Arrows
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
4 Questions.
4 有问.
8 Answers.
8 答问.
11 Cracking the Code.
11 破解密码。
14 The Drinking Gourd.
14 饮取古德.
17 Glossary.
17 词汇表。
20 The First Arrow Poloma was tossing her new ball high into the air when she discovered the first arrow in the forest.
20 第一颗箭波罗玛将她的新球高高地抛入了空中,当时她发现了森林中第一颗箭.
When her ball came down, it bounced off a tree trunk, hit a log, and came to rest at the base of a boulder.
她的球倒下时,从一棵树干上弹出,打出一根木头来,并来到了一块巨石的地基上休息.
She was digging the ball out from the heavy undergrowth when she noticed the arrow.
当她注意到箭的时候,她正在从沉重的下植中挖出球来.
It was carved into the lower part of the massive rock.
它被刻入了巨大的岩石下部.
Poloma grabbed her ball and raced home.
波罗玛抓住了她的球,跑回了家.
Her grandfather was resting on the porch swing.
她外公在门廊上摇摆而行
His eyes were closed, and for a moment she wondered if she should wake him with the news.
他的眼睛是闭着的,有那么一瞬间,她想她是否应该用这个消息叫醒他.
“You’ve discovered something,” he said softly, when she was settled beside him.
他轻而易举地说, " 你发现了一些东西, " 当她安顿在他身边的时候。
“I can tell by the way you’re fidgeting.”
“我能从你虚构的方式看出来。 “
“I’ve found an arrow, Papa!”
「我找到一箭了,
Poloma said.
波罗玛说.
“And where is this arrow that excites you so much?”
“这支箭在哪里,让你如此兴奋? “
her grandfather asked.
她爷爷问。
Poloma told her grandfather about the bouncing ball, the boulder, and the strange arrow carved into the rock.
波罗玛向外公讲述了弹球,巨石等奇特的箭被刻入岩石中.
“Do you think the arrow is a glyph like the ones in my code books?”
“你是否认为这把箭就像我密码书中的活字笔? “
Poloma asked.
波罗玛问.
“Maybe it’s a Mayan hieroglyphic.
“也许是玛雅象形文字。
The Mayans used tiny pictures instead of words and letters.
玛雅人使用细小相片代替了文字和字母.
Maybe they carved that arrow,” Poloma guessed.
也许他们雕刻出箭头,"波罗玛猜想.
Papa pulled himself out of the swing and smiled down at his granddaughter.
爸爸把自己从秋千上拉出来,并笑倒了孙女.
“That’s an interesting idea,” he said.
他说,“这是一个有趣的想法,”
“But I doubt the Mayans were carving rocks around here.
“但我怀疑玛雅人在附近雕刻石头。
The Mayans lived farther south, in Mexico and Central America.
玛雅人生活在更南端,墨西哥和中美洲.
However, your arrow might be part of a code of some kind.
然而,你的箭可能是某种密码的一部分。
“Come on,” her grandfather said, “I think we should visit this mysterious arrow.”
她的祖父说,“来吧,”我认为我们应该去拜访这支神秘的箭。 “
Poloma’s grandfather knew a lot about codes.
Poloma的祖父对密码很了解。
In fact, he had won a medal for his code work during World War II.
事实上,他因二战期间的密码工作而获得奖牌.
Papa and other Native American Code Talkers had helped the United States and its allies win the war by sending secret messages.
爸爸和其他美国原住民法典谈话者通过传递秘密信息帮助了美国及其盟友赢得了战争.
Poloma loved to hear the story of the Code Talkers, even though she had heard it many times before.
波罗玛喜欢听到"法典谈话者"的故事,尽管她之前曾多次听到.
She especially liked to hear about Mississippi Choctaw Code Talkers like her grandfather.
她特别喜欢听到密西西比州乔克托夫的谈话者像她外公一样.
As they made their way toward the boulder, Papa told Poloma how the Code Talkers sent messages that only other Code Talkers could interpret.
当他们向巨石走去时,爸爸告诉了Poloma 密码谈话者如何传递只有其他密码谈话者才能解释的信息.
Questions “We spoke into walkie-talkie radios,” he explained.
他解释了“我们用对讲机交谈”的问题。
“There was a Code Talker on each end, and we would only use Choctaw words that no one else could understand.
“每一端都有一个《守则》谈话者,我们只使用其他任何人都无法理解的Choctaw语句。
Someone would give me the message that I was to pass on, and I would speak the words in Choctaw.
有人会给我我要传递的信息,我会用Choctaw语说话。
If the enemy was listening in on the radio, they wouldn’t be able to understand what we were saying.”
如果敌人在收音机里听, “
This group of Oklahoma Choctaw soldiers from World War I paved the way for other native languages to be used as codes in World War II.
这群来自一战的俄克拉何马·乔克托夫(英语:Oklahoma Choctaw (film soldiers))士兵为其他本土语言在二战中用作代码铺平了道路.
When Poloma and her grandfather arrived at the boulder, they knelt and Poloma pointed to the roughly carved arrow.
当波罗玛和她的外祖父到达了宝地后,他们跪倒了,波罗玛指向了大致被雕刻的箭.
“What do you think it means?”
“你认为这意味着什么? “
she asked.
她问。
Papa ran his fingers back and forth over the carving.
爸爸一直用手指在雕刻上乱跑
“I’m not sure,” he said.
" 我不确定, " 他说。
“It’s a very old carving, but it’s hard to determine its age.
但很难确定年龄。
It takes a lot of time and effort to figure out how old something like this is.”
花了很多时间和精力 才知道这种东西有多古老 “
Poloma stared at the arrow for a long time.
般若波罗蜜以长相为箭相.
Suddenly, she had an idea.
突然,她有一个想法。
“I know!”
“我知道!”
she shouted.
她喊着
“Why don’t we follow where the arrow is pointing?”
“为什么我们不跟随箭指向哪里? “
The arrow pointed to another boulder nearby.
箭指向了附近的另一块巨石.
Poloma and Papa examined the boulder the arrow was pointing toward and found a second arrow almost immediately.
Poloma和Papa检查了箭指向的巨石,几乎立刻发现了第二支箭.
The second arrow pointed in the same direction as the first, so they followed that one, too.
第二支箭指向与第一支箭相同的方向,所以他们也跟着那支箭.
It led to another boulder, and another arrow, which led to yet another, and then another arrow.
又取出又一石取出,又取出一箭取出,又取出一箭取出.
There were six arrows in all.
时有六箭相出.
They continued on, and the arrows led them straight toward a stream.
他们继续前进,箭直指向一条溪流。
“What should we do?”
“我们该怎么办? “
Poloma asked.
波罗玛问.
“Let’s cross the stream.
" 让我们跨出河来。
It looks shallow.
看起来很浅
If we tiptoe from stone to stone, maybe we’ll find another arrow on the other side.
也许我们会在另一边再找一箭。
Hold my hand tight; we’ll cross together.”
握紧我的手, “
“I found something!”
"我发现了什么!"
Poloma shouted, as she leaned closer to the boulder and scraped off some moss with her fingers.
Poloma大叫着,她靠在了石块附近,用手指刮去一些苔藓.
“It’s not an arrow at all.
“这根本不是一箭。
A bunch of letters are carved into the bottom of the boulder!
一堆信被刻入了巨石的地底!
I wonder if we can make them out.”
不知道我们能不能让他们出来 “
“I’m afraid you’ll have to read them to me.”
" 我担心你不得不读给我听。 “
Papa stood up slowly and rubbed his knees.
爸爸慢慢地站起来并擦了膝盖.
“My eyes are too old to make out those tiny letters.
“我的眼睛太老了,不能写出这些小字母。
I’m afraid my knees aren’t too good either.”
我恐怕我的膝盖也不好。 “
Poloma leaned closer to the boulder and studied the letters.
Poloma更靠近巨石并研究了字母.
“They don’t make any sense,” she said.
她说,
“I’ll read them to you, but I don’t think they mean anything.”
“我会读给你听, “
Poloma read each letter out loud, very slowly.
波罗玛将每封信大声读出,非常缓慢.
“What do you think the letters mean?”
“你认为这些字母是什么意思? “
Poloma asked.
波罗玛问.
“I’m not certain,” Papa said, “but I think it’s a cipher.”
“我不确定,”爸爸说,“但我认为这是一个密码。 “
Answers They crossed the stream, holding hands, stepping carefully.
答复 他们穿过了溪流,手牵手,小心地走.
When they reached the other side, they almost crashed into the next boulder.
当他们到达另一边时,他们几乎坠入了下一个巨石.
It was hidden in a grove of old pine trees.
它藏在一棵老松树上
Poloma knew what a cipher was.
波罗玛知道密码是什么
It was a code that substituted letters or numbers for the real letters in a message.
是一个代号,用来替换信息中的真实字母的字母或数字.
She knew ciphers were used in wars to keep the enemy from learning about battle plans.
她知道密码在战争中被用来阻止敌人学习战斗计划.
Now they had to crack the code.
现在他们必须破解密码
“Did you use a cipher in the war?”
“你在战争中使用密码了吗? “
Poloma asked.
波罗玛问.
“I saw them used in World War II.
“我看到它们在二战中使用。
Ciphers that substitute letters for other letters have been used since the time of Julius Caesar, more than two thousand years ago,” said Papa.
自两千多年前的尤利乌斯·凯撒(Julius Caesar)时代起,就一直使用替代其他字母的密码。”
Cracking the Code “I wonder if these letters were used in a war,” Poloma said.
Poloma说:“我不知道这些字母是否用于战争”。
Papa had to think about that.
爸爸得考虑一下
He paced for a very long time, and then he stopped beside his granddaughter and cleared his throat.
他步入了很长一段时间,然后他停在外孙女旁边并清了喉咙.
“I think I remember something,” he said.
“我想我记得一些事情,”他说。
“ As you know, a great war took place right around here.”
“...... 如你所知 这里发生了一场大战 “
“The Civil War—right, Papa?”
" 内战 - 对不对,爸爸? “
Poloma said.
波罗玛说.
“Yes.
“对。
About 150 years ago, the Civil War was fought to free the slaves in the South.
大约150年前,南北战争为解放南方的奴隶而战.
I can recall reading that the soldiers and spies in the North used a special code.”
我还记得有读到北方的士兵和间谍 使用了特殊密码 “
“Do you remember what the code was, Papa?”
"你还记得密码是什么吗,爸爸? “
“Read the letters again and maybe that will help me.”
“再读一遍这些信件,或许会有助于我。 “
Poloma read the letters slowly.
波罗玛慢慢读出字母.
She was about to ask her grandfather what the letters meant when she noticed something in the cipher that she had seen in codes she had deciphered before.
她正要问她祖父,当她注意到密码里有些东西时,这些信是什么意思,这些东西是她以前破译过的密码所看到的.
Most sentences contained at least one small common word, and this one was no different.
多数句子至少包含一个小的同名词,这一个词并无不同.
“I think I see some interesting letters,” she said.
“我想我看到一些有趣的信,”她说。
“Let’s say the letters form words.
" 让我们用字母来表示。
One of the words has three letters.
一一字有三信.
Let’s guess that it’s a common word.”
让我们猜一下,这是一个常见的词。 “
like and?”
怎么样? “
suggested Papa.
他建议爸爸
Poloma and Papa were quiet for several minutes as they thought about the three letters.
Poloma和Papa在思考这三封信时,安静了几分钟.
“I don’t think it’s and,” Papa said.
「我不认为是,
“The letters don’t make sense.”
“这些信件没有意义。 “
“Maybe the letters uif stand for the in some way,” Poloma said.
Poloma说, “也许这些字母在某种程度上代表了这些字母。”
Papa smiled.
父亲笑了
“What letter comes before u in the alphabet?”
“字母表中在u之前写出什么字母? “
he said.
他说。
“T,” Poloma said.
“T,”Poloma说。
“And the letter h comes before i, and the letter e comes before f.
“H字母出现在我之前,e字母出现在f之前。
This is a substitute-letter cipher, Papa!”
这是代字母密码,爸爸!”
“Yes!
“对!
I remember now!
我现在记得了!
During the Civil War, some Northern spies used a code called the advance cipher.
南北战争期间,一些北方间谍使用被称作"先发密码"的密码.
They advanced each letter one letter of the alphabet.”
他们向每个字母推进字母表的一个字母. “
The Drinking Gourd Once they cracked the code, it was not difficult to read the message.
饮用古德 一旦他们破解了密码,读取消息并不困难.
“I know what it says, Papa!
“我知道上面写了些什么,爸爸!
It says, ‘Follow the Drinking Gourd.’
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But I don’t know what the message means.
但我不知道这个消息是什么意思。
Do you know what it means?”
你知道这意味着什么吗? “
“The Drinking Gourd is the group of seven stars now called the Big Dipper, which can always be found in the northern sky.
“饮用古德是现在称为"大迪珀"的七颗恒星的组合,这总能在北方天空中找到.
Escaping slaves followed the Drinking Gourd from safe house to safe house until they reached their freedom.”
出逃的奴隶跟随饮用古德从安全屋到安全屋,直到他们得到自由. “
The sun began to set, and tiny slivers of light flickered through the branches.
太阳开始落下 细小的光线从树枝上闪来
Meanwhile, Poloma took her flashlight from her backpack, turned it on, and grabbed her grandfather’s hand.
Poloma从背包取出手电筒,
By the time they returned to the other side of the stream, the sun had completely disappeared.
等他们回到溪口的另一边时,太阳已经完全消失.
Poloma stopped and studied the sky.
波罗玛停了下来,研究了天空.
“Are you looking for the Drinking Gourd?”
“你在找喝的古德吗? “
her grandfather asked.
她爷爷问。
“There it is!”
“就在这里!”
Poloma pointed to a bright shape in the sky.
波罗玛指向了天空中一个明亮的形状.
“Shall we follow it?”
“我们应当遵循它吗? “
“It’s your decision.
" 这是你的决定。
Are we heading north?”
我们要往北走吗? “
Poloma had to think about that for a minute.
波罗玛不得不考虑一下
The Drinking Gourd would lead them back across the stream, past the boulder with the cipher, on to places north.
饮用高德会带他们回过河去 用密码穿过巨石去北部
“We need to go south, Papa.
“我们需要去南方,爸爸。
That’s where we live.”
这就是我们生活的地方。 “
Poloma and Papa turned.
波洛玛和爸爸转了身
They moved slowly, like creeping night creatures.
他们移动缓慢, 像爬行的夜间生物。
The glowing beam from Poloma’s flashlight led them away from the North Star, past the arrows pointing the other way, out of the woods, and home.
波罗玛手电筒发出的光束 让他们远离了北极星 穿过箭头指向另一条路 走出了树林 回到了家