What’s Next?
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
The bell rang to signal the start of lunch period.
钟声响起,以示午餐期的开始.
Cruz collapsed on a bench in the cafeteria across from his best friend, Eric, and wolfed down a pizza slice.
克鲁兹倒在餐厅的长椅上, 和他最好的朋友埃里克对面, 和狼倒下一个比萨片。
Then he hoisted his backpack.
然后他举起他的背包。
He wondered why it felt as if it was weighed down with bricks.
他想知道为什么它感觉好像被砖块压住。
Cruz closed his eyes.
Cruz闭上了眼睛
Suddenly, his head ached so intensely that it felt as though one of those bricks was rattling around inside his head.
突然,他的头痛得如此剧烈,以至于感觉好像有一块砖头正在他头上乱跑.
“ Are you okay?”
“...... 你还好吗? “
Eric asked, raising his eyebrows.
埃里克问起,举起眉来.
“I’m just rushing to get to the music room for recess,” Cruz explained.
Cruz解释道,
“No matter how much time I spend practicing guitar, I’m just not getting it.”
“不管我练习了多少时间, “
As Cruz spoke, his mouth felt exceptionally dry.
正如克魯斯所言 他的口感特别干燥
He took a swig from his water bottle.
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When he swallowed, he thought he felt a scratchy lump lodged in his throat.
当他吞咽时,他觉得喉咙里塞了个发痒的肿块。
“Come on—play kickball with us,” Eric pleaded, standing up.
Eric恳求站起来,
“Not today,” Cruz answered, rustling inside his backpack for a hall pass.
Cruz回答说,“今天不行,”Cruz在背包里偷东西取经。
Papers and pencils cascaded out of the bag as Cruz dug around in the chaotic jumble.
Cruz在混乱的混乱中挖出纸和铅笔后,
As Eric stooped over to pick up the papers, a charcoal portrait of Cruz’s dog, Kona, looked up at him.
Eric走过来取取文件时,
“You’re super talented,” Eric said.
Eric说,
Cruz shoved his papers into his bag and grabbed the sketch, calling out “Thanks” as he rushed away.
Cruz把他的证件塞入他的包里,并抓起草图,在他匆匆离开时喊出“谢谢”。
As much as I’ d love to play kickball, I have too much stuff to do, Cruz thought.
Cruz认为, 虽然我喜欢踢球,
He could barely keep track of his schedule these days.
最近他几乎无法追踪他的行程
There was math club before school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, while the other mornings he liked to get to school early to play basketball.
周二和周四开学前有数学会,而其他的早晨他喜欢提前上学去打篮球.
After school was jam-packed with karate and hockey.
课后被果酱包装为空手道和曲棍球.
On top of all those commitments, he had recently started learning to play the guitar.
除了这些承诺之外,他最近开始学会弹吉他。
On weekends, he was enrolled in an art class at the rec center, and he often volunteered with his mom at the food bank.
周末,他入读了娱乐中心的艺术课,他经常与母亲一起自愿去食品银行.
As he thought more about it, he realized that the past month he had spent learning guitar had been particularly busy.
由于他更深思熟虑,他意识到过去一个月他所花的学习吉他的时间特别繁忙.
That afternoon, Cruz’s mom picked him up from school.
当天下午, Cruz的妈妈从学校接走了他。
“Hey, Mom, what’s next?”
“嘿,妈妈,接下来是什么? “
he asked her.
他问她。
“Well, hockey practice starts in twenty minutes,” she replied.
她回答说,
“Wait,” Cruz interrupted.
Cruz打断了“等等”,
“I thought I had karate today,” he exclaimed.
“我以为我今天有空手道,”他说。
“Nope, that’s tomorrow,” she replied, pointing to the hockey equipment next to him on the back seat of the car.
她回答说, " 不,那是明天, " 她指着他旁边的车后座上的曲棍球设备。
“Honey, are you okay?
"亲爱的,你没事吧?
You look flushed,” she added.
她补充说,
Closing his eyes for a second, Cruz leaned back against the headrest.
闭上眼睛一秒钟 Cruz向后靠着头部
His throat felt even scratchier than before.
他的喉咙比以前更痒
“I’m fine,” Cruz lied.
Cruz撒了谎。
He didn’t want to confess that he didn’t feel well and risk missing hockey.
他不想承认自己不舒服,
A big game was coming up, and he needed to practice with his team.
一场大赛即将到来,他需要和球队一起练习.
The next morning, Cruz could barely move.
第二天早上,克鲁兹几乎无法移动.
His throat hurt so bad that he couldn’t swallow.
他的喉咙很痛,
His whole body ached.
他的整个身体都痛。
His mom insisted that he stay home from school.
他妈妈坚持要他放学回家.
She made an appointment for him to see Dr.
她约他去看医生
Brown the same day.
同日为布朗.
That afternoon, Dr.
那天下午,医生
Brown gave Cruz a quick examination.
布朗给了克勒斯快速检查.
As she took off her gloves, she announced, “It looks like you’ve come down with influenza B.
在她摘下手套时,她宣布,“看来你患了乙型流感。
You probably know it as the flu.”
你可能知道这是流感。 “
“So, what’s next?”
“那么,接下来是什么? “
Cruz croaked.
克鲁斯崩溃了。
“Nothing for now,” Dr.
“现在什么都没有,”
Brown answered.
布朗回答说。
“No school or other activities until you recover.”
“在康复之前,不得进行学校或其他活动。 “
“But—,” Cruz protested as he tried to sit up on the examination table.
Cruz试图坐在考试桌边时提出了抗议。
“I have a hockey game coming up, a science fair project to finish, and—,” he sputtered.
“我有一个曲棍球比赛即将到来,一个科学博览会项目即将完成,”他吐出。
“Just rest,” Dr.
"只是休息,"医生。
Brown advised.
布朗建议。
“You need to strengthen your immune system,” she continued.
她接着说:“你需要加强你的免疫系统”。
“The immune system maintains our health, and yours needs attention right now.
“免疫系统维持我们的健康,你的需要现在得到关注。
When you get too busy or stressed, you’re more likely to get sick.”
当你太忙或紧张时, “
On the ride home, Cruz’s mom said, “Honey, you’ve been doing so much lately.
Cruz的妈妈在回家的路上说,
How would you feel about cutting back on some of your activities?”
你对削减你的一些活动有何感想? “
Cruz replied, “It’s okay, Mom.
Cruz回答说: “没关系,
I have it under control.”
我已经控制住了 “
As soon as the words escaped his lips, Cruz wondered if they were true.
当这些话从他嘴里逃出时,克勒斯就怀疑这些话是否属实.
Back at home, Cruz crawled into bed.
回到家里,克魯斯爬入了床上.
He barely got out from under the covers for the rest of the week.
这周剩下的时间 他几乎没从被子底下出来
Cruz returned to school on Monday, but Dr.
Cruz星期一回到学校,但是Dr.
Brown recommended waiting another week before getting back to sports.
布朗建议再等一个星期再回到体育界.
Although it felt nice to have a break, Cruz was soon bored.
虽然休息感觉很好,但克鲁斯很快就感到无聊.
He tried to practice guitar, but he got frustrated easily.
他试图练习吉他,但是他很容易感到沮丧.
By midweek, he was begging his mom to let him get back to karate and hockey.
到了中周,他正在求妈妈让他回到空手道和曲棍球.
“Not yet.
“还没有。
How about taking Kona out for some fresh air?”
要不要带克娜出去透透气? “
she suggested.
她建议。
“Okay,” Cruz grumbled.
"好吧,"克鲁兹抱怨。
Along the wooded trail behind the house, Kona stopped to sniff everything.
沿着房子后面的木质小道,科纳停止了嗅出一切.
Cruz gently yanked her along.
Cruz轻轻地拉着她走
“Come on, girl,” he coaxed.
"来吧,女孩,"他吓坏了。
Then Cruz remembered—he didn’t have anywhere to go or anything to do.
Cruz记得, 他无处可去,
He unclipped Kona’s leash and sat down on a tree stump.
他解开Kona的绳子并坐在树上。
Right now, I should be lacing up my skates, he reflected.
现在,我应该 挂起我的滑板,他反省。
Instead, he was watching Kona chase a butterfly.
相反,他看着科纳追逐一只蝴蝶。
She looked so silly with her big ears flopping around like a puppy’s.
她的耳朵像小狗一样乱晃,
Cruz couldn’t help but laugh.
Cruz忍不住大笑。
At that moment, movement in the soil by Cruz’s feet caught his attention.
当时,克鲁斯脚下在地上的行动引起了他的注意。
He peered closer to find a snail inching along.
他近距离接近 发现一只蜗牛相接而来。
“Cool,” he murmured.
“酷,”他喃喃自语。
Cruz began wandering around the woods with Kona.
克鲁斯开始和科纳一起在树林中徘徊.
He soon discovered a patch of small mushrooms.
他很快发现了一补丁小蘑菇.
He figured that he’ d better not touch them, as they could be poisonous.
他认为他最好不要碰它们,因为它们可能有毒。
He knelt down to investigate their striking colors and odd shapes.
他跪在地上调查他们惊人的颜色和奇特的形状。
After what seemed like no time at all, Cruz noticed that it was getting dark.
Cruz注意到天越来越黑了
He rushed home for dinner, delighting in the crunching sound the leaves made beneath his feet and Kona’s paws.
他匆匆回家吃晚饭,
The next day after school, Cruz packed his pencils and sketchbook in his backpack and returned to the woods with Kona.
次日放学后,克勒兹将铅笔和素描本打包入背包并和克纳一起回了树林.
He found a bird’s nest and worked on a sketch of three speckled eggs for more than an hour.
他发现了一只鸟巢,并研究了三个斑点蛋的草图,长达一个多小时.
Every day after school that week, Cruz sought out something fascinating to sketch in the woods.
每天放学后,克鲁兹都想出一些迷人的东西去森林里画画.
Soon, illustrations of rotting trees and camouflaged insects filled the pages of his sketchbook.
很快,腐烂的树木和被伪装的昆虫的插图就被他的草图书所填满了.
Before long, Cruz was well enough to return to his activities.
不久后,克勒兹就足以恢复活动.
At first, it felt good for things to be back to normal.
起初,让事情恢复正常感觉很好.
His guitar playing was slowly improving, and he even turned some of the sketches he’ d made in the woods into paintings in his art class.
他的吉他弹奏正在缓慢地改进,他甚至将自己在树林中作的一些素描变成他艺术课上的绘画.
Soon, however, he realized that he missed the time he had spent wandering in the woods.
然而不久他意识到他错过了在树林中徘徊的时间.
Cruz wasn’t sure how to tell his mom how he felt.
Cruz不确定如何告诉妈妈自己的感受。
One night over dinner, Cruz finally cracked.
有天晚上,Cruz终于崩溃了
He sputtered, “Mom, I don’t think I want to play guitar anymore.
“妈妈,我不想再弹了。
I just can’t find enough time to practice.
我只是找不到足够的时间练习。
I feel like a quitter, though, and I don’t like that.”
也不喜欢这样。 “
His mom set down her fork.
他妈妈把她的叉子放下了
“Oh, Cruz, you won’t disappoint me if you stop playing guitar,” she assured him.
她向他保证,
“It’s totally okay to take a step back.
“退一步完全可以。
There’s no reason that you should feel stressed and pressured by your activities.
你没有理由感到自己的活动压力很大。
Remember, you signed up for these commitments because you wanted to do them.”
记住,你签了承诺 因为你想做 “
She put her hand on his shoulder.
她把手放在他的肩膀上。
“Let’s look over your schedule.
“让我们看看你们的日程安排。
You need to have more free time to just do whatever you want.”
你需要更多的空闲时间来做你想做的事 “
Cruz smiled.
克鲁斯笑了
He was already imagining what wonders he would uncover in the woods.
他已经想象到了他在树林里会发现什么奇迹
Glossary collapsed (v.)
词汇崩溃(v.)
suddenly sat or fell down because of tiredness, weakness, or illness (p.
由于疲劳,软弱或疾病(p.
3) commitments (n.)
(3) 承诺(不详)