‘til It Drops
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
In Part Two, ten-year-old Charly dug up the leaf-covered flowerbeds in Brewster Hill Park to sow her wild oats.
编 2,10岁的Charly在布鲁斯特山公园挖出被叶覆盖的花床来播撒她的野生燕麦.
Now she has to find a way to make the oats grow in the middle of a drought.
现在她必须想办法让燕子在干旱中生长.
Another picture-perfect Saturday shined down on Brewster Hill; not a cloud in sight— unfortunately.
另一幅画精美的周六在布鲁斯特山上闪耀;没有看到一朵云——不幸的是。
Normally, I would have joined the other kids at the park in a game of tag.
通常,我会和公园里的其他孩子一起玩牌游戏。
But today I had work to do.
但今天我还有活要干
“Rain, rain, come and stay.
“雨雨雨相接,
Pour and soak the day away,” I sang as Ethan Jordan, a boy in my class, came running by.
我唱起《伊森·乔丹》,
“That’s not how the song goes,” Ethan said.
Ethan说,
“You’ve got it backward.”
“你已经落后了。 “
“I know,” I said.
“我知道,”我说。
“That’s why I am standing on my head to say it.”
“这就是为什么我站在我的头上说这些。 “
“You sure are weird sometimes, Charly,” said Ethan.
Ethan说,“Charly,你有时的确很奇怪。”
“Or should I call you by your real name—Char-the-Pain.”
“或者我应该叫你的真名——Char-the-Pain。”
Did I mention that Ethan is also my number one enemy?
我提过伊森也是我的头号敌人吗?
“It would be just like you to spoil everyone’s fun,” Ethan continued.
伊森继续说道,
“I’m not trying to spoil anything!
我并不想破坏任何东西。
I just don’t want Mr.
我只是不想让先生。
Rooney to get that plaque!”
鲁尼去取牌".
I explained.
我解释过
If Mr.
如果说先生
Rooney got that plaque, it meant the special garden I planted on Brewster Hill didn’t grow.
鲁尼得到了那块牌子,
It meant that my New Year’s resolution to put a smile on everyone’s face didn’t happen.
这表示我的新年决议并没有在每个人的脸上微笑。
(That’s right, it’s resolution, or resolving to do something; not revolution, or turning circles around something.
(这是正确的,那就是决议,或者决心做点什么;而不是革命,或者绕来绕去。)
Or so Gattie explained, saying I was getting more “ma-toor” and needed to know the difference.)
Gattie解释说, 我得到了更多的“ma-toor”, 需要知道区别。 )
It meant that my Aunt Dee paid for two gardens, that plaque, and the new playground it went on.
这意味着我姑姑迪支付 两个花园, 该牌子, 和新的游乐场 它继续。
It meant that I did it, again.
它意味着我再次做到了。
But I didn’t mean to do it!
但我不是故意的!
I didn’t know I needed permission from Mr.
我不知道我需要得到先生的许可。
Rooney, who is head of the Parks Department, to plant on public property.
罗尼是公园部门的主管,负责种植公共地产.
I thought public property meant it was for the public; and, after all, I’m a part of the public.
我认为公有财产意味着公有财产,
My rain song wasn’t working, plus my arms hurt from being used as legs, so I got off my hands and went to the library.
我的"雨之歌"没有用,
I looked up clouds, which I knew I needed before I could get rain.
我找了些云,我知道在下雨前我需要这些
I learned that clouds form when cold air smacks into warm air.
我学会了当冷空气吹入温暖空气时 云会形成
Great!
赞!
Now where would I get cold air on a warm spring day?
春天的寒冷日,我在哪里会得到冷空气?
My only chance of undoing what I did was to get my garden of wild oats, watermelons, and apples to grow.
我唯一能解除我所做所为的机会 就是让我的花园里 有野燕子、西瓜和苹果
But gardens need water and it had not rained for two months.
但花园需要水 两个月没下雨了
My town was on drought watch.
我的小镇在干旱观察。
It was against the law to use water on nonessential things, like gardens, lawns, and cars.
在花园、草地和汽车等非必需品上用水是违法的。
I offered to give up showering, but my dad nixed that idea.
我提议放弃淋浴,但我爸没有这个想法。
I couldn’t carry an air conditioner to the park, so I loaded up my old red wagon with ice cubes and a portable fan.
我无法携带空调车去公园,
On the way out, Dad stopped me.
出去的路上 爸爸拦住我
Uh-oh!
瓳瓳
Did I do something again that I didn’t know I did?
我是否再次做了我不知道的事?
(I knew I had refilled the ice cube trays and put them back in the freezer.)
(我知道我重新填满了冰块托盘 把它们放回了冰箱)
“Where are you going?”
“你们要去哪里? “
he asked.
他问。
I explained about my rain song failing and about Ethan teasing me and how I was going to make rain clouds so my garden could grow.
我解释了我的"雨之歌"失败 以及伊森嘲笑我 以及我打算如何做"雨之云"
He gave me one of his “Charly!”
他给了我一个他的"查理"!
looks.
看着
But his eyes glistened, like when he makes me a special dessert.
但他的眼睛闪闪发光 就像他给我做个特别的甜点一样
“That won’t work, Charly.”
“这行不通, “
“Why not?”
“为什么不呢? “
I asked.
我问。
“That fan needs fresh batteries,” he chuckled as he went off to the kitchen to get some new batteries.
“这个风扇需要新鲜电池,”他去厨房取取新电池时,
Then I heard a “Yoodle-hoo, what’s new!”
我听到一个“Yoodle-hoo,
Aunt Dee was back from piloting a plane to Schenectady.
迪伊阿姨从驾驶飞机回到了Schenectady.
As a pilot, she goes to all kinds of exotic-sounding places.
作为一名飞行员,她去各种异想天开的地方.
“Rain clouds.
“云云。
she murmured after I explained what I was doing.
我解释我在做什么后 她又抱怨了
“That gives me an idea.”
“这给了我一个想法。 “
She went to Dad’s study and made some phone calls.
她去爸爸的书房打过电话
I told Dad my plan.
我告诉爸爸我的计划。
“First off, I will make clouds appear over the garden.
“首先,我将让云出现在花园上。
Secondly, I will sing my rain song.
第二,我将唱出我的雨之歌。
The third thing is to do a rain dance.
第三事作一雨舞相会.
But I need other people to join me.”
但我需要别人加入我 “
“I’d love to help, Charly, but I have to go to the store now to get some things for the street fair.
但我现在必须去商店买些东西,
The Swing Into Spring Parade starts at two this afternoon.
游入春会今天下午两点开始.
I thought you were going to march with your baseball team.”
我以为你会和棒球队一起出征 “
“I will.
“我会的。
I’ll be there,” I said.
我会去的,
“See you later then,” Dad said.
爸爸说,
“Take Murray with you.”
“把默里带走。 “
Murray is our dog, an old chocolate lab, which is the perfect dog for me.
默里是我们的狗,一个古老的巧克力实验室, 这是完美的狗对我来说。
First off, because I love chocolate; and secondly, because I love labs.
首先,因为我喜欢巧克力;其次,因为我喜欢实验室。
“Count me in on the plan,” said Aunt Dee, coming out of Dad’s study.
" 迪伊姑妈说:"请我参与计划,
“Bring your raincoat, Charly.”
“夏丽,带上你的雨衣。 “
On the way to the park, Aunt Dee explained about a cloud-making experiment different from the ones I thought up.
在去公园的路上,迪伊阿姨解释了一个与我想的不一样的制作云的实验.
She knew pilots who dropped teeny-weeny specks of a silver chemical into the sky that could help clouds grow.
她认识一些飞行员 他们把一种银色的化学物质 扔入了天空 能够帮助云层生长
Then, they flew up and added other chemicals to help the clouds soak up water that’s in the air.
然后,他们飞了起来,并添加了其他化学物质来帮助云层浸入空气中的水中。
When clouds get heavy with moisture, tiny water droplets join together to make raindrops, which drop to the ground, she explained.
当云与水分相接而来时,微小的水滴会相接而来,来做降雨滴,滴到地上后,她解释道.
When we got to the park, Ethan and the other kids had gone, getting ready for the parade, no doubt.
当我们到了公园,伊森和其他孩子已经走了, 准备游行,毫无疑问。
I didn’t want to miss the street fair, but there was work to do!
我不想错过街头展会,
I set the wagon filled with ice cubes in front of my garden.
我把装满冰块的马车放在我花园前
I blew air from the fan onto the ice cubes.
我把风扇吹到冰块上
Cold air was now smacking into warm air right over my garden.
寒冷的空气正在我花园上喷出温暖的空气
Clouds would be forming any minute.
云层随时会形成
Then I sang my rain song.
然后我唱起我的"雨"歌来
I sang it right-side up this time partly because my arms still hurt, but mostly because I wouldn’t have been able to do my rain dance otherwise.
部分是因为手臂仍然痛,
Aunt Dee and I held hands.
迪伊姨妈和我牵了手
We danced in a circle around the ice-filled wagon.
我们环绕着满满冰的马车跳舞
“Rain, rain, come and stay.
“雨雨雨相接,
Pour and soak the day away,” we sang.
我们唱了歌,
“Ow-oo, ow-oo,” sang Murray.
“呜呜,呜呜,”唱出Murray。
We danced to the left.
我们跳到左边去了
We danced to the right.
我们跳到右边了
We danced in place.
我们一起跳舞
We danced up a storm, but unfortunately it wasn’t a rainstorm!
我们跳起一阵暴风雨,
“My garden will not grow.
“我的花园不会长出来。
Mr.
先生,请问...
Rooney will get his plaque,” I cried.
鲁尼会得到他的奖牌,”我哭了。
“Don’t give up,” said Aunt Dee.
迪伊姑妈说,
That’s when we heard, and then saw, a small airplane fly overhead.
这时,我们听到,然后看到一架小型飞机在空中飞行。
“That must be your experiment,” I said.
我说,“那一定是你的实验。”
“I hope it works better than mine.”
“我希望它比我的更好。 “
“About that.
“关于这一点。
,” Aunt Dee started to say.
迪伊阿姨开始说。
Then someone came running up the hill.
后来有人跑上山来.
It was Dad!
这是爸爸!
He carried something that looked like a small tree trunk.
他携带的东西看起来像一个小树干。
“I couldn’t let you two have all the fun,” Dad said.
“我不能让你们俩享受所有的乐趣,”
“I went to Grace’s International Market and bought you this rain stick.
" 我去了Grace的国际市场,买了这根雨棒。
It’s from a tribe that lives in the desert in Chile, South America.
这是来自一个生活在南美洲智利沙漠的部落。
It’s a hollowed out piece of wood with seeds inside.
内有种子,
Listen when I turn it over.”
我翻过来时听. “
“It sounds like.
“这听起来像。
rain!”
雨倒了!”
I cried.
我哭了起来。
“Exactly.
“确切地说。
It’s supposed to wake up the sleeping rain gods.
应该能唤醒睡雨之神。
When they hear rain, they get jealous, and make it rain for real.”
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We spent the next half hour singing, dancing, rain-stick shaking, and cloud-making.
我们花了半小时唱歌 跳舞 摇起雨棒 做云
A loud “Boom!”
一个响亮的"轰"!
echoed above.
上面重复过。
Thunderclouds?
雷克云吗?
No, it was the bass drum of the marching band.
不 是游行乐队的低音鼓
“The parade is starting,” said Dad.
爸爸说,“游行已经开始了。”
“Let’s head back to town.
" 让我们回到城里去。
We did our best.”
我们尽力了 “
“Maybe the gods are slow to wake up,” said Aunt Dee.
迪伊姑妈说,
I tried to hold back my tears.
我试图阻止我的眼泪。
If only I could get my tears to fall onto the garden.
如果我能把眼泪掉到花园里就好了
I thought.
我以为
Then, suddenly, the wind picked up.
然后,突然,风起云起。
Maybe it was just the wind whistling through the trees, but I am pretty sure I heard my garden whisper, “Thanks, Charly.”
或许只是风吹过树上,但我敢肯定,我听到我的花园低语,“谢谢,查理。 “
By the time we got to the street fair, thick, dark clouds swirled overhead.
当我们到达街道集市时, 浓密而黑暗的云层在俯冲。
Boom!
轰!
Crash!
崩溃!
The nearly forgotten sound of thunder—not bass drums—filled the sky.
几乎被遗忘的雷声 -- -- 而不是低音鼓 -- -- 笼罩了天空。
I stuck out my tongue and tasted the first sweet drops of rain in two months.
我插出我的舌头 尝了两个月来第一次甜蜜的一滴雨
Pour and soak the day away!
倒下并浸泡 一天离开!
This would be no passing shower, either.
这也不会是经过淋浴。
This was a flat-out storm.
这是一个平地的风暴。
Thanks to Aunt Dee, we had raincoats.
多亏了迪伊姑妈 我们有了雨衣
Everyone else in town scattered for cover.
镇上其他人都散去找掩护
“The rain gods heard us!”
“雨神听见了!”
I shouted above the din of rain pounding the pavement.
我大叫着在雨滴上冲出人行道
Just then, Ethan Jordan ran past me, his thick hair slicked down like a mop overdue for a wringing.
刚刚,伊森乔丹跑过 我,他的厚发 浮起像拖把 拖把逾期的摇摆。
“You!”
你们!
he cried out.
他喊出来。
“You made it rain on our parade.”
“你在我们的游行中下雨了。 “
I guess I did, I thought.
我想是这样
Glossary chemical a substance that is produced by or used in a chemical process (p.
术语表化学是一种由化学过程产生或使用的物质(p.
11) exotic suggesting something exciting and unusual from a different country or culture (p.
11)异国情调地暗示着来自另一个国家或文化的令人兴奋和不寻常的东西(p.
9) experiment a scientific test (p.
9)实验一项科学试验(p.
11) glistened shined brightly from a wet surface (p.
11) 从潮湿的地表发光出光(p.
8) jealous feeling unhappy or mad due to a longing for what another person has (p.
8)嫉妒因为渴望别人有什么(p.
14) nonessential not necessary (p.
14) 非必要(第14页)
6) permission agreement between people to allow something to be done (p.
6) 人与人之间的许可协议允许做一些事情(p.
5) public open to everyone (p.
5) 向公众开放(p.
5) rain dance traditional dance found in many cultures that is used to bring rain to crops (p.
5) 雨舞传统舞蹈在许多文化中被找到,用来给农作物带去雨(p.
10) spoil to ruin something (p.
10)被宠坏来破坏某事(p.
4) unfortunately in a regretful manner, as in wishing something that is true were not so (p.
(第5页)。
3) What will happen next?
3) 接下来会发生什么?
Find out in Part Four, “Raining Cats, Dogs, and Other Animals.”
在第四部分“养猫、养狗和其他动物”。 “