05 Two Eyes

Chapter 5. Two Eyes. What's a ship's log? said Annie. It's a diary of an ocean trip, said Jack. He peered at the computer screen and read a log entry. Monday, July 5th. Hey, that was just last week, said Jack. He read further. Collected rock and shell samples.

第五章 两只眼睛 “航海日志是什么呀？”安妮问。 “就是记录海上航行的日记呀。”杰克说。 他凑到电脑屏幕前，读起了一条日志记录。 7月5日 星期一 “嘿，这就是上周的日子呀。”杰克说。 他接着往下读。 采集了岩石和贝壳样本。

Mapped ocean floor. Found tiny crack in hull. This is like your notebook, said Annie. Yeah, the oceanographer was writing notes on the computer, said Jack. Jack and Annie read further. Tuesday, July 6. Crack is widened. Must return to reef soon. A crack where? said Annie. I don't know, said Jack. He read further. Wednesday, July 7. More tiny cracks. Cannot be fixed.

绘制了海底地图。发现船体有细小裂缝。 “这跟你的笔记本很像哎。”安妮说。 “对呀，这位海洋学家在电脑上写笔记呢。”杰克说。 杰克和安妮接着往下读。 7月6日 星期二 裂缝变宽了。必须尽快返回珊瑚礁。 “哪里的裂缝呀？”安妮问。 “我不知道。”杰克说。他接着往下读。 7月7日 星期三 又出现更多小裂缝。没办法修补了。

Heading back to Reef today. Uh -oh, this doesn't sound good, said Jack. He read further. Thursday, July 8, defective sub. Return to Reef. Leave. For helicopter to transport to junkyard. Defective means broken, right? said Annie. Yep, said Jack. So this sub is broken, right? Said Annie. Yep, said Jack. And it was waiting to be taken away by a helicopter to a junkyard. Yikes, said Annie.

今天动身返回珊瑚礁。 “哎哟，情况听起来不太妙啊。”杰克说。 他接着往下读。 7月8日 星期四 潜水艇故障。 返回珊瑚礁。 原地停留。 等待直升机运往废品场。 “故障就是坏了的意思，对吗？”安妮问。 “对呀。”杰克说。 “所以这艘潜水艇坏了，对不对？” 安妮说。 “没错。”杰克说。 它本来正等着被直升机拉去废品场呢。 “妈呀。”安妮说。

Now we really have to get back," said Jack. Let's try pressing the waves picture," said Annie. She pressed the waves picture on the computer screen. The mini -sub began to rise slowly. Oh, good! said Jack. The sub went past a small coral mountain. It went past squalls of fish and waving plants. Oh! gasped Annie. Jack gasped too. Two eyes were staring out from behind it.

“现在我们真的得回去了。”杰克说。 “我们试试按海浪的图案吧。”安妮说。 她按了电脑屏幕上的海浪图案。 迷你潜水艇开始慢慢往上浮。 “哦，太好了！”杰克说。 潜水艇驶过一座小小的珊瑚山。 又驶过一群群游鱼和随水摆动的植物。 “啊！” 安妮倒抽一口冷气。 杰克也倒抽了一口冷气。 两只眼睛正从它后面盯着他们。

Giant Sea Plant. They looked human, except they were as big as golf balls. The sub moved past the giant plant. Jack breathed a sigh of relief. Sputtered Annie. Don't ask, said Jack. They stared back at the plant. Just then, a long arm came out from behind it. Then another arm came out. Then another. And another. And another. And another. And another. And another. Jack and Annie stared in horror at a giant octopus. It's coming after us, said Annie. Slowly the octopus crept through the water. Its eight arms reached for the mini -sub.

巨型海草。那两只眼睛看起来像人眼，只是有高尔夫球那么大。 潜水艇驶离了那株巨型海草。杰克松了一口气。 安妮结结巴巴刚要说话。“别问了。”杰克说。他们回头盯着那株海草。就在这时， 一条长长的触手从它后面伸了出来。接着又伸出一条。再一条。又一条。 再一条。又一条。再一条。又一条。杰克和安妮吓得目瞪口呆， 看着一只巨型章鱼。“它朝我们过来了。”安妮说。章鱼慢悠悠地在水里游过来。 它的八条触手朝着迷你潜水艇伸了过来。