08 Swim for Your Life!

Chapter 8. Swim for your life. Jack moved his arms slowly. He moved his legs slowly. He gently pushed the water out of his way as he did the breaststroke. Calm, calm, he told himself. Annie swam beside him. They headed for the reef. All was calm. Then Jack saw something out of the corner of his eye. A dark fin was zigzagging through the water. It was heading toward them.

第八章 为了活命，奋力游！ 杰克慢慢划动胳膊，慢慢蹬着腿，游蛙泳的时候轻轻把挡路的水拨到一旁。 冷静，冷静，他暗暗告诉自己。 安妮游在他旁边，他们朝着礁石游去，四周一片平静。 忽然，杰克眼角的余光瞥见了什么东西。 一片深色的鱼鳍正在水里歪歪扭扭地游，直直冲着他们过来了。

Jack wanted to splash. He wanted to yell, but he remembered, calm. I better not tell Annie, he thought. She'll stay calmer if she doesn't know. He began to swim faster, then faster. Annie went faster too. They both swam as fast and as calmly as they could. Sometimes Annie went even faster than Jack, which made him swim faster, and faster. Jack was so scared that he wasn't tired at all. He was swimming for his life, and for Annie's life too. He didn't look back to see if the shark was still there. He didn't want to know. He just kept his eye on the treehouse in the distance, and he kept swimming.

杰克想拍水，想大叫，可他忽然想起—— 要冷静。我最好别告诉安妮，他心想，她不知道的话会更镇定。 他开始加快速度游，越游越快，安妮也跟着越游越快。 他俩拼尽全力，游得又快又稳，尽量保持镇定。 有时候安妮游得比杰克还快，这也催得杰克游得越来越快，快得不能再快。 杰克吓得一点都不觉得累，他不光是为自己的小命游，也是为安妮的小命游。 他不敢回头看鲨鱼还在不在后面，他根本不想知道答案。 他只盯着远处的树屋，一个劲儿地往前游。

Jack and Annie swam and swam and swam. It took forever for the treehouse to get just a little closer. Jack realized the reef was farther away than he had thought. He kept swimming, but his arms and legs felt heavy. Annie was struggling too. Float, she said. Float! Jack and Annie turned onto their backs. They floated the way they had learned in swimming class. We'll just rest for a minute, Jack thought. Then we'll keep going. But the more Jack floated, the more tired he felt. Soon he was too tired even to float. He started to sink.

杰克和安妮游啊游，游啊游，游个不停。 游了老半天，树屋才稍微近了那么一丁点儿。 杰克才反应过来，礁石比他之前想的要远多了。 他还在往前游，可胳膊和腿都沉得像灌了铅。 安妮也游得很吃力。 我们浮着吧，她说。 浮起来！ 杰克和安妮翻过身仰躺在水面上。 他们用游泳课上学到的方法浮着。 我们就休息一小会儿，杰克心想。 休息完了再接着游。 可杰克越浮，越觉得浑身发软没力气。 没过多久，他累得连浮都浮不住了。 他开始往下沉。

Then he felt something. His heart stopped. Something pushed at him in the water. He was slippery and alive. Had the hammerhead caught up with him? Jack shut his eyes and waited for the worst. He waited... and waited. Finally he opened his eyes. In front of him was a shiny gray head. A dolphin's head. The dolphin pushed Jack with its nose. It made happy clicking sounds. Hooray! cried Annie. Jack looked over at her. She was clinging to the fin of another dolphin. Her dolphin was moving through the water.

这时他碰到了什么东西，心一下子提到了嗓子眼，水里有个东西在推他，滑溜溜的，是活的。 是双髻鲨追上来了吗？杰克闭上眼睛等着最坏的情况发生，他等啊等，等了好久。 最后他睁开眼睛，眼前是一个亮闪闪的灰色脑袋，是海豚的脑袋！ 海豚用鼻子推了推杰克，还发出了快活的咔嗒声。 太棒啦！安妮大叫起来，杰克转头看她，她正抓着另一只海豚的鳍呢。 载着她的海豚正在水里往前游。

Jack grabbed the fin of his dolphin. Then the two dolphins swam smoothly through the water, pulling Jack and Annie toward the reef.

杰克一把抓住了自己这只海豚的鳍。 接着两只海豚稳稳地游在水里，载着杰克和安妮往礁石的方向去。