04 Put on Your Life Belts!

Chapter 4. Put on your life belts. Jack and Annie slipped through a door off the boat deck. Teddy was at their heels. Wow! breathed Annie. Arf! Arf! Teddy barked. They were at the top of the empty grand stairway. It was beautiful. It was made of dark glossy wood. A huge dome with lights hung above it. At the top of the stairs was a fancy clock. The hands of the clock were at 1220.

第四章 穿上你们的救生衣。 杰克和安妮溜过了船甲板旁的一扇门。 泰迪紧紧跟在他们脚边。 “哇！”安妮吸着气小声说。 “汪！汪！”泰迪叫了起来。 他们站在空荡荡的豪华大楼梯顶端。 楼梯漂亮极了。 它是用光滑的深色木材打造的。 上方悬挂着一个带灯的巨大穹顶。 楼梯顶端立着一座精致的时钟。 时钟的指针指向12点20分。

Oh, man, it's twenty minutes after midnight, said Jack. The ship's going down in two hours. They hurried down the carpeted steps and into the first -class hallway. Teddy followed along. Jack looked at the map in the book. These are the staterooms, he said. This hall will take us to the third -class open deck. Hey, look! said Annie. The floor's landing down. Jack caught his breath. She was right. That means the front of the ship is already sinking, he said. Just then a man in a white uniform came down the hall. He knocked on the doors. But on your life belts at once and come back to life.

“哦天呐，现在是午夜十二点二十分，”杰克说，“船再过两个小时就要沉了。” 他们匆匆走下铺着地毯的台阶，进入头等舱走廊，泰迪跟在后面。 杰克看了看书里的地图。 “这些都是特等客舱，”他说，“沿着这条走廊走就能到三等舱露天甲板。” “嘿，你看！”安妮说，“地板在往下斜！” 杰克屏住了呼吸，安妮说得没错。 “这说明船头已经开始下沉了。”他说。 就在这时，一个穿白色制服的男人沿着走廊走来，挨户敲着门。 “立刻穿上你们的救生衣，马上返回”

to the boat deck," he called. Men and women stumbled out of their rooms. They wore elegant robes made of shiny cloth and velvet. What's going on? a woman asked. There's been a little accident, the man in the uniform said cheerfully. Oh, how silly, said the woman. It's not silly, said Annie. Do what he says. Arf, arf, Teddy barked as if he agreed with Annie. Sh, Teddy, said Jack. He picked up the little dog. Then he and Annie hurried down the hall. They crossed the third class open deck where more people were standing. These people were not dressed in fancy clothes.

船甲板，”他喊道。男男女女跌跌撞撞走出房间，他们穿着优雅的 亮面布料和天鹅绒制成的睡袍。 “发生什么事了？”一个女人问。“只是出了点小意外。”穿制服的男人 乐呵呵地说。“哦，太傻了。”女人说。“一点都不傻，”安妮说，“照他说的做。” “汪，汪，”泰迪叫着，好像在附和安妮。“嘘，泰迪。”杰克说。他抱起 小狗。然后他和安妮匆匆沿着走廊往前走，穿过了三等舱 露天甲板，那里站着更多人，这些人没有穿华丽的衣服。

clothes. They mostly wore plain dark coats. They didn't seem worried either. They were all joking and laughing. Jack and Annie slipped through the crowd. They went into a big smoky room. Four men were playing cards. A woman played the piano. A young couple danced to the music. Put on your lifebelts and go up to the boat deck, Annie shouted. The people looked at Annie in surprise. The card player smiled at her. She opened her mouth to yell again, but Jack pulled her out the door. Come on, he said. We have to get down to the third -class cabins before it's too late. They hurried down another hall. Then they climbed down another stairway. Jack and Annie

衣服，他们大多穿着朴素的深色外套，看起来也一点都不担心，还在 说说笑笑。杰克和安妮穿过人群，走进一个烟雾缭绕的大 房间。四个男人在打牌，一个女人在弹钢琴，一对年轻情侣随着 音乐跳舞。 “穿上你们的救生衣，到船甲板上去！”安妮大声喊。 人们惊讶地看着安妮，打牌的人还冲她笑。她张开嘴 想再喊，杰克却把她拉出了门。 “走吧，”他说，“我们得赶去三等舱客舱，不然就来不及了。” 他们匆匆沿着另一条走廊往前走，又爬下一段楼梯。杰克和安妮

Jack carried Teddy the whole way. At the bottom of the stairs they rounded a corner and they both gasped. The floor was really slanting down here and water sloshed at the end of a hallway. The Titanic is sinking, said Jack. But no one understands, said Annie. I know, said Jack. It made him feel terribly sad. Teddy whined. Jack buried his face in the little dog's fur. Come on, said Annie. She began banging on the cabin doors. The doors swung open. The cabins were all empty. The people from this hallway must be the ones up near the lounge, said Jack. Maybe we should go down to a lower deck.

杰克一路都抱着泰迪。 走到楼梯底部，他们转过拐角，两个人都倒抽了一口冷气。 这里的地板斜得很厉害，走廊尽头的水晃来晃去。 “泰坦尼克号真的要沉了。”杰克说。 “可是没人明白危险。”安妮说。 “我知道。”杰克说。 他心里难过得要命。 泰迪呜呜叫了起来，杰克把脸埋进小狗的绒毛里。 “走吧。”安妮说，她开始砰砰敲客舱的门。 门都晃开了，所有客舱都是空的。 “这条走廊的乘客肯定都在上面休息室附近。”杰克说。 “也许我们该去更低层的甲板看看。”

He started to walk back to the stairs, but Teddy began barking furiously. What's wrong with him? said Jack. I don't know, said Annie. Suddenly the dog leaped out of Jack's arms. He charged down the hall. He was running straight toward the water. Watch out! cried Jack. He and Annie ran after Teddy. The dog began barking at a closed door. The door opened. A very small boy peeked out.

他刚要走回楼梯那边，泰迪却开始疯狂叫起来。 “他怎么了？”杰克说。 “我不知道。”安妮说。 突然，小狗从杰克怀里跳了出去。 他沿着走廊冲过去，径直朝着有水的地方跑。 “小心！”杰克大喊，他和安妮追着泰迪跑过去。 小狗对着一扇关着的门叫个不停。 门开了，一个很小的小男孩探出头来。