the Moonlight
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Chapter 1.
目录： 第1章.
4 Chapter 2.
4 第2章,第2节。
7 Chapter 3.
7 第3章,第1节。
9 Chapter 4.
9 第4章 (中文(简体) ).
10 Glossary.
10 词汇。
16 Chapter 1 Nico and Isabel Lopez were twins, but other than being born on the same day, they were almost nothing alike.
16 第1章 Nico和Isabel Lopez是双胞胎,但除了同一天出生之外,他们几乎没有什么相似之处.
They were fraternal twins, not identical twins.
他们是兄弟的双胞胎,而不是一模一样的双胞胎。
Nico was solidly built and darkly handsome, with a wild mane of unruly hair like his father’s.
尼科是坚固而黑暗的帅哥,有着像他父亲那样粗鲁发型的野生外貌.
Isabel was lighter, with flashing green eyes, a sprinkle of freckles on her nose, and long, silky hair like her mother’s.
伊莎贝尔更轻了一点,闪出一双绿色的眼睛,鼻子上喷出一束雀斑,并长得像她母亲的丝状头发.
Since the day they were born, Nico had been the thoughtful, quiet one, while Isabel spun their world with adventure and mischief.
从他们出生的那天起,尼可就是一个深思熟虑的,安静的,而伊莎贝尔则用冒险和恶作剧来创造他们的世界.
They were as different as night and day, but their personalities complemented each other’s perfectly.
他们与日以继夜,
They made friends easily, but—like most twins—they remained closest to each other.
他们很容易交朋友,但与大多数双胞胎一样,他们彼此关系仍然密切。
It had been a long, full summer in their neighborhood.
在他们的附近,这已经是一个漫长而完整的夏天。
Grady and Jessica Peterson, the twins’ good friends who lived up the street, had built a huge tree house in their yard.
住在街头的双胞胎好友Grady和Jessica Peterson在院子里建了一座巨大的树屋。
Most everyone on the block had slept over at least once, eating Mrs.
街上大多数人都睡过一次 吃过夫人
Peterson’s s’mores and telling stories late into the warm night—the scarier, the better, of course.
当然,彼得森在温暖的夜晚讲述的故事越多越好。
With their tree house, Grady and Jessica had been the center of attention that summer for sure.
有了他们的树屋,葛瑞迪和杰西卡 那年夏天肯定是关注的中心
Most kids, Nico and Isabel included, were now hatching plots to get their parents to build tree houses, too.
大多数孩子,包括尼可和伊莎贝尔, 现在正在孵出地皮 让父母建造树屋。
The only other big news was that the house across the street, the one that had been vacant since last spring, had finally sold.
唯一的另一个大消息是,自去年春起就一直空置的街对面的房子终于被卖出.
A new family had moved in, and Mr.
一个新的家庭搬进来了,先生。
Lopez had heard from the real estate agency that they were named Bradford, and that they had a ten-year-old son named Andrew.
洛佩兹从地产代理公司听说他们被取名为布拉德福德,他们有一个叫安德鲁的十岁的儿子.
This was great, except that no one had gotten so much as a glimpse of him.
这是伟大的, 只是没有人 得到这么多看到他。
In fact, the whole Bradford family seemed absolutely invisible.
事实上,整个布拉德福德家族似乎完全看不见.
One afternoon, Isabel and Nico were playing in their front yard when an enormous truck from “Draperies, Etc.”
一天下午,伊莎贝尔和尼科在他们的前院玩耍,当时一辆巨大的卡车来自“Drappers, Etc”。
pulled up in front of the Bradfords’ house.
在布拉德福德家门口停车。
The twins tried to be casual about glancing over at the house while men redid every window treatment, putting up both blinds and drapes.
双胞胎试图随意 闪闪发光在房子里 而男人们重整每道窗外的处理方式
Once they were done, not a thing could be seen inside.
一旦完成,内部就看不到任何东西。
“I guess they like their privacy,” Nico said.
“我想他们喜欢自己的隐私。”
“That’s strange,” Isabel said.
伊莎贝尔说,
“I was hoping to meet the boy who lives there—maybe play some kickball, but I’ve never seen him at all.”
我本来想见见住在那里的男孩, “
Isabel was good at kickball and never missed an opportunity to recruit fresh players.
伊莎贝尔擅长踢球,从未错过招募新球员的机会.
Nico chuckled, knowing how frustrating it must be for Isabel not to be able to make friends right away.
尼可笑了,知道伊莎贝尔不能马上交朋友 一定很沮丧
“I think there’s something odd about that family,” she said.
“我觉得这个家庭有些奇怪,
Chapter 2 Another night, when the moon was full, Isabel quietly, but urgently, knocked at Nico’s bedroom door.
章 次 页 次 2,又一个夜晚,当月亮满了,伊莎贝尔悄悄地,但紧急地敲了尼可的卧室门.
“Isabel, it’s late.
" 伊莎贝尔,已经很晚了。
What’s up with you?”
你们怎么了? “
Nico asked.
尼可问.
Isabel had her binoculars in her hand, and she climbed on Nico’s bed to peek out his window.
伊莎贝尔手里拿着她的望远镜,她爬上尼可的床从他窗外偷看.
“Shh!
“嘘!
Andrew Bradford is outside,” Isabel whispered.
Andrew Bradford在外面,”伊莎贝尔低声说道。
Nico peered through the binoculars and saw Andrew Bradford climbing the old oak tree in the Bradfords’ yard.
尼可透过望远镜观看,
“This certainly seems like a funny time to be out climbing trees, if you ask me,” Isabel said.
伊莎贝尔说,“如果你问我,这是爬树的好时机。”
Nico looked around the yard and saw Andrew’s parents sitting at the patio table, happily playing cards by moonlight.
尼可环顾院子,看到安德鲁的父母坐在院子桌子上,愉快地在月光下打牌.
Isabel looked very intent and a little mysterious.
伊莎贝尔看起来很有意图 有点神秘
“Don’t you think it’s strange that the Bradfords are never outside during the daytime, and that all their windows are covered?
布拉德福德家族在白天从未外出,
You’ve seen those creepy horror movies just like I have.
你看过那些惊悚恐怖电影,
Don’t all these coincidences sound familiar?”
这些巧合听起来并不熟悉吗? “
Nico rolled his eyes.
尼可转出他的眼睛
“Maybe they work at night, Isabel.
“也许他们在晚上工作,伊莎贝尔。
I don’t know.
我不知道,
I’m sure there’s a logical explanation.”
我敢肯定, “
“Nico, that kid hasn’t come out in the daylight even once since they moved in almost a month ago.
“尼可, 那孩子在近一个月前搬家后,
Remember when we moved here?
记得我们搬来这里的时候吗?
The first thing we did was check out the neighborhood for kids our age.
我们做的第一件事是检查 附近的孩子,我们的年龄。
You and Grady were best friends by the end of our first week, remember?”
你和Grady是我们第一周结束前最好的朋友,记得吗? “
Isabel asked.
伊莎贝尔问。
“Yeah, I do remember that, but some kids are just shy, and that doesn’t make them monsters.
但有些孩子只是害羞,
You know, we could go over there and introduce ourselves, but.
我们可以过去自我介绍,但是...
let’s just wait a day or so and see what happens.”
让我们等一天左右, “
“Okay, but I think something very weird is happening here.”
“好吧,但我认为这里发生了非常奇怪的事情。 “
She leaned in to whisper in Nico’s ear, “Maybe it’s even something spooky, and I think you’ve forgotten how to use your imagination.”
她靠在尼科耳边低语, “也许这甚至有些怪事, “
“That’s okay, Is.
“没关系,
You’ve got enough imagination for both of us,” Nico said.
尼可说,
Isabel looked annoyed and a little hurt.
伊莎贝尔看起来很生气 有点受伤
She sighed and went back to her room.
她叹了口气,回到她的房间。
Chapter 4 One particular night, Nico, Isabel, Grady, and Jessica were playing a little twilight kickball with other kids from the neighborhood.
章 次 页 次 4,一个特别的夜晚,尼可,伊莎贝尔,格雷迪,和杰西卡正在和附近其他孩子一起打一阵小球.
Isabel nailed one—straight over their heads and into the Bradfords’ yard.
Isabel把一线钉在了他们的头上并钉入了布拉德福德的院子。
Everyone looked toward the house in stunned silence.
所有人都静静地看着房子
“Well,” whispered Isabel bravely, “I guess I’ll have to climb over there and get it.
“嗯,”勇敢地悄悄地说道,“我想我必须爬过去拿来。
We’ll find out once and for all if he’s really a werewolf, a vampire, or what.
他是否真的是狼人、吸血鬼,
“Um, that’s okay, Is.
“没关系,
It’s getting dark.
天快黑了,
Let’s wait until tomorrow,” suggested Grady, kicking the toe of his sneaker into the ground and looking nervous.
让我们等到明天再说,
Jessica nodded, taking a step backward and looking at her watch.
杰西卡点头后退一步 看她的表
“It’s late,” she mumbled.
" 已经很晚了, " 她喃喃自语。
“No, Isabel is right,” Nico said, walking over and taking his sister’s hand.
" 不,伊莎贝尔是对的, " 尼可说,走过去,拿起他姐姐的手。
“I’ll go with her, and we’ll see what’s going on.”
「我会跟她去, “
Nico and Isabel shared a glance they’d shared many times before.
尼可和伊莎贝尔分享了他们之前多次分享的一面。
They would always be there for each other—no matter what.
无论怎样,他们总是相互支持。
The last of the evening light was fading fast.
傍晚最后的灯光迅速消失。
As they cleared the fence that surrounded the Chapter 3 The next few days were a blur of activity as school began, and everyone was busy settling into their new routines.
当他们清除了包围"第三章"的栅栏时,随着学校的开学,接下来几天的活动变得模糊不清,每个人都在忙着重新安顿下来.
That first morning at the bus stop, all the kids watched the Bradford house to see if Andrew would show.
在公交车站的第一天早上,所有的孩子都看着布拉德福德家看安德鲁会不会出现.
He didn’t, and the “Andrew mystery” was soon lost in the shuffle of first-day jitters and finding out who everyone’s teacher was going to be.
他没有, “Andrew之谜”很快在第一天的紧张中消失,
The days were still long, however, so there was some evening playtime left for the tree house and for lazing around, time for finishing off the last of the wild blackberries.
然而,这些日子仍然很长,所以还有一些晚上的游戏时间留给了树屋和周围的花花公子,有时间完成最后的野生黑莓.
Talk turned once again to the mysterious Andrew Bradford and the latest sighting of his moonlight escapades.
谈话再次转向了神秘的安德鲁·布拉德福德和他的"月光之所"的最新目击.
Theories were many and wild, but most focused on bloodsucking monsters of one kind or another.
理论多而野生,但多以吸血怪兽为主.
Bradfords’ yard, they heard the familiar, high-pitched clattering of bats beyond the trees.
Bradfords的院子,
The bats had begun their nightly hunt for food.
蝙蝠开始夜猎食物
They shared another glance.
他们分享了另一个视角。
Was this a sign?
这是预兆吗?
They clutched each other’s hands tightly and headed for the far side of the Bradfords’ property.
他们紧紧地牵起对方的手,朝布拉德福德家地产的一面走去。
“There it is.”
“就在这里。 “
Nico bent to retrieve the ball from between some shrubs.
尼可想从灌木间取回球
Then he turned and stared.
然后他转身看电影
Isabel was quickly walking away from him toward the open sliding door on the patio.
伊莎贝尔迅速从他走去 朝院子里的敞口走去
“Isabel, come back!”
伊莎贝尔,回来!
Just as she reached the threshold, a young boy appeared.
就在她到达门槛时,一个小男孩出现了。
He looked a bit small for ten.
他看起来有点小十。
“Hi there,” squeaked Isabel, and then she drew herself up straight and said firmly, “You must be Andrew.
" 嗨, " 尖叫着伊莎贝尔,然后她直截了当地说道, " 你一定是安德鲁。
I’m Isabel Lopez, and that chicken over there is my twin brother, Nico.”
我是伊莎贝尔·洛佩兹 那边的鸡是我的双胞胎兄弟尼可 “
“So much for loyalty,” grumbled Nico.
“为了忠诚,”
Andrew seemed at a loss for words, but he finally managed a small “Hello.”
Andrew似乎失去了言语,
He didn’t look like a werewolf or a vampire, or any kind of monster at all.
他不像狼人或吸血鬼,
He did have a whole lot of freckles, and he was covered with clothing from head to toe on one of the warmest nights of the year.
他确实有很多雀斑,在一年中最温暖的夜晚之一被从头到脚的衣物所覆盖.
But there was no fur or bloody fangs anywhere.
但那里没有毛皮和血腥的尖牙
“Well, you’re honest, aren’t you?
「你很诚实,
Let me go get my mom and dad.
让我去找我爸妈
They’re probably wondering who I’m talking to.
他们可能想知道我在跟谁说话。
Then we can tell you all about the big mystery.”
然后我们可以告诉你所有关于大谜团的事 “
Mr.
先生,请问...
and Mrs.
和夫人们
Bradford appeared a moment later.
布拉德福德后来出现.
After introductions, the Bradfords explained the reason for their family’s odd behavior.
在介绍之后,布拉德福德夫妇解释了他们家庭的奇怪行为的原因.
“Andrew has a condition called XP.
“Andrew有一个称为XP的条件。
The XP stands for Xeroderma Pigmentosum (ZE-ro- DER-ma PIG-men-TOH-sum).
XP代表克洛德马相生(ZE-ro-DER-ma PIG-men-TOH-sum).
His skin and eyes just can’t tolerate light from the sun.
他的皮肤和眼睛无法忍受阳光。
He gets sunburned almost immediately, and it takes a long time to heal.
他几乎立即被晒伤,需要很长时间才能痊愈.
Other than that, he is just like you in every way.
除此之外,他和你一样
As much as we’d love to live lives like yours, it’s pretty tough to do without sunlight,” Mr.
虽然我们很想像你们一样生活,
Bradford said.
布拉德福德说.
“ Andrew’s playtime is limited to moonlight only, so we’ve adjusted our lives to his.
安德鲁的游戏时间仅限于月光,
It makes finding friends in a new place a bit of a challenge, I’m afraid,” Mrs.
在新地方寻找朋友,
Bradford added.
布拉德福德补充.
Isabel and Nico tried not to stare.
伊莎贝尔和尼可尽量不盯着看
This was a lot to swallow all at once, but suddenly, Isabel’s face lit up.
但伊莎贝尔的脸突然亮了起来。
“Sorry to bust into your yard like this, but our ball went over the fence, and.
“抱歉闯进你的院子,
Isabel’s voice trailed off.
Isabel的呼声逐渐消失。
Nico yelled from where he stood, “My sister wanted to see if you were some kind of monster, since you never come out in the daytime.”
Nico从他站的地方大叫道:“我妹妹想看看你是不是某种怪物,因为白天你从来不出来。 “
Isabel threw her hands over her face with embarrassment, but Andrew just started to chuckle.
伊莎贝尔带着尴尬把双手扔到她脸上,但安德鲁刚刚开始大笑.
Then the chuckle turned into a very loud, long laugh.
然后,笑笑变成了一个非常响亮,漫长的笑容.
Glossary casual (adj.)
临时词汇(adj.)
relaxed, easygoing (p.
放松,轻松(p.
5) coincidences (n.)
5) 巧合 (n.
similar or related things that happen at the same time by accident (p.
类似或相干的事情同时发生于意外(p.
7) escapades (n.)
7) 隐蔽(n.
adventures (p.
冒险 (p.
9) fraternal twins (n.)
9)兄弟双胞胎 (n.
twins who are born at the same time but are not identical (p.
双胞胎同时出生,但并不完全相同(p.
4) identical twins (n.)
4)同卵双胞胎(n.
twins who look exactly alike (p.
长相一模一样的双胞胎(p.
4) intent (adj.)
(4) 意图(adj.)
intense, focused, and determined (p.
(中文(简体) ).
7) plots (n.)
7)地块 (n.
plans; schemes (p.
计划; 计划(p.
5) recruit (v.)
5) 招募(五.
to bring someone in to join (p.
带人加入(p.
6) threshold (n.)
6) 阈值(n.)
part of a door that sits on the ground; any place that marks the entrance to a building or room (p.
地上坐落的一扇门;任何标志建筑物或房间入口的地方(p.
11) tolerate (v.)
11) 容忍(五.
to endure or bear (p.
忍耐或熊 (p.
14) Xeroderma a disorder that causes Pigmentosum (n.)
14) Xeroderma 一种引起相生素(n.
someone to have strong, painful reactions to sunlight (p.
有人对阳光有强烈而痛苦的反应(p.
14) “Hey, Andrew, since it’s dark now, would you like to meet some more of the neighbors?
14) “嘿,安德鲁,既然现在天已经黑了,你还想见几个邻居吗?
There’s this really cool tree house, and we play kickball, and.
我们玩踢球。
Isabel babbled excitedly while Andrew’s parents nodded with approval.
Isabel在Andrew父母同意的情况下,
She and Nico led Andrew toward his new friends.
她和尼可带领安德鲁走向他的新朋友.
The annual Halloween block party was never better.
一年一度的万圣节聚会从未如此好过。
Under a full moon, the neighborhood celebrated the night with its newest members.
在满月下,邻居们与最新的成员一起庆祝了这个夜晚.
Isabel came as a fairy princess, and Nico was a wise old wizard.
伊莎贝尔作为仙女公主而来,而尼可是一位明智的老巫师.
Grady and Jessica Peterson were pirates.
格雷迪和杰西卡·彼得森是海盗.
And, to everyone’s surprise, Andrew Bradford came as the most convincing vampire anyone had ever seen.
Andrew Bradford是有史以来最有说服力的吸血鬼。