01 A New Mission

Tonight on the Titanic

《今夜登上泰坦尼克号》

Chapter 1 A New Mission Jack opened his eyes. It was a stormy night. The rain tapped hard on his window pane. Do you hear what the rain is saying? said a voice. Jack turned on his lamp. Annie stood in his doorway. She wore her rain poncho over her pajamas and held a flashlight. It's saying, come now, she said.

第一章 新任务 杰克睁开了眼睛。这是个暴风雨的夜晚，雨点重重地敲打着他的窗玻璃。 “你听见雨在说什么了吗？”一个声音传来。杰克打开了台灯。 安妮站在他的门口，睡衣外面套着雨披，手里拿着一个手电筒。 “它在说，快来呀。”她说。

You're nuts said Jack Listen just listen said Annie Jack listened the rain did seem to be tapping out come now come now We have to go to the tree house said Annie something important is about to happen Now said Jack Jack didn't want to leave his warm cozy room But he had a feeling Annie was right something important was about to happen You coming she said yeah. Yeah, he said he climbed out of bed Just put on your rain poncho said Annie Jack threw his rain poncho over his

“你疯啦。”杰克说。 “你听，你仔细听嘛。”安妮说。 杰克听了听，雨声好像真的在嗒嗒嗒说着“快来呀，快来呀”。 “我们得去树屋，”安妮说，“有重要的事情要发生了。” “现在就去？”杰克说，他可不想离开自己暖和舒服的房间。 可他有种感觉，安妮是对的，确实有重要的事要发生了。 “你要来吗？”她问。“嗯，来。”他说着爬下了床。 “把你的雨披穿上就行。”安妮说。杰克把雨披套在了自己的

pajamas. He pulled on his sneakers and grabbed his backpack. Don't forget your master librarian card, said Annie. I have mine with me. Jack put the card with the glowing letters M .L. on it into his backpack. I'm ready, he said. Jack and Annie went quietly down the stairs, then they slipped out the door into the chilly damp night. The storm had eased up. Rain fell gently as they ran up the street. The wet ground glistened in the beam of the flashlight. They headed into the Frog Creek woods. Wind blew through the trees, shaking water to the ground. Jack shivered. He wiped raindrops off his glasses.

睡衣外面。他蹬上运动鞋，抓起了自己的背包。 “别忘了你的图书管理员大师卡哦，”安妮说，“我的已经带上了。”杰克把那张 印着发光的M.L.字样的卡片放进了背包。“我准备好了。”他说。杰克和安妮 轻手轻脚地下了楼梯，然后溜出门，走进了阴冷潮湿的夜色里。暴风雨 已经减弱了，他们沿街跑的时候，雨下得很轻柔。湿漉漉的地面在 手电筒的光束下闪着光。他们朝着青蛙溪树林走去。风吹过树林，摇落的水珠 掉在了地上。杰克打了个哆嗦，擦掉了眼镜上的雨滴。

Brrrr! said Annie. I'm cold. Me too, said Jack. As they kept walking, Annie pointed the flashlight up into the trees. There it is, she said. Her light had found the tree house. Morgan, Jack called. There was no answer. I wonder what's wrong, said Annie. I was sure she'd be here. Let's go up and see, said Jack. Annie grabbed the rope ladder and started climbing. Jack followed. Rain dripped from the trees onto his poncho. They climbed into the tree house. Annie shined her light into each corner. The first three corners were empty.

“呼呼呼！”安妮说，“我好冷。”“我也是。”杰克说。他们继续往前走的时候，安妮把手电筒 对准了树上照。“在那儿呢！”她说。她的光找到了树屋。“摩根！”杰克喊道。 没人应答。“不知道出什么事了，”安妮说，“我本来确定她会在这儿的。” “我们上去看看吧。”杰克说。安妮抓住绳梯开始往上爬，杰克跟在后面。 雨水从树上滴下来，落在他的雨披上。他们爬进了树屋。 安妮把灯照向每个角落，前三个角落都是空的。