Ocean Quiz
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。
6 Chapter 3.
6 第3章,第6节。
9 Chapter 4.
9 第4章 (中文(简体) ).
17 Chapter 5.
17 第5章 (中文(简体) ).
22 Glossary.
22 词汇表。
24 Chapter 1 Just as Maggie and her parents sat down for dinner, the telephone rang.
24 章 次 页 次 1 就在Maggie和她父母坐下吃晚饭的时候 电话响了
Maggie sprang up to answer it, dashing into the other room and leaving a clattering fork on the floor behind her.
玛姬突然冲入另一间房间,在她身后地上留下了一分叉.
She shouted so loudly that her parents heard every word.
她大声地叫喊,以至于她的父母听到每个字.
“Did we make it?”
“我们成功了吗? “
she gasped, without even saying hello.
她没打招呼就喘气了
“You’re kidding; who else?
" 你在开玩笑;还有谁?
Oh no, not that know-it-all.
哦,不,没有,这是全知道。
Well whatever, as long as you and I are on the team.
好吧,只要你和我在团队。
I’ll see you tomorrow.”
明天见。 “
Maggie hopped back into the kitchen, where her parents were smiling.
玛姬跳回了厨房 她父母在厨房笑
be great!”
赞美吧!
“Slow down, Maggie, you haven’t won yet,” Maggie’s mother laughed.
Maggie的母亲笑道,
“I’ll bet it’s going to be a lot of responsibility representing the entire school.”
“我敢打赌, “
“And you shouldn’t get so wrapped up in the contest that you neglect your other subjects,” said her father.
她父亲说, “你不应该在比赛中被包住,
Maggie giggled, “I’ll be fine, and besides, we’ll be learning as we practice for the Quiz Bowl.
Maggie笑道:「我没事,
The topic this year is oceans, which is pretty much the whole planet, since two-thirds of the earth is covered with water.
今年的主题是海洋,几乎是整个地球,因为三分之二的地球被水所覆盖。
Hey, Dad, that snorkeling trip last summer will pay off— I’ll be the only one on the team who’s been in the ocean!
嘿,爸爸,去年夏天的潜水旅行会有所回报的... 我将是唯一一个在海上的团队。
May I be excused?
我可以离开吗?
I think I’m too excited to eat, and do you think you could drive me to the library tonight?”
我认为我太兴奋了, “
Before her parents could open their mouths, Maggie bounded up the stairs, still hollering about winning the Bowl, going to Shamu Ocean World, swimming with dolphins, and kissing whales.
在她的父母能张开嘴之前,玛姬把楼梯捆上,仍然大叫着要赢得碗,去沙木海洋世界,用海豚游泳,接吻鲸鱼.
Then her door happily slammed, and her parents shook their heads.
她的门被撞了,她的父母摇头
Chapter 2 The next day, Maggie and her team got out of math and met in the school library.
章 次 页 次 2,第二天,玛姬和她的团队从数学中脱颖而出,在学校图书馆相会.
Maggie and Caroline were the second ones there, and sitting at a table was Tad, leaning over a book.
玛姬和卡罗琳是第二人,坐在桌子上是泰德,靠在一本书上。
Caroline rolled her eyes a little.
卡罗琳把眼睛卷了一下
Tad looked up.
泰德抬头看
“The first order of business, I think, is for us to decide on a name.
“我认为,首先是由我们决定一个名字。
A team name is critical for defining who we are and intimidating our competitors,” he said.
他说,一个团队名称对于确定我们是谁和恐吓我们的竞争者至关重要。
Then he looked around.
然后他四处看看。
“Aren’t we supposed to have a fourth team member?”
“难道我们不应该有第四组成员吗? “
Just then, Bert rushed in, a little out of breath.
刚才 伯特冲进来了 有点喘不过气
“Sorry I’m late,” he said, blushing.
「抱歉我迟到了」,
“Well, on to business again,” Tad said.
Tad说,
“I nominate Panthalassa, which was the first giant ocean that existed before the continental plates moved and divided.
“我提名Panthalasa,这是大陆板块移动和分出之前存在的第一个巨型海洋。
In fact, Panthalassa still exists, when you realize that all the oceans are connected.”
事实上,Panthalasa依然存在, 当你意识到所有海洋都是相连的。 “
“Oh, please, Tad, everyone knows that there’s the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific, the Indian.
“哦,拜托,泰德,每个人都知道有大西洋、太平洋和印度。
Caroline said.
卡罗琳说。
“Actually, if you look at a globe, you can see how the Pacific and the Atlantic meet below South America, and the Indian joins the Atlantic south of Africa.”
“实际上,如果看一看地球,你可以看到太平洋和大西洋如何在南美洲以下相会,而印度则加入非洲南部的大西洋。 “
Tad slid the globe across the table and spun it under his thin fingers.
泰德把地球滑到桌子上 然后用他一指一指打出它
“Theoretically, you could sail from one ocean to all the others without ever touching land.
“从理论上讲,你可以从一大洋航行到所有其他海洋,而不触及陆地。
We simply divide the oceans for our convenience, but all the continents are just massive islands in an even larger ocean.”
我们只是为了方便而划分出海洋,但所有大陆都只是大海中的大岛. “
“Okay, okay,” Maggie interrupted, “there’s too much information to cover for us to waste time worrying about our name.
“好,好,好,”玛姬打断说,“有太多信息可以遮盖,让我们浪费时间来担心我们的名字。
I think things will go faster if we divide up the research, so I’ve put the names of the different zones of the ocean floor in my bag.
我认为,如果我们把研究分开,事情会更快,所以我把洋底不同区域的名字放进我的包里。
We’ll each choose one, research it, and then share what we’ve found.
我们各自选择一个,研究它,然后分享我们发现的东西。
I’ll pick first.
我先选。
Continental shelf,” Maggie read.
大陆架,“Maggie读了。
“Ah, yes,” Tad sniffed, pushing up his glasses, “you’ll be looking into the shallowest part of the ocean where the land first submerges.
“哦,是的,”塔德嗅到,抬起他的眼镜,“你会在海洋最浅的地方看到陆地首先被淹没。
You may as well be researching a wading pool.”
你也许还在研究一个游泳池 “
“Teamwork, Tad, we don’t have time for insults.
「团队工作,
You draw next, Caroline,” Maggie said.
接下来你画画,卡罗琳,"玛姬说.
“Continental slope,” Caroline read.
卡罗琳读到“持续坡度”,
“Another easy one,” Tad said.
塔德说,“另一个容易的”。
“The slope is the cliff-like boundary between the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor.
“坡道是大陆架和深海地层之间的类似悬崖的边界。
And now for my topic.
现在,我的主题。
the abyssal plain.
深渊平原
I’ll be covering the entire ocean floor, including mountain ranges, valleys, hills, faults, and even seamounts, which are undersea volcanic mountains higher than the Himalayas.”
我将覆盖整个洋底, 包括山脉、山谷、山地、断层、甚至海山, “
“Save it for the Quiz Bowl,” Caroline grumbled.
“为了Quiz Bowl拯救它”,Caroline抱怨。
Bert reached in and drew the last piece of paper.
伯特伸手画出最后一张纸
“Ocean trenches,” he said.
他说,“海洋战壕”。
“Bert, I envy you; you’ll be studying the most recent discoveries about the deepest and darkest places in the ocean.
“贝尔特,我羡慕你;你将研究关于最深最黑暗海域的最新发现。
Trade with me,” said Tad.
Tad说,
“No trades,” Maggie insisted.
Maggie坚持“不做交易”。
“We don’t have time.
我们没有时间。
There are only three weeks until the Kid Quiz Bowl, so we all need to get to work.”
离基德Quiz碗只有三个星期了 所以我们都需要工作 “
Chapter 3 Caroline flopped down in a chair in front of a library computer.
第三章 Caroline倒在图书馆电脑前的椅子上
She logged on to the Internet and typed “continental slope” into a search engine.
她登录到互联网上,并将“大陆坡”输入搜索引擎。
The search brought back hundreds of hits, and Caroline sighed.
搜索带回了上百个点击,而卡罗琳叹息.
She started searching for Web sites about movie stars.
她开始搜索有关电影明星的网站.
Then she saw Tad browsing the shelves behind her, and she quickly went back to oceans.
后来她看到泰德在她身后浏览了货架,她很快地回到了海洋.
Research is annoying, she thought, taking a look around the library.
她觉得研究很烦人 在图书馆周围看看
She spied a sign on the ceiling that pointed to another room.
她在天花板上发现了一个指向另一个房间的标志.
“Videos,” it read.
“Videos,”读作。
The librarian helped Caroline find a stack of tapes about the oceans, even stuff on animals and fishing and things that she didn’t think she’d need.
图书馆员帮助Caroline找到一叠有关海洋的磁带,
She chose one about deep ocean submarines that explore the continental slope, popped it in the VCR, and began to take notes.
她选择了一个探索大陆坡地的深海潜艇,在VCR中弹出,并开始作笔记.
The continental slope was like an underwater cliff, sometimes dropping from 200 meters (660 ft) down to 5,000 meters (3 mi).
大陆坡地形像一通水下悬崖,有时从200米(660英尺)下至5000米(3米).
At the top of the slope was Maggie’s area, the continental shelf.
坡地上方是玛姬所处区域即大陆架.
Rivers deposited sediment onto the shelf until the sediment pushed to the edge of the slope and rained down the cliff wall.
河流将沉积物沉积于地架上,直到沉积物被推向了坡地边缘并下起下悬崖壁.
The sediment landed at the bottom, forming a soft, sloping pile called the continental rise.
沉积物从底部起落,形成一个软而斜的堆积,称为大陆起落.
The rise could stretch across the ocean floor for 1,000 kilometers (600 mi).
上升可能跨越洋底长达1000公里(600米).
In the video, scientists launched the submarine in the water above the continental slope.
在影片中,科学家在大陆坡上方的水中出动了潜艇.
Once it got to the edge of the slope, it began to descend, shining a floodlight on the cliff wall.
一旦到达了坡地边缘,它开始下行,在悬崖壁上闪出一盏通光灯.
All along the slope grew the sun-loving ocean plants and animals Caroline was familiar with.
沿着坡地生长出热爱太阳的海洋植物和动物卡罗琳所熟悉.
She spotted brain coral and sea pens, sea urchins, anemone, shrimp and lobster, even an octopus.
她发现了脑珊瑚和海笔,海胆,海葵,虾和龙虾,甚至一只章鱼.
Sharks and other fish swam by.
鲨鱼和其他鱼类游过
Then the water began to get darker, and the plants began to disappear, leaving just squid and some dark-colored fish.
后来水开始变暗,植物也开始消失,只剩下乌贼和一些深色的鱼.
The fish began to get strange looking, with large mouths, huge eyes, and even little glowing spots.
鱼开始变得怪异的外观,有大口,大眼睛,甚至小发光斑.
Then everything outside the submarine’s floodlight was black.
潜水艇外的一切都是黑色的。
Occasionally a tiny light swam by, but when it swam into the light, the little glowing animal turned out to be totally transparent.
偶尔一个微小的光会游来游去, 但是当它游去到光中时, 微小发光的动物会变得完全透明。
Then, with a whoosh, the submarine brushed the bottom, churning up clouds of dust.
然后,用高呼声, 潜艇刷了底部, 冲出一团尘埃。
This was the muddy sediment that sloughed off from the river deposits on the continental shelf.
这是从大陆架上河流沉积而出泥沙。
The submarine had reached the continental rise.
潜艇已经到达了大陆的上升。
Bert couldn’t seem to find any information on ocean trenches, and he couldn’t understand why Tad was so excited about them.
Bert似乎找不到关于海沟的任何信息,
The librarian told him that most of the research was pretty new, so it wasn’t widely available.
图书馆员告诉他,大部分研究是相当新的,
There weren’t any books in the school library, and the one he found in the public library was full of super-long science words.
学校图书馆里没有任何书籍, 他在公共图书馆里发现的书充满了超长的科学词汇。
Plus, he was way behind in his other homework.
另外,他的其他功课都落后了
He told himself he would only work on his history report for ten minutes, but when he looked up, it was an hour later.
他告诉自己,他只做十分钟的历史报告,但当他抬头看时,是一小时后.
But then he skimmed through the Guinness Book of World Records and finally found something about trenches.
但后来他通过"世界纪录"的"吉尼斯书"(Guinness Book of World Records)滑行,最终发现了一些关于战壕的东西.
The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean was the deepest point on Earth, at 9.
太平洋的马里亚纳海沟是地球上最深处,在9点.
6 kilometers (6 mi) deep.
6公里(6米)深处.
In 1960, it took the Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard four hours and forty-eight minutes to dive down into the trench in his bathyscaphe.
1960年,瑞士科学家雅克·皮克德(Jacques Piccard)用4小时48分潜入他浴缸里的地沟.
Bert looked up bathyscaphe in the dictionary and wrote down that it meant a small submarine.
伯特在字典中查了一下"浴缸" 并写下这意味着一艘小型潜艇
Then he looked up trench and learned that ocean trenches form when one tectonic plate slides under another, but before he had time to finish writing his sentence, the bell rang.
然后他看了海沟 得知海沟形成 当一个构造板块滑下另一个, 但在此之前,他有时间 写完他的句子,铃声响起。
Maggie tried the same approach as Caroline, sitting down at one of the library computers and typing “continental shelf” into a search engine.
Maggie尝试了与Caroline相同的方法,坐在图书馆的一台计算机上,并将“大陆架”打入搜索引擎。
But instead of giving up when she got hundreds of hits, she began to poke around.
但是,她没有放弃 当她得到上百的点击, 她开始打转。
It wasn’t hard to find information, and Maggie nearly got lost chasing links about coral reefs, fishing practices, and tide pools.
Maggie在珊瑚礁、钓鱼法和潮水池方面几乎失去了追寻联系。
In fact, most of the things she could think of about the ocean fell under the category of the continental shelf.
事实上,她能够想到的海洋大部分属于大陆架范畴。
This was because the continental shelf received the most sunlight, which allowed more sea life to function there than anywhere else.
这是因为大陆架得到的阳光最多,使那里的海洋生物比其他任何地方都多。
It was also the shallowest part of the sea, so more research was done there.
它也是海中最浅的地方,所以在那里做了更多的研究.
The shelf was only about 200 meters (660 ft) deep on average, so it was very shallow compared to the rest of the sea floor.
货架平均只有约200米(660英尺)深,因此与其他海底相比非常浅.
She found out that the land forming the continental shelf was the same land that formed the continents, only the shelf land was underwater.
她发现构成大陆架的陆地是同一片形成大陆的陆地,只有大陆架地被水下.
All of the continents, including Eurasia, North and South America, and Africa, had continental shelves.
包括欧亚大陆、北美和南美洲以及非洲在内的所有大陆都有大陆架。
The width of the continental shelf varied from continent to continent.
大陆架的宽度因大陆而异.
The South American shelf only went out about 200 kilometers (125 mi), while the shelf off the coast of northern Asia stretched into the sea for 1,600 kilometers (1,000 mi).
南美洲的架子只出出出约200公里(125米),而亚洲北部沿海的架子则伸入出海1600公里(1,000米).
Tad walked up one library aisle and down the other, up one aisle and down the other.
泰德走进一个图书馆的过道 和另一个 上一个走道和另一个走道
His books at home had plenty of information about the abyssal plain.
他家里的书中有很多关于深海平原的信息.
In fact, he probably knew as much about the abyssal plain by heart as any of the rest of them would find out about their topics from research.
事实上,他也许对深渊平原一心一意一意的了解 与其他人一样多。
He knew that the plain was the deepest part of the ocean, below 2,000 meters (6,500 ft), and that it covered almost 75 percent of the ocean floor.
他知道平原是海洋最深处,低于2000米(6500英尺),它覆盖了近75%的洋底.
The total area covered 20, no, 200 million square kilometers (77 million sq mi).
总面积为20亿平方千米(7 700万平方米)。
By contrast, all the land on the planet only covered 150 million square kilometers (58 million sq mi).
相形之下,地球上所有的土地只覆盖了1.5亿平方千米(5800万平方公分).
But there was hardly any life down there because of the intense water pressure and darkness.
但因为水压和黑暗,下面几乎没有生命。
He knew that the volcano Mauna Kea in Hawaii actually rose into the sky all the way from the abyssal plain.
他知道夏威夷的毛纳克亚火山 从深海平原一直升入天空
If you measured it to the bottom, it was a full 10,203 meters (33,346 ft) high.
如果测量到底部,则全高为10,203米(33,346英尺).
That was nearly 1,500 meters (4,921 ft) taller than Mt.
这比"山"高近1500米(4,921英尺).
Everest.
珠峰报.
He also knew that the creatures in the abyssal plain were completely freaky, like the giant squid, which until recently, no human had ever seen alive.
他还知道深海平原上的生物是完全怪异的,就像巨型乌贼一样,直到最近,还没有人见过活生生的.
Tad privately thought he’d be just the right biologist to discover new creatures in the deep.
塔德私下认为他只是一名正确的生物学家,
This research is a snap, he thought, without ever opening a book.
他认为,这项研究是一团糟,没有打开一本书。
A few days before the Quiz Bowl, the kids came together and shared their information.
在"Quiz Bowl"前几天,孩子们聚集一堂,分享了他们的信息.
“This is awesome, guys.
"这是真棒,伙计们。
You brought back tons of facts,” Maggie said.
Maggie说,“你带回了很多事实。”
“Well, except you, Bert,” Tad said.
"嗯,除了你, 伯特,“泰德说。
“Couldn’t you find anything else to report on besides the deepest trench?”
“除了最深的战壕之外,你能不能找到其他的报告? “
“Well,” Bert stammered, “I sort of ran out of time.
“嗯,”伯特结巴地说:“我时间不多了。
It’s tough with all my other classes, and you wouldn’t believe how little information there was.”
我其他班级都很难接受, “
“But what about the undersea geysers?
“但是,海底宝石呢?
The mineral-spewing chimneys that send boiling toxic plumes into the ocean depths, feeding bacteria?
矿泉烟囱把沸腾的有毒羽毛送入海洋深处,喂食细菌?
The fantastic tube worms and giant clams that scientists had assumed could not live without light?”
神奇的管状蠕虫和巨蛤 科学家们认为没有光就无法活下来? “
Tad demanded.
塔德要求我这么做
“Okay, it’s all right,” Maggie said.
Maggie说,
“We have plenty to work with, and Bert’s right, it’s tough with our other classes.
“我们有很多工作要做, 伯特说得对,
We all just have to work as a team, because the Quiz Bowl is this weekend.”
我们都得作为一个团队工作 因为Quiz碗就是这个周末 “
And it was.
这是。
Chapter 4 “I’m so nervous I can’t see,” Caroline whispered to Maggie, peeking out from behind the black curtain onto the stage of the auditorium.
卡罗琳悄悄地对Maggie说,
“No kidding,” Maggie whispered back.
Maggie悄悄回话。
The bright stage lights shone right in their eyes.
明亮的舞台灯光照亮了他们的眼睛。
Bert nervously chewed a pencil, Caroline hopped from foot to foot, and Maggie could feel her palms sweating.
伯特紧张地咀嚼了一支铅笔,卡罗琳从一脚跳到一脚,玛姬能感觉到她的手掌出汗.
The bright lights, the audience, and the pressure to win were more than the team had counted on.
明亮的灯光,观众,取胜的压力都超过了球队所期望的.
This was the final round, and they were battling Shelbyville for the field day at Shamu Ocean World.
这是最后一轮比赛 他们和谢尔比维尔在沙穆海洋世界的战地比赛
The only one who looked calm was Tad, who stood perfectly still.
只有塔德看起来很平静,他站得很稳。
“Okay, Deerfield, you’re on,” the stage manager said.
舞台经理说,
The team walked nervously to their platform and stood in a row behind their four red buttons, waiting for the questions to begin.
队伍紧张地走进他们的站台,并排到他们四个红色按钮后一行站起,等待问题开始.
The host stood at a podium with a booming microphone.
主持人站到主席台上,用一个高涨的麦克风。
“Welcome, everyone, to the final round of the seventh annual Kid Quiz Bowl competition.
“欢迎各位参加第七届基德·奎兹碗年度比赛的最后一轮。
We’re down to our last two teams, and the one that wins this round will receive the free trip to Shamu Ocean World for their whole school!
赢得本轮比赛的球队将获得全校沙木海洋世界免费出道的机会!
If you think you know the answer to the question, quickly hit the buzzer and you will get a chance to respond.
如果你认为你知道问题的答案, 迅速击中蜂鸣器, 你会得到一个回应的机会。
If you miss a question, the other team automatically gets a chance to respond.
如果你错过一个问题,另一支球队就自动得到回应的机会.
Are we ready?
准备好了吗?
Question one: What is the largest ocean on Earth?”
问题一: 什么是地球上最大的海洋? “
Caroline smacked her red button.
卡罗琳打了她的红色按钮。
Buzz!
巴兹!
“Deerfield, your answer is?”
"狄尔菲尔德,你的回答是? “
“The Pacific,” screamed Caroline.
“太平洋”叫出Caroline的叫声。
“You’re right, for one point.”
" 你说得对,有一点。 “
The team hopped up and down before the host moved on.
球队在主机前进前上下跳出.
“Question two: What is the world’s largest fish?”
“问题二: 世界最大的鱼是什么? “
Buzz!
巴兹!
The question went to Shelbyville.
问至舍比丘.
“The whale shark,” came an answer from the opposing side.
“鲸鲨”,来自对立方的答复。
“One point for Shelbyville.
“谢尔比维尔的一分。
Question three: What does salinity mean?”
问题三: 盐度是什么意思? “
Buzz!
巴兹!
“Shelbyville, your answer?”
"谢尔比维尔,你的回答? “
“Saltiness,” replied the same student from the other side.
“Saltiness,”从另一边回答同一名学生。
“Question four: What material makes up most of the Great Barrier Reef?”
“问题四: 大堡礁的大部分是什么材料? “
Buzz!
巴兹!
It seemed like Deerfield just wasn’t fast enough.
鹿田似乎不够快。
“Limestone!”
莱姆斯通!
called out one member of the Shelbyville team.
召集了谢尔比维尔队的一名成员
“I’m sorry, Shelbyville, that is incorrect.
" 对不起,谢尔比维尔,这是不正确的。
Deerfield, you get a chance to give the correct answer.”
鹿场,你有机会给出正确的答案。 “
“Coral!”
科罗尔!
Maggie shouted.
玛姬大叫.
The teams went back and forth, one breaking into the lead, the other catching up, until all thirty questions had been asked.
队伍前后相继出击,一发突入先锋,一发突入后追赶,直到三十个问题都问出.
It was fifteen and fifteen—a tie, so there had to be a tiebreaker.
是15和15个领带,所以必须有一个领带断开。
The host got a serious look on his face.
主持人的表情很严肃.
“Since this question will break the tie and determine the overall winner of this competition, it will be a little different from the previous ones.
“由于这个问题会打破平局,决定这场比赛的总体胜出者,因此与前几次大相径庭。
Each team may nominate one member to represent it.
每个小组可提名一名成员代表小组。
That member alone will answer the question.
该成员将单独回答这个问题。
We’ll take a little break to give each team time to choose its representative.”
让每个团队有时间选择自己的代表。 “
The team huddled.
队伍拥起.
“Why haven’t you been answering any questions, Tad?”
为何你没有回答任何问题, “
asked Maggie.
问玛姬。
“Oh, these questions have all been pretty simple, so I thought I’d give the rest of you guys a chance,” Tad said, shrugging.
「哦,这些问题都很简单, 所以我想给你们一次机会,
“Well, you should be the perfect candidate to represent our team for the tiebreaker,” Maggie said.
Maggie说:“你应该成为代表我们团队参加决裂赛的完美人选。”
The team agreed to send Tad out, but Tad only responded by shrugging again.
团队同意送出泰德出道,但泰德只以再次灌木回击.
“He’d better be as smart as he acts,” Caroline muttered.
卡罗琳哑口无言。
“Okay,” said the host, returning to the podium.
主持人说,“好吧,”回到讲台上。
it located?”
它在吗? “
Maggie started laughing, Caroline jumped up and down, and Bert did a victory dance.
玛姬开始取笑,卡罗琳上下跳起,伯特也跳了个胜利之舞.
There was no way Tad could miss this one—after all, he’d made fun of Bert for writing it down, as if everyone already knew it.
塔德不可能错过这个, 毕竟, 他嘲笑伯特写下来,
Buzz!
巴兹!
“Deerfield?”
“鹿地? “
“All right!”
"没事!"
Bert burst out before the team could shush him.
伯特在球队赶不上他之前就冲了出来
Then, everything seemed quiet for an awfully long time.
然后,一切都看起来很安静 非常长时间。
“Deerfield, I need your answer,” the host said.
主持人说,“德菲尔德,我需要你的回答。”
“What’s he doing?”
" 他在干吗? “
Caroline hissed.
卡罗琳·胡塞德.
Tad stared blankly ahead.
泰德在前方空白地盯着他
“Fifteen seconds, Deerfield.”
“十五秒后,鹿场。 “
Another long silence.
又一长相寂.
“I’m sorry, Deerfield, but your time is up.
“对不起,
Shelbyville, your question.”
谢尔比维尔,你的问题。 “
“The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean,” the Shelbyville student answered confidently.
“太平洋的马里亚纳海沟”,谢尔比维尔学生有自信地回答。
“You are correct!
“你是对的!
Shelbyville School is going to spend a field day at Shamu Ocean World!”
Shelbyville学校将在Shamu Ocean World放假!
The other team leapt up and down while Maggie, Caroline, and Bert stood sullenly in the wings.
另一支队伍在玛姬,卡罗琳和伯特在翅膀上沉闷地站立时上下跳出.
Tad didn’t move.
塔德不动了。
Chapter 5 Back at school, Maggie, Caroline, Tad, and Bert met at their table in the library.
第五章 回到学校,玛姬,卡罗琳,泰德,伯特在图书馆的桌子上相会.
“What happened to you out there, Tad?”
“你在那里发生了什么事,泰德? “
question was so obvious.”
问题很明显 “
“Yeah, even I knew the answer to the trench question,” Bert said.
“是的,即使是我知道战壕问题的答案,”伯特说。
Tad stared down at his hands and muttered something the rest of the team couldn’t hear.
Tad直视他双手,
“What’s that?”
" 这是什么? “
Maggie asked.
玛姬问.
“I just said I’m sorry I let you guys down.
「我刚才说对不起,
I froze, I choked, I blew it.
我冻僵了,我窒息了,我搞砸了。
I just couldn’t think.
我无法思考,
I knew the answer, but I kept remembering how I treated Bert, and how ironic it was that his information ended up being what we really needed.
我知道答案 但我一直记得我如何对待伯特 讽刺的是 他的信息最终是我们真正需要的
I’m sorry, but I felt so isolated out there.”
对不起, 但我觉得外面很孤立。 “
Maggie, Caroline, and Bert exchanged looks.
玛姬、卡罗琳和伯特交换相貌
“I guess it could have happened to any of us,” Maggie said.
Maggie说,“我想这有可能发生在我们任何人身上。”
“Oh well, we made a good show, and after all, we were tied until the very end.
“好吧,我们做了一个很好的表演,毕竟,我们一直被捆绑到最后。
And they gave us those neat pens with the little clown fish that swim up and down.”
他们给了我们那些整洁的笔 上面和下面的小小丑鱼。 “
“Hey,” Caroline said, “I hear that next year’s topic might be the solar system, and the prize will be a trip to the planetarium.”
“嘿,”卡罗琳说:“我听说明年的主题可能是太阳系, “
“Well that’s a cakewalk!”
“那真是一场蛋糕会!”
Tad cried.
泰德哭了起来。
“I must already know everything there is to know about the solar system, the moons and the asteroid belt and gravitational arcs.
“我必须了解太阳系、月球和小行星带以及引力弧的一切情况。
Tad stopped and then got up and began backing away from the glares of his teammates.
泰德停了下来,然后站起来,开始背出队友的光芒.
Then he turned and ran, with Caroline, Bert, and Maggie chasing him, laughing.
然后他转身跑去,与卡罗琳,伯特,和玛姬追他,取笑.