Saved by the Stars
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Lost.
失物招领表.
4 Horsing Around.
4 霍辛周围。
8 A Slippery Setback.
8 A Slippery回击.
13 Sightless.
13无相.
16 Look to the Sky.
16 望出天际.
18 Glossary.
18 词汇。
24 Lost “Go left!”
24 丢失了“左转!”
Trevon shouted.
特瑞冯大叫.
“No, go right!”
"不,走右边!"
Leo yelled.
里欧大叫
Miguel Ventura pedaled hard, glancing down at a map drawn on the palm of his hand.
米格尔·文图拉用脚踏踏踏踏实地,用手掌上绘制的一幅地图闪烁而下.
He’d been sweating, and as the sun set, Miguel could barely make out the lines and street names.
Miguel几乎无法写出台词和街名。
“We’d better pull over.”
“我们最好靠边停车。 “
The three boys hopped their bikes up a curb and skidded into a driveway.
三个男孩跳起脚踏车 滑入车道
“I think this line is San Martin Avenue.”
“我认为这条线路是圣马丁大道。 “
Miguel pointed to a crease on his palm.
Miguel指着他手掌上的一个折痕。
“No, dude, that’s your lifeline,” said Leo.
“不,伙计,那是你的生命线,”利奥说。
“And it’s looking pretty short unless you find the baseball field.”
除非你们找到棒球场, “
“The Black Cobras finally challenged us to a game,” said Trevon as he smacked his ball into his glove, “and thanks to you, they’ll think we chickened out.”
“黑眼镜蛇终于向我们挑战一场比赛,”Trevon在将球打入手套时说, “
“I thought it.
“我想起来了。
I mean, it should be right here.”
我的意思是,它应该就在这里。 “
“You got us lost,” Leo said.
Leo说,“你使我们迷路了。”
Miguel swallowed and glanced down at his sweaty hand.
米格尔吞下并俯视出汗的手.
The moisture had erased almost all the ink-drawn lines.
水分抹去几乎所有的墨水线
The sky grew dim and Miguel glanced up, scanning for stars.
天空渐渐黯淡,米格尔一目了然,为星星扫描.
Sailors from long ago used them to navigate.
很久以前的水手们用来导航
But the heavens, a mucky gray, had not darkened enough to show even the first star.
但是,天空,一个粘稠的灰色, 还没有黑暗到足以显示 即使第一星。
Oh, how he longed to make a wish.
他多么渴望许愿
“Let’s go.”
" 让我们去。 “
Miguel pumped his pedals down another street, but what he thought was a shortcut quickly led to a dead end.
米格尔在另一条街上泵出他的踏板,但是他所认为的捷径很快导致了一条死路.
The boys swerved down a side alley.
男孩们翻了个小巷子
Something creaked behind them.
他们身后有东西被震动
Miguel’s heart raced.
米格尔的心跳加速.
Trevon and Leo breathed hard as they sped away.
Trevon和Leo在飞走时喘了口气
Bang!
砰！
Crash!
崩溃!
Trashcans fell.
垃圾桶倒塌了。
Rats skittered down the gutter.
老鼠在地道上滑了下来
The boys slid out to a stop under a darkened streetlamp, crashing into one another like dominoes.
男孩们溜到一个停站 在一个黑暗的街道上, 像多米诺人一样相撞。
“Where’s the field?”
" 田园在哪里? “
Trevon yelled, unwrapping himself from Leo, who looked just as angry as Trevon.
特瑞冯大叫,从里欧身上解开自己,他看起来和特瑞冯一样愤怒.
Miguel stood up, sweat pouring from under his bike helmet.
米格尔站起来,汗从他的自行车头盔下涌出.
”It should be right here.”
“应该就在这里。 “
“You need a GPS, man,” Leo said.
“你需要GPS,
The sun had completely vanished along with Miguel’s hope of finding the field.
太阳随着米格尔找到田地的希望而完全消失.
The pressure jumbled Miguel’s brain.
Miguel的大脑受到压力冲击。
Street names.
街道名称.
Intersections.
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Buildings.
建筑物。
They all ran together like one big mass of information.
他们像一个大质量的信息一起运行。
The map was useless.
地图是没用的。
The game was totally lost.
游戏完全失败了。
And so were they.
他们也是
“C’mon, Leo,” Trevon said.
" 来吧,Leo, " Trevon说。
“We’re out of here.”
我们要走了。 “
Horsing Around “Great sense of direction,” Leo said the next day at school.
绕来绕去 “伟大的方向感”,Leo第二天在学校说。
Both he and Trevon blamed Miguel for not finding the field.
他和特瑞冯都指责米格尔没有找到球场.
To make things worse, one of the boys from the Black Cobras left a rubber chicken in Trevon’s backpack.
更糟糕的是,黑眼镜蛇的一个男孩在Trevon的背包里留下了一只橡胶鸡。
Miguel felt horrible for letting his friends down, but he didn’t know what to do to make it up to them.
Miguel为让朋友失望感到恐怖,
After school, Miguel found himself all alone, so he sulked up to the loft in the back of his family’s sandwich shop.
在放学后,米格尔发现自己独自一人,于是他在家中三明治店后部的阁楼上闷闷不乐.
It was here that he had found his great-grandpa Gallardo’s magic books.
正是在这里,他发现了他曾祖父加利亚多的魔法书.
These books made the best medicine.
这些书做的是最好的药
By some magic, he could escape into one of the stories, which always helped him forget his problems.
通过一些魔法,他可以逃入其中一个故事,这总是帮助他忘记了自己的问题.
A new book, Black Beauty, lay atop the chest.
一本新书"黑美人"将胸口放出.
Miguel studied the small golden star inlaid on the book’s cover.
Miguel在书封面上研究了小金星。
He’d read the story about the life and treatment of this amazing horse to his sister Teresa last year.
这匹神奇的马去年给姐姐特蕾莎读了一篇故事,
Teresa loved horses.
特蕾莎喜欢马
On page 107, Miguel began to read, “Wake up, Beauty!
第107页,米格尔开始读到:"醒醒,美人!
You will have to run as fast as you can!”
越快越好。
This must have been the part where Black Beauty had to race all night to the doctor.
这一定是黑人美人整晚 都要去看医生的部分
The horse didn’t get lost, Miguel thought to himself.
这匹马并没有迷路,
The words danced around on the page.
相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相
“happening had Before my the I was saddle knew back.
“在我回来之前,
what he the on.
他的厉害
Pressure spread across my ribs.
压力分散在我的肋骨上
Then all went dark.
然后一切都变黑了
I awoke to the smell of hay in a stable and found myself standing in a stall.
我醒来在马厩里闻到干草的味道 发现自己站在一个摊子里
on four legs!
四条腿!
My long black tail swished behind me.
我的长长的黑尾巴在我身后被刮去
Metal horseshoes were tacked to each one of my hooves— I have hooves!
金属马蹄被夹在我的蹄子上 我有蹄子!
A metal bar ran across my teeth.
一个金属棒跑过我的牙齿。
Every time I bit down, it felt cold and hard, and almost made me gag.
每次我跌倒时,都觉得冷酷而难受,几乎让我口吃.
Before I could think about being a horse, two men came up from behind me.
在我想成为一匹马之前 两个男人从我身后爬上来
A younger man in riding gear hopped on my back.
一个骑车的年轻男子 在我的背上。
“Ride as fast as you can, John,” said a guy wearing a black tuxedo.
一个穿着黑色礼服的人说,
“Our mistress’s life depends upon it.”
“我们的情妇的生命取决于它。 “
He gave John a note.
他给了约翰一张纸条.
“Give this to Dr.
“将此交给Dr.
White and be sure to rest the horse.
白而能定能平马.
Return as soon as you can!”
尽快回来!”
With that, John dug his heels into my sides and off I ran, down the path and into the hills.
有了它,约翰把他的脚跟挖入我的侧面,然后我跑出,沿着路走入山去。
“Do your best.
“尽力而为。
We must save our mistress’s life!”
我们必须挽救我们情妇的生命。
As Black Beauty, it was up to me to save the life of my owner’s wife!
作为"黑美人",我有责任挽救我主人的妻子的生命!
A rush of adrenaline surged through me.
大量肾上腺素从我身上涌出
But as I ran ahead, my legs almost froze.
但当我向前跑时 我的腿几乎冻僵了
What if I couldn’t make it like Black Beauty had in the original story?
如果我不能像《黑美人》在原著中那样,
It would be my fault if the mistress died.
如果情妇死了 是我的错
The weight of that idea was heavier than the rider on my back, but I galloped as hard as I could, knowing the owner had never let Beauty down.
这个想法的重量比我背上那个骑手更重,但我尽我所能地奔走,知道主人从未让美人失望.
The sun faded as we followed trails that wound through thick pine forest.
太阳渐渐地消退, 沿着那些穿过厚厚的松林而来的道路。
But I barely noticed my surroundings as John skillfully steered me with the reins.
但我几乎没注意到我的周围情况 当约翰巧妙地用绳子引导我时
My eyelids drooped.
我的眼皮都脱了
My legs ached.
腿痛了 脚痛了
We had been riding all night, and I wasn’t sure I could go any farther.
我们骑了一整夜,
Luckily for me, it wasn’t long before we reached Dr.
幸运的是,
White’s house.
白之所为.
John pounded at the door, but the doctor did not come out.
约翰敲门,但医生没有出来.
I whinnied as loud as I could, but there was no Dr.
我大声地抱怨,但没有医生
White to be found.
白去取来.
Finally, after much hollering and banging, a man in his nightshirt threw open the window.
最后,一个穿睡衣的人在大叫和大叫后,把窗户扔开了。
John explained our situation.
约翰解释了我们的情况。
“My horse is sick,” said the doctor, adjusting his glasses.
医生说,“我的马病了”,调整了眼镜。
“I must ride back on yours.”
“我必须回到你身边去。 “
My heart dropped.
我的心跳减退了
I looked at John.
我看着约翰
He grimaced, knowing full well how exhausted I was.
他阴郁地知道我有多累
“My horse needs rest,” John said, placing a hand on my shoulder.
约翰说,“我的马需要休息”。
“I don’t know whether Black Beauty will make it.”
“我不知道黑美人会不会成功。 “
“It’s the only way to save the mistress,” the doctor said as he picked up his black case.
医生在接起他的黑箱时说,
John was like Beauty’s owner in that he would never have allowed the doctor to ride me back without rest if not for such dire circumstances.
John就像Beauty的主人一样, 他绝不会允许医生无休止地载我回去,
After a long drink, my muscles tightened as the old man climbed upon me.
经过长时间的饮酒,我的肌肉收紧了,因为老人爬到我身上。
He didn’t feel as sure of himself on my back as John had.
他并不象约翰那样自信,
I whinnied and neighed—swished my head and tail.
我叹息和怨恨... 渴望我的头和尾巴。
Then I stomped my feet.
然后我踩了脚
“Settle down, Beauty,” John said, “this is life or death.
约翰说,“安顿下来,美人,”这是生还是死。
Your mistress needs you now more than ever.”
你的情妇现在比以往更需要你 “
A Slippery Setback “Hee-yah!”
滑动的后退 !
The doctor snapped the reins together as I traversed a field.
医生在我穿越一地时把绳子扭断了
He tapped my sides with his heels, and I ran forward through the trails and into a meadow.
他用高跟鞋敲我的两面 我冲出小径跑进草地
I passed into the pine forest and the doctor dug his heels into my sides further.
我走入了松林 医生把他的脚跟挖进了我的两边
As I galloped, a pain shot up my rear leg, as if the tendons were about to snap like rubber bands.
我奔跑时 后腿被打出一阵痛 仿佛手腕会像橡皮筋一样被扭断
My heart thumped, and I breathed out hard through my nostrils.
心出出出出出出出出出入鼻孔.
The chill transformed my breath into steam, and I shuddered.
寒冷使我的呼吸变成了蒸汽,我吓坏了。
“This way!”
这边!
the doctor shouted, pulling me to the right.
医生大叫,把我拉到右边
I ran ahead, every step sending a burst of pain throughout my body.
我冲了过去,每一步都让我全身疼痛
Even this slight man equaled the weight of fifty sandbags.
即使是这个小人 也等于五十个沙袋的重量
We passed what felt like a thousand trees.
我们穿过了一千棵树的感觉
A weird, white froth foamed from my mouth.
从我嘴里喷出出一个奇怪的白色花纹
I felt the doctor’s hands loosen on my reins.
我觉得医生的手松了,
He must have been getting tired, too.
他肯定也累了,他已经累了。
Once out of the forest, we approached a ridge.
一旦离开森林, 我们接近一山脊。
A fierce wind howled against my face as if I were moving forward against a wall.
狂风冲着我的脸 好像我靠墙前进一样
As we neared a steeply sloping, rocky trail, the doctor stopped me.
当我们接近一个陡峭的斜坡 岩石般的线索, 医生阻止了我。
“Steady,” he whispered as he gently nudged me into the descent.
" Steady " 他轻轻地把我塞入地底时低语了。
I tried to place my hooves down solidly, but each step was a chore.
我试图扎实地把蹄子放下,但每一步都是个花花公子.
My legs tingled with numbness.
我的双腿麻木了
Left.
左边
Right.
对
Left.
左边
My right hind leg slipped on a piece of shale, and down I went.
我的右后腿滑倒了 在一块页岩上,我下去。
My fall stretched out for what felt like minutes.
我摔倒了 感觉就像几分钟
Gravity tore the doctor to the ground.
重力把医生扯到地上
My body seemed to drop, inch by inch, until my side slammed against rocks at the hill’s bottom.
我的身体似乎一寸一寸地倒下,直到我方向山底的岩石相撞。
I lay there, my neck and shoulders wet with sweat, wrenching in pain.
我躺在那里,我的脖子和肩膀被出汗弄湿了,在痛苦中颤抖.
Somewhere behind me I heard the doctor moan.
我身后某处听到医生呻吟声
All I could think about was the mistress and how she would not make it.
我所能想到的就是那个情妇 以及她怎么不来
And it would be my fault.
这是我的错。
Soon cold blackness overtook my body, but the white-hot pain remained.
很快地,寒冷的黑色覆盖了我的身体,但白热病的疼痛依然存在.
Sightless Crickets chirped in my ears, and strangely enough I heard each of them sing in a different key, like a chorus.
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My eyelids fluttered, welcoming in the darkness of night.
我的眼皮被打乱了 在黑暗中被欢迎
For the first time I realized that as a horse my night vision had improved.
我第一次意识到,作为一匹马,我的夜视能力得到了提高。
I turned my head at movement in the trees; but the pain stopped me.
我头转向了树上的运动,但痛苦阻止了。
Every square inch of my body hurt.
我身体的每一平方英寸都受伤了
Gently pushing from my side, I sat upright and stretched my neck.
轻轻地从我身边推来,我坐在右侧并伸起我的脖子。
I flexed my legs.
我扭了脚
The muscles were stiff like drying cement, but they moved and were not broken.
肌肉像干燥的水泥一样僵硬,但它们移动了,没有被打断.
“Beauty?”
“美女? “
a hoarse voice muttered from behind me.
从我身后传来一个粗鲁的声音
The doctor!
那个医生!
He was alive!
他还活着!
His voice shook my jumbled thoughts back to reality.
他的声音震撼了我的混乱的想法回到现实。
I scrambled to my feet, wobbly at first, but stable.
我摇起脚来,一开始摇晃,但很稳定
After I gained my balance, I searched the trees for the doctor.
在我获得平衡后,我搜索了树木找医生.
He lay spread across a bed of pine needles, his hands still clutching the black bag.
他躺在一床松针上 他的手仍然紧握着黑袋
I nudged him with my muzzle.
我用我的口袋打他一顿
He didn’t move.
他不动。
I licked him on the face and he stirred.
我舔他的脸,他激起。
“Ah, you are a beauty.”
“啊,你是一个美人。 “
The doctor arose slowly and came to a stance.
医生慢慢地站起来,采取了立场。
He squinted, then dropped to the ground, feeling around for something.
他轻轻地看 然后掉到地上 感觉有些东西
“I lost my glasses in the fall; I can’t see a thing!”
“我在秋天失去了眼镜,
His glasses!
他的眼镜!
I swiveled my head around and tried to paw the ground, but it was useless without fingers.
我摇头想摸地,但是没有手指就没用了。
“I got ‘em!”
我抓到他们了!
the doctor shouted.
医生喊道:
But before he could slip his glasses on, his face dropped.
但是在他戴眼镜之前 他的脸就掉了
And I knew exactly why.
我很清楚为什么
The lenses had fallen out in the crash.
镜头在坠毁时掉出。
He glanced around, then walked over and stroked my neck.
他看了一眼,然后走过去打中我的脖子。
“It’s up to you now, Beauty.
「现在由你决定了,
Get us home.
带我们回家。
Take us to the mistress.”
带我们去找情妇 “
Doctor White placed his feet in the stirrups and climbed onto my back.
怀特医生把他的脚放入了搅拌机 爬到我的背上
Look to the Sky Fear spread across me like an icy blanket.
看着天空恐惧像被冰被子一样蔓延到我身上
Lost.
输了
We were lost.
我们迷路了
And now I would let the doctor and my mistress down just like I had Trevon and Leo.
现在我让医生和我情妇失望 就像我有特瑞冯和里奥一样
A long neigh reverberated from my throat and ended as I blew a big burst of air out my nostrils.
从我喉咙中抽出一阵大气 就结束了
I had the urge to rear up and run away.
我急着往后跑
“Whoa, Beauty,” the doctor said.
医生说:“哇,美人,”
“You can do this.”
“你可以做到这一点。 “
His words calmed me, seeping down into my body like medicine.
他的话让我平静下来 像药一样渗入我的身体
I took one step forward.
我向前迈出了一步。
Then another.
然后是另一个。
The doctor squeezed my sides just enough to get me into a full gallop.
医生压住我的两面 足以让我进入全速前进
The pine needles brushed against my face.
松针从我脸上刷出.
Think.
考虑一下
I told myself.
我告诉自己。
Stay calm, and think!
冷静点,想想看!
But a fork in the road brought me to an abrupt halt.
但路口的叉子让我突然停了下来
Which way, doctor?
哪边,医生?
I tried to shout, but all that came out were grunts.
我试着大叫,但所有出来的都是咕噜声。
I swung my head back and forth, but both paths looked the same.
我回旋地摇头 但两条路看起来都一样
I had no idea where to go; I couldn’t remember the way John and I had come.
我不知道该去哪里,
I pawed the ground with my hooves.
我用蹄子把地踩了起来
“Use your senses, Beauty,” Dr.
“用你的感官,美人,”
White said.
怀特说.
“You know the way home.”
“你知道回家的路。 “
I felt totally senseless.
我觉得完全毫无意义。
My body went limp.
我的身体变软了
I hung my head, and that’s when I remembered the golden star that I’d found with the book.
我挂起头来, 那时我想起书上找到的金星。
Then I caught sight of a glittering reflection in a nearby stream.
然后我在附近的溪流中看到一股闪烁的倒影。
The water rippled and twinkled, ever so slightly, as it reflected the stars above.
水被波及并闪烁出微小的花纹 它反映了上面的星星
Ideas in my brain ignited like sparks in dry brush.
我脑中的想法就像干刷里的火花一样被点燃
The stream ended in a lake at the manor.
溪水在庄园的一个湖中结束.
Of course!
当然
I needed to follow the water.
我要跟着水走
“We’re going home!”
“我们要回家了!”
I yelled, which came out in long, happy neighs.
我大叫着 长而快乐地喊着
I shook my head and leapt around in circles.
我摇起头来 绕来绕去
“Whoa, Beauty!”
"哇,美人!"
the doctor yelled, laughing and clinging to the reins.
医生大叫,大笑,紧紧抓住绳子
And with that, I found myself back in the loft.
于是,我发现自己回到了阁楼里。
My heart still racing, I stood up and leapt in circles again.
我的心还在跑,我站起来,又在转圈上跳了
“Neeeeiighhh!”
“不,不,不!”
I yelled, climbing down the stairs and into the shop.
我大叫 从楼梯上爬入店里
There, I found Trevon and Leo staring at me.
在那里,我发现特瑞冯和里奥盯着我。
“What are you so happy about?”
“你为什么这么高兴? “
Leo asked.
里欧问道.
“Oh, nothing,” Miguel said.
Miguel说:“没什么,”
“Why are you guys here?”
“为什么你们在这里? “
“The Black Cobras gave us another chance,” Trevon said.
Trevon说,“黑眼镜蛇给我们又一次机会。”
“Six-thirty tonight,” Leo said.
“今晚六点半,”利奥说。
“And we got the map, see?”
“我们得到了地图,看到了吗? “
He fumbled through his backpack and pulled out a yellow sheet of paper.
他从背包里翻出一张黄纸
I stood in front of the fork in the road and I turned to the right.
我站在路口的叉子前,我转向了右边.
With the sparkling water shining proudly next to me, off I ran.
光辉的海水光辉地照耀着我 我跑了
Through the darkness.
穿过黑暗.
Into the hills.
入诸山.
To the manor.
去庄园
To my mistress.
敬我的情妇
“Hee-yah!”
万岁!
the doctor yelled.
医生大叫
“That’s not a map, that’s your math homework,” Miguel said, laughing.
Miguel说:“这不是一张地图,
“What?”
“什么情况? “
They searched the pack.
他们搜了包
“I must have turned in the map instead of my homework!”
“我一定是上交了地图,而不是我的作业! “
Leo stomped his foot.
里欧踩了脚
Miguel laughed again.
米格尔又笑了