The Shadow People
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents On the Stone Steps.
石阶上的目录.
4 In the Reptile House.
4个 复入道场.
6 The Hypercube.
6号超立方体。
8 Whisked Away.
8 Whisked Away. (英语).
10 Glossary.
10 词汇。
16 Table of Contents On the Stone Steps On the Stone Steps Lila made a penguin shadow puppet dance on the steps.
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She called out to Emma and Rob to come see, but they were too busy working on the group project.
她打电话给艾玛和罗布来看,但他们忙于小组项目.
Lila’s class was on a field trip at the zoo.
Lila的课在动物园进行实地考察。
Emma and Rob were in Lila’s group.
艾玛和罗布是莱拉的组合.
They had decided to do their report on penguins.
他们决定做关于企鹅的报告。
Emma was taking photographs of the birds, while Rob was writing down some information about them from a sign.
艾玛在拍摄鸟类的照片,而罗布则从一个标志上写下一些有关鸟类的信息.
Lila was sitting on the stone steps next to the penguin area.
莱拉坐在企鹅区旁边的石阶上.
She was trying to compose a poem about penguins but became distracted making penguin shadow puppets.
她试图写一首关于企鹅的诗,但变得分心了,制造企鹅影子傀儡.
That’s when Lila noticed another school group pass by.
这时Lila注意到另一所学校经过。
To her surprise, these children did not have shadows!
没想到,这些孩子没有影子!
In the Reptile House In the Reptile House Lila knew a lot about shadows.
在雷普蒂克之家里 莱拉对阴影很了解
She had studied light in science class.
她在科学课上学习过光线
A shadow happens when something blocks sunlight.
当有东西挡住阳光时 就会出现阴影
Trees cast shadows.
树所投影.
People cast shadows.
人所投阴.
But these people did not.
但是这些人没有。
Why?
为什么?
Lila wanted to find out.
莱拉想查清楚
She followed the other school group into the reptile house.
她跟随另一所学校组进入爬虫屋.
It was dark and creepy inside.
里面很阴暗很恐怖
Lila heard the voices of children but could not see anyone.
莱拉听到孩子们的声音,却看不到任何人.
It seemed the children from the other school had disappeared!
看来另一所学校的孩子失踪了!
Lila fled the reptile house and went back to her spot on the stone steps.
莱拉逃离了爬虫屋并回到了她位于石阶上的位置.
How strange, she thought.
她觉得好奇怪
Those people had no shadows, and then they disappeared into the dark.
那些人没有影子, 然后他们消失在黑暗中。
She was about to tell Rob and Emma when she saw the strange school group walk out of the reptile house.
她正要告诉罗布和艾玛,当她看到陌生的学校组走出了爬虫屋.
No one will believe me, thought Lila.
没有人会相信我,以为莱拉。
She decided to keep her thoughts to herself.
她决定保持她的想法
But she couldn’t take her eyes off the strange group.
但是她无法把眼睛从奇怪的人群中移开。
The Hypercube The Hypercube “ Hey, Lila,” called Emma.
“Hypercube The Hypercube”叫Emma。
“Are you done with your poem, yet?”
“你的诗已经写完了吗? “
Lila quickly scribbled down a few lines and then leapt up to join her classmates.
莱拉很快地将几行画下,再跳出去加入同班同学.
As she hurried toward them, she noticed something shiny on the ground.
当她匆忙地朝着他们时,她注意到地上闪闪发光的东西.
Lila picked up the shiny object.
莱拉捡起闪亮的物体。
It was a pendant on a chain.
这是链子上的活活
The pendant was a peculiar shape.
柱子是一个奇怪的形状。
She had never seen anything like it before.
她从来没有见过类似的东西。
“ Wow,” said Rob.
罗布说:“哇,”
He was standing next to Lila looking at the pendant.
他站在莱拉旁边看着吊顶
“That’s cool!”
“这很酷!”
“It’s a hypercube,” added Emma.
Emma补充说,
“What’s a hypercube?”
“什么是超立方体? “
asked Lila.
问莱拉。
“ A hypercube is a four-dimensional object,” said Emma.
“...... 艾玛说,超立方体是一个四维物体。
“ But I thought there were only three dimensions of space,” said Lila.
“...... 但我认为太空只有三个维度,
“ There are on our planet, but some people think there may be other worlds with more than three.
“...... 在我们的星球上,但有些人认为,可能还有其他三个以上的世界.
We typically can’t see things that have four dimensions.
我们通常看不到有四个层面的东西。
The hypercube should be invisible to us.”
超立方体对我们来说应该是隐形的 “
Whisked Away Whisked Away Just then a voice said, “Thank you,” and the pendant was whisked from Lila’s hand.
怀斯凯德 怀斯凯德 刚才有一个声音说,“谢谢,”而吊顶被从莱拉手中擦去。
Lila saw one of the boys from the strange school group running away from her.
莱拉看到一个陌生的学校团体的男孩逃离她.
“ Wait!”
慢着!
Lila chased after him.
莱拉追赶他
She caught up to the boy and saw that his nametag said “Chad.”
她抓住男孩,看见他的名牌牌上写着“乍得”。
He looked lost.
他看起来迷路了
“ Where are your classmates?”
“...... 同学呢? “
Lila asked him.
莱拉问他。
“ I don’t know,” Chad said sadly.
「我不知道,
“I think they left without me.”
“我认为他们离开时没有我。 “
Lila had an idea.
莱拉有个主意
She agreed to help, if Chad would explain why he didn’t cast a shadow and how she could see the hypercube.
她同意帮忙, 如果乍得能解释为什么他没有投出阴影,
Chad said that what Lila saw was not his body but his shadow.
乍得说,莱拉看到的不是他的身体,而是他的影子.
Emma was right.
艾玛是对的
Chad and the others in his group were four-dimensional beings.
乍得和他组中的其他人是四维生物。
“Four- dimensional beings are invisible in three-dimensional space.
“四维生物在三维空间中是看不见的。
But if the conditions are right, as they are today, 4-D people cast a 3-D shadow.
但是,如果条件合适,像今天这样,4-D人投出3-D阴影.
The shadow appears as three-dimensional as you are,” Chad said.
“乍得说,
Lila wanted to know more about life in the fourth dimension, but she had agreed to help Chad find his classmates.
莱拉想更多地了解第四维度的生活 但她同意帮忙 查德找到同学了
Her questions would have to wait.
她的问题必须等待。
“ Please don’t tell anyone about me,” Chad begged.
“...... 请不要告诉任何人我的事,
Lila agreed to keep his 4-D secret.
莱拉同意保守他4D的秘密.
Emma and Rob finally caught up to Lila and Chad.
艾玛和罗布终于赶上了莱拉和乍得.
“Hey, Lila, why did you run off?”
“嘿,莱拉,你为什么跑掉? “
asked Rob.
问罗布。
“ Do you know where the lost and found is?”
“...... 你知道丢失和发现在哪里吗? “
Lila asked back.
莱拉问回来。
Emma pointed to a big building.
艾玛指向了一座大建筑.
Lila thanked Emma and took Chad there.
莱拉感谢了艾玛,并将查德带到了那里.
Inside, Lila told the woman at the front desk that Chad was separated from his group.
里面,Lila告诉前台的女人,乍得已经脱离了他的团体.
“ All groups must register with the office when they arrive,” explained the woman.
“...... 所有团体在抵达后都必须在办公室登记。”
She looked through some papers.
她看了一些论文。
“Here it is,” she said, holding up a piece of paper.
她说,“在这里,”拿着一张纸。
“I’ll make an announcement for Chad’s teacher to come pick him up.”
" 我会宣布让乍得老师来接他。 “
A moment later, Chad’s teacher appeared.
不久之后,乍得的老师出现了。
He took Chad by the hand, and they left quickly.
他用手抓住了乍得,他们迅速离开。
Chad turned, and Lila waved goodbye.
查德转了身,莱拉挥手告别.
She never did get to ask the questions she had.
她从没问过问题
Lila went back to the stone steps and finished her penguin poem.
莱拉回到了石阶上并完成了她的企鹅诗.
She wanted to tell Emma and Rob about Chad and the four-dimensional people, but she knew they wouldn’t believe her.
她想告诉艾玛和罗布关于查德和四维人的事,
Lila began wondering whether she had imagined the whole thing.
莱拉开始怀疑她是否想象了这一切.
Then she realized she had Chad’s pendant in her pocket.
之后她意识到她的口袋里有Chad的花枝.
Chad must have slipped it in there as a reminder of him.
查德一定把它滑进去了 以提醒他
“ Are you done with your poem?”
“...... 你的诗写完了吗? “
asked Rob, who was standing with Emma.
问罗布,谁站在艾玛身边。
“Yes, ready to go.”
“是的,准备出发。 “
“ Then, let’s present our penguin report to the class,” said Emma.
“...... Emma说,
The three walked toward the reptile house.
三人走去爬虫屋
Lila secretly pulled out the hypercube from her pocket and held it up to the sunlight, wondering whether the 4-D object had special properties in her 3-D world.
莱拉从口袋中偷偷地取出超立方体并把它挡在了阳光下,不知4-D物体在她3-D世界中是否有特殊属性.