08 Get Below!

Chapter 8 Get Below Suddenly the schoolhouse door blew off its hinges. It went flying through the air. Jack grabbed Annie and pulled her into the dugout. Inside the benches were overturned. The room was a mess. Miss Neely and the three kids were pressed against the dirt wall. Kate and Will screamed as the winds whipped around the room.

第八章 躲到下面去 突然校舍的门被风吹得脱了铰链，飞出去老远。 杰克抓住安妮，把她拉进防空壕里，里面的长凳都翻倒了。 屋子里乱糟糟的，尼利老师和三个孩子紧紧贴着土墙。 狂风在屋子里呼啸，凯特和威尔吓得尖叫起来。

Miss Neely hugged Kate. Jeb held on to Will. Get in the cellar! Jack yelled. What cellar? shouted Miss Neely. Together Jack and Annie pulled the rug off the floor and uncovered the cellar door.

尼利老师抱着凯特，杰布紧紧抓着威尔。 快进地窖！杰克大喊道。 什么地窖？尼利老师大声问道。 杰克和安妮一起掀开地上的地毯，露出了地窖的门。

They grabbed the door and tried to open it, but the wind was blowing too hard. Suddenly Jeb was beside them. He pulled the door open. A ladder led down into the cellar. One by one, Will, Kate, Miss Neely, and Annie went down the ladder. Jack waited for Jeb to go down. Go, go! Jeb shouted. Jack climbed down into the cellar.

他们抓着门想拉开，可风实在太大了，根本拉不动。 杰布突然出现在他们身边，一把拉开了门，一架梯子通向地窖深处。 威尔、凯特、尼利老师和安妮挨个顺着梯子爬了下去。 杰克等杰布先下去，“快走啊！”杰布大喊，杰克才爬进了地窖。

Jab came last. He closed the door behind him, leaving everyone in total darkness. The twister roared fiercely above them. It sounded like a train barreling right through the schoolhouse. As the twister roared and howled, Jack couldn't think. He couldn't feel. He was totally swept up in the howl of the wind. Then, just as Jack felt he would disappear in the roar of the twister, the noise died down. And then it was silent. No one spoke for a moment in the blackness. Then Annie broke the silence. Are we still alive? She whispered. Everyone laughed. Yes, I think we are, said Miss Neely.

杰布最后一个下来，他关上身后的门，大家瞬间陷入了一片黑暗。 龙卷风在他们头顶猛烈咆哮，听起来就像一列火车径直从校舍碾了过去。 龙卷风咆哮怒吼着，杰克脑子一片空白，什么也感觉不到，整个人都被风的呼啸声淹没了。 就在杰克觉得自己快要被龙卷风的咆哮吞噬时，噪音渐渐平息了下来。 接下来，四周一片寂静。 黑暗中，大家好一会儿都没说话，最后是安妮打破了沉默。 我们还活着吗？她小声问道，大家都笑了。 对呀，我想我们都还活着，尼利老师说道。