in the Forest

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

Everything is white, brighter than anything I’ve ever seen.

一切都是白色的,

For a moment it feels as if I’m weightless, floating on the other side of the strange, ornate door that the key opened.

仿佛我无重力地漂浮在钥匙打开的那扇陌生的门上。

I can’t see Sarah, but I can feel her hand grasping mine, squeezing so tightly it almost hurts.

我看不到莎拉, 但我能感觉到她抓住我的手,

Then, icy air begins to thunder in my ears, and I know we’re falling—accelerating too fast for safety.

冰冷的空气开始在我耳边打出雷声, 我知道我们正在下降,

I can barely catch my breath, and the wind stings my eyes.

我几乎无法呼吸,而风刺我的眼睛。

Sarah’s grasp is stronger now, almost desperate, as the wind whips us around.

Sarah现在的把握力更强,

A gust rips us in opposite directions, and in an instant, Sarah’s hand is gone.

突然间,莎拉的手就不见了。

I begin to flail, blindly grasping for Sarah, but the air flips me, twists me, and I’m utterly lost.

我开始盲目地为莎拉着想,

It takes my cries and flings them into the nothingness around.

它带走我的哭声 并把它们扔入无所事事。

Then, everything goes dark.

然后,一切都变暗了。

*** I open my eyes to see branches over my head.

页:1 我睁开眼睛看到树枝在我的头上。

A bright, cold-looking moon hangs in the sky.

出一亮相相相冷相相相相月悬于天上.

Considering how fast I was falling, I’m just glad I’m not a splatter of goo on the ground.

考虑到多快 我跌倒了, 我只是庆幸我不是地上一团糟。

Sitting up, I try to take stock of my situation.

坐下来,我试着评估一下我的处境

With the surrounding trees, chill air, and dead leaves crunching under my body, I could easily be back in the Hollow, but somehow I know I’m not.

但不知何故我知道我不是。

It’s hard to put my finger on why, but the trees are a little too big, the moon is a little too full, and the leaves are a little too crisp.

但树木太大了, 月亮也太长了, 叶子也太脆了。

Maybe it’s me; I could have smacked my head on the way down—I do have a headache.

或许是我,我本可以在下山的路上撞到头 我确实头痛

I try to remember the events leading up to this moment.

我试着回忆到这一刻的事件。

Sarah, Jake, Odie, and I had made our way through the Hollow with the strange boy, Thomas.

莎拉,杰克,奥迪 我和那个奇怪的男孩托马斯一起穿过了洞穴

We’d found Porter’s Mill, and Thomas and his friends took us down into the Cave of the Lost, where we used a key to open the ornate door hidden behind the rock.

我们找到了波特磨坊, 托马斯和他的朋友们带我们来到了"失落之洞",

Jake and Odie ran through first, and Sarah and I had to follow.

Jake和Odie先经过, Sarah和我要跟随。

Where are they now?

他们现在在哪里?

I listen, hoping to hear Sarah or Jake, or even Odie, rustling through the forest.

我听,希望听到莎拉或杰克, 甚至奥迪,在森林中生锈。

“Sarah!”

萨拉!

I call out.

我喊出来。

“Jake!

“开玩笑!

Can anyone hear me?”

有人听到吗? “

Something makes a noise to my right, a strange groaning sound.

我右手边有些声音 奇怪的呻吟声

It could be Sarah or Jake, and they could be hurt.

可能是莎拉或杰克 他们可能受伤了

My legs feel shaky as I stand up and start walking toward it.

当我站起来走去时,我的腿很摇晃

The noise comes again, louder.

声音又来了,大声点

Whatever is making it is hidden behind the fronds of a fern the size of a small elephant.

任何制造它的东西 都隐藏在小象的花纹后方

I gently push the leaves aside, hoping to see my best friend or little brother there just waking up, as I had.

我轻轻地把叶子推到一边, 希望能看到我最好的朋友或小弟弟 刚刚醒来,像我一样。

It’s neither of them.

他们两个都不是。

The sound comes again, and I can see the ground beyond the fern shifting, lifting, heaving, as if something large is trying to push itself up from underneath.

声音又来了,我可以看到地表 外侧的叶子移动,起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起

The groaning is the sound of the trees surrounding the mound bending, being pushed up.

叹息是环绕地丘弯曲的树木的声音,被推向上.

A loud crack shatters the silence as a huge root finally snaps and bursts out from the ground, showering me with clods of dark, wet soil.

响亮的裂缝打破了寂静,因为一个巨大的根终于从地上发作并冲出,用阴暗而湿润的土壤为我淋浴.

I watch, frozen by a mixture of fear and curiosity.

我看着被恐惧和好奇的混合体所冻住

The ground heaves again, and from the loose dirt exposed by the broken root, something begins to snake out.

地再起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起

It’s dark and wet, like a large worm.

像大虫子一样,

As more of it begins to slither from the earth, I realize it’s not a worm—it’s a tentacle, covered with menacing-looking suckers, each surrounded by rows of small, sharp teeth.

我意识到它不是虫子, 而是触手, 上面布满了恶毒的笨蛋,

Fear finally overpowers curiosity, and I run— fast.

恐惧终于压倒了好奇心 我跑得很快

Branches scratch my skin and pull at my clothes as I weave between the trees and through the underbrush.

树枝刮我的皮肤,拉我的衣服 当我编织在树间 和穿透下刷。

Whatever it is must have finally freed itself from the ground, as I can hear the thing crashing through the forest behind me.

无论它是什么,我一定终于从地上解放了出来, 因为我能听到从我身后森林中坠入的东西。

With a quick glance backward, I see more tentacles shooting out of the darkness and grasping trees as the creature pulls itself in chase.

我看见更多的触角 从黑暗中射出 并抓住树木 当生物拉自己在追逐。

It sounds huge.

这听起来很大。

I scramble under a fallen tree and vault over a shrub.

我在倒地的树下跑去 并在灌木上放入地窖

Then, in an attempt to lose the thing, I take a hard left, almost losing my footing in the soft ground.

然后,为了试图失去这个东西,我硬地左转,几乎在软地上失去了我的立足地.

It doesn’t work—the creature shifts direction faster than me.

这不会奏效,

It’s right on my heels.

它就在我脚跟上。

My heart pounds in my chest, my lungs ache, and a sharp pain begins to form under my rib cage.

我的心在胸口出血 肺痛 肋骨笼下开始形成尖锐的疼痛

I don’t know how much longer I can sprint, but the horror of the thing behind me drives me forward.

我不知道我还能跑多久,

Suddenly I can see the edge of the forest, like a massive black wall rushing toward me.

突然间我可以看到森林的边缘 就像一堵巨大的黑墙朝我冲来

Maybe the tentacled thing wouldn’t be able to follow me without trees to pull it along—or maybe it would be faster on open ground.

或许触摸到的东西没有树木就无法跟着我,

I don’t have a choice; I have to risk it.

我别无选择,我不得不冒这个险。

I try to pick up speed, though my legs feel as if they’re on fire now.

我试着加快速度,

I’m almost to the edge of the trees, so I put my head down and push harder.

我几乎到了树的边缘,

In a fortuitous moment, I happen to see that the solid ground ends at the sharp edge of a steep cliff mere steps away.

在一个偶然的时刻,我碰巧看到 坚固的地 结束在一个陡峭的悬崖的陡峭边缘

I don’t have time to turn, and I can’t stop.

我没有时间转身,

I see another of the mammoth ferns out of the corner of my eye.

我从我眼睛的角落里又看到一具长毛虫

I reach out for one of the huge fronds and make contact.

我伸手拿个大花圈 联系一下

My hand closes around the frond as my legs run out of ground.

我的手紧紧地紧紧地关着

The frond is strong, and the momentum of my running actually whips me around to the side.

我奔跑的动力 把我鞭打到一边

I peek down and see no ground, just a sea of clouds far below turned gray by the moonlight.

我俯瞰地上,看不到地, 只是一片被月光弄成灰色的云海。

I land hard and roll into a sapling as the creature swings itself out of the forest and realizes too late that it has nothing else to grasp.

我硬着陆并滚入了树苗中 当生物从森林中荡出 并且意识到太晚了,它没有别的东西可以抓住。

In the moonlight, I finally see it: a dark, hulking creature resembling an octopus the size of a small car, with a bulbous head and more horrible-looking tentacles than I can count in the few moments it hangs in view.

在月光下,我终于看到了: 一个黑暗而凶猛的生物, 与小车一样大小的章鱼相仿, 头像灯泡和更恐怖的触角 比我想象的几分时间还要多。

Wood creaks as the last tentacles try to hold onto the trees, but the creature’s bulk is too great.

作为最后的触手, 木屑试图支撑树木,

It’s tentacles flail, trying to grasp anything.

试图抓住任何东西。

One latches onto my pant leg.

一只长颈鹿在我的裤子腿上。

I wrap my arms around the sapling, hanging on with everything I have.

我将我的手臂围住树苗, 坚持我的一切。

With loud cracking sounds, the trees the creature is holding give way.

随着响亮的裂缝声, 生物所持有的树让路。

For a moment, I think it will take me over the cliff with it, but I feel the fabric of my pants tear in one sudden jerk.

一会儿,我想它会带我渡过悬崖, 但我感觉我的裤子的布料撕裂在一个突然的混蛋。

The thing falls silently.

事事寂灭.

I crawl to the edge of the cliff in time to see it disappear into a puff of clouds.

我及时爬到悬崖的边缘 看着它消失成一团云

I lean back, sitting on my heels, trying to catch my ragged breath.

我靠后,坐在我的后跟上, 试图抓住我的喘息。

My hands shake, and I feel as if I might cry.

我的手颤抖了,我感觉自己会哭

I’d never been so frightened in all my life.

我一生从未如此害怕。

Before me stretches a sea of gray clouds, disappearing into the darkness beyond.

在我伸展出一片灰云之海之前 消失在了黑暗中

Behind me, the forest waits silently.

后入林等无声.

More of those octopus creatures could be lurking beneath the ground, or perhaps worse things are waiting for me.

更多的章鱼可能潜伏在地底下 或者更糟糕的事情还在等着我

Two things become clear in this moment: I’m alone, and this isn’t the Hollow.

此刻有两件事变得很清楚: 我独自一人,

Where am I—and where are Sarah and Jake?

我在哪里,莎拉和杰克在哪里?