Floating Rubbish
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
One balmy Saturday, Fred’s dad led the way as Fred, Ben, and Morty walked the gangplank to an old wooden tugboat.
一个balmy星期六,Fred的爸爸作为Fred,Ben的领头人,而Morty将黑板走到一艘老木制拖船上.
Fred’s dad’s friend Cappy had just restored the boat and invited them all to take it out on the sound.
Fred的父亲朋友Cappy刚刚修复了船,
“Is this guy’s name actually Cappy?”
“这个人其实叫Cappy吗? “
Morty whispered to Fred, eyebrow raised.
莫蒂悄悄地对弗雷德说出话来,眉毛被提起来.
“Shh.”
“嘘。”
Fred nudged Morty with his elbow.
佛来德用手肘给莫蒂下药
“Everyone calls him that, even though he’s not a captain anymore,” he murmured.
“每个人都这样称呼他,尽管他不再是船长,”
“He’s pretty cool.”
“他很酷, “
“ Ahoy, mates!”
“...... 伙计们!”
Cappy bellowed from the bow of the boat, welcoming them aboard.
凯皮从船头上俯首而来 欢迎他们登船
Fred’s dad saluted Cappy.
Fred的父亲向Cappy致敬。
“First mate and three deckhands reporting for duty!”
"大副和三副手报到!"
he said with a chuckle.
他说用笑语。
“Ugh, Dad!”
“哦,爸爸!”
Fred groaned as Morty and Ben snickered.
弗雷德叹为莫蒂和本斯克特.
“First order is life jackets,” Cappy instructed, handing out bright orange vests.
“第一等是救生衣”,凯皮指示,发放亮橙色背心。
When everyone was buckled, Cappy pulled up the gangplank.
当每个人都被扣上后,凯皮拉起黑板。
“Okay, crew, first we’ll need to cast off the lines at the bow and stern to unmoor the ship from the dock.
“好吧,船员们,我们首先需要把船头和船尾的防线抛出船口去取出。
Think you’re up to the task?”
认为你有能力完成任务吗? “
Morty, Fred, and Ben nodded as Cappy led the way to the front of the boat, then the back.
莫蒂,弗雷德,和本点头作为凯皮带领路去船前,再去后.
Soon the tug was bobbing freely alongside the dock.
不久后拖船在码头一旁畅所欲言
“Good,” Cappy said.
Cappy说:“很好,”
“Now, right this way to the wheelhouse.”
“现在,沿着这条路到轮子屋。 “
Cappy led the mice to a small cabin with windows on all sides.
凯皮将老鼠引到一个小木屋,四面有窗户.
In the front was a panel of gauges, including a compass, and in the center of the room was a large wooden steering wheel.
前方是包括罗盘在内的仪表板,而正中央是大木制方向盘.
“How about you kids take the helm and help navigate us out of this harbor?”
“你们这些孩子掌舵,帮助我们从港口出港,怎么样? “
Cappy pushed a lever forward that slowly accelerated the tugboat as it puttered away from the dock.
Cappy推出一把杠杆 拖船被拖出码头后 慢慢加速了拖船的速度
Morty, Ben, and Fred piloted the tug out of the marina and beyond the harbor as Fred’s dad helped guide them.
Morty、Ben和Fred驾驶拖船出码头,
Once on the sound, the swells were higher and the boat rocked steadily.
有一次在响起后,膨胀度更高了,船也稳步地摇起.
“You handle her like experienced skippers,” Cappy said, his eyes twinkling.
Cappy说,“你像有经验的船长一样对待她。”
“I’ll take over from here.”
" 我将接手。 “
Down in the galley, Morty pulled out three empty yellow plastic juice bottles, markers, and some papers from his backpack.
在船坞下方,莫蒂取出三个空的黄色塑料汁瓶,标记和从他背包取出的一些文件.
“I had an idea,” he said to Ben and Fred.
他对Ben和Fred说:“我有一个主意,”
“I read that messages in bottles can float on the water for years.
“我读到,装入瓶子的信息可以漂浮在水上多年。
Sailors sent letters home to loved ones in corked bottles.”
水手们把信寄回家 寄给身穿烤瓶的亲人 “
“Those were glass bottles, weirdo— not plastic juice bottles,” Ben scoffed.
" 那些是玻璃瓶子,怪胎,不是塑料汁瓶子, " 本嘲笑了。
“It might work,” Fred interrupted.
" 可能可行 " 弗雷德打断了会议。
“Plastic bottles float, too.”
“塑料瓶也浮出水面。 “
“What would we write?”
“我们要写什么? “
Ben asked.
本问.
“ And to who?”
“...... 和谁? “
“Well,” Morty said, pausing for a moment to think.
莫蒂说:“好吧,”莫蒂说,“暂时不要思考。
“Let’s write our names, addresses, and the date.
" 让我们写下我们的名字、地址和日期。
Then we’ll ask whoever finds each bottle to mail a letter to us saying when and where they found it.
问谁找到每瓶酒,
That way, we’ d see if it ended up in Japan or India or somewhere.”
这样,我们就可以看看它最终是在日本还是印度或其他地方。 “
“You think someone would really respond?”
“你认为有人真的会回应吗? “
Fred asked.
佛德问.
“Who knows?”
“谁知道? “
Morty said with a shrug.
摩提以出声相说.
“But it would be a great surprise if they did.”
“但如果他们这样做,那将是一个巨大的惊喜。 “
With that, each mouse wrote a message, popped it into a bottle, and screwed on the lid.
每只老鼠都写了一条信息, 把它扔入了瓶子,然后在盖子上搞砸。
They headed on deck and stared out at the choppy water churning at the back of the boat.
他们朝甲板上走去 望着船后边的河道
On the count of three, they hurled their bottles off the stern of the tug.
数到三 他们把瓶子扔出拖船口
Moments later, Cappy and Fred’s dad brought out poles and bait.
Cappy和Fred的爸爸带出杆子和诱饵。
“ At sea, we fish for our lunch,” Cappy said.
“...... 在海上,我们钓鱼吃午餐,“凯皮说。
The mice baited their lines and cast them over the side of the boat.
小鼠用诱饵将绳索抛到船边.
After an hour, each of them had caught a good-sized fish.
一个小时后,他们每人捕到一头大鱼。
Cappy helped them clean their catch and then fried the fish on the galley grill.
凯皮帮他们打扫了渔获物,然后将鱼放入船坞的烤架上.
Morty was sure he’ d never eaten anything so delicious.
Morty肯定从未吃过这么美味的东西。
In the afternoon, the mice flew kites off the boat and explored some of the rooms below.
下午,老鼠将风筝从船上飞出并探索了下面的一些房间.
Cappy had a hammock, and the three friends all piled in.
凯皮有一个吊床, 和三个朋友都堆入。
Not long after, Cappy called down, demanding all hands on deck.
不久之后,凯皮叫了下来,要求所有人手放在甲板上.
The mice raced up the ladder to find porpoises jumping alongside the boat.
小鼠跑上梯子 发现海豚跳上船
Morty tried to count how many were in the pod as they leaped out of the waves and plunged back under the surface.
莫蒂试图计算出有多少人从海浪中跳出并倒回地表时被放入了舱中.
Later, Morty, Ben, and Fred stood at the bow of the boat, gazing at the sunset as the tug pulled back into the harbor.
后来,莫蒂,本,和弗雷德站到船的船头上,在日出时看着拖船拉回了港口.
The sea mist cooled Morty’s face and ears, and he breathed in the salty seawater smell.
海雾冷却了莫蒂的脸和耳朵,他在咸出海水的气味中呼吸.
“It’s incredible out here,” he said.
他说,“这里真是不可思议。”
“I’ d like to be a captain someday and spend my days on a tugboat just like this.”
我愿意成为船长, “
“Well, if you do, make sure you send us a message in a bottle,” Fred joked.
”弗雷德开玩笑。
A week later, Morty sprawled on the couch with his tablet, tuning out the sound of the evening news his dad always watched before dinner.
一周后,莫蒂用平板板在沙发上走来走去,调出晚间新闻的声音,他爸爸在晚餐前总是看.
Morty glanced up at the TV to see a news reporter standing on the deck of a large ship that was heading toward the open sea.
莫蒂在电视上看了一眼,看到一名记者站在一艘船的甲板上,驶向公海。
“Massive heaps of garbage litter our oceans, and these islands of plastic debris grow larger daily,” the reporter shouted over the wind.
这名记者大叫道:“大堆垃圾充斥着我们的海洋,
“Researchers estimate that more than five trillion pieces of plastic garbage are invading this home to marine life, causing many species to become sick and killing off others.”
“研究人员估计,有超过5万亿个塑料垃圾正在侵入这个海洋生物家园,导致许多物种生病并杀死了其他人。 “
Morty sat up on the couch and leaned forward—he couldn’t peel his eyes away from the TV.
Morty坐在沙发上,
The camera panned out to the open ocean and there, floating among what looked like a garbage dump, was a yellow juice bottle.
摄影机被拍到大海 漂浮在垃圾堆里 一个黄汁瓶
“Where is that?”
“这是哪里? “
Morty asked his dad.
莫蒂问他爸爸。
“I’m not sure,” his dad replied.
我不确定,
“But it’s awfully sad.
“但是这实在是太可悲了。
How could anyone be so careless with our ocean when it covers 70 percent of Earth?”
我们的海洋覆盖了地球的70%, 怎么会有人这么不小心呢? “
“The discarded fishing gear, buoys, and other plastic refuse in the world’s oceans today is estimated to weigh as much as thirty-eight thousand African elephants,” the reporter continued.
“今天世界上海洋被丢弃的渔具、浮标和其他塑料垃圾估计高达三万八千只非洲大象”,
Morty got up and headed to his room, sick with guilt.
莫蒂起身去他的房间,因内疚而生病.
He closed his door and called Fred and Ben to tell them what he saw.
他关了门,叫了弗雷德和本告诉他们他看到什么.
“It was a mistake to throw those bottles in the ocean,” he explained.
他解释说,“把这些瓶子扔入海洋是错误的”。
“It was so much fun being out on the sea, and I feel like we helped ruin something that’s really important.”
在海面上玩太好玩了, 我觉得我们帮助毁了一件很重要的事。 “
The mice were quiet.
老鼠们很安静
“You know, I could talk to my dad and see if Cappy would take us out one Saturday to help clean up some of the trash,” Fred offered.
“你知道,我可以和我爸爸谈谈,看看凯皮是否会带我们出去一个星期六,帮助清理一些垃圾。”
“The tugboat has some nets that we could use.”
“拖船有一些我们可以使用的网。 “
“I like that idea,” Morty said.
Morty说:“我喜欢这个想法,”
“Me, too,” Ben answered.
“我也是”,本回答。
Morty felt hopeful for the first time that evening.
莫蒂当晚第一次感到希望.
The next Saturday, Morty, Ben, Fred, and Fred’s dad walked the gangplank to the tugboat for the second time.
下个星期六,莫蒂,本,弗雷德和弗莱德的爸爸第二次将黑板拖到拖船上.
“ Ah, my seasoned crew returns,” Cappy called.
“...... 我老练的船员回来了,凯皮打电话来了。
“Thank you so much for letting us do this,” Morty replied.
莫蒂回答道:“非常感谢你让我们这样做,”
His backpack was heavy with rolls of garbage bags.
他的背包满是垃圾袋
“It does me proud to see young mice caring for the sea like this.”
我感到骄傲的是, “
Cappy reached out a paw to help them onboard.
凯皮伸出了一只爪子帮助他们上船
“Life jackets on, then to the wheelhouse,” he ordered.
他点了 “穿起活衣,然后去轮子屋。”
The mice spent hours scooping up trash from the water and guessing the story behind each piece.
老鼠花了好几个小时从水中挖出垃圾 猜每块东西背后的故事
It was a long, exhausting day that ended at dusk as the team hauled thirty- four bags full of garbage down the gangplank and loaded them into Fred’s dad’s truck.
今天是漫长而疲惫的一天,在黄昏时分,队伍把满是垃圾的三四袋垃圾拖下黑板,装入了弗雷德的父亲的卡车。
“People who litter are really dumb,” Ben said, forgetting that they had been part of the problem not long ago.
Ben说,“那些丢弃垃圾的人真的很蠢,”忘记了他们不久前曾是问题的一部分。
“Maybe they’re just thoughtless,” Morty said.
Morty说:「也许他们只是无心的,
“We’ d like to do ocean cleanup again, if we can,” Morty said to Cappy as he lifted up two more bags.
“如果可以的话,我们想再次清理海洋。”
“We can make that happen,” Cappy replied.
凯皮回答说,“我们可以做到这一点”。
That yellow plastic bottle may still be floating somewhere in the ocean, Morty thought as he heaved the bags into the truck, but it will be the last piece of trash I ever toss overboard.
那个黄色的塑料瓶 可能还在大海中漂浮 莫蒂想 当他把袋子放进卡车时