06 C-R-A-C-K

Chapter 6. Crack? The octopus hugged the mini -sub. Each of its eight arms had two rows of suckers. The suckers stuck to the window. The mini -sub stopped. The octopus stared at Jack and Annie with huge, human -like eyes. I don't think it wants to hurt us, whispered Annie. It's just curious. I'm going to research it, said Jack. His hands shook as he flipped through the window.

第六章 裂缝？ 章鱼紧紧抱住了迷你潜水艇。 它的八只触手每只都长着两排吸盘。 吸盘牢牢吸在了窗玻璃上。 迷你潜水艇停了下来。 章鱼睁着一双像人类的大眼睛，盯着杰克和安妮。 “我觉得它不会伤害我们的。”安妮小声说。 “它只是好奇而已。” “我去查一下它的资料。”杰克说。 他的手不住发抖，隔着窗玻璃翻起书来。

the pages of the ocean book. He found a picture of an octopus and read aloud. The octopus tends to be a gentle, shy creature. Sometimes though, curiosity gets the best of it and it comes out of hiding. Oh, see, I told you, we're shy, said Annie. She yelled to the octopus, Hi, I'm Annie, he's Jack. Oh, brother, moaned Jack. He read further, but the octopus has huge strength. Each of its arms or tentacles has mini suckers which act like rubber suction cups. It is nearly impossible to free an object from their grasp.

海洋科普书的书页。 他找到一张章鱼的图片，大声念了出来。 章鱼通常是性格温和、胆子很小的生物。 不过有时候，好奇心会占上风 从藏身的地方跑出来。 “哦你看，我就说嘛，它很害羞的。”安妮说。 她冲着章鱼大喊：“嗨，我是安妮，” “他是杰克。”“哎哟我的天呐。”杰克嘟囔道。 他接着往下读：但是章鱼的力气特别大。 它的每只触手都长着小小的吸盘 作用就像橡胶吸盘一样。 被它们吸住的东西几乎不可能挣脱开。

Oh, great! said Jack. We'll never get rid of this thing. Just then, Jack felt a drop hit his arm. Water! He looked up at the ceiling. Hello! said Annie. A thin crack ran along the ceiling. Smaller cracks branched out from it. Water dripped from the cracks. We found the cracks! said Annie. The octopus better let go before the whole ceiling breaks! said Jack. Let go! Please! Please! Annie shouted at the octopus. The creature blinked, as if trying to understand her. Please! Please! Please! she shouted. Come on, Annie! said Jack. It doesn't care if you're polite.

“哦太好了！”杰克说，“我们永远甩不掉这个家伙了。” 就在这时，杰克感觉有一滴水落在了他的胳膊上。 是水！他抬头看向舱顶。 “快看呀！”安妮叫道。 一道细裂缝沿着舱顶延伸，周围还分出好多更小的裂缝。 水正从裂缝里往下滴。 “我们找到裂缝啦！”安妮说。 “最好在整个舱顶碎掉之前，章鱼能放开我们！”杰克说。 “放开我们！求你了！求你了！”安妮冲着章鱼大喊。 这个小家伙眨了眨眼，好像在努力听懂她的话。 “求你了！求你了！求你了！”她不停喊着。 “省省吧安妮！”杰克说，“它才不管你有没有礼貌呢。”

The octopus blinked at Jack. Get out of here! Jack yelled at it. Now, beat it, scram, go! The octopus shot a cloud of black liquid into the water and disappeared into the dark cloud. Its long tentacles trailed through the water. The mini -sub started to rise slowly again. You hurt his feelings! Annie said. I don't think so. Something bothered Jack. He looked back at the ocean book. He read to himself. The octopus squirts black ink to escape its enemies. One of its main enemies is the shark. Oh, no, said Jack.

章鱼对着杰克眨了眨眼。 “快走开！” 杰克冲着它吼道。 “现在赶紧走，快滚开，立刻离开这儿！” 章鱼往水里喷出一团黑墨，转眼就消失在黑色的墨团里了。 它长长的触手在水里拖着晃了晃。 迷你潜水艇又开始慢慢往上升了。 “你伤到它的感情了！” 安妮说。 “我才没有呢。” 杰克突然想起什么不对劲的事。 他回头又翻起那本海洋科普书。 他小声念给自己听： 章鱼喷出黑墨是为了躲避天敌。 它的主要天敌之一就是鲨鱼。 “哦，完了。”杰克说。

What's wrong? asked Annie. Jack looked out the window. The water was growing clear again. The shadowy figure moved toward the mini -sub. What is that? whispered Annie. The fish was way bigger than the dolphins, and it had a very weird head. Jack could feel his heart nearly stop. Why, Hammerhead Shark! he breathed. We're really in trouble now.

“怎么了？”安妮问。杰克看向窗外，海水又慢慢变清澈了。 一个模糊的影子正朝着迷你潜水艇游过来。 “那是什么？”安妮小声问。那条鱼比海豚大得多，脑袋长得特别奇怪。 杰克感觉自己的心脏都快停止跳动了。 “我的天，是双髻鲨！”他倒吸一口凉气，“我们这下真的麻烦大了。”