8 The Big Wave

Chapter 8 The Big Wave Run, Annie! Jack screamed. The water drew away from the beach, and a loud hissing sound came from the sea. Suddenly fish flopped on the bare sand. Annie threw down her board and ran. She grabbed Jack's hand as she ran by him. Jack grabbed Boca's hand, and Boca grabbed they all ran together, pulling each other along as they raced to the cliff.

第八章 巨浪 “快跑，安妮！”杰克大喊。海水从沙滩退去，巨大的嘶嘶声 从海面传来。光秃秃的沙地上突然有鱼扑腾起来。安妮扔下冲浪板就 跑。她跑过杰克身边时抓住了杰克的手。杰克拉住博卡的手，博卡拉着 大家一起跑，互相拽着往悬崖的方向狂奔。

Boca and Kama ran up the cliff path. Jack and Annie grabbed their shoes and Jack's pack, then they scrambled up the path too. At the top of the cliff everyone looked back. Jack couldn't believe his eyes.

博卡和卡玛沿着悬崖小路往上跑。杰克和安妮抓起鞋子还有杰克的背包，也跟着爬上了小路。 到了悬崖顶，大家都回头看。杰克简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。

A wave was rising up like a dark mountain of water. It came surging toward the shore, growing even taller.

一道巨浪升了起来，就像一座深色的水山。它朝着岸边汹涌而来，个头还在越涨越高。

Wow !" whispered Annie. Get back! shouted Boca. The four of them bolted back from the edge of the rocky slope. The mountain of water crashed against the cliff. Water sprayed over the top of the rocks and rained down on them. When the water rolled back over the cliff, they all hurried back to the edge to see what had happened. The rocky cliff path was gone. The gigantic wave was moving back out to sea, taking rocks, sand, seaweed, seashells, and the surfboards with it. Scary, breathed Annie. Yeah, said Jack. We just made it. Boca, calma! voices yelled.

“哇！”安妮小声惊叹。 “往后退！”博卡大喊。 四个人连忙从岩石坡的边缘往后跑。 那座水山狠狠撞在悬崖上。 水花溅过岩石顶，像下雨一样落在他们身上。 当海水从悬崖上退回去的时候，大家都赶紧跑回边缘想看看到底 发生了什么。 那条岩石砌成的悬崖小路不见了。 巨大的浪正往海里退，卷走了岩石、沙子、海藻、贝壳，还有 那些冲浪板。 “好吓人呀。”安妮倒抽一口冷气说。 “是啊。”杰克说。 我们刚好逃出来了。 “博卡，别慌！”好多声音大喊道。

They turned around. Jack saw Boka and Kama's parents racing across the meadow toward them. Other villagers followed. The two Hawaiian kids ran into their parents' arms. Soon Jack and Annie were surrounded by villagers. Everyone was laughing and crying and hugging each other. Jack hugged Annie. He hugged Kama and Boka and their parents and lots of other people he didn't even know.

他们转过身。杰克看见博卡和卡玛的父母正穿过草地朝他们跑过来。 其他村民跟在后面。两个夏威夷小孩扑进了父母怀里。很快杰克和安妮 就被村民们围了起来。大家又哭又笑，互相拥抱。 杰克抱了抱安妮。他抱了卡玛、博卡还有他们的父母，还有好多他根本 不认识的人。