Scaredy Camp
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Sarah and I are drifting off to sleep when we hear something scraping against the tent.
莎拉和我正在漂去睡觉 当我们听到有东西刮到帐篷。
“Did you hear that?”
“你听到了吗? “
Sarah whispers.
莎拉耳语。
I nod, and we wait to see if it will repeat.
我点了头,我们等着看它是否会重复。
Rain patters against the nylon, and I can hear it striking the surface of the nearby lake.
雨溅出尼龙来 我听见它袭击了附近的湖面
The downpour started as soon as we arrived at the campsite just outside town, so Sarah and I have barely left the tent.
我们一到城外的营地 就开始大雨了 所以莎拉和我几乎没离开帐篷
She’d promised me a weekend of fishing, campfires, and s’mores.
她答应我周末去钓鱼、营火和吃肉。
That turned into endless rounds of Go Fish while her dad fished for trout in a rain slicker.
这变成了无休止的"去鱼" 而她爸爸在花花公子上钓鳟鱼
The rain continues, sounding like white noise on the radio, but the scraping doesn’t return.
雨在继续,
“It was probably a leaf or something falling off the branches overhead,” I say, but Sarah doesn’t look convinced.
可能只是树叶或树枝上掉下的东西,
She huddles deeper into her sleeping bag and closes her eyes.
她更深地抱入了睡袋并闭上了眼睛.
I do the same, allowing the rainfall to lull me into slumber.
我也这么做 让降雨让我沉睡
I wake to Sarah shaking my shoulder, her eyes wide in terror.
我醒来的莎拉 摇起我的肩膀, 她的眼睛宽阔的恐怖。
“I heard it again,” she says.
她说:“我又听到了,”
“Something is definitely outside.”
“有些事情肯定在外头。 “
“It’s probably just your dad checking up on us or going to the bathroom,” I grumble, rubbing my eyes.
可能只是你爸爸在检查我们,
“Why would he be scraping against the tent?”
“他为什么要对着帐篷刮? “
“Mr.
“本戈亚先生,
Martinez, is that you?”
Martinez 是你吗? “
I call out.
我喊出来。
After a moment, Sarah’s dad unzips the door of his tent next to ours and then unzips our door.
莎拉的爸爸在一瞬间打开了他的帐篷门,
He holds up a bright lantern and shoves his hooded head inside.
他举起一盏明亮的灯笼,把头套塞入里面.
“Everything okay in here?”
"这里一切都好吗? “
he asks.
他问。
“We’re okay,” Sarah says, “but we heard something outside scraping against the tent.”
Sarah说:「我们没事, “
“I’m sure it was just a voracious bear looking for an easy feast,” he says, smiling.
他笑着说:“我肯定这只是一只贪婪的熊,
“Not funny, Dad.”
“不好笑,爸爸。”
“It was a perfectly adequate dad joke,” he says, “but I’ll take a look around.”
“这是爸爸的玩笑, “
We both thank him, and he zips up our tent.
我们两个都感谢他, 他拉上我们的帐篷。
We follow the lantern and the sound of his squishing footsteps as he inspects the campsite.
我们跟着灯笼和他走的脚步声去检查营地。
“I don’t see any bears or anything else lurking out here, ladies,” he says, poking his head back into our tent.
“我看不到任何熊或其他东西潜入这里,
“I’m going back to bed before I catch my death.
我赶在死前回去睡觉。
You girls sleep tight and holler if you need anything.”
如果你们需要什么,你们就睡好,大叫 “
We thank him again, and I hunker down into my bag, hoping this will be the end of it.
我们再次感谢他,我倒入我的包里,希望这一切结束。
Just as I’m about to drift off into dreamland, Sarah shines a flashlight into my face and hisses, “Qynn, wake up!
就像我即将漂入梦幻之地一样,莎拉用手电筒照我的脸和神像,“昆恩,醒醒!
Someone’s outside.”
有人在外面。 “
“Seriously, Sarah, I was just about to finally zonk out,” I say with a groan.
“真的,莎拉,我正要离开,”我叹息地说。
She shushes me and then I hear it—footsteps squishing through the muck outside, too many to be just one person or animal.
她嘘我然后我听到... 脚步走出外面的泥潭 太多人不能成为一个人或动物
Sarah whimpers, and suddenly the footsteps fall silent.
莎拉一哭一哭 脚步声突然悄悄地消失
She desperately grasps the flashlight under her face as if she were telling a ghost story.
她拼命地抓住她脸上的手电筒 好像在讲鬼故事一样
Then something strikes the side of the tent, and we both jump.
然后有东西击中了帐篷的一侧, 我们都跳了。
Something else knocks into the opposite side, and we crawl into the center of the space, wrapping our arms around each other.
其它的东西敲入了相反的一面,我们爬入了空间的中心,将双臂相绕.
The tent walls start to shake violently, as if we were sitting in the middle of a tornado.
帐篷的墙壁开始剧烈地摇晃 就像我们坐在龙卷风中间一样
Outside, we hear laughter.
外面,我们听到笑声。
We both scream.
我们都尖叫。
Just as quickly as the shaking of the tent began, it ends, leaving us clinging to each other, listening to the rain patter.
就像帐篷的摇晃开始一样快,它就结束了,让我们紧紧地紧紧地在一起,倾听着雨花的声音。
“I’m terrified,” Sarah says.
Sarah说:「我很害怕,
I clear my throat, trying to act as though I’m not petrified, and say, “Probably just the wind.”
我洗清了喉咙,试图表现得好像没有被吓倒一样,并说,“也许只是风。 “
The tent door opens, and we scream as Sarah’s dad shoves his head inside.
帐篷门打开,
“Why are you screaming?”
“你为什么尖叫? “
“Something just made the tent shake like crazy,” Sarah squeals.
“有些事情让帐篷摇得像疯了一样,”Sarah squeals。
“Hmmm,” her dad begins, “I didn’t hear anything, but I was sound asleep before you started screeching.
“嗯,”她父亲首先说:“我什么也没听到,
Since the rain stopped, it was most likely the last gasp of the storm.”
自从雨停后,它最有可能是风暴的最后一气. “
He leaves, and we listen to him squishing around the campsite.
他走了,我们听他乱跑
He doesn’t find anything and returns to his tent.
他一无所获,
Sarah sighs and says, “I don’t think I’ll be sleeping anymore tonight.”
莎拉叹道:「我想我今晚不会再睡觉了。 “
“Well, if we’re not going back to sleep, we can take a look around for ourselves,” I say as I start pulling on my shoes.
“好吧,如果我们不回去睡觉,我们可以四处看看,”我说,当我开始拉起我的鞋子时。
Sarah shoots me an expression of surprise and fright.
莎拉让我感到惊讶和恐惧
“Nope, not happening—I’m going to sit right here with the flashlight until the Sun rises.”
" 没有,没有发生... 我将拿着手电筒坐在这里, “
“I’ll have to look around outside, in the dark, I guess,” I say, unzipping the tent flap.
“我想,我必须看看外面的黑暗,”我说,
Sarah whimpers as I step out into the darkness.
当我走出黑暗时,莎拉会哭
The clouds have already started to part, exposing a bright Moon.
云已经开始分道扬镳,暴露出一盏明月.
I stand outside the tent for a minute as my eyes adjust to the darkness.
我站在帐篷外面一分钟 当我的眼睛适应了黑暗。
My shoes make little sucking and squishing noises as I walk.
我的鞋子会让我走路时发出小声
Behind me, Sarah’s flashlight beam bounces around the campsite as she climbs from the tent.
莎拉的手电筒弹出在营地周围,
I turn around to help Sarah just as her light flashes across something in the tree overhead.
我转过身去帮助莎拉 就像她的光闪过树上的东西一样
“Sarah, shine the flashlight up there,” I whisper, pointing above our tent.
我悄悄地指向帐篷上方,
The bright beam reveals an old-looking lantern suspended from the branch.
明亮的光束揭示出树枝上悬停的一盏老式灯笼.
It wasn’t there when we arrived at the campsite.
我们到达营地时,
Without a word, Sarah hands me the flashlight, scrambles up the tree, and grabs the lantern.
不言而喻,莎拉把手电筒递给我,把树上打起来,拿起灯笼来.
She starts to climb down and stops.
她开始从地上爬下来停下来
“Qynn, look,” she says, jabbing her finger at the tent.
“昆,你看,”她说,用手指戳帐篷。
I raise the light and shine it on the top of our tent.
我举起灯光 照亮我们的帐篷顶上
It’s covered in small, streaked, muddy handprints, as if children were pawing at our tent or trying to climb on top of it.
像是孩子们在我们的帐篷上踩地或试图爬上帐篷上。
Sarah climbs down the tree, and we inspect our find.
莎拉爬下树,我们检查我们的发现。
It’s a very old oil lantern with thick glass on the sides, but it sloshes as though still filled with fuel.
油灯的侧面有厚厚的玻璃,
“I want to go home,” Sarah whines.
“我想回家,”莎拉抱怨道。
“Morning isn’t far away,” I say, trying to calm her as much as myself.
「早晨不远了」,
“Let’s play some Go Fish until the Sun comes up.”
" 让我们玩一些去鱼,直到太阳升起。 “
Sarah gives me a sad nod, and we climb into the tent.
Sarah给我一个悲哀的点头 然后我们爬入帐篷
Just as I’m zipping up the flap, I think I see the figure of a child standing in the shallow water near the shore.
我看见一个孩子站在岸边浅水中。