Hollow (Part II)
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
“I can’t believe we’re doing this again,” Sarah says as we stand on the street, looking into the Hollow.
莎拉说, 当我们站在街上,
It seems as if the trees are reaching out, trying to pull us into the darkness.
似乎树木在伸展 试图把我们拉入黑暗
“ As near as I can tell, this is the beginning of the path,” I say, folding up the map and putting it in my backpack with the scissors and lantern.
“...... 据我所知,这是道路的起步,“我说,把地图叠起来,放在我的背包里,放上剪刀和灯笼。
Odie, my brother’s dog, barks and wags his tail at something in the darkness.
Odie是我哥哥的狗,
I begged my mother to let me go trick-or-treating alone this year, but she insisted that I take Jake or stay home.
我恳求我妈让我今年独自去玩耍或治疗 但她坚持要我带杰克回家
“What is it, boy?”
“这是什么,孩子? “
Jake asks.
杰克问。
Odie whines at the end of his leash.
欧地在绳子上发牢骚
“Now is as good a time as any,” I say and adjust my backpack.
“现在和任何时候一样合适”,我说并调整我的背包。
“ Are we going to see that boy from last year?”
“...... 我们去年见到那个男孩吗? “
Jake asks as we step off the pavement.
杰克问 当我们走出人行道。
“Maybe,” I reply, sharing an anxious look with Sarah.
“也许,”我回答说,与Sarah分享一个焦虑的表情。
“I hope so,” Jake says.
“我希望如此,”杰克说。
Not far beyond the edge of the trees, the darkness presses in on us.
离树边不远 黑暗压入了我们
I scan with my flashlight but see nothing.
我用手电筒扫描 但什么都看不见
One look at Sarah tells me she feels it, too.
看一眼莎拉,她也感觉到了
The forest seems to have even more skeletal branches than last year pulling at our clothes.
森林的树枝比去年拉我们的衣服还要多
Of course, Jake and Odie just barrel ahead.
当然,杰克和奥迪就在前面
Moving quickly and quietly, we walk toward the sound.
快速而悄悄地前进,我们走向声音。
We come to the edge of the clearing, and it only takes a moment for me to recognize it.
我们来到了空地的边缘,我只需一分钟就能认出它.
The same thornbush still grows in the center, a little larger now.
同样的刺布在中央仍在生长,现在稍大一点.
Just like last year, the boy steps out from behind it, smiling as if he sees old friends.
和去年一样,男孩从后面走出来,笑得好像看到老朋友一样.
He’s wearing the same clothes as last year and looks just as pale.
他穿着和去年一样的衣服,
Odie barks and runs to the boy, Jake not far behind.
欧迪叫了起来跑去男孩那里 Jake不远处
Soon they’re chasing each other and laughing.
很快,
Jake and Odie start following him.
Jake和Odie开始跟着他
We plunge after the boys, once again crashing through the forest, holding our flashlight in front of us.
我们追着男孩子跳来跳去,再次从森林中撞来撞去,把手电筒放在我们面前.
This time, however, we’re heading deeper into the Hollow, not toward the safety of the streetlights.
但这次我们更深入地走入洞穴,
The boy moves so fast, we can hardly keep up.
那孩子动作这么快,我们跟不上
“Where are we going?”
“我们要去哪里? “
I call, wishing I could stop and look at my map.
我打电话,希望我能停下来看看我的地图。
We walk for some time, stopping occasionally to pull out the map and compass.
我们走了一段时间,偶尔停下来取出地图和指南针.
It’s difficult to tell, but I think we’re headed in the right direction.
但我想我们正朝着正确的方向前进。
During one of these pauses, Odie’s ears perk up and Jake asks, “What’s that noise?”
在其中的一次暂停中,奥迪的耳朵被打乱了,杰克问道,“那是什么声音? “
Sarah and I both stand still, and then we hear it—a child humming.
我和莎拉都站着,然后我们听到... 一个孩子的叫声。
“There you are,” the boy says, looking at Sarah and me.
"你在这里",男孩说,看着莎拉和我。
“I’ve been waiting for you.”
" 我一直在等你。 “
The boy tilts his head and starts to walk away.
童子自倾头而起出.
He stops at the edge of the trees and calls back, “ Are you coming?”
他停在树边,回电说:“你来吗? “
“Keep moving forward,” the boy says, standing beside the opening.
这名男孩说,“继续前进”,站在开场旁。
I feel Sarah unzipping my backpack.
我觉得莎拉解开我的背包。
She steps forward, brandishing the scissors and snipping her way through the webs.
她往前走,挥舞剪刀,从网络上溜走。
“Where you’ve been headed,” the boy says with a laugh.
这名男孩笑了一下,
As his laugh ends, it’s picked up by someone else and then someone else until we’re surrounded by children’s laughter.
他笑到最后,
“Keep moving forward,” the boy calls.
“继续前进,”这个男孩呼唤。
We do, Jake laughing and Odie barking in the front with Sarah and me running behind, terrified.
是的,杰克笑了,欧迪在前面叫,我和莎拉在后面跑,吓坏了
Suddenly, we nearly crash into a wall of dark leaves.
突然,我们几乎撞入一堵黑叶的墙上。
I try to push some leaves aside to find something behind the wall, but all I see is more darkness.
我试图把一些叶子推到墙后找东西 但我看到的只是更黑暗
“What do we do now?”
“我们现在该怎么办? “
Sarah cries.
萨拉哭。
The laughter increases.
取笑会增加。
The boy stands off to the side, smiling.
男孩站在一边,微笑。
“What’s this?”
" 这是什么? “
Jake asks.
杰克问。
He points to an opening, but it’s covered with what look like spider webs.
他提到开场白,
I touch them; they feel strong.
我触摸他们,他们感觉很强壮。
I try to push through, but they just seem to stretch and spring back into place.
我试着通过,但他们似乎只是伸展和弹出回原位。
I think I hear something hissing in the leaves but can’t be sure with all the laughing children.
我听到树叶上有些东西在发抖,
We climb up another bank and come out on the other side, brushing the clinging webs from our clothes.
我们爬上另一家银行 然后从另一边出来 从衣服上刷出粘网
“This way,” the boy says and runs off again.
“这边,”这名男孩说,他又跑了。
“Who are you?”
“你是谁? “
Sarah asks, but the boy doesn’t answer.
莎拉问,
He moves slower through the woods now, which is good because the underbrush is thick.
他现在在树林中移动得较慢,这很好,因为下刷很厚.
I feel as though we’re being watched.
我觉得好像有人在监视我们。
The laughter is quieter now, but somehow that makes it more menacing.
笑声现在更安静了 但不知怎么的 它更令人发指
The wall we passed through sometimes appears right beside us, and at other times we can just make it out through the trees.
我们穿过的那堵墙有时出现在我们旁边, 而在其他时候,我们可以从树上爬出来。
“The wall of leaves,” I whisper to Sarah, “it twists and turns, almost like—” “ A river,” she interrupts.
我悄悄地对Sarah说: " 它曲折地,几乎是. " 她打断了 " 一道河 " 。
“Where are the other kids?”
“其他孩子在哪里? “
Jake asks.
杰克问。
“They’re coming,” the boy replies.
他们来了,
Something about this makes me feel more anxious.
这件事让我更焦虑
We follow Sarah as she cuts a path down a steep bank.
我们跟着莎拉,当她从一个陡峭的银行 切出一条道。
I quickly shine my light around and see what look like hundreds of small black eyes staring at us.
我很快地照亮了灯光 看着数百只黑眼睛盯着我们
I keep moving, not wanting to know what they belong to.
我不停地移动,不想知道 他们属于什么。
The laughter is even closer now, and I swear I can see the underbrush moving around us.
笑声越来越近了,我发誓,我能看到底刷在我们周围移动.
“Everything in its place,” I hear Sarah say.
我听到Sarah说:“一切都在它的位置。”
“Give me the lantern!”
“把灯笼给我!”
I open my pack and hand the lantern to her.
我打开我的包 把灯笼交给她。
Suddenly, the boy turns a corner and is gone.
突然,那个男孩转了个角就走了
We can’t see where, but before us is what looks like a giant tree, the trunk of which is surrounded by thick vines with huge leaves.
树的树干被茂密的藤蔓所包围,
The laughter is closer now.
笑声更近了
Jake and Odie are looking around as if they hear it for the first time.
Jake和Odie在到处看 好像他们第一次听到一样
I don’t know what to do or where to go.
我不知道该怎么办,
I want to curl up in the leaves and hide, but I can’t.
但我不能。
I look at Sarah.
我看着莎拉。
Her determined expression as she looks at this giant tree makes me pause.
她看这棵大树时的坚定表达让我暂停
I’ve never seen her like this—she looks almost brave.
我从未见过她这样,
“ Always keep moving forward,” she says as she starts to pull at the vines.
“...... 她说“当她开始拉起藤蔓时,
They’re thick and strong, but with both of us working together they start to give way.
他们又厚又强,
Even Jake comes and helps.
连杰克都来帮忙
Then we grab something that we can’t pull down.
然后我们拿一些不能拉下来的东西。
It’s cold and hard.
冰冷而艰难。
“It’s a metal hook,” she says, “to hang something off of.”
她说:「这是个金属钩子, “
“I think we need to light it,” she says.
“我认为我们需要点燃它,”她说。
“I don’t have matches,” I reply.
我回答说,
“Don’t play with matches,” Jake says.
Jake说,
“I learned from a book how to start a fire in an emergency.”
“我从一本书中学会了如何在紧急情况下起火。 “
He drops to his hands and knees and starts combing along the ground.
他倒在手和膝盖上,开始沿地梳理.
“ Aha!”
“啊哈!” (中文(简体) ).
Jake exclaims and runs over with two plain-looking rocks.
Jake大喊大叫 带着两块长相朴实的石头跑过去
Sarah opens the lantern, and Jake scrapes the rocks together, sending sparks flying.
莎拉打开了灯笼 Jake把石头一起刮了下来 散发出一股花花
After a few tries, a small flame catches on the oil-soaked wick.
经过几次尝试,一小片被油浸了的树枝上被喷出火焰。
Sarah closes the door and places the lantern on the hook.
莎拉关上门,把灯笼放入钩上.
The movement and laughter are very close now.
运动和笑声现在非常接近。
Odie starts to bark at the wall.
奥迪开始在墙上叫了
It’s a happy bark, as if he’s found something.
就像他找到东西一样。
We turn around to see the lamplight reflecting dimly off a door handle we hadn’t seen before.
我们转过身去看灯光从门把手上反射出,
Sarah and I turn it and push.
莎拉和我转过身来推
With a loud creak, it swings inward.
用一股响亮的叫声 它会向内挥动
Jake and Odie rush inside.
Jake和Odie赶紧进去
Sarah and I look at each other.
莎拉和我看着对方。
She gives me a knowing smirk and nods before crawling into the opening through the vines.
她给了我一个知道笑和点头 在爬入开口 通过藤蔓。
I wait until she’s clear.
我等着她说清楚。
The leaves right next to me are moving now, and I think I can hear what sound like little feet.
我旁边的树叶正在移动 我想我能听到什么声音 像小脚。
“C’mon!”
" 来吧! "
I hear Sarah yell, and I dive through the vines as Sarah slams the door shut behind me.
我听到莎拉的叫声, 我潜入了藤蔓中, 莎拉把门关在我身后。