Jumper
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Chapter One.
第一章的内容。
4 Chapter Two.
4 第二章,第2节。
7 Chapter Three.
7 第 三 章 记.
10 Chapter Four.
10 第4章 (中文(简体) ).
12 Chapter Five.
12 第5章 (英语).
16 Glossary.
16 词汇表。
22 Chapter One “Are we there yet?”
22 章节 一、“我们到了吗? “
my sister asked for the seventh time in less than thirty minutes.
我妹妹在不到30分钟的时间里问了第七次
“Not for another twenty minutes or so,” Mom answered with more patience than I had left.
“再过20分钟,
I was bored, cranky, and not exactly looking forward to a weekend at the grandparents’ in Cave Junction, Oregon.
在俄勒冈州Cave Junction的祖父母的周末,
What kind of a name for a town is that anyway?
这镇子叫什么来着?
I thought as I pursed my lips and stared blankly out the car window, thinking about the million other things I’d rather be doing at this particular moment.
想到我宁愿在这个特殊时刻做无数其他的事。
“Whoa, what on earth is that?”
“这到底是怎么回事? “
I leaned forward in my seat, startled by the huge tower looming before us.
我靠在座位上 被我们面前的巨型塔所吓倒
My sister, Karen, craned her neck to see what I was pointing at, crossing our boundary and invading my space.
我妹妹,凯伦,吊起她的脖子,看看我指的是什么,越过了我们的边界,侵入了我的空间.
I did not care, as I was too preoccupied with the massive structure that had suddenly appeared.
我不管,因为我太关注 突然出现的庞大结构。
“I believe that’s one of the old smoke-jumper towers, Andy,” Mom answered.
“我相信那是旧烟雨塔之一,
“What’s a smoke jumper?”
“什么是烟花跳? “
I asked as I leaned out the window to look up at the thing towering above me like some ancient wooden giant.
我从窗户向外倾斜时 问起像一个古老的木头巨人一样 仰望我上面的东西
A couple of the timbers were rotting, and it looked as if it had been abandoned for years.
有一对夫妇的木材腐烂了,看起来好像被废弃了多年.
“Smoke jumpers are a group of highly trained people who jump out of airplanes to fight wildfires,” Mom explained.
“微笑跳伞者是一群训练有素的人,
“There used to be a smoke-jumping base here in Cave Junction.”
“曾经在Cave Junction有一个烟雾跳出基地。 “
I twisted in my seat to look back at the tower, which was quickly diminishing behind us as we drove away.
我在座位上扭曲回想着塔楼,当我们开车离开时,塔楼正在迅速缩小。
“You should ask Grandpa to tell you about it; he used to be a smoke jumper,” Mom added when I settled back down.
“你应该请外公告诉你,他以前是个跳烟的人,”妈妈说,当我安顿下来时。
She must be pulling my leg, I thought.
她一定是在拉我的腿,我以为。
I couldn’t even picture Dad as a smoke jumper, much less Grandpa; the idea was just too ridiculous.
我甚至无法想象爸爸是个跳烟者,
But what if Mom was telling the truth?
但如果妈妈说的是实话呢?
I wondered if Grandpa really was a smoke jumper.
我想爷爷是不是真的会跳烟?
“Are we there yet?”
“我们到了吗? “
I asked, anxious to get some answers.
我问,急于得到一些答案。
Chapter Two As soon as Dad stopped the car, I jumped out and headed straight for the house.
第 二 章 决 定 爸爸一停车,我就跳出门,直奔房子。
“Hey, hold on a minute, Andy, come back and help with the bags,” Dad said, stopping me in my tracks.
“等等,安迪,回来帮忙收拾行李。”
I groaned in frustration.
我叹息于挫折.
I knew I was supposed to help Dad with the bags, but I desperately wanted to find out what Grandpa knew about the smoke jumpers.
我知道我应该帮助爸爸 包, 但我迫切想 找出爷爷知道什么 关于烟跳。
As I stood there debating what to do, Grandma rushed out the door.
我站在那里辩论该怎么做时,奶奶冲出门来。
“You’re finally here!”
“你终于来了!”
she exclaimed joyfully from the front porch.
她从前门门廊欢快地说
Grandpa walked by her and limped down the stairs, tightly gripping the rail for balance.
爷爷从她身边走过 瘸了下楼梯 紧紧抓住了铁路平衡
There’s no way he could have jumped out of airplanes and fought fires, I thought to myself.
他不可能从飞机上跳出,
My excitement gone, I turned around and went back to help Dad with the bags.
我兴奋死了,我转过身去帮爸爸收拾行李
It was hotter inside the house than it was outside.
家里比外面更热
The windows were all open, desperately encouraging the breezes to come in, but so far none had accepted the invitation.
窗户都开着,令人绝望地鼓励着微风进来,但迄今还没有人接受邀请。
I paced back and forth restlessly.
我不停地回转
Mom and Grandma were busy chatting in the kitchen as they prepared dinner.
妈妈和奶奶在厨房里闲聊 他们准备了晚餐
Dad was in the living room discussing his latest project with Grandpa, and Karen was sitting on the porch swing reading a story to her three favorite dolls.
爸爸在客厅里和外公讨论他最新的项目,而凯伦正坐在门廊上摇摆地向她最爱的三个娃娃读出一个故事.
I was just bored out of my mind, wandering aimlessly through the house, stopping every now and then to inspect objects from the past that adorned my grandparents’ home.
偶尔停下来检查过去装饰我祖父母家的物品。
In one room I found an old push-pedal sewing machine that Grandma apparently still used, since there was a pile of clothes in a basket next to it.
在一个房间里,我发现了一台老式的推板缝纫机,奶奶显然仍在使用,因为旁边有一个篮子里有一堆衣服.
In another room I discovered an old turntable with a stack of faded cardboard record jackets.
在另一个房间里,我发现了一个旧的转盘 有一堆已淡出的纸板唱片夹克。
“Haven’t they heard of CDs?”
" 他们没有听说过CD吗? “
I muttered, absently flipping through the stack of unfamiliar musicians.
我喃喃自语 不知不觉地翻来翻去 一群陌生的音乐家
I quickly got bored with them and opened the door to the library.
我很快厌倦了他们,打开了图书馆的大门.
There was a multitude of photographs in the room.
房间里有很多照片。
Some were black and white, and others were brown and faded, and they resided on shelves, tables, and walls.
有些是黑白相间的,有些是棕色并被淡出,他们住在书架、桌子和墙上。
I skimmed over the photographs, not really paying much attention to their content, since they were mostly of people I did not know.
我从照片上略微省略了一下,
One photograph, however, made me stop in my tracks.
然而,一张照片让我停止在我的跟踪。
It was a group shot of about twenty men in front of an airplane and a sign that read “Gobi Smoke Jumper Base.”
飞机前有大约20人被一群人射中,一个标语是“Gobi Smoke Jumper Base”。 “
“Oh my goodness, Mom wasn’t kidding.”
妈妈不是在开玩笑。 “
Excited, I grabbed the photograph and ran out of the room.
兴奋,我拿起相片跑出房间。
Chapter Three “Grandpa, were you a smoke jumper?”
第三章“爷爷,你跳过烟吗? “
I burst into the living room and handed him the photograph.
我冲入客厅,把照片交给他。
He looked down at the picture and slowly began to trace the faces with his finger, and a smile played about his mouth as he looked back up at me.
他低头地看着照片,慢慢地开始用手指去追踪面孔,在回望我时,一笑一笑地弹出口相.
“I sure was, Andy,” he said as he pointed to one of the faces in the group.
“安迪,我确实如此”,他说,当他指向小组中的一面时。
“That’s me right there.”
“这就是我。 “
I leaned closer to examine the face.
我靠得更近 检查的脸。
The young man smiling back at me looked a lot like my dad.
那个笑我笑的年轻人长得和我爸很像
I looked down at Grandpa, but I didn’t see much of a resemblance.
我俯视外公,
“Of course, that was quite a few years ago,” Grandpa added with a chuckle.
“当然,那已经是相当几年前的事了,”爷爷说,
I took the photo from him and flopped down on the floor.
我从他那拍了相片 摔倒在地上
I could not make the connection between the young man in the photo and the old man sitting in the chair before me.
我不能把照片中的年轻人和坐在我面前的老人联系起来。
“We saw a smoke-jumper tower on the drive over,” Karen announced as she made herself comfortable in Dad’s lap.
卡伦在爸爸的腿上说,
“We used to practice jumping off those towers before we went up in the airplanes,” Grandpa explained.
外公解释道,“我们上飞机之前,曾经练习跳出这些塔楼。”
That was all it took; I could no longer contain my curiosity.
事情就是这样的,我不再有好奇心。
“You jumped off those things?”
“你跳出那些东西? “
I burst out in amazement.
我惊慌失措地爆发了
“They’re so HUGE!
" 他们好痛!
What was it like, Grandpa?
它是什么样子,爷爷?
You know, jumping out of planes, fighting fires?”
你知道,跳出飞机,扑火? “
The barrage of questions literally flew out of my mouth.
一堆问题从我嘴里飞出
Grandpa smiled and settled back into his chair.
外公微笑并安顿在椅子上.
He had a captive audience and a very good story to tell.
他有一个被囚禁的观众 和一个非常好的故事。
Chapter Four “I was just eighteen years old when I became a smoke jumper,” he began.
第四章“我刚满18岁,
“It was the summer of 1946, and the previous year my buddies Charlie, Greg, and I signed up for smoke-jumper training.
“那是1946年的夏天,去年,我的好友查理、格雷格和我报名参加烟酒训练。
Everyone thought we were crazy for wanting to jump out of planes and fight fires.”
大家都以为我们想从飞机上跳出 扑灭火灾而疯狂 “
He shook his head and laughed at the memories that came back.
他摇起头来取笑回来的记忆.
“You had to be in top physical condition to be a smoke jumper,” Grandpa continued.
外公继续说,“你必须身体状况良好才能成为跳烟者”。
“The test was grueling.
“这项试验令人发指。
Hard to imagine now, but back then I could do twenty-five push-ups, forty-five sit-ups, and pack over a hundred pounds of gear three miles in under ninety minutes.”
现在很难想象,但那时我可以做二十五个俯卧撑,四十五个坐起, 并打包一百多磅的齿轮 三英里内90分钟。 “
He chuckled again.
他又丢弃了
“Oh, it was a very tough course.
" 哦,这是一个非常艰难的过程。
Charlie dropped out after the first week and trained instead to be a spotter; turned out he made the right decision, since he was the best darn spotter in the business.”
查理在第一个星期后退学,训练他成为一名监视员;结果他做出了正确的决定,因为他是这个行业中最出色的监视员. “
“Spotter?”
“打点? “
I was about to ask what a spotter was when Grandpa started back in on the story.
我当时正要问爷爷重回故事时 监视器是什么
“Charlie called it in at about 5 a.m.
“Charlie于上午5时左右打电话过来。
He’d spotted a fire from one of the towers and alerted Jack, the fire chief, and by 5:30 we were all at the base listening as Jack briefed us on the situation.”
并通知消防队长杰克, 至5:30时, “
He paused for a second and Dad took the opportunity to explain.
他停了一会儿 爸爸趁机解释
“The spotter looks for fires and decides where the smoke jumpers need to go and where they are going to land.”
“观察者寻找起火地点, “
“I probably should explain first that it was late August, and we were smack in the middle of peak fire season,” Grandpa continued.
“我或许应该首先解释八月下旬,
“It hadn’t rained in over a month, the temperatures were averaging ninety degrees daily, and we were making jumps practically every week.”
我们几乎每周都跳跃。 “
“However,” he stated emphatically, “no one expected the fire we faced that day.
“然而,”他强调,“没有人预料到我们当天面临的火。
By 6 a.m., Greg and I were crammed like sardines with the rest of the smoke jumpers in the belly of the DC-3 airplane.
到了早上6点,格雷格和我像沙丁鱼一样被塞入DC -3飞机腹中 剩下的烟雾跳跃者。
Charlie relayed information from the open doorway at the back to the pilots in the cockpit, and they responded immediately, banking left to head to the selected drop target.”
查理从后座的开口道向驾驶舱内的飞行员传递了信息,他们立即响应,向左行驶去前往选定的投放目标. “
speed.”
开快. “
Grandpa’s voice rose with excitement.
外公的声音激动地升起。
“The wind whipped at my face and tugged at my mouth as I counted, ‘One, one thousand, two, one thousand, three.’
“我数起,那阵风鞭打我的脸,拖住我嘴,`一、一、一、二、一、三。 " ; "
Then WHOOSH!”
然后,呜呼!”
He flung his arms up over his head.
他举起手来
“The parachute snapped open, abruptly halting my descent and sending my legs flying up over my head.
“降落伞被打开,突然停止我的下行,并把我的腿飞到头上去。
I spun around and around, spiraling downward through the smoke and heading right toward the flames.
我绕来绕去 从烟雾中向下飞去 朝着火焰走去
Instinctively, I shifted my weight left and right until I regained control and maneuvered my chute toward the jump spot, where I hit the ground with a bone-crushing thud.”
直觉上,我左右转来转去 直到我恢复了控制 并把降落伞移向了跳跃点, 在那里,我用打骨击地。 “
Grandpa paused for a moment, looking a bit worn out from the excitement of the jump.
外公暂停了一会儿 看着跳跃的刺激有点磨损
I hoped he wasn’t going to stop now.
我希望他现在不会停下来。
“One by one the others in my group landed around me, followed by our gear,” he continued in a softer voice.
“我集团中的其他人一个接一个地落在我身边,然后是我们的装备”,他继续以更温和的声音发言。
“We quickly strapped the hundred pounds of gear on our backs and donned our makeshift helmets.
“我们迅速将100磅的装备绑在背上,并戴上临时头盔。
Five minutes ago we were safe in the belly of the plane that circled overhead, and now we were heading straight into the fire.”
五分钟前,我们在飞机的腹地里安全了 飞机在空中盘旋,现在我们正直入大火中。 “
Chapter Five “The small fire that had started just over an hour before had grown quite rapidly in size and strength.
第五章 “一个多小时前开始的小规模火灾在规模和强度上都迅速增长。
Urged on by gusting winds and fueled by acres of crisp, dried grass, it had raced forward, jumping ditches and small streams and evolving into the raging wall of flames before us.
它因被狂风所激起 并被一亩干燥的干草所激起 它向前跑 跳出沟渠和小溪 并演变成火焰之墙
Our job was to contain the fire perimeter, extinguishing all spot fires and flare-ups, which are little fires that start from the big fire and add to it, before they swept out of control.
我们的工作是控制防火范围,扑灭所有点火和照明弹,这是从大火起火并增加火力的小火,在它们冲出控制范围之前.
We put out a total of sixteen spot fires in three hours, succeeding in containing the fire in one area, but we were unable to put it out.
我们在三个小时内共扑出16起点火,成功遏制了一地的火灾,但未能扑灭.
“The fire inched closer and closer to the row of trees at the base of the mountain.
“火更靠近山底一行树木。
Fingers of flame licked at the bark, igniting the trees one by one like they were candles on a birthday cake.”
火焰指向树皮 逐一地点燃树木 就像生日蛋糕上的蜡烛 “
I wiped the sweat from my brow, imagining the heat of the fire.
我从眉毛上擦出汗来 想象出火的热量
“You think it’s hot in here, boy,” Grandpa looked over at me.
“你觉得这里很热,
“But nothing can prepare you for the heat of a wildfire.
“但没有什么能让你为野火所烧。
You don’t just see the fire; you hear it, taste it, and feel it,” he continued.
他继续说道:
“A deafening roar filled the air; it was as if a freight train were bearing down on us.
“一股震耳欲聋的咆哮充斥了空气;这仿佛是一列货运列车冲向了我们。
The heat wrapped around us like a heavy blanket that immediately got soaked with the sweat streaming down our backs and faces.
我们周围的热气就像被一被厚重的毯子 被汗流到我们的背上和脸上 立即浸透了
We were completely surrounded by smoke; our eyes burned and we scorched our throats every time we took a breath.
我们完全被烟雾所包围;我们的眼睛被烧了,每呼吸一口气,我们的喉咙就烧焦了。
We were running out of air, the fire was sucking up all the oxygen, and the clouds of black smoke began spiraling upward in search of the fresh air we so desperately needed.
我们耗尽了空气,火正在吸取所有的氧气, 黑烟云开始上升, 寻找我们迫切需要的新鲜空气。
not a good sign.”
不是一个好兆头。 “
Grandpa leaned over and took the photograph from my hands.
爷爷靠过来 从我手上取了相片
I was gripping it so hard I’d almost cracked the glass.
我拼命地抓住它,
It was a good thing he took it away from me, because the story got even more intense.
幸好他把它从我身上拿走了 因为故事变得更激烈了
“ ‘CROWN FIRE!’
" :"飞来飞去! " ; "
the line scout yelled, and I looked up in time to see flames bursting from the clouds of smoke just five feet above my head.
线上侦察员大叫,我及时抬头,看到烟雾从我头上五英尺高的云中喷出火焰.
Once the fire reaches the crowns of the trees, it leaps from tree to tree in midair, and almost nothing can stop it.
火一到树冠上就从树上跳到中空的树上,几乎什么也阻止不了.
The foreman issued orders rapidly as we all headed for our escape routes.
领头人迅速下达了命令 当我们都前往我们的逃生路线。
There was nothing we could do but hope that the crews ahead of us were successful in creating the backfire.
我们只能希望前面的船员们成功制造出后火.
It was the only way to stop a crown fire, and our only hope of saving the town of Goldberg.”
这是阻止冠地起火的唯一办法 我们拯救戈德堡镇的唯一希望 “
“Did you save the town, Grandpa?”
“爷爷,你拯救了小镇吗? “
Karen asked anxiously.
凯伦急着问
“Shhh.”
“嘘。”
I scowled at her for interrupting the story at such a critical point.
我骂她 打断了故事 在如此关键的时刻。
Thankfully, Grandpa continued.
幸好外公继续说
“The two fires, the wildfire and the backfire that had been set, approached each other like longtime enemies.
“两起火灾,即野火和被设定的倒火,像长期敌人一样相向而来。
They roared noisily, battling over who had the right of way.
他们无声地咆哮着,为谁有路权而斗争。
Flames rose into the air like arms as they each tried to push their way forward.
火焰像手臂一样升入空气中 当他们各自试图推动前进时
Crackling and sparking, they continued the fight, gradually losing strength and slowly wearing each other down.
相克而相克而相克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克
They had both left behind a trail of destruction, and since there was nothing left to feed the fires, they both eventually burned out.”
他们都留下了毁灭的痕迹,由于火力已无济于事,他们最终都烧光了. “
“Yippee, you saved the town, Grandpa!”
"Yippee,你拯救了小镇,爷爷!"
Karen clapped her hands.
凯伦拍了她的手。
“Yes we did,” Grandpa smiled.
“是的,”爷爷笑了。
“The jump was a success.
“跳跃是成功的。
We had saved the town of Goldberg.”
我们拯救了戈德堡镇 “
“Success?”
“成功? “
I didn’t share my sister’s reaction.
我不同意我妹妹的反应。
“What about the thousands of acres of land that were destroyed, Grandpa?
“爷爷,数千英亩被摧毁的土地怎么办?
Didn’t anyone care about the land?”
没有人关心这片土地吗? “
I demanded, completely flabbergasted that no one else seemed concerned about this matter.
我要求, 完全炫耀, 没有人似乎关心此事。
“Of course we cared, Andy.
“我们当然关心,安迪。
It would be close to impossible to find a smoke jumper who didn’t care first and foremost about the land,” Grandpa responded seriously.
很难找到一个不关心土地的烟雾跳跃者。
“But these were acts of Mother Nature, and Mother Nature always finds a way of taking care of herself.
“但这些都是大自然的行为,大自然总是找到一种照顾自己的方式。
In fact, they’re finding out that having a fire every once in a while is good for the land.
事实上,他们发现,偶尔起起火对土地有好处。
Fires happen naturally, and when people keep preventing them and putting them out, more and more dead, dry material builds up.
火灾自然而然地发生,当人们不停地阻止并扑灭后,越来越多的人死去,干燥的材料会积聚起来.
Then when a fire finally does come through, it’s a tragedy.”
当一场大火终于来临, “
“Believe me,” he added, “I’ve seen my fair share of wildfires and witnessed firsthand the resilience of nature.
“相信我,”他补充说,“我看到了我相当一部分野火,亲眼目睹了自然的坚韧性。
I promise, fresh vegetation and new life does rise up from the ashes.”
我保证,新鲜的植被和新的生命确实从灰烬中崛起。 “
I was a little embarrassed by my outburst, but more amazed at how strongly I felt about protecting nature and its wildlife.
我对暴动感到有些尴尬, 但更惊奇的是,我对保护自然及其野生动物有多强烈的感觉。
“Looks like there may be a bit of smoke jumper in you, Andy,” Grandpa said proudly.
外公自豪地说,“看来你身上可能有些烟雾跳出。
“Dinner’s ready!”
" 晚餐准备好了! "
Grandma announced from the kitchen.
奶奶在厨房里宣布了
“Just in time,” Grandpa said, rising stiffly from the chair and rubbing his belly.
爷爷说,“恰好及时,”他从椅子上站起,并摸出肚子来。
Karen sprang from Dad’s lap and raced down the hall, her bare feet slapping on the wood floors.
Karen从爸爸的腿上跑来跑去,
The kitchen door slammed against the wall as she burst in.
厨房的门在她冲进来时被撞倒了墙.
“Karen, don’t run in the house,” I heard Mom scolding.
“Karen, 别跑进屋子里,” 我听到妈妈骂人。
Dad and Grandpa shook their heads and laughed at the energy my sister always displayed.
爸爸和外公摇头取笑我姐姐总是表现出的能量
I picked up the photo from the floor and followed them into the kitchen.
我从地上拿起相片,跟着他们走进厨房.
I could now see the resemblance between the young man in the photo and my Grandpa.
我现在可以看到照片里的年轻人和我爷爷的相似之处.
I scanned the other faces, wondering which ones were Charlie, Jack, and Greg.
我扫描了其他的面孔 想知道哪些是查理、杰克和格雷格
“Hey, Grandpa, who’s the girl in this picture?”
“爷爷,这张照片里的女孩是谁? “
I asked as I slid into my seat.
我一滑入座位就问了
“That’s your grandma.
"那是你的外婆。
Did I forget to mention that she flew the plane we jumped out of?”
我忘了提她开的飞机吗? “
I stared open-mouthed at the tiny, gray-haired woman at the end of the table.
我盯着桌子末端那个小而灰发的女人 张开嘴
“Let’s save that story for after dinner, Andy,” Grandma suggested with a smile.
Andy, “让我们把这个故事留到晚饭后再说吧, ”奶奶笑着建议。
I smiled back.
我笑了回来。
This weekend wasn’t turning out to be so boring after all.
这周末也没那么无聊。