06 High Jump

Chapter 6. High Jump. Who is that? said Jack. I don't know, said Annie. But we'll soon find out. She started waving. No, said Jack. He grabbed her arm. Let's go back to the base before he gets here. Why? said Annie. We don't know who he is, said Jack. We don't know if he's friendly or mean or what. But we can't go back, said Annie. We haven't found the fourth M thing yet.

第六章 跳高 “那是谁呀？”杰克问。 “我不知道呀。”安妮说，“不过我们很快就会知道啦。” 她刚要挥手。“别！”杰克喊道，一把抓住她的胳膊，“我们趁他还没到，赶紧回基地去。” “为什么呀？”安妮问。“我们不知道他是谁，”杰克说，“也不知道他是友好的、凶狠的，还是别的什么。” “可是我们不能回去呀，”安妮说，“我们还没找到第四个以M开头的东西呢。”

We won't be able to go home. It doesn't matter. We can lock the door at the moon base until he goes away," said Jack. Then we can get new air tanks. Jack hurried to the moon buggy. Come on! He jumped into the driver's seat. Annie gave a little wave to the dot in the sky. Then she climbed into the moon buggy. The buggy took off. Careful! said Annie. They bumped over the rocks as Jack turned the buggy around. Then they zoomed toward the pass. Jack stared around craters and rocks. More than once the buggy nearly tipped over. Whoa! Slow down! said Annie. They were almost at the mountain pass. Suddenly a cloud of dust flew up in front of them.

我们就没法回家啦。 没关系的。 “我们可以把月球基地的门锁上，等他走了再说。”杰克说。 之后我们再换新的氧气罐。 杰克急匆匆地跑向月球车。 快跟上！ 他一下跳进驾驶座里。 安妮对着天上那个小点轻轻挥了挥手。 然后她也爬上了月球车。 月球车嗖的一下开了出去。 “小心呀！”安妮喊。 杰克调转车头的时候，车子在石头上颠来颠去。 接着他们朝着山口飞快驶去。 杰克盯着周围的陨石坑和岩石。 月球车好几次都差点翻了。 哇啊！ “开慢点！”安妮喊道。 他们马上就要到山口了。 突然，一团尘土在他们面前飞了起来。

The ground trembled. Watch it! cried Annie. Jack couldn't see a thing. He stepped on the brake. The buggy jerked to a stop. The dust settled. A giant rock had fallen into the narrow pass. It was stuck between two walls of rock. They were trapped. Jack quickly found a picture of a giant rock in the Moon Book. He read aloud. Rocks of all sizes crash into the Moon from outer space. These rocks are called meteorites. We're lucky that meteorite didn't land on us, said Jack. Yeah, and I guess it's too big to be the end thing, said Annie. She had climbed out of the Moon Book.

地面晃了晃。 “小心！”安妮大叫。 杰克什么都看不见了。 他一脚踩下刹车。 月球车猛地一下停住了。 尘土慢慢落了下来。 一块巨大的石头落在了狭窄的山口中间。 它卡在了两边的岩壁中间。 他们被困住了。 杰克很快在《月球手册》里找到了一张巨石的图片。 他大声念了出来。 大大小小的岩石会从外太空撞到月球上。 这些岩石叫做陨石。 “我们真幸运，这块陨石没砸到我们。”杰克说。 “对呀，而且我猜它太大了，肯定不是我们要找的最后一样东西。”安妮说。 她已经放下《月球手册》爬了出来。

and was standing by the meteorite. It was more than twice as tall as she was. Jack looked at the black sky. The flying thing was nowhere in sight. Yet. We'll have to jump over it, Annie said. Jump? I don't think so, said Jack. It's too high. I'm going to try anyway, said Annie. Wait, let's think first, said Jack, but Annie was already backing up. One, two, three, go! she shouted, and took giant leaping steps toward the meteorite. When Annie got close to the rock, she pushed off the ground, then she flew through space and disappeared behind the meteorite. Annie! Jack called. There was no answer.

站在了陨石旁边。那块陨石比她高两倍还多。杰克抬眼 望向漆黑的天空。那个飞着的东西这会儿还看不到踪影。 “我们得跳过去才行。”安妮说。 “跳？我可不行。”杰克说，“它太高了。” “不管怎样我都要试试。”安妮说。 “等一下，我们先想想办法。”杰克说，可安妮已经在往后退了。 “一、二、三，跳！”她大喊着，朝着陨石大步跨了过去。 安妮靠近石头的时候，脚蹬了一下地面，接着就在空中飞了起来 然后消失在了陨石的后面。 “安妮！”杰克大喊。没有任何回应。

Oh, brother! Jack said. He backed up and took off toward the rock. He jumped as high as he could. Then he was flying through space. Jack hit the ground and fell face down into the dust. Jack tried to stand, but his suit was too bulky. He tried to roll over, but his suit made even that impossible. Oh, no! He groaned. Not again! Are you here? asked Annie. Did you make it? Yes. Jack was relieved to hear her voice, but he couldn't turn his head to see her. He could only hear her over the radio. Can you help me up? he asked. Nope! said Annie. Why not? I fell down too! she said.

“哎呀我的天！”杰克说。他往后退了退，朝着石头冲了过去。他拼尽全力跳得老高，接着也在空中飞了起来。 杰克落到地上，脸朝下摔进了尘土里。 杰克想站起来，可他的宇航服太笨重了。他想翻个身，可宇航服让他连翻身都做不到。 “哦不要啊！”他呻吟道，“怎么又这样！” “你过来了吗？”安妮问，“你跳过来了吗？” “是的。”听到安妮的声音杰克松了口气，可他没法转头看她，只能通过对讲机听到她的声音。 “你能扶我起来吗？”他问。 “不行呀！”安妮说。“为什么不行？” “我也摔倒啦！”她说。