Leap Year Birthday
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Leroy was a time traveler—that’s what he told himself, at least.
Leroy是个时光旅行者,
He was in second grade, but he told himself he was only two years old.
二年级的时候,他告诉自己只有两岁.
Today was his birthday: February 29, otherwise known as leap day.
今天是他的生日: 二月二十九日,又称"跳日".
That day only came once every four years, though.
但那天每四年才来一次
As far as Leroy was concerned, that meant he only had a real birthday once every four years.
就勒罗伊而言,这意味着他每四年只有一次真正的生日.
To Leroy, most of his eight years were just “pretend years.”
对Leroy来说,他八年的大部分时间只是“预想中的岁月”。 “
He didn’t understand why February 29 couldn’t happen each year, like the other 365 days.
他不明白为什么2月29日不能像其他365天一样,
So much time had passed since his last real birthday, no one remembered this one.
自从他上个真正的生日以来 已经过去了这么多时间 没人记得这个
Not even his mother.
连他母亲都没有
Leroy wondered about all those other leap day people.
Leroy想知道其他那些跳跃的人
Were they time travelers too?
他们也是时间旅行者吗?
There had to be some explanation for people like him.
他这样的人一定有某种解释
“Mom, do we have a book about time travel?”
“妈妈,我们是否有一本关于时间旅行的书? “
Leroy asked.
李洛问.
“Sorry, Leroy,” Mom said, “but the library might.
“对不起,勒罗伊,”妈妈说,“但图书馆可能。
Let’s go see.”
让我们来看看。 “
The librarian asked Leroy’s mother to pretend she was the Sun, and Leroy to play planet Earth.
图书馆员要求勒罗伊的母亲假装自己是"太阳",而勒罗伊则扮演"地球"星球.
Next, she told him to spin like a top while also circling his mom.
接下来,她告诉他像顶部一样旋转,同时还盘旋着他的母亲.
“Every time you complete a spin, one day passes,” the librarian told Leroy.
图书馆员告诉Leroy说,
“You also move a little bit in a big loop around the Sun,” the librarian said.
」图书管理员说,
“One full loop is one year.
“一个完整的循环就是一年。
That’s 365 spins—or days—on your jour ney.”
大约365天, “
“Over time, people figured out that a year was not exactly 365 days,” the librarian explained.
“随着时间的推移,人们发现一年不是365天。”
“To complete a full year, you have to spin a little bit more.
“要完成整整一年,你必须多转一点。
You need an extra quarter of a turn, or six hours, every year.
你需要额外的四分之一转弯, 或者每年6小时。
In four years, that adds up to one full extra day, a special year with 366 days.”
4年内,总共增加了1个完整的额外日,这一特别年共366天。 “
“Calendars would not work without leap years,” she added.
她补充说,“没有跨越岁月,算账者就无法工作。”
“In a hundred years, summer would start almost a month later.”
“100年后,夏天将几乎一个月后开始。 “
24 hours = 1 day!
24小时=1天!
“Why are they called leap years?”
“为什么它们被称为飞跃年? “
Leroy asked.
李洛问.
The librarian smiled.
图书馆员笑了
“Say New Year’s Eve was Sunday last year.
" 说去年除夕是星期日。
Usually that means it would be Monday this year, but in a leap year, it would be Tuesday.
通常这意味着今年是星期一,但在一跃而起的一年中,是星期二。
It would ‘skip’ or ‘leap’ ahead a full day.”
将会提前一整天, “
Leroy laughed in amazement.
勒罗伊大笑
He finally understood!
他终于明白了!
When he returned home from the library, Leroy’s friends sprang out at him.
当他从图书馆回家时, Leroy 的朋友朝他扑来。
“Happy birthday!”
生日快乐!
they shouted.
他们大叫。
They hadn’t forgotten, and neither had Mom.
他们没有忘记,
They just wanted to surprise him.
他们只是想给他个惊喜
Mom brought out a cake with eight candles.
妈妈带了个蛋糕带了八根蜡烛
Six were blue and two red—Leroy’s favorite color—for his special leap year birthdays.
六个是蓝色的,两个是红色的... Leroy最喜欢的颜色,
“When you were born, my heart leaped for joy,” Mom said.
“当你出生的时候,我心跳来欢快。”
Mom beamed at Leroy like the Sun beams at the Earth.
妈妈像地球的太阳光束一样在勒罗伊被束去.
Leroy beamed back.
勒罗相接而回.
Glossary amazement (n.)
术语表惊艳 (n.)