Sable Island
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Prologue.
T能内容 Prologue.
4 Sunday, 18 February.
2月18日为星期日。
5 Monday, 19 February.
2月19日,星期一,上午10时
7 Tuesday, 20 February.
2月20日星期二,纽约
8 Wednesday, 21 February.
2月21日,星期三。
9 Thursday, 22 February.
2月22日,星期四。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
24 Prologue This scrapbook tells the story of my sister and me on our surprising trip to Sable Island.
24 方案 这本剪贴簿讲述了我妹妹和我 在萨布尔岛的出人意料之行的故事
The skinny island sits isolated all by itself, miles out in the ocean, off Nova Scotia.
这个瘦小的岛屿 独自坐落着, 在海洋里,在新斯科舍附近
My name is Dani, short for Danielle, and I like to take photographs.
我叫达尼,丹妮尔的简称 我喜欢拍照
My younger sister’s name is Mimi, and she draws amazing pictures.
我妹妹叫咪咪,
We both like new adventures.
我们都喜欢新的冒险
Our trip to Sable Island surpassed even our big imaginations.
我们去塞布尔岛的旅行甚至超过了我们的想象力
We never suspected our two-week school break would be so magical and personal.
我们从来没有怀疑过 我们两周的课间休息 会是如此神奇和私人。
We hope you’ll enjoy sharing it with us!
希望大家能享受分享。
Sunday, 18 February We sat around the Halifax airport forever, waiting for permission for our very small plane to take off for Sable Island.
2月18日星期日,纽约 我们一直坐在哈利法克斯机场周围 等待着我们的小飞机飞去塞布尔岛的许可
Mom repeatedly checked all her gear and her watch.
妈妈多次检查她的装备和手表.
Dad seemed disappointed because he had to remain at home alone.
爸爸看起来很失望 因为他必须独自在家
Jans, a Norwegian zoologist who works with Mom, concentrated on his laptop.
扬斯是一位挪威动物学家,他与妈妈合作,专心于他的笔记本电脑.
Mimi and I just felt slightly stunned that we were flying off to the middle of nowhere.
咪咪和我只是觉得有点震惊 我们飞去荒郊野外
When we were little, we had always begged Mom to bring us along on her scientific excursions—studying walruses in Greenland, tracking seals from a converted trawler in the Atlantic—but she always said her work wasn’t for children.
我们小时候一直恳求妈妈带我们一起参加她的科学出行——在格陵兰学习海象,追踪大西洋一艘改装拖网渔船的海豹——但她总是说,她的工作不是为儿童的。
We were all shocked when Mom waved a newly arrived official letter of permission at us.
当妈妈向我们挥出一份新到的正式许可信时,我们都感到震惊。
Who knew she’d even asked anyone?
谁知道她甚至会问别人?
“This is different,” she said.
她说,“这是不同的。”
“Grandma and Grandpa used to bring me to Sable when I was young.
“奶奶和外公在我年轻时经常带我去塞布尔。
I felt like I owned the whole island—and it’s always been the place where my heart lives.”
我觉得我拥有整个岛屿, “
Mom almost never talked in misty, poetic terms so Mimi and I were dying to know how an island stirred these feelings.
妈妈几乎从来没有用迷雾和诗意来说话 所以我和咪咪非常想知道 一个小岛是如何激起这些感情的
All we knew about Sable was that it’s a million miles from civilization, and we’d read that herds of wild horses live there.
我们只知道赛布尔离文明有一百万英里远, 我们读到野马群就住在那里。
Just before our plane landed on the beach airstrip, I caught a glimpse of Sable Island below us—a long, curved finger of pale brown sand jutting out into the gray-green Atlantic Ocean.
就在我们的飞机降落在沙滩简易机场之前,我看到了我们下面的可布尔岛一瞥一眼——一指长长而弯曲的棕色沙子在一片灰绿色的大西洋上喷出。
From the air, I thought it looked like the loneliest place on Earth.
从空中看,我认为这是地球上最孤独的地方。
An older, barrel-chested man named George helped us unload our gear into a big, faded truck.
一个更年长的叫George的人 帮我们把装备卸到一辆大卡车上
George was one of the few permanent residents of the island and he offered to show us around.
乔治是岛上为数不多的常住居民之一,他主动提出带我们四处走走.
Show us what?
给我们看什么?
All we could see were sand dunes, waves, a few sleepy seals, and a couple of weathered old buildings.
我们只能看到沙丘,波浪, 几个困住的海豹, 和几个风化的老建筑。
This was definitely not a vacation resort.
这绝对不是度假胜地
Mom, Mimi, and I shared one big room in a drafty bunkhouse that had no kitchen.
妈妈,咪咪,我和一个大房间 在一个旧的床铺屋里,没有厨房。
The wind rattled the windows.
风吹起窗户
I wasn’t sure how much I liked Mom’s Sable Island.
我不知道我有多喜欢妈妈的"可乐岛"。
Monday, 19 February On our first morning there, Mom got up at about 5:00 a.m.
安全理事会 我们第一天早上5点起床
and said, “You do what George says,” then took off with Jans in a helicopter loaded with cameras and antennas and all kinds of weird-looking stuff.
并说,“你听乔治的话,”然后同扬斯乘坐一架直升机起飞,直升机上装有相机和天线以及各种怪异的东西。
They need all that equipment just to count seals?
他们需要这些设备来算封口?
After breakfast, we convinced George to show us the best pathway down to the beach.
早餐后,我们说服了乔治 给我们带去海滩的最好路线
Almost immediately, we saw a group of plump seals sunbathing on the sand.
几乎马上,我们看到一帮花纹海豹 在沙地上晒太阳。
I must have gotten too close with my camera because suddenly they went flopping into the ocean, shouting and grunting, and then floated around, staring at us like we’d said something rude.
他们突然冲入大海,大叫和叫叫, 然后漂来漂去,
We left them and walked for miles along the beach, looking for horses.
我们离开他们 沿着海滩走了好几英里 寻找马匹
Tuesday, 20 February Mom left extra early this morning.
2月20日星期二,日内瓦 妈妈今天一大早就走了
During breakfast, George suddenly looked up and asked if we’d found any shipwrecks on our beach walk yesterday.
乔治在早餐时突然抬头,
Shipwrecks?
船难?
“This island is called the ‘graveyard of the Atlantic’” he said.
他说, " 这个岛屿被称为`大西洋墓地 ' " 。
“We get pounding storms, roller- coaster seas, and blanket-thick fog.
“我们遭遇暴风雨、过山地和潮湿的雾。
Before anyone invented storm warning systems, or radar, more than three hundred ships were smashed to pieces on the sandbars all around here.
在有人发明出暴风警报系统或雷达之前 有三百多艘船被砸成碎片
Occasionally, a heavy storm will wash away a layer of sand, and you’ll spot the mast or ribs of an old sailing ship poking up like a wooden skeleton.
暴风雨偶尔会冲走一层沙子,
Then he nodded, said “a-yep,” and shuffled away to fix the water heater.
然后,他点头说出“一个-yep”,并洗发去修取取水器。
Mimi leaned close and said, “George is weird!”
米米亲近并说道:"乔治很怪!
We decided to search for the wild horses again until lunchtime.
我们决定再次寻找野马,直到午餐时间.
We found more sand and more seals, but no horses, and no shipwrecks.
我们发现了更多的沙子和更多的封印,但没有马匹,也没有沉船.
Shipwrecks on Sable Island The first recorded shipwreck on Sable Island happened in August of 1 583.
索尔岛的沉船事故 萨布尔岛最早有记载的沉船事故发生于1583年8月.
The ship Delight broke apart in a bad storm and almost one hundred men died.
德莱特号飞船在一场恶劣的风暴中分道扬镳,近百人丧生.
Fourteen others survived and went back to England, where their story was published.
另有14人活了下来并回到了英国,他们的故事在那里被发表.
Sable Island’s reputation as a “graveyard of ships” had begun.
萨布尔岛作为 " 船舶墓地 " 的名声已经开始了。
Wednesday, 21 February Everything changed today.
安全理事会 今天一切都变了
When we woke up, our room was an eerie, hazy color.
当我们醒来的时候,我们的房间是一个阴郁的颜色。
Fog—as thick as our sweaters.
和我们的毛衣一样厚
We followed the crunchy sand path to the station office, step by careful step.
我们沿着冰沙去车站的路 一步一步地走
The path would appear and then disappear again into the shifting grayness.
路径会出现,然后再次消失 进入变相的灰色。
I knew my hair would frizz.
我知道我的头发会发作。
Mom sounded frustrated.
妈妈听起来很沮丧
“The helicopter can’t fly in this fog,” she said.
她说,“直升机不能在雾中飞行”。
Then she and Jans huddled over a computer, analyzing their charts.
然后她和扬斯对一台电脑 进行了分析
We heard her say, over and over, how amazing the seal count was this year—how many pups, how many different kinds of seals.
我们听到她说,一遍又一遍, 今年的海豹数量多么惊人—— 有多少小狗, 有多少不同的海豹。
Mimi finally whispered “Let’s go,” and we left Mom inside with her complicated seal charts.
Mimi终于低声说出“我们走吧”,
We picked our way along the path to South Beach.
我们沿着南海滩的路走了
The fog was so enveloping that it was like walking around draped in a curtain.
雾笼罩得像在窗帘上走来走去
We didn’t see the hoofprints until we were right on top of them.
我们没有看到蹄印,
In that unbroken white place, it felt strange to talk, so we just pointed at the imprints and started to follow them.
在那个没有被打破的白色地方,说话感觉很奇怪,所以我们只是指向了印记并开始跟着它们.
I admit that I still didn’t expect to see actual, live horses.
我承认, 我仍然不期望看到真实的活马。
No smart, wild island horse would be out walking in this thick fog, would it?
没有聪明的,野生的岛马 会走在浓雾中,是吗?
We just kept following hoofprints because they were the only things we could see.
我们一直跟着脚印 因为它们是我们唯一能看到的东西
Suddenly we heard a snort and saw a shadowy, dark shape blocking our path.
突然我们听到一股鼻涕声,看到一股阴暗的形状阻挡了我们的道路.
We froze.
我们冻结。
The shape moved closer, and a muzzle poked out of the fog toward us.
形状走得更近 一个口罩从雾中戳出 朝我们。
Another snort.
又一nor鼻.
The inquiring muzzle became a broad, shaggy face.
询问口罩变成了一副宽阔而粗糙的相貌.
Soft, dark eyes glinted beneath a long and unkempt mane.
柔软而黑暗的双眼 闪烁在长而空旷的地盘下
The horse watched us, its breath huffing and swirling the fog around its head.
马看着我们,它的气息呼啸并卷起头部的雾.
Behind it loomed other shadowy shapes.
它的后方出现了其他阴暗的形状.
The first horse came closer, but we kept still.
第一匹马走近了,但我们没有动静。
It tossed its head, as if it had decided something critical, and the shapes slipped away, back into the fog.
它把头抛出,好像它决定了关键的东西, 形状滑走,回到了雾中。
We wanted to stay right there.
我们想呆在那里
We scrunched down behind a grassy dune and waited to see if the horses would come back.
我们撞倒在草地后 等着看马会不会回来
After a few minutes, I thought I heard a soft, snorting sound over my shoulder, but I didn’t dare move.
几分钟后,我想我听到一个柔软而喘息的声音从我肩上过,但我不敢动.
Then I heard chewing—loud, clumpy chewing, on my right.
然后我听到我右手边有口臭的口臭
First we saw the outline of one shaggy head, and then another.
我们先是看到一个毛发头的轮廓,然后是另一个.
Now there were five or six horses right around us, each contentedly tearing up tufts of damp dune grass.
现在,我们周围有五六匹马, 每匹马都满地挖出潮湿的干草。
The one to my right stopped chewing and nearly bumped my boot, and I noticed that my leg was blocking a tasty-looking clump of grass.
右侧那个停止了咀嚼,差点撞到我的靴子,我注意到我的腿堵住了一串美味的花草.
I shifted over, and the horse blinked as if to say “Thank you” and kept eating.
我转过身来,那匹马眨了眼,好像要说"谢谢",继续吃.
We realized that it was getting late, and we had to walk back.
我们意识到已经很晚了,我们不得不走回去。
I could hardly wait to tell Mom and George.
我等不及要告诉妈妈和乔治了
I burst through the office door and ran right up to Mom.
我冲出办公室门跑到妈妈那里
“Mom, we found the wild horses!
“妈妈,我们找到了野马!
They came right up to us and were eating right near our feet!”
他们来到我们面前,就在我们脚下吃东西。
I cried.
我哭了起来。
Instead of being excited, Mom looked annoyed.
而不是兴奋, 妈妈看起来很生气。
“They aren’t really wild horses, you know,” Mom said.
“他们其实不是野马,
“You can’t believe all the old stories about the first horses escaping from a wrecked ship.
“你无法相信所有关于第一批从被击沉的船上逃跑的马的旧事。
They’re just regular farm horses that were left here on the island.
他们只是岛上的普通马匹。
There are hundreds of them, now, in several small herds.
有上百个,现在, 在几个小群。
They just get in the way,” she said, shaking her head.
他们只是挡道,“她说,摇头。
“All you ever think about is what you like!”
“你所想的就是喜欢什么!”
I shouted.
我喊过
“We found something wonderful and magical, but you don’t care at all!
但你们根本不在乎。
All you care about are your stinky seals!”
你只关心你的臭海豹! “
I knew Mom would be angry, but Mimi and I stomped toward the door.
我知道妈妈会生气 但我和咪咪朝门走去
Stephan, one of the other scientists, was standing there.
斯德芬,其他科学家之一, 站在那里。
Mom had said he was from Haiti.
妈妈说他来自海地
Haiti is nowhere near Nova Scotia.
海地远离新斯科舍省。
“Wait.
“等等。
If your mom says okay, you can come with me tomorrow.
如果你妈妈同意的话 你可以明天跟我来
I have to check on the horses and I’ll show you the ponds where they usually shelter,” he said quietly.
我要检查马匹, 我带你去他们通常栖身的池塘,
We hesitated a moment, then just shrugged past him and kicked sand all the way to the bunkhouse.
我们犹豫了一会儿,然后就从他身边划过 然后一路把沙子踢到铺位屋
That night, I eventually slept, but Mimi stayed awake for hours.
那天晚上,我最终睡了, 但咪咪保持了几个小时的清醒。
She wanted to capture what we saw on our magical day.
她想捕捉我们在神奇的日子所看到的
Thursday, 22 February I was still in a dark, smoldering mood when Mimi and I walked over for breakfast.
纽约 米米和我去吃早餐时,我仍然心情暗淡而沉闷.
George was dropping marshmallows into mugs of hot chocolate, and Stephan had waited for us.
乔治把棉花糖扔进热巧克力杯 斯德芬在等我们
“My work is similar to your mom’s,” he said.
他说,“我的工作与你妈妈的工作相似。”
“Instead of seals, I track the health and behavior of the island’s population of horses.
" 除了海豹之外,我还跟踪岛上马匹人口的健康和行为。
You can come with me and watch them while I make my notes,” he said, “and bring your heavy jackets.
你可以和我一起看,当我做笔记时,他说,“把你的重外套拿来。
George says there’s a storm coming in this afternoon.
乔治说今天下午会有暴风雨来袭。
We’ll want to be back before it hits.”
我们想赶在它来之前回来。 “
It was a warm, bright and sunny morning, and I couldn’t imagine it becoming a stormy day.
这是一个温暖、明亮和阳光明媚的早晨,
Stephan’s winding route took us along a narrow little sidewalk of sand that followed the base of the clifflike dunes.
斯德芬的通风路线把我们带入了一条狭窄的小沙道,这条小沙道沿着悬崖状沙丘的底部.
There was a gap between two dunes like a secret doorway, and we turned inland toward a big pond.
两个沙丘之间有一道隔阂 就像一个秘密的门道, 我们转向内陆 一个大池塘。
We followed Stephan to a narrow little valley where the grass was thick and green around a shimmering pond.
我们跟随斯德芬去一个狭小的小山谷 那里草丛茂密而绿色 环绕着一发光的池塘
There were dozens of horses all around, with a few lying in the warm sun, as if it were a spa.
相去相去有数十匹马相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去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
I asked Stephan why some of their bellies were so big.
我问斯德芬为什么他们的肚子这么大
“They’re pregnant,” he said.
他说, " 他们怀孕了 " 。
“Their foals will be born in a couple of months.”
“他们的花圈将在几个月后生出。 “
We stayed in the little valley for a long time, photographing and drawing the horses, while Stephan took notes in a thick binder.
我们在小山谷里呆了很长一段时间,拍摄并画了马匹,而斯德芬则用厚厚的夹子做笔记.
Some of the horses walked up to us again, staring curiously before wandering off.
一些马又走到我们面前, 好奇地盯着我们,然后就走了。
Stephan kept raising his binoculars to watch one horse in particular.
斯德芬不断抬起望远镜 特别看一匹马
She was one of the big- bellied ones, with pretty pale spots across her sides.
她是一个大受宠若惊的人, 她的两侧有相当苍白的斑点。
She kept pacing back and forth, shifting her feet, lying down and getting up, over and over.
她不停地走来走去 不停地转来转去 不停地躺下 不停地站起来
“She seems distressed,” Stephan said.
斯德芬说,“她似乎很痛苦”。
The horse approached him cautiously and stopped.
这匹马小心翼翼地接近他,并停了下来.
She suddenly dropped to her knees, and Stephan motioned for us to stay back.
她突然跪下 Stephan主动要求我们退后
“She might be sick, or she could be having her foal already,” Stephan said.
“她可能病了,或者她可能已经病了。”
“Stay back a little.
“稍稍退后。
Don’t touch her,” he said.
别碰她,
I’d been watching the speckled horse so closely that I hadn’t noticed that Mimi was shivering—even in her heavy jacket.
我仔细观察了这匹被刺伤的马,
The wind had become more forceful, and the clouds looked darker and fatter.
风力变强 云层显得更暗更肥
The speckled horse’s skin shivered, and she let out a sound like a heavy sigh.
斑马的皮肤颤抖了,她放出一股像沉重的叹息的声音.
Other horses would walk over and stand by her, as if comforting her.
其他的马会走过来站在她身边 好像安慰她一样
Stephan’s radio crackled, and suddenly Mom’s voice cut through the noise.
Stephan的收音机破裂,
“Are my girls still with you, Stephan?”
“我的姑娘们还在你身边吗? “
she asked.
她问。
“There’s a strong storm approaching fast.
暴风雨迅速逼近,
You all need to come back to the station,” Mom said.
"妈妈说,
“We’re near the West Ponds.
" 我们靠近西塘.
We’ve been watching a horse that seems to be having trouble,” Stephan told her.
我们一直看着一匹马,
“We’ll leave right away,” he said, nodding toward us.
“我们马上离开,”他说,
“We can’t just leave this poor horse out in the storm!”
我们不能把这匹可怜的马丢在暴风雨里!
Mimi insisted.
咪咪坚持.
“Doesn’t Mom care even a little bit about a horse having its baby at the wrong time?”
“妈妈甚至不关心一匹马在错误的时间生下孩子吗? “
But Stephan patiently urged us to start back.
但斯德芬耐心地敦促我们重新开始。
It was difficult walking, and as we approached the opening in the cliffs, it was obvious we couldn’t go that way.
我们很难走路, 当我们接近悬崖的开口时,
The wind had whipped up enormous waves that covered the beach in gulps, digging dangerous-looking hollows in the towering sand.
狂风吹起巨浪 在沙地上挖出危险外观的空洞
“We’ll have to go back across the island and return to the station along the South Beach path,” Stephan said, worriedly checking his watch.
Stephan担心地检查他的手表。
“It’s almost high tide.
“这几乎是高潮。
This is bad timing.”
时机不对 “
We zigzagged back through the dunes while howling walls of wind stung our faces and eyes with whipping sand.
我们在沙丘上划回了弯道 一边被风吹起的墙用鞭打的沙子打出我们的脸和眼睛
The sky to the southwest was stone black, and the waves had piled up so high that South Beach was covered as well.
西南的天空是石黑的,而波浪堆积得如此之高,以至于也覆盖了南滩.
“This storm is too severe,” Stephen said.
史蒂芬说,“这场风暴太严重了。”
“We’ll have to find a sheltered spot here in the valley,” he said.
他说,“我们必须在山谷中找到一个被庇护的地方。”
We retraced our way back to the valley where the horses were.
我们回到了马的山谷
Right in the middle of an open space, exposed and vulnerable, lay the speckled horse.
就在一个空地的中间, 暴露和脆弱, 铺设被斑点的马。
She panted heavily, her sides heaving with her struggle.
她喘了口气 她的两边在挣扎
“Can’t you help her?”
" 你不能帮她吗? “
I choked.
我窒息了。
“She must be having her foal,” Stephan said, shaking his head.
斯德凡说,“她一定是在发抖”。
“Remember, we aren’t allowed to interfere with the horses, no matter what happens.
“记住,无论发生什么,我们都不能干涉马匹。
We have to find a sheltered spot and get out of this wind.”
我们必须找到一个隐蔽的地方 离开这道风 “
He led us to a dip behind a tall dune, where he dug a little hollow for us to sit closely together.
他带领我们来到一个高高的沙丘后面 在那里他挖出一个小空洞,让我们坐在一起
Rain spattered down just as we settled against the sand, covering ourselves with our scarves and jacket hoods.
当我们在沙地上安顿下来时, 雨溅倒地, 覆盖我们自己 用我们的花纹和外套罩。
W e could still see the speckled horse struggling to stand in the blowing rain.
We仍然可以看到被刺的马在暴雨中挣扎.
Other horses came and stood around her, as if using their bodies to shelter her from the storm.
其他的马来并站在她周围,仿佛用他们的尸体来保护她免受风暴的侵袭.
Two of them dropped to their knees alongside of her, their backsides facing the wind.
两人与她并肩下跪,后背正对着风.
The hard rain became wet snow, coming down so thickly that we couldn’t see the speckled horse.
暴雨变成湿雪,
“I know it’s hard to just sit here and not do anything, but we can’t, not even to save them,” Stephan said.
「我知道,
“The rules are meant to preserve their true wild nature.
“这些规则旨在维护其真正的野性。
The horses sometimes live through tragedies, but they will also live through miracles.”
马有时活在悲剧中,但也会活在奇迹中. “
We remained crouched behind that dune, trying to protect ourselves while the poor horse struggled to have her foal.
我们一直蹲在沙丘后,试图保护自己,而可怜的马却挣扎着要得到她的花圈。
Then, without making a sound, a heavy shape appeared over us.
然后,没有发出声音,一个沉重的形状出现在我们身上。
Another horse lay down in the snow, right in the path of the wind.
又一匹马倒地入雪地,正入出风道.
Its long mane blew almost over our toes.
它的长发几乎吹过我们的脚趾.
“Mimi, look,” I said quietly, nudging her ribs.
“咪咪,你看,”我悄悄地说,她脱去肋骨。
She wiped her eyes and saw the horses, now perhaps half a dozen of them, gathered around us.
她擦了眼睛,看见了马,现在也许有半打马,聚集在我们周围.
“They’re keeping us safe,” Mimi said quietly, “just like they’re watching out for the mother horse.”
Mimi悄悄地说, “他们正在保护我们的安全, “
As if to agree, the horse lying closest to us let out a soft whinny and shook its heavy mane.
就像同意一样 躺在我们身边的一匹马 放出一股柔软的怨声 震撼出一股沉重的气息
With the sturdy horses sheltering us, everything now seemed bearable.
坚固的马庇护着我们 现在一切似乎都能够承受
Just as quickly as it had begun, the snow stopped, and the dim sky grew brighter.
就像它开始的一样快, 雪就停了, 和阴暗的天空变得更明亮。
W e could finally see the open space where all the other horses had gathered, their heads lowered over a shape on the ground.
We终于能看到所有其他马匹聚集的空地,他们的头被地上的一个形状所降低.
The mother horse was half sitting up.
母马半坐.
Next to her was a tiny, dark body, all folded up in pointy angles.
在她旁边是一具又小又黑的躯体,都以尖角叠起.
The mother licked it, but it didn’t move.
母亲舔了它,
Then she gave it a nudge with her nose.
然后她用鼻子给它打一顿
Its big knees jerked, and a little head popped up on a long, thin neck.
它的大膝盖被打出手来,一个小头从长而薄的脖子上蹦出来.
Stephan laughed.
斯德汉取笑.
“The foal is alive—they both made it!”
他们俩都成功了。
Gently, the mother encouraged her foal to stand but the tiny bundle swayed on his knees and shook his head.
轻而易举地,母亲鼓励她站起起脚来,但小捆子被他跪下摇动了头.
Our concentration was disrupted by mom’s research helicopter swooping in to land.
我们的集中被妈妈的 研究直升机冲入着陆。
Some of the horses startled, and ran away.
有的被马吓倒了,跑掉了.
Mom tumbled out and ran toward us.
妈妈突然冲出门朝我们跑去
“Girls, you’re all right!”
“女孩们,你们没事!”
same way that the seals matter to me,” she said.
“她说,
She smiled proudly at me, and it seemed as though she really did understand.
她对我骄傲地微笑 好像她真的明白了
We named the new foal Miracle and watched him take his first determined steps.
我们给新的奇迹起名,看着他迈出了第一步。
Everything felt newly born and fragile to me, not just the little foal.
对我来说,一切都是新生而脆弱的, 不只是小花圈。
It seemed so unlikely that any of us should be there at the time—yet, right then it was as if we all belonged on Sable Island.
那时我们谁都不可能到那里 那时我们好像都属于塞布尔岛