Cy and Medusa
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Cy trudged down the hall of his new school, his one large eye staring at the floor.
Cy从他新学校的大厅里溜了下来 他一只大眼睛盯着地板
Giants, centaurs, and flying horses passed him, but Cy was the only creature with a single eye.
巨人,半人马和飞马都经过他,但Cy是唯一一只独眼生物.
“I’m never going to fit in here,” Cy mumbled under his breath.
Cy在口中喃喃自语。
Whack!
嘘!
Cy bumped into Mark, the largest minotaur in the school.
塞撞入了马克,是学校中最大的米诺陶洛斯.
“Watch where you’re going, One Eye!”
" " 看着你要去哪里,一眼!"
Mark said.
马克说。
“Sorry, I didn’t see you,” Cy said.
Cy说,
“Can’t you see with one eye?”
“你看不见一只眼睛吗? “
Mark asked.
马克问.
As if on cue, Cy spotted Medusa heading toward them.
好像Cy发现了美杜莎朝他们走去
That gave him an idea.
这给了他一个想法。
He’ d been at school long enough to know about her powers.
他在学校待了很长时间,
“I actually see something really cool over there,” Cy said.
Cy说:“我确实看到了很酷的东西。
“What do you mean?”
“你是什么意思?” “
Mark asked as he turned to look.
马克在看时问起
He peered down the hall, made eye contact with Medusa, and instantly turned to stone.
他俯视了下大厅,与美杜莎进行了眼神接触,并立即转向了石头.
Then, without thinking, Cy met Medusa’s yellow eyes.
然后,没有想到, Cy遇到了美杜莎的黄眼睛.
His skin tingled, and he looked down at his hands in dismay.
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To his surprise, however, he was still just Cy.
然而,令人惊讶的是,他仍然只是Cy.
“Ugh!
“呜!
Medusa turned someone to stone again,” a student groaned.
美杜莎又把一个人变成石头了,”一个学生呻吟.
“Let’s drag him to the nurse’s office.”
" 让我们把他拖去护士办公室。 “
A group gathered around and began to haul Mark off.
一群人聚集在一起,开始把马克拖走.
Medusa, humiliated, burst into tears and ran away.
美杜莎被羞辱了,被打出眼泪而出走.
Cy raced after Medusa.
赛克在美杜莎之后赛跑.
He had looked directly at her and hadn’t turned to stone.
他直接看着她,
Outside, Cy found Medusa sitting at a picnic table with her face buried in her hands.
外边 Cy发现美杜莎坐在一个野餐桌上,她的脸被埋在她手上.
“Can I talk to you?”
“我能和你谈谈吗? “
Cy asked.
席问.
Medusa turned her head from Cy.
美杜莎把头从西转过来了
“Go away if you don’t want to be turned into a statue,” she murmured.
「如果你不想被塑像,
“You looked me in the eye, and I’m fine,” Cy said.
Cy说:“你看着我的眼睛,我很好。”
“That’s not possible—just ask the nurse.
" 这是不可能的,只是问问护士。
She’s had to turn fourteen kids back to normal this year,” Medusa said.
她今年不得不让14个孩子恢复正常,
“Trust me,” Cy said.
Cy说,“相信我,”
“Maybe it’s because I only have one eye.
“也许是因为我只有一只眼睛。
I can’t be turned to stone.”
我不能变成石头。 “
Medusa slowly lowered her hands and peeked at Cy’s one eye.
美杜莎慢慢地下手,
Her face lit up.
她的脸亮了
“It’s a miracle!
“这是一个奇迹!
You don’t know what it’s like to not be able to look at anybody,” she said.
无法观察任何人,
“I don’t look at people anyway,” Cy said.
Cy说,
“The kids all stare at me, and Mark and the minotaurs already call me ‘One Eye.’
“孩子们都盯着我, " ; "
“Imagine having a head full of snakes,” Medusa said.
美杜莎说,“想象着一个满是蛇的头。”
“Every day is a bad hair day for me.”
“对我来说,每天的发型都不好。 “
“I guess,” Cy said, then paused for a moment.
Cy说,“我想,”然后暂停了一会儿。
“The truth is, I don’t see well, and I’m too embarrassed to wear my monocle.
我感到很尴尬,
It’s bad enough to only have one eye.”
只有一只眼睛已经够糟了。 “
Cy pulled a round glass piece on a long gold chain from his pocket.
赛从口袋里取出一圈圆形玻璃片上取出一串长长的金链.
“How silly is this?”
“这是多么愚蠢? “
he said.
他说。
Medusa giggled when she saw Cy peering through his monocle.
美杜莎一看见就笑了 Cy通过他的一角。
“When I wear this thing, it makes me stand out even more,” Cy said.
Cy说:“当我穿这件衣服时,
“Can I see that for a second?”
“我能看看吗? “
Medusa asked.
美杜莎问.
“Sure,” Cy said as he handed over the monocle.
“当然,”Cy在交出独角兽时说。
“I won’t be using it anyway.”
我也不会用它。 “
The school bell rang, and Medusa patted Cy on his shoulder.
学校的铃声响起 美杜莎拍了Cy的肩膀
“I like your one eye,” Medusa said.
美杜莎说:“我喜欢你的一眼,”
“We need to get our three eyes over to shop class before we’re late.”
「我们需要在晚点之前, “
Cy smiled.
欢笑而去.
“Hey, shop class.
“嘿,商店课。
he said.
他说。
“That gives me an idea.”
“这给了我一个想法。 “
For the next two weeks in shop class, Cy and Medusa sat at a back table together.
在接下来的两周商店课上,Cy和美杜莎一起坐在后桌.
Cy took measurements of Medusa’s head.
Cy对美杜莎的头部进行了测量.
He used all the shop tools to build a visor that would keep her from turning people to stone.
他利用所有的商店工具来建造一顶能防止她把人变成石头的护罩.
Finally, Cy polished the completed visor and handed it to Medusa.
终于 Cy将已完工的外罩打磨后交给了美杜莎.
“Try it out,” he said.
他说“试试看,”
Medusa slipped on the visor.
美杜莎在面具上滑倒了
Inside, a system of mirrors allowed her to look at people without making direct eye contact with anybody.
里面,一个镜像系统允许她看人,而不与任何人直接相识.
Medusa cautiously approached the table next to them.
美杜莎谨慎地靠近他们旁边的桌子.
The students peeked up at her, and no one turned to stone.
学生们偷看她,没人转身去想石头.
“This is amazing!”
"这是惊人的!"
Medusa yelled.
美杜莎大叫着.
She walked around the room staring each student in the face.
她走来走去 看着每个学生的脸。
“You did it, Cy!”
“你做到了,赛!”
Medusa said with a beaming smile.
美杜莎笑着说
She rushed back to her work station and pulled Cy’s monocle from a drawer.
她赶回工作站,从抽屉取出Cy的独角兽。
“I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve been working on your monocle.
“我希望你不介意,
It’s sort of like a cool goggle now.”
这就像一个很酷的护目镜。 “
She handed Cy the goggle.
她把护目镜交给了Cy
Medusa had wrapped the monocle with wire and attached it to a leather strap engraved with lightning bolts.
美杜莎用铁丝包裹了单核,并把它接入了被闪电闪电所雕刻的皮带上.
“Wow,” Cy said, slipping it over his head.
"哇" Cy说,滑倒在他的头上。
“Thanks!
“谢谢!
Now this I’ d actually like to wear.”
我其实喜欢穿这个。 “
“No problem,” Medusa said.
“没问题,”美杜莎说。
“Thank you for helping me out.”
“谢谢你帮助我。 “
The bell rang, and Medusa and Cy headed out with their special new eyewear.
铃声响起,美杜莎和西带着他们特别的新眼衣出走.
For the first time, neither of them stared at the ground.
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