Mystery
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Strange Cases.
内容奇异案例
4 My Stakeout.
4 我的探险队
9 My Discovery.
9"我的发现".
12 Glossary.
12 词汇表。
16 Strange Cases I have seen it at the same house, at the same time, every Sunday night for the last three months.
16起奇怪案件 在过去三个月里,我在同一所房子里,在同一时间,每个星期天晚上都看到它。
A group of individuals, some of them slim, some of them stout, most of them male, but some of them female, entering this house across the street from me.
一群人,有些是瘦的,有些是结实的,大多数是雄性的,但有些是雌性的,从我对面的这所房子进入.
Each of them wears a similar looking uniform and carries some kind of case.
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I know they are not carrying luggage.
我知道他们没带行李
Most of the cases are too small for that.
大多数案件都太小了,不能这样。
One of the cases is huge!
其中一个案子是巨大的!
Only some are square while others have a weird curvy shape.
只有一部分是正方形,而另一些则有奇怪的卷曲形状.
At 7:00 p.
7: 00时p.
m.
（字母m）
, it is hard to see anything clearly—especially if your neighborhood does not have streetlights.
很难看清楚 特别是如果你的邻居没有街灯
Aside from the porch lights and the passing cars, I can’t see much of anything in the darkness.
除了门廊的灯光和经过的汽车,
All the people walking into the house seem to be wearing the same dark color, but down along their sides, there is a line of shiny buckles, catching flickers of light from the porch light.
所有走入房子的人 似乎都穿了同样的黑色 但沿着他们的侧面 有一行闪亮的扣子 从门廊的灯光接起闪光灯
I wonder what it all means.
我想知道这是什么意思
I never saw anything like this while living in Boston; but I do remember seeing strange reports on television that might help explain things.
在波士顿生活期间我从未见过这样的事情;但我记得在电视上看到一些奇怪的报道,可能有助于解释事情。
At first, I was afraid to tell anyone at school about my neighborhood mystery because I was afraid they would think I was acting strange.
起初,我害怕在学校告诉任何人我邻里的秘密,因为害怕他们会认为我表现得很奇怪.
But then, I got up the courage to ask my friend Maria, who lives in my neighborhood, if she knew anything about the strange happenings.
但是,然后,我鼓起勇气,问我的朋友玛利亚, 谁住在我附近, 如果她知道什么 奇怪的事情发生。
I caught her in the hallway after school as she was opening her locker and reaching inside.
我放学后在走廊里抓到她 她打开她的柜子 伸入里面
She pulled out a small case.
她拿出一个小案子。
I froze.
我冻僵了
She turned to look at me and saw my startled face.
她转过身看着我 看到我惊呆了的脸
“What?”
“什么情况? “
she exclaimed.
她叹为观止
“Haven’t you seen a violin case before?”
" 你以前没看过小提琴箱吗? “
Of course, I had seen one before.
当然,我见过一个。
After all, I was born in Boston, hometown of one of the most famous symphony orchestras in the world—the Boston Pops.
毕竟我出生在波士顿,家乡是世界上最出名的交响乐团之一——波士顿流行乐团.
My family heard them play on every Fourth of July.
我的家人每逢国庆节都听到他们的演奏
Last year, I counted 30 violins in that orchestra!
去年,我在那个管弦乐队里数了30把小提琴!
So, yes, I’ve seen my share of violin cases.
所以,是的,我见过我那份小提琴箱。
In fact, my dad rented a violin to see if I would like it, but I really wanted to play the guitar.
事实上,我爸爸租了把小提琴 看看我是否喜欢, 但我真的想弹吉他。
The violin, now that I think of it, came in a case just like Maria’s.
小提琴,现在我想到了, 在一个案件里,就像玛丽亚。
Maybe I was too busy thinking about the mystery to make the connection.
可能我太忙于想这个谜题了 连结不了
“Did you need something?”
“你需要什么吗? “
she asked.
她问。
“Never mind,” I said as I walked away confused and deep in thought.
“算了,”我说,当我离开时,我感到困惑和深思熟虑。
Who were those people with the cases?
那些办案的人是谁?
I could not be sure.
我无法确定。
The only way to know would be to solve the mystery myself—like a detective.
唯一知道的方法就是自己解开谜团 就像一个侦探
My Stakeout On Sunday, I made my plan and gathered up a flashlight, binoculars, a whistle, dog biscuits, and my dog.
周日,我计划好了 收集了手电筒、望远镜、口哨、狗饼干和我的狗
I waited by my window for the sun to go down.
我在窗户边等太阳下山
When I saw 7:00 on my clock, I knew that my detective work would begin.
当我看到7: 00在我的钟, 我知道,我的侦探工作会开始。
I waited until the whole group of people had gone inside because I was afraid of what might happen if anyone saw me.
我等了整群人都进去了 因为我害怕有人看到我会发生什么事
When all was clear, I got my things and my dog and sneaked over to the house across the street.
事情明朗后,我带着我的东西和我的狗 偷偷跑去对面的房子
It’s a good thing that there are big trees and bushes for me to hide behind, I thought.
幸好有大树和灌木,
I went from tree to bush to tree until I got close enough to a window to hear something.
我从树到树到树 直到我接近窗户听到什么
I started to hear some talking.
我开始听到一些说话。
Yet I could not understand the language.
然而,我无法理解语言。
Maybe they were talking in code?
也许他们用密码说话?
Then, there was laughter.
然后,人们笑了起来。
One loud, deep laugh shook me like a leaf.
一声大叫地,深笑地震撼我 就像叶子一样
It sounded like some kind of eerie Santa Claus.
听起来像是圣诞老人
It must have come from a very big man.
一定是来自一个大人物
My dog growled like he was about to bark, so I gave him a biscuit to keep him quiet.
我的狗像要叫一样咆哮 所以我给了他一块饼干 让他安静下来
Then I heard deep string-plucking sounds that vibrated the windows of the house.
后来我听到深弦拉动的声音震动了房子的窗户.
Some screeching sounds followed.
听到一些尖叫声
These sounds reminded me of the violinists in the Boston Pops just before they performed.
这些声音让我想起波士顿流行乐队的小提琴手们 就在他们表演之前
Now it was starting to make sense.
现在它开始变得有意义了。
They must be musicians of some kind; but with so few of them, they could not be a symphony orchestra.
他们必须是某种音乐家;但是由于他们中如此之少,他们不可能是交响乐团.
My dad once told me that the Boston Symphony Orchestra has more than 90 musicians.
我爸曾告诉我,波士顿交响乐团拥有90多位音乐家.
My thoughts were interrupted by a sudden sound, like a car horn.
我的想法被突然的声音打断了 就像汽车喇叭
My Discovery I was sure it came from inside the house even as another car drove up.
我的发现 我敢肯定,它来自房子内部, 即使另一辆车开车了。
My dog started to bark like crazy.
我的狗开始叫得像疯了。
He jumped out of the bushes and pulled me with him.
他跳出灌木丛把我拉走了
I accidentally turned on my flashlight.
不小心打开了手电筒
It shined on someone right in front of me.
它闪耀在我面前的人身上
It was Maria!
是玛利亚!
“Alan?
“艾伦?
What are you doing here?”
你在这里做什么? “
“Uh, I, um.”
“嗯,我,嗯。 “
“Did you come to hear the mariachi at my uncle Eduardo’s house?”
" 你来我叔叔Eduardo家听马利亚奇的歌吗? “
“Mah-ree-AH- chee?
“马赫-雷-阿赫-谢?
What is that?”
这是什么? “
I asked.
我问。
“It is a Mexican folk band.
“这是一个墨西哥民间乐队。
Want to come in and listen?”
想进来听吗? “
Mystery solved!
神秘解开了!
Case closed!
结案了!
I said to myself.
我对自己说。
Just then, my dad came out of the garage of our house across the street to take the garbage can out to the curb.
刚刚,我爸爸从我们家的车库出来 对面的街上,把垃圾桶拿出去。
I yelled out to him, asking if he wanted to hear the band of Maria’s uncle, too.
问他是否也想听听Maria叔叔的乐队。
He smiled and yelled back to us “¡Sí!
他笑了起来,大叫回我们“是的!
,” which means yes!
,"这表示是!
Soon, we were inside, sitting on the couch as we watched and listened to the mariachi group playing their instruments.
很快,我们在里面,坐在沙发上,看着并听着马利亚奇集团演奏他们的乐器。
Three members of the group played violins, another three played guitars, and two others played trumpets.
该团体有三名成员演奏小提琴,另有三名成员演奏吉他,另有两名成员演奏小号.
One of the violinists sang, and the others joined in for the chorus.
其中一位小提琴家演唱了这首歌,而其他人则加入其中为合唱.
We heard many mariachi songs that night.
那天晚上我们听到很多马里亚奇的歌
They sounded fantastic.
听起来很棒
Mariachi songs are in Spanish.
马里亚奇的歌曲是西班牙语.
Before that night, there was only one word other than ‘yes’ that I knew in Spanish, and that was the word gracias, which means thank you.
在那晚之前,除了西班牙语“是”以外,我只知道一个词,这就是“gracias”一词,这就是说谢谢。
That is what I told Maria when she led my father and me into the house.
玛利亚带我和父亲进屋时,我就这么说的
I learned many new Spanish words that night.
那天晚上我学到了许多西班牙语新词。
The words violín, guitarra, and trompeta were very easy to memorize because they look and sound a lot like the English words violin, guitar, and trumpet.
violín,吉他和trompeta这些词非常容易被记住,因为它们看起来和英语词小提琴,吉他,和小号的声音很像.
The name of the huge bass guitar, guitarrón, was a little harder to remember.
巨大的贝斯吉他的名字"吉他"更难记.
I think it funny that the smallest guitar had the most difficult name to learn— vihuela (vee-WEH-la).
我认为最小的吉他有最难学的名字——vihuela(vee-WEH-la),
This instrument is smaller than a regular guitar but larger than those tiny guitars from Hawaii called ukulele (u-keh-LA Y-lee).
这种乐器比普通吉他还小,但比夏威夷叫"ukullele"(u-keh-LA Y-lee)的小吉他要大.
Glossary binoculars a device used to see far distances with both eyes (p.
词汇双筒望远镜是用来用双眼相距相距相距相距很远(p.
9) eerie strange or frightening (p.
9) 异想天开或令人恐惧(p.
10) folk band a group of people who play their culture’s traditional music (p.
10)民谣乐队由一群演奏自己文化传统音乐的人(p.
12) instruments devices used to make and play music (p.
12)用于制作和演奏音乐的乐器设备 (p.
13) mariachi traditional Mexican folk music and one or more members of a band that performs it (p.
13) mariachi 墨西哥传统民间音乐以及演奏音乐的乐队的一名或多名成员(p.
12) serenade to perform a love song to someone (p.
12) serrenade 为某人出演一首情歌(p.
15) sombrero a large hat with a broad brim worn by ranchers in Mexico and in the American Southwest (p.
15) sombrero一顶大帽子,上面有墨西哥和美洲西南部牧场主所佩戴的宽大胸口(p.
15) symphony large groups of musicians who play orchestras string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments (p.
15)交响乐团由演奏管弦乐,木风,青铜等管弦乐和打击乐器(p.
7) ukulele a small Hawaiian four-stringed guitar (p.
7) Ekulele a small Hawaiian 四弦吉他 (p.
14) vihuela a small five-stringed guitar with a domed back (p.
14) vihuela一款有圆顶回放的小五弦吉他(p.
14) As it turned out, the mystery led me to discover new things about another culture.
14) 事实证明,这个谜团让我发现了关于另一种文化的新事物.
I want to learn more.
我想多学点
So I hope Dad will let me take guitar lessons at school next year.
所以我希望爸爸明年能让我在学校上吉他课.
When I get good enough, I want to learn songs like the one called Las Mañanitas (“The Little Mornings”).
当我变得足够好的时候,我想学一首叫"Las Mañantas" ("小晨报")的歌曲.
Then I may buy a sombrero and go serenade Maria—just like a real mariachi!
然后我可以买个香肠去给玛利亚撒尿 就像一个真正的马利亚奇!