of Discovery
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents An Explorer’s Life.
探索者生活目录。
4 A Giant Discovery.
4"巨型发现".
9 Captured!
9号俘虏!
14 A Two-Man Band.
14个双人乐队。
17 Glossary.
17 词汇表。
24 An Explorer’s Life A Spanish fleet sailed across the page in Miguel’s social studies book.
24 探险家生活 A Spanish 分舰队在米格尔的社会研究书中横行一页。
“Gold, power, glory,” Miguel’s friend, Trevon, exclaimed, “those explorers really had it all!”
Miguel的朋友Trevon赞叹道:「那些探险家真的拥有一切!
“Sailing to unknown lands, seeing new things, adventure around every corner.
“来到未知之地,看到新的事物,每个角落都有冒险。
boys!”
孩子们!"
Lily exclaimed.
百合赞叹.
“Yeah, we love an adventure!”
“我们喜欢冒险!”
said Trevon.
特雷冯说。
Miguel couldn’t argue with the idea that exploring the world five hundred years ago could have been exciting.
Miguel无法反驳五百年前探索世界可能令人兴奋的想法。
That’s what he’d realized after studying some of the famous explorers such as Sir Francis Drake, “The Dragon,” a feared privateer, navigator, and seaman.
他研究了弗朗西斯·德雷克爵士等著名探险家,
Drake was one of the first Englishmen to sail all the way around the world, and was best known for plundering the Spanish colonies in the New World in search of treasure.
德雷克是最早出道于世界各地的英国人之一,以掠夺新世界的西班牙殖民地来寻找宝藏而出名.
“I wonder what it was like?”
“我不知道是什么样子? “
Miguel asked.
米格尔问。
“What do you mean?”
“你是什么意思?” “
Trevon said.
特雷冯说。
“It must have been totally awesome!”
“这一定是非常棒!”
“What do YOU mean?
“这是什么意思?
It had to have been scary!”
这一定是可怕的!”
Lily added.
莉莉又说
Miguel imagined himself at the helm of a huge ship, leading an armada across the open sea.
米格尔想象自己在一艘船的指挥下,领导着一个跨越公海的舰队.
Gold coins would burst from his pockets while men surrounded him, acting upon his every command.
金币会从他的口袋里爆出 当人包围他时 执行他的每一项命令
In his mind, Miguel stood taller than ever.
在他心目中,米格尔站得比任何时候都高.
It made his real life feel as boring as watching paint dry.
这让他的真命天子 和看漆干一样无聊
“Yeah, it must have been totally exciting,” Miguel said dreamily as he stood up and walked to the window.
Miguel在站起来走入窗口时,
“But you do know that most of what they did was totally dishonest and cruel, right?
“但你知道,他们所做的大多数是完全不诚实和残忍的,对吧?
A lot of innocent people were killed.
许多无辜者被杀死.
Entire villages were destroyed just so these explorers could go home wealthy.”
整个村庄都被摧毁了 只是为了让这些探险家们富足回家 “
“That was hundreds of years ago,” Trevon said.
Trevon说,“那是几百年前的事了。”
“It was still wrong,” Lily said.
Lily说,“这仍然是错误的。”
“Just imagine how greed and glory made these guys do crazy things, things they probably wouldn’t do under normal circumstances, all in the name of discovery,” replied Miguel.
Miguel回答:「想象一下贪婪和荣耀如何让这些人做疯狂的事,
On the walk home, Miguel wondered what he might be willing to give up in the name of adventure and discovery.
在回家的路上,米格尔想知道他可能愿意以冒险和发现为名放弃什么.
Would he hurt or steal?
他会伤害还是偷?
He thought no, but he wasn’t sure what risks he would take.
但不知道会冒什么风险。
How far would he go to find the ultimate discovery?
他会走多远才能找到最终发现?
That evening, after doing his homework, Miguel wandered up the old red ladder to his favorite place—the loft.
当晚,米格尔在做功课后走上老红梯去他最爱的地方——阁楼.
Thoughts of gold- searching explorers drifted through his mind.
寻找黄金的探险家们的思绪 都从他的脑海里飘来飘去
He reached out to open the Great Gallardo’s chest when something slipped and clanked to the ground.
他伸手打开Gallardo的胸口,
It was a rusty, metal dagger with a jagged, worn blade.
那是一把生锈的金属匕首 有一把被夹住的刀片
Miguel wondered what other secrets the mysterious and enchanted trunk held.
Miguel想知道神秘而有魔法的树干还藏着什么秘密
Miguel pulled from the chest a black leather- bound book titled Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.
Miguel从胸口取出一本由Jules Verne所著的名为"前往地球中心的旅程"的黑皮捆绑书.
Miguel’s dad had read the story to him last year when he had been sick at home with the mumps.
Miguel的父亲去年在家患上腮腺炎时,
“I remember this dagger,” he said, “or at least one just like it.
“我记得这把匕首,”他说,“或至少一把。
It belonged to an explorer from Iceland, Arne Saknussemm.
属于冰岛的探险家Arne Saknussem.
According to the book, Arne was the first man to travel to the center of Earth.”
据"通鉴"记载,阿恩是第一个到地球中心旅行的人. “
Then Miguel also remembered his favorite character, Hans.
后来米格尔也想起了自己最喜欢的人物汉斯.
He admired Hans’s adventurous spirit and bravery.
他钦佩汉斯的冒险精神和勇敢.
Miguel’s heart pounded.
米格尔的心跳。
He knew if he opened the book, he would be taking a journey, and there was no telling what might be in store for him.
他知道,如果他打开了这本书,他会去旅行,而且不知道他可能有什么东西。
Miguel opened the book and started to read.
米格尔打开了这本书,开始阅读.
“My uncle ventured beneath the gigantic groves.
“我叔叔在大树林下冒险。
I followed him, though not without a certain apprehension.
我跟着他,虽然不是没有某种担心。
” Deep in the center of the Earth, the main character, Harry, and his uncle, Professor Von Hardwigg, had just discovered a mummy.
“地球中心深处,主角哈利和他的叔叔冯·哈德维格教授刚刚发现了一具木乃伊.
The mummy looked to be between thirty and one hundred thousand years old.
木乃伊看起来有三到十万岁
The bones of prehistoric saber-toothed tigers and other creatures lay all around it.
史前"剑齿虎"等生物的骨骼都埋在地上.
Harry was apprehensive about finding living prehistoric people and mammals.
哈利担心找到活生生的史前人和哺乳动物.
He feared that he and the professor might be in danger.
他担心他和教授有危险
Miguel read more, but the words jittered on the page.
Miguel读得更多,但书上写到的词很紧张。
“eyes saw really thought did see with immense animals no, under I moving I my gigantic I mighty own about trees.
“眼里真的想到有巨大的动物没有,
my own.”
我亲生的。 “
The words began to jumble and made little sense to Miguel as he tried to read on.
当米格尔试图阅读时,这些词语开始起哄并没有什么意义.
He closed his eyes.
他闭上了眼睛。
A Giant Discovery Miguel found upon opening his eyes that the air he was breathing felt thick in his lungs.
一个巨大的发现 Miguel睁开眼睛发现,他呼吸的空气在肺中感觉很浓.
He knew that from where he had been in the story, in combination with the heavy air, that he had been transported to the center of the Earth.
他知道,他从故事的原地,结合了沉重的空气,被运送到地中心.
Creeping plants twisted among huge palms and pine trees.
被巨大的棕榈和松树扭曲的植物
Mosses and giant ferns blanketed the ground.
蚊子和巨花笼罩了地上
It was beautiful, except for the fact that everything that should have been green had a faded, brown tint.
它是美丽的,除了 事实,所有应该绿色 有淡出,棕色的锡。
Even the flowers that should have been all colors of the rainbow were an ugly beige.
连彩虹上所有颜色的花 都是一种丑陋的美眉
A voice boomed from behind Miguel, “Of course, Harry!
Miguel背后的一股高声“当然,哈利!
Now come along.”
现在来吧。 “
Miguel jumped and turned to see a tall, skinny man hurry past him.
米格尔跳了下来,看到一个高个子又瘦又快地从他身边经过.
That must be the professor, thought Miguel.
应该是米格尔的教授
And I must be Harry, the main character from the book.
我一定是哈利 书中主角
Miguel rushed after the professor, finally catching him as they reached a clearing where an entire herd of mastodons stood grazing under gigantic palm trees.
Miguel冲向了教授,终于赶上他,当他们到达一个空地时,一整群马斯托登人站在巨大的棕榈树下放牧。
Now this is excitement!
这太刺激了!
with Trevon and Lily.
跟特瑞冯和莉莉
The mastodons appeared to Miguel as hairy, oversized elephants with enormous trunks and tusks.
在米格尔眼中马斯多登是多毛,体型过大的大象,有巨大的树干和象牙.
Entire trees littered the ground, branches cracked under the mastodons’ heavy feet, and leaves rustled as these giants seemed to devour nearly everything in sight.
树木遍布地上, 树枝在马斯多登斯的重脚下被打碎,
Miguel couldn’t believe it.
Miguel无法相信。
He was experiencing an entire prehistoric world right in the center of the Earth.
他正在地球中心 经历整个史前世界
He wondered if the feelings he was experiencing were the same feelings Drake had felt.
他想知道他所经历的感受是否与德雷克所感受的相同.
“Let’s get closer,” said the professor.
教授说,
Miguel hesitated, but the professor pulled him forward.
米格尔犹豫不决,但教授把他拉到前面去.
“We aren’t strong enough to battle those prehistoric beasts!”
“我们不够强大, “
Miguel said.
米格尔说。
He noticed the wild look in the professor’s eyes.
他注意到教授眼中的野外表情。
It seemed as if the professor was in a trance.
似乎教授有点神智不清
Professor Von Hardwigg seemed to have lost all reason in his excitement to see, and to be able to get close to, the mastodons.
冯教授 哈德维格似乎在兴奋中失去了一切理由去看见并能够接近马斯多登人.
The professor continued to inch forward.
教授继续前进。
“Look, Harry!
“看,哈利!
There’s a human being!”
有个人!
Miguel saw a giant man who looked twice as tall and as broad as the professor.
米格尔看到了一个巨大的人,他长得比教授高一倍又宽.
He was leaning against a mammoth tree.
他靠着一棵长毛树
Miguel almost lost his breath.
米格尔差点没呼吸了
“Astounding, my boy, isn’t it?”
" 惊人,我的孩子,不是吗? “
the professor said.
教授说。
“Can you believe it Harry?
“你相信吗,哈利?
A living prehistoric man!”
一个活生生的史前人物!”
The professor then spoke slowly.
教授随后慢慢说话.
“He seems.
“他似乎。
Professor Von Hardwigg roared with excitement, “He’s a mastodon herder!
冯·哈德维格教授激动地咆哮着 「他是个畜生!
How about that, Harry!
怎么样,哈利!
We must move closer!”
我们必须走得更近!”
Miguel’s shoulders tensed.
米格尔的肩膀紧张.
The giant human being had some of the features of a man, but his head was the size of a buffalo’s.
巨型人具有一个人的一些特征,但是他的头是一头水牛的大小.
His hair was long like a buffalo’s and matted.
他的发型很长,
He held a huge tree branch like a staff.
他像杖子一样拿着一棵巨大的树枝.
The professor carefully crept closer.
教授小心地靠近点
“Wait,” Miguel whispered.
Miguel低声说:“等等,”
The seriousness of what they had found had hit him.
他们发现的真相已经击中了他。
“You can’t defend yourself against a giant!”
“你无法抵御巨人!”
“I shall chance it,” Professor Von Hardwigg said, his eyes wildly scanning the creature, “as any true explorer would—this is more incredible than I ever imagined.”
冯·哈德维格教授说,“我会冒这个险的,”他的眼睛疯狂地扫描了这个生物,“正如任何真正的探险家所想的那样——这比我想象的更不可思议。 “
“But it isn’t worth risking your life,” Miguel said to the professor.
Miguel对教授说,
“Discovery is worth much more,” the professor said, delirious with the fever of discovery.
这位教授说,“发现更值钱”,对发现的发烧感到神志不清。
“And if I succeed, the entire world will remember that I discovered this ancient man!”
“如果我成功,整个世界都会记得我发现了这个古人!”
As Professor Von Hardwigg stepped forward, a branch broke under his foot.
由于冯·哈德维格教授站出前去,脚下有分行被打断.
The giant was startled and looked up at them.
巨人被吓倒并抬头看.
Miguel scrunched his eyes as if closing them would hide both explorers from the giant’s sight.
Miguel将他的眼睛割断,
Captured!
被抓起来了!
A loud grunt came from across the clearing as the giant pulled himself to his full height, pointing his staff in their direction.
当巨人拉到他全身高地时,一个响亮的叫声从空地对面传来,将他的杖子指向了他们的方向.
“He looks as if he’s warning us to stay away,” said Miguel.
Miguel说,“他似乎在警告我们不要靠近。”
“Not to worry,” the professor said, rounding his shoulders forward and lowering his gaze.
教授说,“不用担心,”他把肩膀往前绕并降低视线。
“I am no threat to him.”
“我对他没有威胁。 “
The mastodons stomped and trumpeted.
马斯多顿家的马斯多顿家的马斯多顿家被踩倒了,小号也响了.
“Turn back,” Miguel shouted.
Miguel大叫“回头”,
Professor Von Hardwigg waved him away as he moved toward the giant.
冯教授 当他向巨人移动时,他挥手离开
The giant stepped forward, too, thrashing his staff in the air.
巨人也挺身而出 在空中打他的手杖
The professor crouched lower as if to hide, but the giant advanced quickly toward him.
教授低地蹲下 好像躲了起来 但巨人朝他飞去
“Watch out, professor!”
当心,教授!
Miguel shouted.
米格尔大叫着.
In an instant, the giant scooped up the professor and tossed him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
瞬间,巨人把教授抓起,像一袋土豆一样把他扔到肩膀上.
The giant raised his staff and howled with victory.
巨人举起他的杖子并用胜利来嚎叫.
He pivoted back toward the mastodon herd and retreated into the woods.
他向马斯多登群牧群靠拢 退入了树林
“The greatest adventure yet!”
"最伟大的冒险!"
the professor yelled before disappearing into the trees.
教授在消失到树上前大叫
Professor Von Hardwigg had been captured just like a fly in a spider’s web.
冯教授 Hardwigg像蜘蛛网里的苍蝇一样被俘虏。
Miguel’s thoughts blurred.
Miguel的想法模糊不清。
There must be a way to save him!
一定有办法救活他!
Miguel took off running toward the giant even though his body was trembling with fear.
Miguel跑去向巨人跑去 尽管他的身体充满了恐惧
Here he was, stuck in another world, in the center of the Earth, with no way out.
他被困在另一个世界, 地球的中心,没有出路。
What would the giant do to the professor?
巨人会对教授做什么?
Was he a prisoner or, like the spider’s prey, the giant’s next meal?
他是囚犯还是蜘蛛的猎物 巨人的下顿饭?
There was no time to find out.
没时间去查了
“Think, Miguel, think!”
“想想,米格尔,想想!”
“I know!
“我知道!
Hans!”
汉斯!"
Miguel shouted.
米格尔大叫着.
“I have to remember where Hans is at this point in the book.
“我必须记住汉斯在书中目前的位置。
I have to find him and get help.
我必须找到他并寻求帮助。
Think, Miguel!”
想想,米格尔!”
Then Miguel heard his dad reading the story from last year as if it were happening right then and he knew—Hans would be at the beach with the raft.
然后米格尔听到他爸爸读了去年的故事 仿佛事情正在发生 汉斯会带着木筏去海滩
Miguel ran past the clearing, jumping over rushing brooks.
米格尔跑过空地,跳过冲出溪来.
Even though the hollow eyes of the mummy sent chills down Miguel’s neck, he ran past it, through the cemetery of scattered bones.
尽管木乃伊的空洞眼睛使米格尔的脖子寒冷,但他穿过了它,穿过了分散的骨头的墓地。
No time to stop and think about being scared.
没时间停下来想害怕了
He just had to push on and get help.
他只好继续寻求帮助
A Two-Man Band Miguel’s feet moved forward, down great walls of speckled and crystallized rock.
双人乐队 Miguel的脚向前走去,倒下一堵有斑点和结晶的巨墙。
Once down the slopes, he raced across a white beach made of thousands of shells—the shells crunching and sliding under his feet.
一次从山坡上走下来,他跑过一个由上千个炮弹组成的白沙滩——炮弹在脚下起伏.
“I can hear the ocean!”
“我能听见海洋!”
he said aloud, almost colliding with an empty turtle shell the size of the beanbag chair in his bedroom.
他大声说,几乎与一个空龟壳相撞,像他卧室里的豆袋椅子大小。
Suddenly a large body of water appeared before him, spreading out as far as he could see.
突然,一具巨大的水体出现在他面前,在所见所闻的地道上蔓延出.
Huge, gray swells, louder than a fleet of jet engines, erupted a few hundred yards offshore.
巨大的,灰色的膨胀,比一队喷气发动机还响亮,在离岸数百码的地方喷出.
In the distance, Miguel spotted a man working around what looked like a battered raft.
在远处,Miguel发现一个男人 在周围工作 看起来像被打的木筏。
Hans barely looked up from his repair work when Miguel approached him.
Miguel接近他时,汉斯几乎不注意修理工作。
Out of breath, Miguel panted, “The professor’s in trouble!
Miguel喘不过气来说:"教授有麻烦了!
He’s been captured!”
他被捕了! “
Hans stared up blankly.
汉斯是空白的
“He needs our help!”
“他需要我们的帮助!”
continued Miguel.
继续米格尔。
“Come on!”
"来吧!"
Then Miguel remembered that Hans didn’t speak English, so he motioned for the man to follow him.
Miguel记得汉斯不会说英语,
Once in the woods, Miguel listened for the mastodons, but all he heard was silence.
有一次在树林里,米格尔听了马斯通斯的歌,但他只听到沉默.
A lump grew in his throat.
喉咙里长出块子
What if he was too late?
如果他来晚了呢?
Hans picked up on Miguel’s anxiety and crept silently through the ferns, now keeping Miguel behind him.
汉斯从米格尔的焦虑中吸取了教训,
Though he didn’t speak English, he seemed to understand what was happening from Miguel’s body language.
虽然他不会说英语,
A loud trumpeting sound blasted through the air.
大声的喇叭声从空中吹来
Miguel and Hans froze.
米格尔和汉斯冻结。
The mastodons!
马斯通!
Miguel reasoned that the professor had to be near!
米格尔认为教授必须靠近!
Hopefully he was still alive.
希望他还活着
Hans and Miguel followed the sound of the animals until it grew quiet.
汉斯和米格尔跟随动物的声音,直到它变得安静.
Then Miguel’s ears picked up on something he had not heard before— a quiet tapping.
Miguel的耳朵听到一些他以前没有听到的东西,
He listened closely.
他仔细听了
It was Morse code!
这是摩斯密码!
Dash-dash-dot.
达什点。
Dot-dot.
点点.
Dot-dash.
点-达什.
Miguel had learned Morse code at summer camp.
米格尔知道 夏令营的摩斯密码
“The professor must be sending a message!”
“教授必须发出信息!”
he said.
他说。
Miguel closed his eyes and decoded the taps.
米格尔闭上了眼睛,解码了水龙头.
Gears shifted in Miguel’s brain as the professor kept repeating the message.
Miguel的脑部转动了齿轮,
“That’s it!”
"就是这样! “
Miguel jumped up.
米格尔跳起来。
He flashed back to school and what he had learned about Sir Francis Drake.
他闪回学校 了解弗朗西斯·德雷克爵士的事
Drake had become an expert at toppling Spanish colonies and stealing anything of value that he could find.
德雷克成为了一名专家, 试图摧毁西班牙殖民地 并窃取他能找到的任何有价值的东西
He did this by playing a trick on the colonists.
他在殖民者面前耍花招
He would have his crew make lots of noise to make the colonists think there were more members to his crew than there actually were.
他会让他的船员制造出很多的噪音 让殖民者认为他的船员中的成员比实际多
“We need to make lots of noise so the giant thinks we are an enormous group of warriors,” screamed Miguel, forgetting that Hans couldn’t understand him.
Miguel大叫道, 忘记汉斯无法理解他。
He then motioned to Hans that they needed to get back to the beach.
他随后向汉斯提出他们需要返回海滩的动议.
Back at the beach, Miguel had Hans stack and carry two large turtle shells.
回到海滩,米格尔有汉斯堆放并携带了两枚大龟壳.
Hans picked up a conch shell the size of a turkey and blew into it, producing a sound like a bass tuba.
汉斯取出一发大小与火鸡相仿的海螺外壳并吹入其中,产生出出一出像贝斯管的声音.
“Great idea!”
“好主意!”
Miguel said.
米格尔说。
“We’ll be a two-man band and rock-and-roll this giant until he’s scared to death!”
我们将会是两人的乐队, “
Hans picked up some heavy sticks to use as drumsticks against the two large shells.
汉斯取出一些重棒来作为鼓棒来对付两枚大炮弹.
Miguel found a conch shell of his own and then strung together a line of smaller turtle shells with a vine.
米格尔发现了自己的海螺外壳,然后用藤条将一行更小的龟壳接在一起.
He tied the string of turtle shells around his waist, and then he and Hans headed back to find the grazing mastodons and, hopefully, the giant and the professor.
他把龟壳的绳子绑在腰上,然后他和汉斯回过头去寻找放牧的马斯通斯,希望还有巨人和教授.
It wasn’t long before they found the giant stooping over a campfire.
不久他们发现巨人在营火上行走。
Nearby, the professor was staked to the ground with vines.
附近,教授被藤木钉入地.
Miguel went into action, and Hans followed suit.
米格尔开始行动,汉斯也随之而来.
Miguel flipped the turtle shells over, grabbed a stick and began to drum across the tops of the shells.
米格尔把龟壳翻了过来,抓住了一根棍子并开始打起鼓来穿过壳顶.
Hans lifted his conch shell and began blowing as loud as he could.
汉斯抬起他的海螺外壳并开始尽可能地大声地吹出.
Along with the horn and the drums, Miguel began to scream the first song that popped into his head.
与喇叭和鼓一起,米格尔也开始叫出一首弹入他头部的歌曲.
“WE WILL, WE WILL, ROCK YOU.
“我们将,我们将,将你锁起。
” The giant immediately stood erect.
“ 巨人立刻站立起来。
His eyes darted about the forest.
他的双眼对森林发光
WE WILL, WE WILL, ROCK YOU!”
我们会的,我们会的,洛克你! “
Bang, bang, honk, honk!
砰 砰 鸣喇叭 鸣喇叭
The mastodons roared and so did the giant.
巨兽也咆哮了
“Keep it up, boy!”
"继续,小子!"
shouted the professor.
喊着教授。
WE WILL, WE WILL, ROCK YOU!”
我们会的,我们会的,洛克你! “
Upon Miguel’s last verse, trees and bushes bent and cracked in opposite directions as the mastodons took off—the giant running close behind them.
Miguel最后一首诗后, 树和灌木被弯曲而裂开,
“You’ve done it!”
“你做到了!”
the professor cheered.
教授欢呼。
“You’ve scared away the mighty beasts!”
“你们把强大的野兽吓跑了! “
Miguel rushed over to the professor.
米格尔赶到教授那里去了
“You’re safe!”
「你很安全!
he cried.
他哭了起来。
“Thanks to you and Hans!”
“感谢你和汉斯!”
the professor said.
教授说。
“Now untie my bonds, Harry, before that giant returns!”
"现在在巨人回来前解开我的债券,哈利"
Miguel glanced around in hopes of finding a stone tool or weapon when he remembered what he had in his pocket.
Miguel四处看望,希望当他想起他的口袋里的东西时,能找到一个石头工具或武器.
He gently pulled out the dagger he’d found on the Great Gallardo’s chest and cut the palm twine that held the professor down.
他轻而易举地拔出自己在Great Gallardo胸口所发现的匕首并割下将教授压倒的棕榈丝网.
A lightbulb clicked on inside Miguel’s head.
Miguel头部被一盏灯光击中。
It’s like the book knows what I’ll need to make things right!
这本书似乎知道我需要什么来纠正错误。
Professor Von Hardwigg bear-hugged Miguel.
冯·哈德维格·熊-哈格·米格尔教授.
“You were right, Harry,” Professor Von Hardwigg said.
“你是对的,哈利,”冯·哈德维格教授说。
“Nothing is worth risking our lives, not even the most astonishing discovery.
“没有什么值得冒着生命危险,即使是最惊人的发现。
Let’s go home.”
我们回家吧。 “
Home sounded wonderful.
家听起来棒极了
Miguel handed the dagger to the professor.
米格尔把匕首交给了教授.
“Here is something you can take home with you.”
“这是你可以带回家的东西。 “
“Is that what I think it is?”
“我认为是这样吗? “
the professor gasped.
教授被毒气冲昏了头
“Could it be the famous dagger of Arne Saknussemm, the first explorer to reach the center of the Earth?”
“能否成为第一位到达地球中心的探险家Arne Saknussem的出名匕首? “
Hans looked at the dagger in awe at the mention of the fellow Icelander’s name.
汉斯在提到冰岛人的名字时,
As Miguel let go of the dagger, he closed his eyes.
随着米格尔放下匕首,他闭上了眼睛.
In seconds, a cool breeze met him back at the loft, safe and sound.
几秒钟后,一阵清凉的微风在阁楼里遇到了他,安全无事.
Miguel breathed a sigh of relief.
米格尔喘出一口气来
Now he had witnessed first-hand how dangerous and overwhelming the power of discovery could be.
现在他亲眼目睹了 发现的力量是多么危险和压倒性。
Explorers were brave and smart, but often blinded by the perceived glory of their discovery.
探索者是勇敢而聪明的,但常常被其发现的所感知的光荣所蒙蔽.
Miguel was glad he’d saved the professor, but for now, Miguel was content to discover each day of his own life—right here and right now, with, of course, a little help from the Great Gallardo’s books every now and then!
Miguel很高兴他救了这位教授, 但目前, Miguel 已经满足于发现他生命的每一天,