Treasure Hunt
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
All Kinds of Games When my brother, Sol, came home from South Korea, I think he was a little confused.
所有类型的游戏 我弟弟索尔从韩国回家时 我觉得他有点困惑
He’d been an exchange student there for six months.
他在那里做了六个月的交换生。
During that time, my family hosted Hee Jung, a student from Seoul (SOLE), the capital of South Korea.
在那段时间里,我的家人招待了 熙正(韓語: He),是韩国首都首尔(SOLE)的学生.
She stayed with us for another week, but she spent almost all that time with me.
她和我们待了一个星期 但她几乎都和我在一起
“I thought Hee Jung would be excited to speak Korean with me,” Sol said, “and I thought you would be excited to play basketball with me, but you two are best friends.”
“我以为熙正和我讲韩语会很兴奋,”索尔说:“我以为你们会很兴奋地和我打篮球,但你们是最好的朋友。 “
It wasn’t that way when Hee Jung arrived.
当熙正抵达时,
What sixteen-year-old wants to hang out with a fifth grader?
十六岁的孩子想跟五年级的学生一起玩吗?
But everything changed when she saw me playing Drill, a computer game where you mine minerals.
但一切都变了 当她看到我玩Drill, 一个电脑游戏 你开采矿物。
“You play?”
"你玩吗? “
she asked eagerly, showing me her online profile.
她急切地问我, 给我看她的在线简介。
“I’ve been playing since I was your age!”
“我从你这个年纪就开始玩了!”
From then on, Hee Jung and I played all kinds of games, from massive online games to classic board games to cheesy smartphone puzzles.
从那时起,我和熙正一起玩出各种游戏,从大规模网络游戏到经典的棋盘游戏到俗取的智能手机谜题.
I’d never met anyone else who liked games as much as I did.
我从未见过像我一样喜欢游戏的其他人。
I was happy Sol was back, of course, but I was also sad because that meant Hee Jung had to leave.
我很高兴索尔回来了,当然,但我也很伤心,因为这意味着熙正必须离开.
Sol wasn’t interested in games that weren’t sports.
索尔对不是体育的比赛不感兴趣。
On her last day, Hee Jung pulled me aside while Dad loaded her suitcases into the car.
在她最后一天,熙正把我拉到一边,而爸爸把她的行李装入车里.
“Trey, I made a game for you,” she said.
她说:“特雷,我为你做了个游戏。”
“Like a computer game?”
“像电脑游戏? “
“More like a puzzle.
“更像一个谜题。
I hid a special prize, and I’ll give you clues to find it.
我隐藏了一个特别奖项,
I’ll email you the first clue when I get back to Seoul,” she said, giving me a hug.
我回首尔后会给你第一个线索,
“So we won’t be too sad!”
「所以我们不会太伤心!
The First Clue Before school got out the next day, I checked my email on the class computer and found a message from Hee Jung.
第二天学校出学前的第一克吕,我检查了课堂电脑上的电子邮件,找到熙正的留言.
“Safe in Seoul!
“首尔的安全!
Your first clue is 38.907233, -77.010531.”
你的第一线索是38.907233, -77.010531".
I knew those numbers.
我知道这些数字。
They were coordinates for GPS.
它们是GPS的坐标
When I typed them into an online map, they pointed to Sol’s high school, where Hee Jung also went while she stayed with us.
我把它们打入网络地图时, 他们指向索尔的高中,
I got there just as Sol came out of the building.
索尔从大楼出来的时候我就到了
“Trey, what are you doing here, man?”
“特雷,你在这里做什么,伙计? “
he asked, smiling.
他问起,微笑。
“Hee Jung made a treasure hunt for me, and the first clue is somewhere in your school,” I said.
“熙正为我寻宝,
His smile sagged.
他的笑容被粘住了 他的笑脸被粘住了
“Oh.
“Oh. (英语).
Well, what’s the clue?”
那么,有什么线索? “
“I don’t know, but I’ll bet it’s in the basement, where we played Samurai and Shogun.”
「我不知道, 但我敢打赌, “
Sol followed me down the stairs and into the little room at the back of the basement where Hee Jung had invited me to game nights hosted by a math teacher.
索尔跟着我下楼,进入了地下室后部的小房间,当时熙正邀请我参加由数学老师主持的比赛之夜.
A couple of kids were there now, deep in focus over boxes of collectible cards.
有几个孩子现在在那里, 深度聚焦于盒 收集的卡片。
I tiptoed past them.
我经过了他们。
“I’ve never been down here,” Sol whispered.
「我从未来过这里」,
I spotted a bulletin board covered with flyers.
我发现一个布告板 覆盖了传单。
One was bright purple—Hee Jung’s favorite color—and said “PUZZLE CLUE FOR YOU,” with another set of coordinates.
一个是亮紫色的... 与另一组坐标,
“This must be it!”
“必须如此! “
I shouted, startling the card players.
我大叫着,吓坏了牌手。
“What are those numbers?”
“这些数字是什么? “
Sol asked.
索尔问道.
“GPS coordinates, just like the first clue.
“GPS坐标与第一线索一样。
That’s how I knew to look in your school.”
所以我才知道在你的学校里, “
“Sounds like a weird game, but okay,” Sol said, typing the numbers into the map on his smartphone.
Sol说,将数字输入智能手机地图。
“Wait, are you sure these are right?”
“等等,你确定这些话是对的吗? “
he asked.
他问。
“These would take us to Gettysburg Battlefield—nearly two hours away.”
“这些会带我们去格底斯堡战地——离这里快两小时。 “
Pretty Tricky On our way home, I begged Sol to take me to Gettysburg.
相当狡猾 在回家的路上 我求索尔带我去葛底斯堡
“Are you kidding?
“你在开玩笑吗?
I can’t borrow the car and drive two hours to help you with some weird treasure hunt.”
我无法借车开两小时的车来帮你寻宝。 “
I kicked stones as we walked.
我一边踢石头一边走
“Anyway, isn’t it unfair for Hee Jung to make you go all the way to Gettysburg?”
“不管怎样,熙正要你一路去葛底斯堡是不是不公平? “
I turned that over in my head.
我把它翻到脑后
The clue at school was from something Hee Jung and I had done together.
学校的线索来自我和熙正一起做的事
“Mom and Dad took us there,” I said, thinking aloud.
“妈妈和爸爸带我们到那里,” 我说,大声地思考。
“Pennsylvania was really pretty, and Hee Jung snapped tons of pictures.
“Pennsylvania确实很漂亮,
” Just then, a lightbulb went on in my head, and I sprinted toward home.
“ 刚刚,一个灯泡 在我的头上,我冲向家。
“Hey, wait up!”
“嘿,等等!”
Sol called.
索尔打电话来
Mom helped me find Hee Jung’s photosharing website.
妈妈帮我找到熙正的照片分享网站。
Hee Jung took pictures of everything, from bagels and lox to foggy bus windows.
熙正拍了所有照片,从百吉饼和萝克丝到雾雾巴士窗户.
I scrolled until I spotted the green expanse of Gettysburg.
我滚动到发现葛底斯堡的绿地
There, in a selfie, Hee Jung held a scrap of purple paper with the message, “Go where blue and green meet!”
在那里,在自拍中,熙正拿着一纸紫色的纸,上面写着“去蓝绿相会的地方!”
Just then, Sol came in and peered over our shoulders.
刚才 索爾走入并观看我们的肩膀。
“Whoa, that’s pretty tricky,” he said, sounding impressed.
“哇,这很棘手,”他说,听起来令人印象深刻。
“How long ago did you guys go to Gettysburg?”
“你们多久前去了盖茨堡? “
“Months ago,” Mom said.
“几个月前,”妈妈说。
That’s when I realized just how long Hee Jung had been planning this treasure hunt.
这时我才意识到熙正计划了多久,
“Do you think blue and green mean water and land?”
“你认为蓝色和绿色意味着水和土地吗? “
I asked.
我问。
“It could also be the Metro,” Sol offered.
“也可以是地铁”,Sol提出。
“The only place where the blue line and the green line cross is at L’Enfant Plaza.”
" 蓝线和绿线交叉的唯一地点是L-Enfant Plaza。 “
“Hey, you’re pretty good at this,” I said.
「嘿,你很擅长这个,
Too Easy That Saturday, Sol and I searched every platform and bench of the enormous L’Enfant station, until a Metro employee noticed us.
我和Sol搜索了巨大的L-Enfant站的每个站台和长凳,
“Did you lose something?”
“你失去了什么? “
he asked.
他问。
“We’re on a treasure hunt.
「我们正在寻宝。
My friend left a clue here for me,” I explained.
我的朋友为我留下了一个线索,”
“I’m sorry, but the custodians clean this whole place every night.
但看守每晚都清理这里。
It probably got thrown away.”
可能是被丢掉的 “
Sol put a hand on my shoulder, leading me to the next train home.
索尔把手放在我的肩膀上 带我去下一班火车回家
I was sad about my prize, but I was even sadder that Hee Jung had gone through so much work for nothing.
我为我的奖项感到悲伤,但更伤心的是,熙正经历了这么多活儿白费了.
When we got home, I emailed her.
我们回家后,我给她发了邮件
“If you left it at L’Enfant, it got thrown away.
" 如果你把它留在了L-Enfant,它就被扔了。
:(“ Hee Jung sent back a smiley.
: (“) 熙正送还一笑相.
“That would be too easy, but you are on the right TRACK!
“那太容易了,但你们在正确的TRACK上!
I miss you, but it’s nice to be back in SEOUL.”
我想念你, “
“So it’s not at L’Enfant?”
「所以, “
I wondered out loud.
我大叫地想出来。
Sol looked up from the couch.
索从沙发上看
“It wasn’t?”
" 这不是? “
“Track seems to mean trains, but which trains, if not the Metro?”
“轨迹似乎是指火车, “
I asked.
我问。
“And why is Seoul all in caps?”
“为什么首尔都戴着帽子? “
“Well, there’s a huge subway in Seoul.
首尔有条巨大的地铁。
I got lost there about fifteen times,” Sol said.
我在那里迷路了大约15次,“Sol说。
“Was there a blue line and a green line?”
“是否有一条蓝线和一条绿线? “
I asked.
我问。
“More than one.”
“不止一个。 “
Sol walked over, sat down beside me, and began searching for a map of the Seoul subway.
索尔走过来,坐在我旁边,开始寻找首尔地铁的地图.
The map he found reminded me of a plate of rainbow-colored spaghetti.
他找到的地图让我想起一盘彩虹色意大利面
Sol started reading the names of the stations, which were all in Korean characters.
索尔开始读取这些站名,这些站名都是以韩文为单位.
“How can she expect me to find something I can’t read?”
她怎么能指望我找到我无法阅读的东西? “
I said.
我说了
“Because she knew I could read it.”
“因为她知道我能读懂。 “
Sol pointed to the center of the map.
索尔指向了地图的中心.
A blue line and a green line intersected under a name in English: “City Hall.”
一条蓝线和一条绿线以英文名相交:"City Hall".
Remembering the Gettysburg clue, I flipped through Hee Jung’s photos.
记得葛底斯堡的线索,
“What did Seoul’s city hall look like?”
“首尔的市政厅是什么样子的? “
I asked.
我问。
Sol chuckled.
被丢弃了
“Like an upside-down waterfall from the future.”
“就像未来的倒塌瀑布。 “
“What?”
“什么情况? “
I laughed.
我笑过
I decided to search the Internet for photos of Seoul’s city hall, but when I hit “enter,” I realized I’d accidentally typed “city hall” into my map of Washington, D.C.
我决定搜取首尔市政厅的照片, 但当我"进入"时,
I didn’t even know Washington had a city hall, but the map pointed right to it.
我甚至不知道华盛顿有一个市政厅,
Sol and I looked at each other, and without a word we both ran for our bikes.
索尔和我看着对方, 没有一句话,我们都跑 自己的自行车。
Say Go “I’ll feel bad if I’m wrong again,” Sol called as we biked toward D.C.’s Old City Hall.
说“如果我再犯错,我会很难过 ” 。 索尔在我们骑车去华盛顿老市政厅时打电话来。
“Being wrong is part of the game!”
“错误是游戏的一部分!”
I called back.
我回电话了
Sol shook his head.
索尔摇头了
“See, I still don’t get that.”
我仍然不明白, “
City Hall was a pretty block of buildings with wide lawns.
城市 霍尔是一个漂亮的街区 建筑有宽阔的草坪。
Somehow, I knew this was the place, but after searching the square, we saw nothing.
不知怎的,我知道这是地方, 但是在搜索了广场之后,我们什么也没看到。
“Oh, man, these puzzles are too frustrating,” Sol moaned.
“这些谜题太令人沮丧了,”Sol呻吟。
Just then I spotted a purple envelope tied to a tree branch behind him.
刚刚我发现一个紫色的信封 绑在他后面的树枝上
It felt as though Hee Jung had just been there.
感觉好像熙正刚去过那里
Inside the envelope was a business card from my favorite game store and a note that said, “Just say go!”
信封里有一张我最喜欢的游戏店的名片和一张纸条,上面写着“说走!”
“Go, go, go!”
“走,走,走!”
I shouted, jumping on my bike.
我喊着,跳上我的自行车。
I burst into the store and ran to the counter, where Rick, the owner, grinned as though he’d been expecting me.
我冲入商店跑到柜台, 店主Rick笑了起来,
“I’m supposed to say ‘go,’” I said.
我说,
Rick reached under the counter and retrieved a box wrapped in purple paper.
里克到达柜台下取回了用紫色纸包裹的盒子.
“She wouldn’t tell me what it was,” he said, watching eagerly as I unwrapped it.
“她不会告诉我是什么,”他说,
Inside was a wooden board, plain except for a carved grid like graph paper.
里面是一个木板,平地,除了像图纸一样被雕刻的网格.
There was also a bag of black and white pieces shaped like mints.
还有一袋黑白的碎片形状像薄荷.
“What is that?”
“这是什么? “
Sol asked.
索尔问道.
“That’s Go,” Rick explained, “one of the oldest games in the world.
Rick解释说,“这是世界上最古老的游戏之一。
It’s kind of like checkers, because the rules are simple, but kind of like chess, because it takes a lifetime to master.”
这有点像棋子,因为规则很简单,但有点像棋子,因为掌握棋子需要一辈子。 “
There was also a card with a website address and the message, “We can play online!
还有一张有网站地址的卡片和“我们可以在线播放!
<3, Hee Jung.”
<3,"熙正".
I followed Sol out of the store, lost in thought about the wide-open possibilities of the new game.
我跟着 解出店外,迷倒了新游戏的广开可能性.
“It was pretty cool doing this treasure hunt with you,” he said.
他说,“与你一起去寻宝相当酷。”
“I wouldn’t have found the treasure without your help,” I said.
“没有你的帮助,我找不到宝藏。”
“It’s too bad Hee Jung got you that nice board, but you guys can only play online.”
但你们只能在网上玩。 “
Sol gave me a hesitant smile.
索尔给我一个犹豫的微笑。
“Maybe you could teach me that game, too?”
“也许你也可以教我这个游戏? “
I touched the crisp lines on the board and felt the small, smooth pieces.
我触摸了板子上脆的线条 感觉到小而平滑的碎片
“Bro,” I said, “you’re on!”
" 布鲁, " 我说, " 你上!