Mirroring Miranda
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。
8 Chapter 3.
8 第3章 (中文(简体) ).
11 Chapter 4.
11 第4章,第1节。
17 Chapter 5.
17 第5章 (中文(简体) ).
19 Epilogue.
19 Epilogue (英语).
23 Glossary.
23 词汇表。
24 Chapter 1 Miranda James looked long and hard at the twelve-year-old girl in the mirror.
24 章 次 页 次 1米兰达 詹姆士在镜子里看着12岁的女孩又长又硬.
“This is the summer you are going to do it!”
“这是你们要完成的夏天! “
she said aloud.
她大声说。
“You are going to write a science fiction story that will get published, and win the Hugo Award or the Nebula Award or maybe even both.”
并赢得雨果奖或星云奖, “
This would not be Miranda’s first science fiction story.
这不是米兰达的第一个科幻故事。
She had written seventeen other science fiction stories and submitted every one of them to her favorite sci-fi magazine, Future Tense.
她还写了另外17个科幻小说,并将每本小说提交给了她最喜爱的科幻杂志"未来通".
So what if she had received seventeen rejection letters?
如果她收到17封拒绝信怎么办?
With each letter she had received an encouraging note back from the editor.
每一封信,她都收到了编辑的鼓舞人心的信。
“Dear Sir/Madam: Thank you for your submission.
“亲爱的夫人先生: 谢谢你的屈从
However, it does not meet our publishing needs at this time.
然而,它目前不能满足我们的出版需要。
Good luck with your future efforts.”
祝你好运,你未来的努力。 “
Miranda didn’t care that they were rejection letters.
米兰达并不在乎他们是拒绝信。
The editor had said “good”!
编辑说“好”!
Strangely, when Miranda read the letter aloud and reached the word “good,” she faintly heard it echo from her bedroom mirror.
奇怪的是,当米兰达大声读到这封信并到达“好”一词时,她微弱地听到她卧室镜子里的回声。
Or at least she thought she heard it.
至少她以为她听到了
Either way, she took it as an encouraging sign and vowed to eat, sleep, breathe, and, most importantly, read science fiction all through the summer.
无论哪种方式,她都把它当作一个鼓舞人心的标志并发誓要吃,睡觉,呼吸,最重要的是,整个夏天都读科幻小说.
Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Ursula K.
艾萨克·阿西莫夫,雷·布拉德伯里,罗伯特·海因莱因,乌尔苏拉·克.
Le Guin and all the great sci-fi, or SF, writers won these prestigious science fiction awards.
Le Guin和所有伟大的科幻,或SF,作家们赢得了这些著名的科幻小说奖.
The awards covered all types of fiction that used scientific, magical, or supernatural elements as part of their plots or settings, whether they were science fiction, fantasy, or horror stories.
这些奖项涵盖所有类型的以科学,神奇或超自然元素作为其情节或环境的一部分的虚构,无论是科幻,幻想还是恐怖故事.
Miranda liked reading all three kinds of stories, but her favorite was sci-fi.
米兰达喜欢阅读所有三种故事,但她最喜欢科幻.
One day she hoped to become a must-read sci-fi author herself.
有一天她希望自己成为一名必须阅读的科幻作者.
She penciled-in her own name: James, between Heinlein and Le Guin on her alphabetized, must-read list of summer reading.
她用自己的名字用铅笔写道: 詹姆斯(James),从海因莱因到勒古因(Le Guin)之间,用字母拼写,必须读取夏季阅读列表.
Thinking about her future fame sent a cold shiver up her spine.
想想她未来的名声 让她的脊椎颤抖了一下
But first, she had to write a good story.
但首先,她必须写一个好故事.
Although the list she had made of sci-fi authors was in alphabetical order, Miranda decided to read the authors in a random order.
虽然她制作的科幻作者名单是按字母顺序排列的,米兰达还是决定随机阅读作者.
Randomness felt more like science fiction to her.
随机感更像是科幻小说
As it turned out, she ended up reading a different number of books by each author by the end of the summer.
事实证明,她最终在夏末之前,每个作者阅读了不同数量的书籍.
In fact, Miranda had read two books by C.
事实上,米兰达读了C的两本书.
J.
（姓名首字母J）
Cherryh and had learned a lot about Ms.
切丽和已经学到了很多 关于女士。
Cherryh’s sci-fi style.
Cherryh的科幻风格.
They weren’t the first books she read that summer, but she did end up reading more books written by women than by men.
但最终她读了更多女性所写的书籍,
Chapter 2 “What are you doing in your room on this beautiful day?”
第2章“在这一美丽的一天,你在你的房间里做什么? “
asked her brother Harris, a senior in high school.
问她的哥哥哈里斯,一个高中生。
“I hope you’re not talking to yourself again.”
“我希望你不要再和自己说话了。 “
“Maybe I am, and then again maybe the voice you heard was an android in the fourth dimension controlling your mind,” said Miranda.
Miranda说,“也许我是,然后你听到的声音是控制你心灵的第四维的机器人。”
She had just started reading a book about androids—robots that look like humans.
她刚刚开始读一本关于机器人的书 机器人看起来像人类
The day before, she finished a book set in the fourth dimension, which meant time was constantly shifting in a mind-freaky way.
前一天,她完成了第四维的一出书,这意味着时间在以疯狂的方式不断转移。
Next, she planned to read a book about an evil scientist who invents a ray gun that zombifies people so that he can take over the world.
接下来,她计划读出一本关于一位邪恶科学家的书,他发明了一枝能使Zombia人感到兴奋的射线枪,以便他能够接管世界.
“I’m taking the dog to the park to play fetch.
我带狗去公园取东西。
Want to come?”
想来吗? “
asked Harris.
问哈里斯。
“You go.
“你去吧。
I have work to do,” Miranda replied.
我还有工作要做,“米兰达回答说。
“Not another one of your ridiculous stories!”
”你那荒谬的故事, “
exclaimed Harris.
赞叹出哈里斯。
“They are not ridiculous!
“他们并不荒谬!
They are what we science fiction writers call ‘cautionary tales.’
他们就是我们科幻小说家所称的“预防故事”。 " ; "
“Well, I hope it is better than the one about the mutant broccoli that grew so big it squished Milwaukee,” teased Harris.
“我希望它比那种变种花椰菜要好,
“It was a zucchini, for your information, and it was Cincinnati that got squashed!
辛辛那提被压扁了!
Don’t you get it?
难道你不明白吗?
Zucchini is a type of a squash.
苏克奇尼是壁球的一种.
That is what we writers call a play on words.
这就是我们作家所说的话剧。
And because the greedy agribusiness overlords were using illegal fertilizer that accidentally got zapped with radioactive waste dumped on it by the corrupt politicians who ran the nuclear power plant, the zucchini grew so big it squashed them all.
因为贪婪的农产企业老板在使用非法肥料, 这些肥料不小心被核电站的腐败政客 倾倒在了上面,
Tit-for-tat.
取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取.
We sci-fi writers call this an allegory.”
我们科幻作家称这为寓言 “
“Well,” spouted Harris, “if you feel like exercising something besides your overactive imagination, let me know.
“好吧,”哈里斯说,“如果你觉得除了你过度活泼的想象力外,想锻炼一些东西,就告诉我。
We nonwriters call this an invitation.”
我们非写作者称这为邀请。 “
That Harris made her so mad!
Harris把她逼疯了!
He told her to leave science fiction to boys; she should write stories about lost kittens, pink princesses, and wild horses.
他让她把科幻小说留给男孩们;她应该写出迷路的小猫,粉红色公主和野马的故事.
Miranda knew some girls who liked that romantic stuff, but it made her want to throw up.
米兰达认识一些喜欢这浪漫的东西的女孩,但这让她想吐.
Still, Harris was right about getting exercise, so she reluctantly put aside her writing and rode her bike to the library.
尽管如此,哈里斯对得到锻炼是正确的,所以她不情愿地把写作放在一边并骑自行车去图书馆.
She checked out an odd number of books by Ursula K.
她检查了乌苏拉K的奇数书籍.
Le Guin—“a female sci-fi and fantasy writer, thank you!”
Le Guin——“一个女性科幻和幻想作家,谢谢!”
anywhere around.
到处都是
Miranda looked at her list of authors and now planned to read more books by female sci-fi writers.
米兰达看了她的作者名单,现在计划由女性科幻作家阅读更多的书籍.
Plus, she figured that an odd number would be a good idea because odd was sort of weird, and she felt a weird story brewing inside of her.
此外,她觉得一个奇数会是一个好主意,因为奇数有点怪异,她觉得她内心正在酝酿出一个怪异的故事.
Chapter 3 Dozens of tales rambled around James Miranda’s brain, waiting to be put on paper.
第三章 数十个故事 围绕詹姆斯·米兰达的大脑, 等待被写在纸上。
But the guys in his class laughed at him whenever he told them his stories about knights in shining armor saving damsels in distress.
但他的班上的人嘲笑他 当他告诉他们他的故事 骑士身穿闪亮的盔甲 拯救在危难中的女孩。
“No wonder,” said his big sister.
" 难怪, " 他的姐姐说。
“That’s girl stuff.”
" 这是女孩的东西。 “
But James’s adventures also had wizards and trolls and ice-breathing dragons, he explained.
但是詹姆斯的冒险中也有巫师和巨怪和冰生龙,他解释说.
His sister didn’t listen.
他妹妹不听话。
She told him to get a life.
她叫他过活
Because if he had a life, he’d not only have fun, he’d have something real to write about.
因为如果他有生活, 他不仅有乐趣,
James had plenty of fun writing his stories, thank you very much.
詹姆斯写他的故事很愉快,非常感谢
One day, he’d be famous because of them, too.
有一天,他也会因此出名。
So he just kept writing what he felt he had to write.
所以他继续写他觉得必须写的东西
They are good stories, he heard the voice inside him say.
他们都是好故事 他听到里面的声音说
And then he would say aloud: “Good.”
然后,他大喊:好。
Reading all these science fiction books is definitely helping my writing, Miranda thought.
读这些科幻小说 肯定有助于我的写作 米兰达认为
So far, she especially enjoyed the space-travel books by Arthur C.
到目前为止,她特别喜欢亚瑟·C所著的太空旅行书籍.
Clarke.
- 克拉克 - 克拉克 - Clarke.
Too bad she had not read him first.
可惜她没有先看他
Clarke’s books were considered “pure” science fiction.
克拉克的书被认为是"纯粹"的科幻.
They were made-up stories, but based on scientific truths.
它们是编造的故事, 但基于科学的真理。
His books looked at how real scientific discoveries could put people in situations where they had to make decisions that could change people’s lives for the better—or worse.
他的书研究了真正的科学发现如何将人们置于他们不得不做出可以改变人们生活以达到更好或更糟糕的决定的境地.
“Heavy stuff,” said Miranda aloud.
米兰达大声地说,“沉重的东西”。
Then she felt another chill come over her.
然后她又觉得很冷淡
At first she thought it came from her realization that in the best sci-fi, mastering science often meant power over nature—just not human nature.
起初,她认为这来自于她意识到,在最好的科幻作品中,掌握科学往往意味着力量凌驾于自然之上,而不是人性。
But it was not a tingly feeling she was feeling, it was an icy blast, as if she was standing in front of an air conditioner that had just turned on.
但是,这不是一种不愉快的感觉, 这是一场冰冷的爆炸, 仿佛她站在刚刚打开的空调机前。
Once again she was in front of the mirror in her room, her hot, air-conditionerless, fanless room.
她再次出现在自己房间的镜子前,她热的,无空调的,无风扇的房间.
Feeling creeped out, she reached out to touch the mirror.
她爬出来,伸手摸镜子
It was cold to her touch, colder than an ice cube, almost as cold as frozen carbon dioxide gas, which she had been researching to use in a story.
她的触觉很冷,比冰块更冷, 几乎和冰冻的二氧化碳气一样冷, 她一直在研究用在一个故事里。
When she touched the mirror with her index finger, it turned numb.
当她用食指去碰镜子时,它变成了麻木.
If she hadn’t flinched, Miranda was sure her finger would have stuck to the mirror!
Miranda肯定她的手指会粘在镜子上。
Then Miranda tried a different experiment.
随后米兰达尝试了不同的实验.
She breathed on the mirror.
她在镜子上呼吸
It fogged up.
雾起.
That reminded Miranda of when she was younger, and would breathe onto the cold car window in winter.
这让米兰达想起她年轻的时候 冬天会在冷车窗上呼吸
When it fogged up, which she now knew was caused by condensation, she’d write her name on the window, then watch the letters disappear as the fog evaporated.
当雾升起时,她现在知道这是由凝结引起的,她会在窗户上写出她的名字,然后看着这些字母随着雾蒸发而消失。
The cool part was that the letters in her name would reappear magically if she blew another warm breath on the same spot.
很酷的一部份是,如果她在同一地再吹出一股温暖的气息,她名下的信件就会神奇地再现.
Now she knew it wasn’t magic that caused this, it was science.
她知道这不是魔法造成的,
What was strange now, however, was that this wasn’t winter, there wasn’t a car window, and when the fog evaporated from the mirror, Miranda could read her name as she had written it on her alphabetized reading list: James Miranda—last name first.
现在奇怪的是, 这不是冬天, 也没有车窗, 当雾从镜子中蒸发时, 米兰达可以读出她的名字, 詹姆斯·米兰达 - 最后一个名字。
But, she had not written her name that way on the mirror.
但是,她并没有在镜子上那样写她的名字。
she shivered again.
她又发抖了
Chapter 4 Had Miranda written her name that way on the mirror a long time ago?
第四章 米兰达很久前在镜子上写过她的名字吗?
To take her mind off this creepy feeling, Miranda picked up a book by Roger Zelazny.
为了摆脱这种令人毛骨悚然的感觉,米兰达拿起罗杰·泽拉兹尼的一本书.
He was the fourth sci-fi/fantasy author she would read that summer.
他是她那个夏天会读到的第四个科幻/幻想作者。
She studied his picture on the book jacket.
她在书夹克上研究了他的相片
The biographical notes said he had died a few years ago, and had often written about magic and fantasy worlds.
生平笔记中说他几年前就已经去世了,并经常写出魔法和幻想世界.
Miranda read late into the night.
米兰达读到深夜。
Her eyes burned, but she couldn’t stop.
她的眼睛被烧了,
She had to find out what happened to Zelazny’s famous character, Prince Corwin of Amber.
她必须找出泽拉兹尼出名的人物"琥珀的克温王子"到底发生了什么.
Sometime around midnight, Miranda dozed off.
午夜左右,米兰达睡着了
She dreamed that a dark-haired boy in a tuxedo spoke to her from the mirror.
她梦到一个穿礼服的黑发男孩从镜子里和她说话.
“You can do it,” he said.
他说,“你可以做到这一点。”
“Just keep writing.”
“继续写。 “
Miranda woke up in a cold sweat.
米兰达在冷汗中醒来.
“Bong, bong,” struck the grandfather clock in the dining room.
“Bong, Bong,”击中了餐厅的祖父钟。
Two o’clock in the morning would be a good time for something spooky to happen in one of my stories, Miranda said to herself as she reached for her journal to make some late-night notes.
米兰达对自己说, 当她到达她的日记做一些深夜笔记时,
As she gazed at the mirror, another icy blast swooshed past her, and she froze momentarily.
当她凝视着镜子时,又一场冰冷的爆炸从她身边冲过去,她瞬间就僵了起来。
All of a sudden a face peered at her from what seemed like inside the mirror.
突然间,一脸从镜子里看出来
“Oh my gosh!
" 哦,我的天呐!
You’re.
你是。 。 。
Roger Zelazny!”
罗杰·泽拉兹尼!”
she cried.
她哭着
Chapter 5 Prince Saffron sheathed his sword and raised his shield.
第5章 萨夫龙王子将剑束起并起起盾.
“Onward, Valiant,” he commanded, and his enormous, white steed took off at full gallop.
他命令他“继续前进”,他那巨大的白马全速出动。
Acitcratna, the ice-breathing dragon, had turned the princess into an ice sculpture.
冰生龙阿西特克特纳已经把公主变成了冰雕.
“I’m not Zelazny Roger,” said the voice in the mirror.
“我不是Zelazny Roger,”镜子里的声音说:
“But I, too, am a magnificent writer, and if you’ll excuse me, I have to go save a princess.”
但我也是一位伟大的作家, “
Was Miranda still dreaming?
米兰达还在做梦吗?
“Ow!”
"呜!"
she cried as she pinched herself.
她哭了,当她捏自己。
Nope, she was awake.
没有 她醒了
Or was she in a nightmare in which she was dreaming she was awake?
还是她梦到她醒了?
Hadn’t she read a story where something like that happened?
她没有读过这样的故事吗?
She checked her notes.
她检查她的笔记。
It could have been one of the books by Octavia Butler, who was the third author she had read after reading five books by a different author.
可能是奥克塔维亚·巴特勒(英语:Octavia Butler)所著的书之一,她是她阅读了另外一位作者所著的五本书后阅读的第三作.
Maybe Harris was correct about her need to take a break from sci-fi.
也许哈里斯是对的 她需要从科幻片段休息
Then she realized what must be happening.
然后她意识到必须发生什么
“All right, Harris,” she said.
"好吧,哈里斯,"她说。
“I know you are playing a trick on me.
“我知道你在耍花招。
Ha-ha, you got me.
哈哈,你让我。
You can come out now.”
你可以出来了。 “
“My name isn’t Harris,” said the face in the mirror.
「我的名字不是哈里斯,
“It is Miranda.
“这是米兰达。
James Miranda.”
詹姆斯・米兰达。 “
“James.
“詹姆斯。
Miranda?
米兰达?
That’s my name, too, but backward,” said Miranda.
米兰达说,
“I’m Miranda James.”
我是米兰达·詹姆斯。 “
“I know,” said the face in the mirror.
“我知道”,镜子里的脸。
The face belonged to a boy that seemed to be about twelve years old.
那张相貌属于一个12岁的男孩。
In fact, the face looked like Miranda’s— if she had been a boy.
事实上,她的脸看起来像米兰达,如果她是男孩的话。
“I’ve been trying to reach you,” said James.
James说,
“I sent you a message on the mirror, but my first attempt wasn’t strong enough.
但我第一次尝试不够有力。
Only my.
只有我一个人
our name made it through.”
我们的名字成功通过。 “
“James Miranda!
“詹姆斯·米兰达!
On the mirror!
在镜子上!
So I wasn’t making it up.
所以我不是编出来的。
It really happened.”
真的发生了 “
“It is still happening,” James said.
James说,“这种情况仍在发生”。
“Whoa!
“哇!
This is freaky.
这是怪胎。
And awesome, just like a real science fiction story!
真棒,就像一个真正的科幻故事!
You are me but in some bizarre parallel universe where things are backward or inside-out or.
你是我,但是在一个奇异的平行宇宙里 事情是落后的 或者是内部的
“Spirit twins is what we call them in my world,” explained James.
James解释道,
“Only a select few have them, which means that this is a rare gift.”
“只有少数人拥有,这意味着这是罕见的礼物。 “
Then he explained about brain waves intersecting in a black hole in outer space, and why he had chosen to make himself known to Miranda, and how it would give him an actual true-life story of adventure to write.
之后他解释了脑波在外太空黑洞相交的原因,以及他为什么选择让米兰达知道自己,以及如何给他写出真实的冒险故事.
Miranda was enraptured and took down everything James said.
米兰达被活活化,并夺走了詹姆斯所说的一切.
This was something no one was going to believe so she made sure she captured every word.
这是没有人会相信的东西 所以她确保 她捕捉到每一个字。
Epilogue Miranda managed to capture the details of her talk with James in her journal, and the journal grew into a book.
Epilogue Miranda设法在她的期刊中捕捉到她与James谈话的细节,而该期刊也逐渐发展为一本书.
Her first book, Pen Pal in the Looking Glass, became a bestseller because the “mirror world” she wrote about was so believable.
她的第一本书《望镜中的Pen Pal》成为了畅销书,因为她所写的“讽刺世界”是如此令人难以置信。
Miranda’s critics said that her story blended science with fiction in such a way that it was hard to tell where the science ended and the fiction began.
米兰达的批评者说,她的故事将科幻与小说融合在一起,以至于很难分辨出科学的结束和小说开始的地方.
As a published science-fiction writer, Miranda finally joined the ranks of other authors with big dreams and imaginations.
作为已出版的科幻小说作家,米兰达最终加入了其他有大梦想和想象力的作者行列.
Glossary allegory (n.)
词汇符号(n.)
a story in which the people, events, or things have hidden meanings (p.
一个故事,其中人民,事件或事物有隐藏的意义(p.
9) cautionary (adj.)
9) 警告(adj.
warning of danger (p.
危险警告(第5页)
9) condensation (n.)
9) 收缩 (n.
the process of changing from gas to liquid, such as water vapor to water (p.
从气体变为液体的过程,如水蒸发变为水(p.
15) enraptured (adj.)
15)被强奸(adj.
to be filled with great delight (p.
充满了巨大的喜悦(p.
22) evaporated (v.)
22)被蒸发(五.
changed from liquid to gas (p.
从液体改为气体(p.
15) fantasy (n.)
15) 幻想 (n.
a type of made-up story that uses magic or supernatural elements as the basis for its plot or setting (p.
以魔法或超自然元素作为其情节或设定的基础(p.
5) intersecting (v.)
5)相交(五.
cutting or crossing another object (p.
剪切或跨越另一个对象(p.
22) random (adj.)
22) 随机(adj.
without any sort of order (p.
没有任何排序(p.
7) reluctantly (adv.)
7) 勉强(adv.
doing something unwillingly (p.
做一些不情愿的事(p.
10) science fiction (n.)
10) 科幻小说 (n.
a type of made-up story that uses real or imagined scientific ideas as the basis for its plot or setting (p.
以真实或想象的科学思想作为其情节或设定的基础(p.
4) submission (n.)
4) 提交(不详)
a work judged or reviewed by someone else (p.
由他人判断或审查的作品(p.
6) Logic Quiz Miranda read 15 books by five authors on her summer vacation.
6) 逻辑问题 米兰达在暑假读了由五位作者所著的15本书.
Use the bold-italic clues in the text to find how many books she read by each author, and the order in which she read each author’s books.
使用文本中粗体的地铁线索,找出每位作者读出多少本书,以及每位作者阅读书籍的顺序.