Like Night and Day
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
It was the end of July—the longest, hottest, most boring stretch of the summer.
这是七月末——夏天最长,最热,最无聊的一段.
Simon had gone to the beach, watched the fireworks on the Fourth of July, and spent a week at space camp.
西蒙去了海滩,在国庆节观看了烟花,并在太空营呆了一个星期.
Now, he had nothing to do.
现在,他没什么可做的。
“I’m so bored,” Simon moaned as he flopped dramatically onto the couch.
西蒙在沙发上跳出巨浪时,
“Why don’t you go meet the new neighbors?”
“你为什么不去见新邻居呢? “
his mom suggested.
他妈妈建议。
“ A family moved in while you were away at camp.
“一个家庭在你离开营地时搬进来。
They have a daughter your age.”
他们有个你这个年纪的女儿 “
Simon sighed but put on his sneakers anyway.
Simon叹了口气,但还是穿上了运动鞋
Meeting new people always made him a little anxious, and his mom knew that.
认识新人总是让他有点焦虑 他妈妈知道这一点
All summer, she had been pushing him to make new friends.
整个夏天 她一直逼他交新朋友
He knew she wouldn’t take no for an answer.
他知道她不会拒绝回答。
As soon as Simon knocked, the door swung open with a bang.
西蒙一敲门,门就被一响一响而开.
“Hi!”
"你好!" 说"Hi!"
exclaimed the bright- eyed girl in the doorway.
赞叹出门道上光明眼女.
“My name is Rae.
“我的名字是雷。
You must be Simon!
你一定是赛门!
Your mom told me all about you.
你妈妈跟我说了你的一切
We’re both starting sixth grade this fall.
今年秋天,
It’s great to finally meet you!”
很高兴终于见到你! “
Rae wore sparkly earrings that jingled as she spoke.
雷戴着闪闪发光的耳环,她说话的时候响起。
She was also covered from head to toe in vibrant paint and glitter, as though an art classroom had exploded all around her.
她还被活泼活泼的油漆和闪光所覆盖,好像一个艺术教室在她周围爆炸了。
“Sorry, I would give you a hug, but I’ve been crafting!
“对不起, 我愿意拥抱你,
Do you want to see my new room?
你想看看我的新房间吗?
It’s taken me all week to decorate, but I think I’m almost there.
我花了整整一周的时间装饰,
I’m going for sort of an interstellar theme: planets and glow-in-the-dark stars and asteroids and spaceships—you know?”
我要去取星际主题:行星和黑暗中发光的恒星和小行星和宇宙飞船,你知道吗? “
Simon grinned.
西蒙笑了起来
Ordinarily, he would have found Rae and her mile-a-minute chatter overwhelming, but if there was one thing he loved to talk about, it was outer space.
通常,他会发现瑞和她的一英里一分钟的闲聊令人难以忍受, 但是如果有一件事他喜欢谈论,那是外太空。
“Do you have a favorite constellation?”
你们有喜欢的星座吗? “
is Orion!”
是猎户座!”
From that moment on, summer flew by.
从那一刻起,夏天就飞来.
Simon and Rae became inseparable, spending hours together at the library, the pool, and each other’s houses.
Simon和Rae变得不可分割,在图书馆、游泳池和彼此的房屋里共度时光。
They could not have been less alike.
他们的相似性是绝对不能降低的。
Rae was bubbly and outgoing, while Simon was quiet and shy.
蕾被泡泡出门,而西蒙则安静而害羞.
What drew them together was their shared fascination with space.
他们聚集在一起的 是他们对太空的共同迷恋
The week before school started, they decided to stargaze in Simon’s backyard.
学校开学前一周,
His mom helped them set up their telescope and chuckled as the two friends bickered about where to point it.
他的妈妈帮他们设置了望远镜, 并笑了两个朋友 争吵着指向哪里。
Rae wanted to spot a meteor shower.
雷想发现流星雨
Simon wanted to find Mercury, one of the trickiest planets to detect.
西蒙想找到水星, 最狡猾的行星之一 探测。
“You two really are as different as night and day,” Simon’s mom said.
Simon的妈妈说,
“What does that mean?”
“这是什么意思? “
Rae asked, hands on her hips.
蕾问起,手放在她的臀部。
Simon’s mom pointed at the sky, which was shifting from light to dark.
Simon的妈妈指向天空,天空正从光明转向黑暗.
“It’s an expression,” she said.
她表示,
“Daytime and nighttime are opposites, just like the two of you.”
“白天和晚上是对立的,就像你们两个一样。 “
“It is just like you, Rae, to want to see the flashiest thing in the sky.
“雷伊,就像你一样想看到天空中最闪耀的东西。
” Simon began.
西蒙开始。
“While you, of course, are more interested in the mysterious planet Mercury!”
“当然,你对神秘星球水星更感兴趣! “
Rae concluded, and they both laughed.
蕾说完了 他们都笑了
The following week, Simon and Rae started sixth grade.
次周,西蒙和雷从六年级开始.
For Simon, middle school was overwhelming.
对西蒙来说,中学是压倒性的。
The hallways were crowded, noisy, and full of strange faces.
走廊里挤满了人 吵得满脸怪异
Rae, on the other hand, was excited to start at a new school.
而瑞则兴奋地在一所新学校开学.
Everyone seemed eager to get to know her.
每个人似乎都渴望了解她。
Within the first week, she persuaded the principal to let her form a space club, and she convinced Simon to become the first member.
在第一个星期内,她说服了校长让她组建了太空会,她说服了西蒙成为了第一个会员.
As the weeks went by, Rae grew more and more popular, and Space Club meetings had to move to a larger classroom.
随着这几周的到来,雷越来越受欢迎,太空俱乐部会议不得不搬到更大的教室去.
Their lunch table got so crowded that Simon sometimes ate in the library, where it was quieter.
他们的午餐桌变得如此拥挤,以至于西蒙有时会在图书馆吃东西,那里比较安静.
Simon understood why so many kids liked Rae.
西蒙明白为什么这么多孩子喜欢瑞
She was outgoing, hilarious, and confident.
她很出众,很幽默,很自信
She attracted friends like moths to a flame, but as far as Simon was concerned, middle school was hard enough without always being in the limelight.
她把飞蛾等好友吸引到火焰中去,但就西蒙而言,中学已经够硬了,没有总是在焦点中.
The last straw came when Rae decided to nominate Simon for president of Space Club.
最后一根稻草来的时候,蕾决定提名西蒙出任太空会会长.
She made the announcement in front of everyone without asking Simon first.
她当着大家的面宣布,没有先问西蒙.
“We’ll nominate a few candidates, they’ll make a speech, and then we’ll vote,” Rae explained excitedly.
「我们将提名几位候选人, 他们将发表演说,
“I nominate Simon!
“我提名西蒙!
I think he would be an amazing president.”
我觉得他会是个很棒的总统 “
Simon felt his hands immediately begin to sweat.
西蒙觉得手立即开始出汗.
“I have to make a speech?”
“我必须发表演说? “
he whispered to Rae.
他悄悄地对瑞说
The thought of speaking in front of everybody made his heart pound.
在大家面前说话的念头让他心跳起.
“That’s right!”
“没错!
Simon could feel every eyeball in the room looking at him, and his face grew hot.
西蒙能感觉到房间里的每一个眼球都看着他,他的脸也变得热.
“No,” he muttered.
" 不,"他哑了.
“I don’t want to do that.”
“我不想这样做。 “
“Why not?
“为什么不呢?
It’s just a short speech.”
只是简短的演讲。 “
“I don’t care,” Simon responded, painfully aware of their audience.
“我不在乎,”西蒙回答说,
“I don’t want to make a speech.
“我不想发表演讲。
Just because you like to be the center of attention doesn’t mean everybody else does.”
也并不代表其他人都会如此。 “
Rae stared at him in confusion.
雷在迷惑中盯着他看
“I thought you’ d want to be president.”
“我以为你想当总统。 “
“Well.
“嗯。
I don’t!”
我没有! “
Simon blurted out.
西蒙已经模糊了
“Fine!”
"不错!"
Rae exclaimed.
瑞相赞叹.
“I’ll nominate someone who isn’t afraid of a little speech!”
我会提名一个不怕演讲的人。 “
“Fine!”
"不错!"
Simon stormed out of the classroom.
西蒙冲出教室
He heard gasps before the door slammed shut behind him.
他听到喘气前,门被关在他身后。
The rest of the week went by in a miserable blur.
这周的其余时间都模糊了
Simon skipped the next Space Club meeting, but he heard that Rae was elected president.
西蒙跳过了太空俱乐部的下次会议,但他听说雷当选会长.
Whenever she passed him in the hallway, she glanced at him sadly, then looked the other way.
她每次在走廊上经过他时,都悲伤地看着他,然后又往另一边看。
He avoided her at lunch, too, eating alone in the library instead.
他也在午餐时避开她, 独自在图书馆吃饭。
Unfortunately, he still had to go to the cafeteria to buy food.
不幸的是,他仍然不得不去食堂购买食物.
On Friday, he spotted Rae at their usual table, chatting merrily with her friends as though nothing were wrong.
星期五,他看到雷在他们平常的桌子上,与她的朋友愉快地交谈,好像没什么不对。
Crushed, Simon wondered if their friendship hadn’t been as important to her as it was to him.
他们的友谊对她是否比对他重要。
She had so many friends, after all.
她毕竟有很多朋友
Simon missed Rae, but maybe they really were like night and day.
西蒙错过了雷,但也许他们真的 像昼夜。
Maybe they were just too different to be friends.
也许他们只是太不同 成为朋友。
Distracted by his thoughts, Simon tripped over a stray backpack.
由于他的想法, 西蒙被一个流浪的背包绊倒了
His tray went flying as he sprawled across the cafeteria floor.
他的托盘飞了起来 当他横行在餐厅地板上。
A hot wave of humiliation rushed through his body as everybody in the cafeteria erupted in laughter.
当食堂里的所有人都笑出声来时,一波一波的耻辱冲入他的身体。
Everybody, that is, except Rae.
所有人 除了瑞
For a brief moment, their eyes met, and then Simon looked away, blinking back tears.
短暂的一瞬间,他们的眼睛相遇了,于是西蒙视而不见了,眨出眼来眼泪.
As Simon got to his feet, he heard another crash.
随着西蒙站到脚上,他听到了又一起坠机事件.
Rae had gotten up to throw away her trash and tripped spectacularly as well, arms and legs flailing as she tumbled.
蕾起来扔掉了她的垃圾 摔得也很大 胳膊和腿都摔倒了
The laughter grew even louder, but she didn’t seem embarrassed.
笑声越来越响亮,
She bounced right back up and took a dramatic, sweeping bow.
她反弹右后卫 并采取了一个戏剧性的, 粗放的弓。
Everybody whistled and clapped as if she’ d just finished an incredible performance.
人人都吹口哨并喊出声来,
Then the excitement died down, and they returned to their lunches.
然后兴奋死了, 他们回到了午餐。
Rae came over to help Simon gather up his lunch, and they headed toward the library together.
雷过来帮西蒙收拾午餐 他们一起去图书馆
“I’m sorry about our fight, Simon,” Rae said.
“西蒙,我很抱歉我们的战斗,”雷说。
“I really thought you’ d want to be president.
“我真的以为你想当总统。
I thought I was being a good friend.”
我以为我是好朋友 “
“I’m sorry, too,” Simon said.
西蒙说,
“You are a good friend.”
“你是一个好朋友。 “
He smiled.
师笑曰.
“Thanks for taking the attention off me back there.”
“感谢大家注意我。 “
“ Anytime,” Rae replied, waggling her eyebrows.
Rae回答说,“无论何时”,她的眉毛都在摇晃。
“I don’t always understand you, but I’ve always got your back.”
“我并不总是理解你, “
She threw her arm around his shoulders.
她把她的手臂扔在他的肩膀上。
“Can we be friends again?
“我们可以再次成为朋友吗?
I’ve missed you.”
我想念你, “
“Sure,” Simon said, grinning.
Simon说:“当然,”
“I’ve missed you, too.”
“我也想念你。 “
As they settled down at a table in the library, Simon said, “By the way, congratulations on being elected!
当他们安顿在图书馆的一个桌子上时,西蒙说:“顺便说一句,祝贺当选!
You’ll be a great president.”
你会成为一位伟大的总统。 “
“Thanks!”
“谢谢!”
Rae replied.
雷回应.
“You know, I could really use a great vice president.
“你知道,我真的需要一位伟大的副总统。
” Glossary anxious (adj.)
“词汇焦虑(adj.)
worried or nervous (p.
担心或紧张(p.
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4) 观众 (n.
a group of people gathered to see and hear a performance or presentation (p.
一群人聚集在一起观看并听到表演或演示(p.
11) constellation (n.)
11) 星座 (n.
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