of El Dorado
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Andre’s Personal Blog Draft Saved June 13, 1:45 a.m.
Andre的个人博客草稿于6月13日凌晨1:45保存.
This blog may seem a bit crazy, but I have to write this down—just in case.
这个博客可能有点疯狂,
I’ll be going on an expedition to Colombia in a few days to explore Lake Guatavita.
我几天后将前往哥伦比亚探险,
We’re looking for artifacts from the Muisca civilization.
我们正在寻找来自穆伊斯卡文明的文物。
That may sound like the crazy part, but it’s not.
这听起来像是疯狂的部分,
Here it is: I have a treasure map that my grandpa used to show me as a kid.
这里:我有一张我爷爷小时候给我看的宝藏图.
(If you’re reading this, sorry for taking it, Abuelo!)
(如果你在读这个,对不起拿它,阿布罗!)
There’s just a sketchy drawing and this little guide that I translated below: Panama Venezuela Ecuador Colombia Brazil PACIFIC OCEAN Lake Guatavita Bogotá H On the brightest day, with the shortest night, the full moon will rise in the keyhole of the crater.
我所翻译的小指南: 巴拿马 委内瑞拉 哥伦比亚 巴西 太平洋 波哥大湖 最明亮的一天,以最短的夜晚,满月会从陨坑的钥匙孔中升起.
Wade into the waters as far as you can, farther still, and there you will find the treasure.
韦德进到水里 尽可能远,更远,在那里你会找到宝藏。
I have reason to believe that this may lead to some clue or perhaps even to El Dorado.
我有理由相信,这可能导致一些线索,甚至可能通往埃尔多拉多.
You see, around three thousand years ago, long before the Spaniards came to South America, the native people loved beauty rather than wealth.
你看,大约三千年前, 早在西班牙人来到南美洲之前, 当地人喜欢美,而不是财富。
So they gave all their gold to the goddess of Lake Guatavita.
于是他们把所有的金子都献给瓜塔维塔湖的女神.
The king would cover his body with gold and jewels, and then rinse himself in the lake.
国王会用金子和珠宝来遮住他的身体,然后在湖中自洗.
Year after year, all the gold and gems would just settle to the bottom.
年复一年,所有的金和宝石 只会落到地底。
This real ritual inspired the legend of a golden city.
这种真正的仪式启发了金城的传说.
Many explorers have tried to find it and failed.
许多探险家试图找到并失败.
My abuelo told me that his grandfather told him stories that contained the secret of where that gold lay.
我的Abuelo告诉我,他的祖父 告诉他的故事 包含的秘密 黄金的地盘。
I hope to use Jacques, the submersible robot, to explore the lake using this map and find the gold while everyone else is none the wiser.
我希望利用潜水机器人Jacques 利用这张地图探索湖面 寻找出金子 而其他人都不是更聪明的人
Andre’s Video Blog 2017 Colombia Expedition June 19, 10:12 a.m.
安德烈的"视频博客" 2017 Colombia Expedition June 19, 10:12 上午.
ANDRE [panting]: Hey guys, Andre here from the Muisca research expedition.
安德烈[喘气]: 嘿,伙计们, 安德烈来自穆伊斯卡研究探险队
We’ve arrived at the lake, and it’s beautiful!
我们来到了湖边,
The video doesn’t do it justice.
这段影片不公道。
The water sits in this bowl-shaped crater with a weird notch on one side, almost like a pitcher.
水坐落于这个碗状的陨石坑中,一面有一个奇怪的鼻孔,几乎像投手.
It’s not hard to understand why it was sacred to the Muisca people.
为何对穆伊斯卡人来说是神圣的,
Video Update, June 20, 10:38 a.m.
视频最新消息,6月20日上午10:38.
ANDRE: As you can see, we’re loading our rowboat.
如你所见,我们正在装上我们的划艇。
This box is a sonar unit.
这个盒子是声纳单位
We’ll use it to scan the lake bottom and note anything interesting.
我们将用它扫描湖底,
That lump there is Jamie, the other research assistant.
那个家伙是Jamie 另一个研究助理
JAMIE: Man, I did not sleep well, so go easy.
我睡得不好,别紧张
How is it freezing cold in June?
六月冻得如何.
ANDRE: And that scorpion-shaped robot is Jacques Cousteau.
那个蝎子形的机器人是雅克·库斯托。
He’s a sonar- and video-equipped underwater drone.
他是一个声纳和视频装备的水下无人机。
I hear he costs more than the entire expedition.
我听说他比整个探险队都要花钱
KAT: You’ d be right.
K级 你说得对。
Jacques will be hanging out until the sonar shows where to send him.
雅克会一直呆到声纳显示 送他到哪里去
ANDRE: That’s our professor, Kat.
这是我们的教授,Kat。
This part of the process is pretty dull, rowing back and forth to cover the whole lake, so goodbye for now, unless we find something.
这部分过程相当乏味, 前后划来划去覆盖整个湖, 所以现在再见, 除非我们找到什么。
Video Update, June 20, 11:52 a.m.
视频最新消息,6月20日 上午11:52
KAT: Oh my.
K级 天呐
that’s.
说得没错。
that looks like cut stone.
看起来像被砍了的石头
That is very unexpected.
这是非常出乎意料的。
Can we mark this on the GPS for Jacques?
我们能给雅克在GPS上标上这个吗?
JAMIE: There’s another one, lined up, like the walls of a building or something!
还有另一个,排成一行,像建筑物的墙壁之类的!
ANDRE: Looks like we’ve found something.
看来我们发现了一些东西。
Tune in tomorrow, when we launch Jacques!
明天,我们发射雅克时, 塔纳!
Video Update, June 20, 11:12 p.m.
视频最新消息,6月20日 11:12晚.
JAMIE: I can’t believe the Muisca just dumped gold into the lake.
我不敢相信穆伊斯卡人把黄金扔入了湖里。
KAT: Living in this lovely place, they probably gave it away happily to thank their goddess.
K级 AT:生活在这个可爱的地方,他们可能为了感谢她们的女神而快乐地送给了它.
JAMIE: I can see that, just being happy to live under the moon and stars like this.
我看得出来,只是快乐地活在月球和星星下面
ANDRE: Tomorrow night is the summer solstice and a full moon at the same time.
明晚是夏至同为正月.
That hasn’t happened for almost seventy-five years.
近七十五年来,
KAT: Is that right?
K级 是吗?
ANDRE: Is it possible to take Jacques out and explore the site at night?
能否在晚上带雅克出场并探索现场?.
KAT: He can work in deep, dark water, but we wouldn’t paddle out there now.
K级 AT:他可以在深水中工作,
ANDRE: But he could.
但他会的
KAT: Sure, I suppose.
K级 AT:我想是的。
Don’t get any ideas, though.
不过,
ANDRE: No way.
没办法。
Video Update, June 21, 5:35 p.m.
视频最新消息,6月21日:下午5:35.
KAT: Five meters.
K级 AT:5米长.
two meters.
两米
okay, boys, wrestle him over!
好了,伙计们,把他摔过来!
JAMIE: Careful not to hit the side of the boat.
小心别撞到船边
KAT: Lights.
灯光
and we have video feed.
我们有录像
gosh, this water is so cloudy!
天啊,这水好云!
Wait, I see something.
等等 我看见什么了
It’s a jaguar carving.
这是美洲虎雕刻。
and definitely stone!
绝对是石头!
My goodness.
天呐
ANDRE: Are you kidding?
你在开玩笑吗?
Today it decides to storm?
今天它决定暴风雨?
KAT: We should get off the water.
K级 我们应该下水
I’m bringing Jacques up, boys, so get ready to grab him.
准备抓住他。
JAMIE: Here comes the wind!
风来了!
Okay—ready, Andre?
准备好了吗,安德烈?
On three—one, two, LIFT!
数到三,一,二,LIFT!
KAT: Grab those oars, Andre—row, row!
K级 抓住那些桨,安德烈-罗,划!
ANDRE: It looks like someone’s shooting into the water.
看来有人朝水里开枪了
OW!
欧!
KAT: It’s hail!
K级 这是冰雹!
Jamie, cover the gear—Andre, row, row!
杰米,掩护装备... 安德烈,划,划!
Audio Update, June 21, 6:03 p.m.
音频最新消息,6月21日:下午6:03.
ANDRE: Sorry for the bad sound.
对不起,声音不好。
I’m in my tent, and it’s still raining.
我在帐篷里,
Things are a mess here.
这里一团糟
There’s a hole in the boat, and our laptops are totally soaked.
船上有个洞,我们的笔记本电脑完全浸透了。
Obviously, my camera is shot since it’s only recording audio.
我的相机被拍了下来,
Jacques may be broken, though he wouldn’t be much use without a boat anyway.
Jacques可能断了,
People are saying the trip is over.
人们说旅行结束了
It’s still cloudy, so I won’t be able to see the moonrise anyway.
我无法看到月亮升起。
Unbelievable.
难以置信
I’ve been dreaming of this since I was ten, and the whole thing gets ruined by the stupid weather.
我从十岁就开始做梦,
Maybe it’s for the best.
也许这样最好。
Maybe I should give up on the idea of finding El Dorado.
也许我该放弃找到多拉多的想法
Video Update: June 21, 8:15 p.m.
视频最新消息:6月21日 8:15.
ANDRE: I got the camera working, and the rain stopped.
我让相机工作,雨停了。
Check that out!
看看这个!
The moon is lined up in that V-shaped notch in the crater.
月球以该陨坑内的V形口排列.
“In the keyhole of the crater; wade into the waters as far as you can, farther still.”
“在陨石坑的钥匙洞中;尽你所能再深入到水中去。 “
Let’s do this.
让我们做到这一点。
I’m going to set you down on this rock.
我要把你放进这石头上。
It’s dark, so I’ll try to let you know what’s happening.
我试着让大家知道发生了什么。
I’m in.
我加入,
It’s freezing!
冰冻得要命!
Going under.
下潜
So dark down there; I had to feel around.
那边太黑了,我必须摸摸
This box was all I could find.
这个盒子是我能找到的
It’s.
这是。
it’s a cheap toy!
这是一个便宜的玩具!
Just an old jaguar figurine.
只是一个老美洲豹花果。
There’s a metal tube in its mouth.
嘴里有一个金属管。
It has a screw cap—don’t think the Muisca had those.
它有一个螺丝帽,
There’s a note inside.
内有一张纸条。
It’s in Spanish.
这是西班牙语。
“You have found.
“你找到了。
my greatest.
我最伟大的。
treasure.
财宝。
June 22, 1954, Mario Fernandez.”
1954年6月22日,马里奥·费尔南德斯出道. “
Abuelo.
阿布罗。
my grandpa.
我爷爷
He was just a kid who buried his “treasure,” and I was just a kid when he told me, so I believed him.
他只是一个埋了自己"宝藏"的孩子,当他告诉我时,我只是一个孩子,所以我相信他.
El Dorado, indeed.
艾尔多拉多 确实
Video Update, June 29, 4:50 p.m.
视频最新消息,6月29日下午4:50.
ANDRE: We’re heading up the walk to my abuelo’s house.
我们正走向我的Abuelo家。
I figured since you all joined me in finding his “greatest treasure,” you might as well see it returned to him.
我想既然你们都跟我一起寻找他的"最伟大的宝藏",你们不妨看看它还给他。
Hola, Abuelo?
你好,阿布罗?
You in the living room?
你在客厅吗?
ABUELO: Who’s hiding behind that camera?
摄影机背后隐藏着谁?
Andre, my boy!
安德鲁,我的孩子!
ANDRE: No, no—don’t get up.
不,不,不要起来。
I brought you something.
我给你带了点东西
I meant to tell you before I left, but my archaeology class went to Colombia— ABUELO: Really?
我本来想在离开之前告诉你 但我的考古课去了哥伦比亚——ABUELO: 真的吗?
You went to my home!
你去过我家!
ANDRE: We were looking for Muisca artifacts, but we ran into some bad weather, so this was all I brought back.
我们在寻找穆伊斯卡的文物, 但我们遇到了一些恶劣的天气, 所以这就是我带回来的。
We found a big stone jaguar.
我们发现一只大石虎
My professor is going back next year.
我的教授明年会回去
Let me help you with that bubble wrap.
让我来帮你包个包
I covered it in tape so it wouldn’t break on the trip home.
我用胶带把它遮住,
Don’t cry, Abuelo.
别哭,
ABUELO: How did you ever.
你怎么会这样?
My padre passed this down from his padre, from many generations back.
我的牧师从他的牧师那里传下来的 是从几代人那里传下来的
It’s jaguar bone, and gold dust from the mountains.
山上出土出土出土了
ANDRE: Wait, it’s real?
等等,这是真的吗?
ABUELO: Most of the gold is gone, but as a child it was my treasure—a reminder of how rich our people once were.
大部分黄金都不见了,
I couldn’t bear to take her from her home when I came to the United States.
当我来到美国时,
So I sank her, for Guatavita, like our ancestors did.
所以我像我们的祖先一样 把她给击沉了
I thought I would go back, but I never got the chance.
我以为我会回去,但我从来没有机会。
I want you to have it.
我希望你拥有它。
ANDRE: You should keep it, Grandpa.
你应该留着,外公
It’s your treasure.
这是你的宝藏。
ABUELO: Our treasure.
我们的宝藏
I pass her to you.
我把她递给你
Glossary ancestors (n.)
词汇祖先 (n.
family members from long ago (p.
从很久以前起的家庭成员(p.
13) archaeology (n.)
13) 考古学 (n.