone. The floor slanted up from where they stood. We have to go further inside, said Annie. Right, said Jack, but stay close behind me. Don't talk, don't go, just go, said Annie. She gave him a little push. Jack started up the slanting floor of the hallway.

金字塔有时候被称作亡灵之家。 它们几乎全由实心石块砌成，只有深处的墓室是中空的。 ‘哇，我们去那儿吧，去墓室那儿。’安妮说。 我打赌那儿肯定有木乃伊。 杰克深吸了一口气。 接着他离开炎热明亮的阳光，走进了凉爽昏暗的金字塔里。 走廊里静悄悄的。 地面、天花板、墙壁，全都是石头做的。 他们脚边的地面是向上倾斜的。 ‘我们得往里面再走深一点。’安妮说。 ‘好的，’杰克说，‘但是你要紧紧跟在我后面。’ ‘别啰嗦啦，别磨蹭啦，走啦。’安妮说。 她轻轻推了他一下。 杰克开始沿着走廊向上倾斜的地面往前走。

Where was the cat? The hallway went on and on. Wait, said Jack. I want to look at the book. He opened the Egypt book again. He held it below a torch on the wall. The book showed a picture of the inside of the pyramid. The burial chamber is in the middle of the pyramid, see? Jack said. He pointed to the picture. It seems to be straight ahead. Jack tucked the book under his arm, then they headed deeper into the pyramid. Soon the floor became flat. The air felt different, musty and stale. Jack opened the book again. I think we're almost at the burial chamber. See the picture? The hallway slants up, then it gets flat. Then you come to the chamber. See? Look. Eeeeee! A strange cry shot through the pyramid.

那只猫去哪儿了？ 走廊好像走也走不完。 ‘等等，’杰克说，‘我想看看书。’ 他再次翻开那本讲埃及的书，举到墙上一支火把的下方。 书上印着一张金字塔内部构造的图片。 ‘墓室在金字塔的正中间，看到没？’杰克指着图片说，‘看起来就在正前方。’ 杰克把书夹在胳膊底下，然后两人朝着金字塔更深处走去。 没过多久地面就变平坦了，空气闻起来也不一样了， 带着霉味，闷闷的。 杰克又一次翻开了书。 ‘我觉得我们快到墓室了。看到这张图没？走廊先向上倾斜，然后就变平了。’ ‘接下来你就会走到墓室了。看到没？你看。’ 呀——！ 一阵奇怪的叫喊声穿透了整个金字塔。

Jack dropped the Egypt book. Out of the shadows flew a white figure. It swooshed toward them. A mummy. It's alive! Annie shouted.

杰克手里的埃及书掉在了地上。 一个白色的身影从阴影里飞了出来。 它嗖嗖地朝着他们冲了过来。 是木乃伊。 它活过来了！ 安妮大叫起来。