Returns
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
“Things have a way of coming back to you, Jess, just like this boomerang,” M’Gwump said, his arm cocked back to throw the curved piece of wood into the air.
M'Gwump说, " 事情有办法回到你身边,Jess,就像这个自来水一样, " 他的手臂被撞回,把弯曲的木头扔到空中去。
“That’s a bunch of hogwash,” Jess said with a hangdog expression on his face.
Jess说,
“Elsie will never come back to me, just like that boomer never comes back to me, M’Gwump.”
“Elsie永远不会回到我身边,就像那个繁荣者永远不会回到我身边,M'Gwump。 “
Jess had spent the whole week freshening bowls of water and laying out seeds in the front and back yards, hoping to encourage his pet dove home.
杰西花了整整一周时间来取出一碗水,并在前后的院子里放出种子,希望能鼓励他的宠物鸽回家.
So far, the only birds that swooped in to nibble were little wrens and a large crow that frightened the wrens away.
目前为止,只有飞来飞去的鸟是小 w和一头将 w吓走的大鸦.
Jess walked up one street of his neighborhood and down another, squinting into the treetops, searching for Elsie’s silhouette among the leaves.
Jess走在附近街道上,
He shook the shrubs in front of every house, whistling and calling, “C’mon, Elsie!
他在每所房子前摇起灌木,吹口哨并喊道:"来吧,艾尔西!
C’mon baby!
来吧,宝贝!
C’mon home!”
回家去吧!
As each day came to a close, he scanned the sky from the front porch in a last desperate hope of seeing Elsie’s beautiful white wings gliding home before dark.
他从前门廊扫描了天空,
At night, as he lay restless in bed, Jess thought about how he had trained Elsie to eat from his cupped hand and to snatch a seed from between his lips.
晚上,当他躺在床上时,杰斯想到他是如何训练埃尔西从被打倒的手上吃东西,从嘴唇之间抢取出一粒种子.
When he watched television or finished homework, Elsie would sit on his shoulder and nip at his cheek, ever so gently—never hard enough to do any damage.
当他看电视或完成作业时,Elsie会坐在他的肩膀上并按住他的脸颊,再轻而易举地——从来没有硬到足以造成任何伤害。
Jess thought she— much smarter than most dogs and cats—was the best pet anyone could have.
杰西认为她——比大多数狗猫聪明得多——是任何人都能拥有的最好的宠物.
Elsie even seemed to know how Jess was feeling.
Elsie似乎知道Jess的感受
When he was in a grouchy mood, she’d cuddle quietly in his lap, close her eyes, and pretend to nap.
她悄悄地抱到他的腿上, 闭上她的眼睛,
When he felt happy, she’d fly and hop around his room acting like a clown, until Jess doubled over in laughter.
当他感到快乐时,她会飞来飞去地跑去他的房间, 像个小丑一样,
Oh, how he missed her!
哦,他怎么错过了她!
All night he listened for her B’coo!
整个晚上他都听她的B-coo!
B’coo!
比库!
but all he heard was an occasional emergency siren and, at dawn, the newspaper woman’s car slowing down so she could lob the day’s headlines onto the driveway.
他听到的只是紧急警笛, 黎明时分,
When Jess wandered around all Saturday morning and didn’t see even one trace of his avian companion, M’Gwump said, “Come on, Jess.
当杰西整个星期六早上到处走来走去却连他的禽兽同伴的痕迹都没有看到时,姆格温普说道:"来吧,杰西.
Let’s go to the park and sling my boomerang for a little recreation.”
让我们去公园, “
As if slinging a boomerang is recreation for me.
仿佛摇摇晃晃 对我来说是娱乐。
Sure it’s fun for M’Gwump.
M'Gwump确实很有趣。
He’s a champion boomerang slinger.
他是一个冠军 boomerang slinger。
When Jess’s M’Gwump was growing up in Australia, he won all sorts of medals and, even though M’Gwump liked to grumble— sometimes—about not having the same “touch,” it was amazing what he could do.
当Jess的M'Gwump在澳大利亚长大时,他赢得了各种奖牌,尽管M'Gwump喜欢抱怨——有时——没有同样的"触摸",但是他能做的是惊人的。
M’Gwump’s throws made it appear as if the boomer was gone forever, but then that sleek, curved piece of wood would turn around, come back, and land right at his feet.
M'Gwump的掷出让它看起来好像繁荣者永远消失,但那片被弯曲的木头会转来转去,回来,然后就降落在他脚下。
No matter how many times M’Gwump has shown me, it’s as if the boomer’s a stubborn mule where I’m concerned—never going where I want it to.
无论M-Gwump给我多少次,
That probably drives M’Gwump crazy because nothing would please him more than to make a champion boomerang slinger out of me.
这或许会让M'Gwump发疯, 因为没有什么能让他高兴的了,
So, Jess agreed to go with M’Gwump and distract himself from trying to find a needle in a haystack.
因此,杰西同意同M'Gwump一起去,并分散自己在干草堆中寻找针头的注意力.
“I bet Elsie’s on her way back to Balboa Island,” Jess told M’Gwump when they arrived at the park.
" 我打赌Elsie正在返回巴尔博阿岛的路上, " 杰西在他们到达公园时告诉了M'Gwump。
“She doesn’t like living in this monster city any better than I do.”
她不喜欢住在这个怪物城市里, “
M’Gwump looked at Jess and came out of his pitching pose.
M-Gwump看着Jess,
“Home is where the heart is, Jess.
“家庭是心脏所在,杰西。
Elsie just may decide she misses you more than she misses the island.”
Elsie可能会决定她更想念你 比她更想念小岛 “
“She probably doesn’t even know how to find food for herself,” Jess said, his voice cracking like eggshells.
她可能甚至不知道如何为自己找食物,
“I’ve taken care of her since she was a baby, and she thinks everyone will treat her like their most-trusted friend.
她认为每个人都会像他们最信任的朋友一样对待她。
Why, she could even attempt to make friends with a mean old tomcat.”
为什么,她甚至可以尝试 交朋友 一个卑鄙的老tomcat。 “
Jess looked down at the ground and kicked a dandelion as he regained control of his emotions.
杰西俯视地上并踢出一把被他重新控制了情绪的花花公子.
“Just like me—attempting to make friends with the mean kids in my new school.”
“就像我一样——试图与我新学校里的坏孩子交朋友。 “
M’Gwump scratched the back of his neck with the boomerang.
M-Gwump用起重机刮了脖子后部。
“Kids around here haven’t exactly been friendly, I guess.”
“这里的孩子们并不太友好, “
“That’s the understatement of the century,” Jess muttered.
Jess轻而易举。
“I remember being teased for my Aussie accent when I moved here as a kid,” M’Gwump recalled.
M'Gwump回忆说,
“Yep, it took some time for me to adjust to things and for things to adjust to me.”
“是的,我花了一些时间来适应事物,适应事物。 “
“That was a thousand years ago.
“那是一千年前的事了。
This is the twenty-first century, Gram PAW.
这是21世纪,奶奶PAW。
Things aren’t the same as when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.”
恐龙在地上漫游, “
The only times Jess called M’Gwump “Grampaw” was when he started talking about the “good old days.”
Jess将M-Gwump称为 " Granpaw " 的唯一一次是,他开始谈论 " 美好的过去 " 。 “
Otherwise, it was M’Gwump, the toddler version of “My Grandpa” that had stuck through Jess’s childhood.
否则,正是M'Gwump,即 " 我爷爷 " 的幼儿版,一直停留在Jess的童年时期。
It wasn’t that Jess minded hearing M’Gwump’s stories, even though he’d listened to most of them a zillion times before, but, once in a while, they were just too old-fashioned.
Jess并不想听到M'Gwump的故事, 尽管他之前已经听了几十亿次,
“Things sure aren’t the same as when I was a kid,” M’Gwump said with a chuckle.
M'Gwump用笑语说,
“When I was a kid I could hurl this boomerang ‘til it was out of sight.
“当我还是个孩子的时候,我可以扔出这根自制龙,直到它消失。
Now I’m satisfied to throw it half the distance, knowing I can still make it return.
如今我满足于抛出一半的距离,
Watch this toss.”
看这个掷出. “
M’Gwump hurled the boomerang into the air.
M-Gwump将吊灯扔入空中。
It twirled up.
It而起.
up.
起来
up into the sky becoming a speck on the horizon, and then, as if M’Gwump were working a remote control airplane, it changed its course and came flying back, gliding in to land a few yards from his feet.
然后,仿佛M-Gwump正在驾驶遥控飞机, 它改变了航向,然后飞回, 滑行到离他脚几码的地方降落。
“It always comes back to you,” Jess said with a lack of enthusiasm, “but not to me.
" 它总是回到你身边, " 杰西以缺乏热情的方式说, " 但对我而言并非如此。
Just like Elsie will probably never come back.”
就像Elsie可能再也回不来了 “
“I wouldn’t be so fast to give up,” M’Gwump said, handing over the boomerang.
M'Gwump说, “我不会那么快放弃,”
“Try it,” he said.
他说,“试试看,”
“Maybe today is your lucky day.
“也许今天是你的幸运日。
Remember: wind, elevation, layover, spin, hardness.”
记住:风,高,悬,自旋,硬. “
Jess whispered to himself M’Gwump’s training chant as he took the boomerang, checked the surrounding area to be sure it was clear, and threw the boomer into the air.
Jess悄悄地告诉自己M'Gwump的训练口号,他拿起自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自制自
But instead of soaring into space, it flopped around like a chicken trying to imitate a sea gull and dropped to the ground.
但是,它没有飞入太空,而是像一只鸡想模仿海鸥而掉到地上来。
“I told you, M’Gwump, I always have to chase after it like a dog playing fetch with himself.”
" 我告诉过你,M'Gwump,我总是要像狗一样在追逐自己。 “
“Keep practicing,” M’Gwump urged.
“继续练习”,M-Gwump敦促。
“It takes a little doing, but once you get the knack, you’ve got it for life.”
“这需要做一些事情,但一旦你得到知识,你就会得到终生。 “
Jess took the boomerang in his right hand and tried again.
杰斯用右手拿起自来自来自来再试.
and again, each time trying to do it just as M’Gwump had shown him.
每次都试图像M'Gwump所显示的那样这样做。
But each time it dropped to the ground with no sign of returning.
但每次掉到地上,都无回落之兆.
Jess looked at the boomerang and made a face.
杰斯看着"出浪"并做了一张相.
“Just one more try, boomer, and that’s the last.
“再试一次,
I’m wasting time with you when I should be looking for Elsie.”
我在浪费时间, “
He threw the boomerang into the air.
他把浮雕扔入了空中
It looped up, not very high, and came down right at the feet of Mitts Morgan, the meanest kid in Jess’s class.
它循环起来,不太高,然后从米茨·摩根脚下下来,这是杰斯班里最卑鄙的孩子。
“What’s the big idea throwing a stick at me?”
“向我扔一棒有什么大主意? “
Mitts said as he clenched his fist.
米兹说,当他弯起拳头。
“It’s not a tree branch.
" 这不是树枝.
It’s a boomerang.”
这是一条潮流。 “
Jess forced a smile, but, like everything else, a smile didn’t come back to him.
Jess强迫微笑,
“What’s a boomerang?”
“什么是繁荣? “
Mitts asked without unclenching his fist.
米特斯问起时没有打出拳头
“It’s a stick that you throw and it comes back to you,” Jess explained.
Jess解释道,
“Yeah?
“是吗?
Show me!”
给我看看!”
Mitts curled his upper lip.
米特斯卷起他的上唇。
Jess knew that was impossible, so he hastily looked around for M’Gwump.
Jess知道这是不可能的,所以他匆忙地四处寻找M'Gwump。
But M’Gwump had found a shady spot under a tree and was lying there with his hat over his face, snoring like Rip Van Winkle.
M-Gwump在一棵树下发现一地阴暗,
“Uh-well-uh, all you have to do is throw it in the air and it comes back to you,” Jess stammered.
" 哦,嗯,你要做的就是把它扔到空中,然后它又回到你身上,"杰西结了结。
“Why don’t you try it?”
“为什么不试试? “
“You go first!”
"你先来吧!"
Mitts Morgan tightened his fist.
米兹摩根收紧了拳头
“Okay, okay!”
"好,好,好,好,好!"
Jess said, but he didn’t mean okay.
Jess说,
He was just stalling for time, trying to think of a way out of the dilemma.
他只是拖延时间,试图想出一个摆脱困境的方法.
He knew Mitts would tell the whole story to everyone at school.
他知道米兹会把整个故事告诉学校的所有人.
He also knew how the boys would tease him and how the girls would giggle.
他还知道男孩们会怎么取笑他 女孩们会怎么取笑他
But then, if he didn’t throw the boomerang, he’d end up with Mitts’s fist in his face, and that would be just as bad, or worse.
但是,如果他不扔出繁荣号,他最后会用米特斯的拳头指着他的脸,那也一样糟糕,甚至更糟。
He had no choice but to try.
他别无选择,只能尝试。
If only this would be his lucky day!
要是今天是他走运就好了!
He grasped the boomerang, taking special care to hold it at one end, exactly as M’Gwump had shown him.
他抓住了繁荣号,特别小心地将它放在一端,正像M-Gwump向他展示的那样。
He pointed the other end up and away from him and took aim.
他指向另一个人 并远离他 并瞄准。
His heart was pounding.
他的心脏在跳动。
His hand was shaking and his palm sweaty.
他的手在发抖,手掌出汗。
He inhaled deeply, trying to relax, and he quietly pleaded, “Just this once, boomer, please come back.”
他深深地吸入了呼吸,试图放松,他悄悄地恳求,“就这一次,繁荣者,请回来。 “
After much preparation, Jess finally swung the boomerang, released it into the air as he caught sight of it, and then closed his eyes to avoid seeing it nose-dive like an out-of-control helicopter.
经过很多的准备, 杰斯最终挥出"出浪",被他看到后放入了空中,然后闭上了眼睛来避免看到它像失控的直升机一样被鼻子挖出.
When Jess dared to open one eye, the boomerang was twirling through the air.
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It wobbled only slightly, and then to Jess’s amazement, it started sailing smoothly, soaring up.
它只是微微地摇晃了一下,然后到了杰西的惊叹,它开始平稳地航行,飞起.
up.
起来
UP.
起来。
beyond the tallest trees, just as if M’Gwump had thrown it.
就像M'Gwump扔了一样。
“Wow!”
“哇!” !
Mitts Morgan said.
米兹摩根说。
“Wow is right,” said Jess as both eyes popped wide.
Jess说,“哇哇,对了”,双眼都睁大了。
“Look, it’s curving around and coming back,” Mitts Morgan shouted.
Mitts Morgan大叫道,
“It sure is,” Jess said.
Jess说,“当然是,”
He could hardly believe this wasn’t his imagination.
他无法相信这不是他的想象。
The boomerang had changed its course and was definitely heading back.
浪花改变方向了 肯定在往回走
It landed just a few yards from their feet, and Jess stared in wonderment.
它从他们的脚下降落了几码外,而杰斯则凝视着奇观.
“That’s neat,” Mitts Morgan said.
Mitts Morgan说,
Jess noticed he’d unclenched his fist.
Jess注意到他把拳头伸出来。
“Isn’t your name Jess?
" 你的名字不是Jess吗?
Aren’t you the new kid in our class?”
你不是我们班上的新孩子吗? “
Jess nodded shyly.
杰西很害羞地点头
“Could you show me how to throw that boomerang?”
“你能教我如何抛出那块花? “
“I don’t know,” Jess said, deciding now was as good a time as any to take advantage of the situation.
Jess说, " 我不知道 " ,现在决定利用这一局面的时机与任何时候一样好。
“I only show that trick to my friends.”
“我只向我的朋友展示这个把戏。 “
“Maybe we could be friends,” Mitts said rather quietly, in a way he’d never before spoken to Jess.
Mitts相当安静地说,
“Want to meet after school tomorrow at the park?”
“明天放学后要在公园开会吗? “
“Okay.”
“好吧。”
Jess smiled, and this time he got a smile back and even a wave as Mitts hopped on his bike and rode away.
杰西笑了一下,这次他笑了起来,甚至一波又一波,因为米特斯跳上他的自行车并骑了走.
“You should have seen it,” Jess bragged to M’Gwump on the way home, “that boomer soared high up like a falcon and then turned around and came right back to me.”
Jess在回家的路上向M'Gwump吹嘘说, " 繁荣者像猎鹰一样高高地飞起,然后转身回到我身边。 “
“And look who else has come back,” M’Gwump said as they walked up the front path.
" 看看还有谁回来了, " M-Gwump说,当他们走上了前面的道路。
“B’Coo!
" 布鲁!
B’Coo!”
B-Coo(英语:B-Coo!
Elsie called to Jess.
埃尔西打电话给杰斯。
Jess cuddled Elsie in his arms and winked at M’Gwump.
Jess抱住Elsie,
“Things do have a way of coming back, Grand PAW, just like in the good old days.”
“事情确实有办法回来,大PAW,就像过去一样。 “