Resistance
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Destruction.
毁灭
Annihilation.
灭相.
Pain.
痛处.
Sorrow.
忧愁.
The images flooded Charlotte’s brain: a lush green planet filled with amazing creatures destroyed when an experiment set its entire atmosphere on fire.
图片淹没了夏洛特的大脑:一个充满了惊人生物的茂密的绿色星球被一个实验点燃了整个大气层后被摧毁了.
Images of another world, one with advanced civilizations living beneath violet seas.
另一个世界的影像,一个有先进的文明生活在紫外海下的世界.
The ocean was their home, their livelihood, and ultimately, their power source.
海洋是他们的家园,生计,最终是他们的动力来源。
Huge factories grown from something like coral released clouds of seemingly harmless gases.
巨型工厂从珊瑚一样的东西发展而来 释放出似乎无害的气体云
The gases became the main food source for tiny organisms few had studied.
气体成为很少研究过的小生物的主要食物来源。
By the time the inhabitants discovered that the food chain was turning the water toxic, it was too late.
居民发现食物链变有毒时,已经太晚了.
A planet buried in trash.
一个被垃圾埋了的星球
Another wiped out by disease.
又一被病所灭.
Wars.
战争。
Famine.
饥荒。
Scenarios of destruction played out again and again in Charlotte’s mind like a horrifying movie.
在夏洛特的脑海中,
How were the aliens doing this to her?
外星人怎么这样对她?
The pain was horrible and didn’t seem to end.
痛苦是可怕的,
To her, the aliens’ message was clear: submit and change—or die.
对她来说,外星人的讯息是明确的:服从和改变——或者死亡。
Two days earlier, Charlotte was stuffing her pack with supplies for the raid on the Streeds.
两天前 夏洛特给她的包里塞了补给 用于突袭斯德利德家族
This was what the Resistance called the Sterilization and Re-education Centers.
这就是抵抗组织所谓的绝育和再教育中心。
The effort involved many Resistance cells around the world attacking the sinister structures at the same time.
这一努力涉及世界各地许多抵抗组织小组同时攻击邪恶的结构。
This was the first time the Resistance was attempting an attack of this scale.
这是抵抗组织第一次试图进行这种规模的攻击。
Charlotte wouldn’t miss it for anything—even if her father refused to let her leave the compound.
即使她的父亲拒绝让她离开大院,
“It’s my responsibility to keep you safe,” he had argued.
" 保护你的安全是我的责任, " 他辩称。
“You’re not going.”
" 你不会去的。 “
It took less than a minute to pry her bedroom window open.
用不到一分钟就打开了她的卧室窗户。
She bypassed the security system with a paper clip and some gum.
她用纸夹和口香糖绕过安全系统.
Once outside, she crept low across the dark lawn.
一旦出门,她就低声地穿过了黑暗的草坪.
Her father would be in Mr.
她的父亲会出现在Mr.
Morrison’s basement, a bomb shelter built in the 1950s.
莫里森的地下室,一个建于1950年代的防空洞.
He’ d be watching live video of the raid, looking for moments of heroism to use later.
他正在观看突袭现场录像,
Charlotte was only fifteen, but she had big dreams.
夏洛特只有15岁 但她做了个大梦
One day, she would be in one of her father’s videos.
有一天,她会出现在她父亲的录像中。
Her heroism would convince people to fight the alien invasion.
她的英雄主义会说服人们对抗外星入侵.
She hopped over the old, creaky gate before sprinting down the alley to the meeting point behind a dumpster.
她在冲下小巷跑到垃圾箱后面的会场前 翻过那破烂旧的大门
Sam was nowhere to be seen, and for a moment, Charlotte feared the worst.
萨姆无处可去,一瞬间,夏洛特害怕最坏.
Seconds later, however, he came tearing around the corner, skidding into the darkness behind the dumpster.
然而,几秒钟后,他来到了拐角处撕裂,滑入了垃圾箱后方的黑暗.
“Took you long enough,” Charlotte whispered.
夏洛特悄悄地说,“把你拖得够长了”。
“I had to wait until Mom was glued to her TV shows,” Sam grumbled.
“我不得不等到妈妈被粘在电视剧上,”山姆抱怨道。
“I was starting to think maybe you’ d chickened out.”
" 我开始觉得也许你胆怯了。 “
Charlotte gave Sam a playful push.
夏洛特给了 山姆是一个有趣的推力。
“We need to move or we’ll miss everything,” Sam urged.
“我们需要行动,否则我们就会错过一切,”山姆敦促。
“The strike force is leaving through the east gate, but the backup force is going out the north gate.
“攻击部队正从东门出发,但后援部队正从北门出走。
If we stay with the backup force, I don’t think anyone will notice us.”
如果我们留在后备部队, “
Sam’s dad was a leader in the Resistance army.
Sam的父亲是抵抗军的领袖。
He was in Mr.
他当时在Mr.
Morrison’s basement, too, most likely giving commands.
Morrison的地下室也是,
Charlotte nodded, and Sam set off into the street, trying to keep to the shadows.
夏洛特点头了,山姆就冲入了大街上,试图保持到阴影.
Charlotte took a deep breath and followed him.
夏洛特深呼吸后跟着他.
I’m sorry, Charlotte heard in her mind.
对不起,夏洛特在她心目中听到了。
It wasn’t her voice, though, or one she recognized.
并非她的声音,
She opened her eyes and blinked.
她睁开眼睛眨了眼睛
Her head throbbed, as if her brain were trying to burst out of her skull.
她的头被抽了 好像她的大脑想从头骨上爆出
She was on a bed in a stark, clean room.
她躺在一个严酷干净的房间里
A glowing ball near the ceiling provided a bright but pleasant light.
天花板附近的发光球提供了明亮而愉快的光芒.
I know you’re in a great deal of pain, but the first procedure was a success.
我知道你很痛苦,
The voice came again, but this time she could somehow tell it was coming from her right.
声音又来了,但这次她不知怎么地说出这是从她右边来的.
Turning her head was painful.
转过头来很痛苦
You are now partially connected to the Collective Link.
你现在部分连接到集体链接了
Standing near the bed was some kind of lizard person who watched her with its head slightly tilted.
站在床边的是蜥蜴 看着她头部略微倾斜
It wore a long, bright-red robe with small gold baubles.
它穿着长长而明亮的红色长袍,并有小金宝.
“Lizard person” is close enough, the voice said, or even “lizard man,” since I am male.
“Lizard person”已经足够接近,
Given your experience, I can understand the comparison.
根据你的经验 我能理解比较
“What’s happening?”
" 这是怎么回事? “
Charlotte croaked.
夏洛特的喉咙。
Her throat was painfully dry.
她的喉咙很干燥
“How are you talking in my head?”
“你在我脑子里说什么呢? “
The Collective Link has many uses, the creature said.
集体链接有很多用途, 生物说。
Species from all over the galaxy are part of the Collective.
银河系各地的物种都是"集体"的一部分.
It would be impossible for all of us to communicate with sound.
我们不可能用声音进行交流。
The original races developed the link as a way to translate meaning.
原始种族发展出链接作为翻译意义的一种方式.
The explanation was dumped into Charlotte’s mind all at once, and it took a moment to sort it out.
这个解释一次被丢入夏洛特的脑海里,
Painfully, she realized that if she was talking with an alien, they must have captured her.
痛苦地,她意识到,如果她与一个外星人交谈,他们一定是抓住了她.
She tried to sit up, but her arms and legs were strapped to the bed somehow.
她试图坐起,但她的手臂和腿被绑在床上。
She couldn’t lift them more than a few inches.
她举起它们不过几英寸。
The pain in her head was so bad when she did move that she quickly gave up.
她头部的疼痛是如此糟糕 当她确实移动,她迅速放弃。
The alien ignored her struggle and kept talking in her head.
外星人忽略了自己的挣扎,并不停地在她头上说话.
The tone was almost like someone talking to a small child.
语气就像有人在跟一个小孩说话
In simple terms, I send my intended meaning to you over the link.
简而言之,我把我的意旨传达给大家,让大家了解这个链接。
The link translates my message into something you’ll understand.
连结将我的信息转化为你将会理解的东西。
Usually, it comes through as words, but it could also come through as text, images, or even emotions.
通常,它作为文字通过,但也可以作为文字,图像,甚至情感通过.
“So you can read my mind?”
“这样你就能读取我的思想? “
Charlotte asked.
夏洛特问.
Not really.
没有
I only receive messages you want to send to me or that are sent out to anyone who is listening.
我只收到你给我的留言 或是发给任何听话的人
It takes some time to get used to it.
这需要一些时间来适应它。
How rude of me.
真没礼貌
I’m— Charlotte’s mind was filled with a series of hisses, grunts, and gurgles.
我-夏洛特的头脑充满了一系列的神话、咕噜和咕噜。
The link doesn’t do well with names.
连结与姓名关系不好。
If you’ d like, you can give me a name of your own, though doing so isn’t necessary.
如果你喜欢,你可以给我自己的名字,尽管这样做没有必要。
You simply need to think of me.
你只需要想到我。 。 。
The creature’s face reminded her of Artie, the lizard her third-grade class had kept as a pet.
这个生物的脸让她想起了Artie, 她三年级的蜥蜴作为宠物保留下来。
It had been her turn to take it home and care for it over one weekend.
现在轮到她带它回家照顾它 一个周末。
She accidentally forgot about it in the backseat of her dad’s SUV, and it froze to death.
她不小心忘了在她父亲的SUV后座上,
Her dad made her buy the class a new lizard with her allowance savings.
她爸爸让她用她的零用钱 买一只新的蜥蜴
The alien looked shocked.
外星人看起来很震惊
She had apparently sent the entire memory over the link.
她显然把全部记忆都寄到链接上
Charlotte smiled.
夏洛特笑了起来。
After a moment she heard the creature’s voice in her mind again.
她再次听到这个生物的声音。
Artie is a fine name.
Artie是个好名字
It’s good that you were able to remember that moment.
你还记得那个时刻真好。
After the link is installed, the mind has to rewire itself.
连接被安装后,心灵必须自转.
Charlotte tried to bring up other memories.
夏洛特试图唤起其他记忆.
Everything before a few minutes ago was a blur, mixed together with the horrible images of destruction and suffering.
几分钟前的一切是模糊的,与可怕的破坏和痛苦相混合。
She tried to piece together what she could.
她尽力了
She remembered her father, bits of life before the invasion, the Resistance compound, gunshots.
她记得她父亲 入侵前的几分生命 抵抗军大院 枪声
The one constant was an intense hatred of these invaders, the Collective.
其中一个是对这些入侵者的强烈仇恨, 集体。
Don’t worry, Artie said, the first procedure is always the worst.
Artie说, 不要担心, 第一个程序总是最糟糕的。
The second will be much easier.
第二个会容易得多。
It will make sense in time.
时间会合情合理
Sneaking through the north gate was easy.
偷偷从北门溜走很容易
Charlotte and Sam simply put up the hoods on their sweatshirts and walked out.
夏洛特和山姆只是把罩子放在了他们的汗衫上并走出.
Anyone watching likely thought they were just another pair of fighters.
任何观看者都认为他们只是另一对战士
Once outside, they stayed a little off the road as they followed the backup force.
一旦出门,他们跟随后援部队时,稍稍出道.
They wanted to see the attack with their own eyes, but neither of them had a weapon.
他们想亲眼目睹袭击,但两人都没有武器.
Charlotte and Sam stayed silent as they walked, careful not to draw anyone’s attention.
夏洛特和山姆在行走时保持沉默,注意不要引起任何人的注意.
Charlotte’s mind wandered to the time before the aliens invaded.
夏洛特的思想徘徊在外星人入侵之前。
She had been a normal teenager, going to school, playing volleyball with friends, eating fast food.
她是一个正常的青少年,上学,和朋友打排球,吃快餐。
She wished she had appreciated it more at the time.
她希望当时能多加赞赏。
How could she have known alien ships would appear in the sky on her fifteenth birthday?
她怎么会知道 外星飞船会在她十五岁生日时出现在天空?
The aliens had used their blue beams to disable all nuclear weapons, power, and other capabilities around the globe.
外星人用他们的蓝束使全球所有核武器、动力和其他能力失效。
Her father said that was the first attack, a warning shot to show how easily they could destroy the world.
她父亲说这是第一次攻击,这是一次警告射击,以表明他们能多么轻易地毁灭世界.
Soon afterward, world governments began collaborating with the invaders.
不久后,世界各国政府开始与入侵者合作.
They said they were forming a partnership that would make humans one of the great civilizations of the galaxy.
他们说,他们正在形成一种伙伴关系,使人类成为银河系的伟大文明之一。
The aliens provided free energy sources in the form of egg-shaped generators.
外星人以卵形发电机的形式提供了自由能源.
Though only the size of a small car, each one could somehow power an entire city without any fuel.
尽管只有一辆小车的尺寸, 每个人可以不知何故为整个城市提供动力 而没有任何燃料。
In exchange, governments began building the Sterilization and Re-education Centers in cities around the world.
作为交换,各国政府开始在世界各地的城市建设消毒和再教育中心.
All humans were expected to report and register at them.
所有人类都要到他们那里报到和登记
The governments also required people to do “Reconstruction Work”—planting trees, cleaning up landfills, and doing other tasks.
政府还要求人们从事 " 重建工作 " -- -- 植树、清理垃圾填埋地和从事其他工作。
The aliens said the work would “return the Earth to a balanced and healthy ecosystem.”
外星人说,这项工作将“使地球回归一个平衡而健康的生态系统。 “
Charlotte’s dad started trying to convince people that the aliens were really preparing Earth for colonization.
夏洛特的父亲开始试图说服人们,让外星人真正为地球殖民做准备.
His materials claimed that there were sinister motives behind the aliens’ actions.
他的材料声称,这些外国人的行动背后有邪恶动机。
First, they made humanity dependent upon free energy.
首先,它们使人类依赖自由能源。
Then, they began using sterilization to reduce the human population to a more manageable size.
随后,他们开始使用绝育术来将人类人口减少至更可管理的规模.
Re-education was a way to make people accept the aliens’ eventual rule.
再教育是使人们接受外国人最终统治的一种方式。
According to Charlotte’s dad, the aliens were “playing the long game.”
据夏洛特的父亲说,外星人在“玩长长的游戏”。 “
In time, they would be able to simply take over the planet without a fight.
随着时间的推移,它们将能够不战而胜地占领地球。
He said the human race needed to fight them while they still could.
他说人类需要和他们战斗 而他们仍然可以。
That was the beginning of the Resistance.
这是反抗军的开始。
Eventually, her dad moved the family into a compound in the middle of nowhere.
最终,她的父亲将全家迁入了荒郊野外的一个院落.
It was filled with hastily built houses powered by unreliable generators, but people there lived free from alien control.
它充满了由不可靠的发电机供电的仓促建造的房屋,但那里的人们生活在不受外星控制的状态下.
Sam suddenly stopped and crouched down, waving for her to stop as well.
Sam突然停下来并蹲下,挥手让她也停下来.
She halted, waiting for something to happen.
她停了下来,等着发生什么
When nothing did, she crept carefully forward until she knelt beside him.
当什么也没有发生的时候,她小心翼翼地向前走,直到她跪在他旁边.
There, a ways beyond the edge of the trees, stood the Streed.
在那里,树的边缘以外的路, 站在斯德利德。
It was like a mirrored tower, reflecting the lights of the city behind it.
原为一面倒镜的塔,反映其后城的灯光.
Suddenly, an explosion erupted against the shield on the south side of the tower.
突然,塔南侧的盾牌被炸出.
It filled the night with bright blue light.
它充满了明亮的蓝光
The attack had begun.
袭击已经开始。
Charlotte drifted in and out of sleep.
夏洛特在梦中漂来漂去
Being awake meant an intense headache.
清醒意味着头痛
Sleep meant nightmares of planet after planet, civilization after civilization, being destroyed.
沉睡意味着星球再起的噩梦,文明再起文明后被毁灭.
“This is some sort of torture, isn’t it?”
“这是某种折磨, “
she asked Artie when she saw him the next day.
她问Artie第二天见到他时
Why do you think that?
你为什么这么想?
Artie replied.
阿蒂回应了
“Because my dad—he’s important.
“因为我爸很重要。
I remember he’s important to the Resistance.”
我还记得他对抵抗组织很重要。 “
Good, your memories are returning.
很好 你的记忆又回来了
What else do you remember?
你还记得吗?
Charlotte glared at him, projecting an image of a locked vault.
夏洛特盯着他, 投射出一个锁上保险库的图像。
You’re making very good progress with the link.
你正在取得很好的进步。
Artie smiled.
Artie笑着说
The way his scaled lips turned up made his face look more scary than kind.
他的平平的嘴唇 使他的脸看起来比善良更恐怖
No, we are not torturing you.
不,我们没有折磨你。
The pain will end soon.
痛快结束了
Your brain is processing the Collective’s experience—or at least part of it.
你的大脑正在处理集体的经验,或者至少一部分。
It’s an incredible amount of information.
这是令人难以置信的信息。
“I understand what you’re trying to do, but your threats won’t get me to help you,” Charlotte snapped.
“我知道你想做什么, 但你的威胁不会让我帮你,
There is a threat, but not in the way you’re thinking.
也存在威胁,
I assure you, we pose no danger to humans or Earth.
我向你保证 我们不会对人类和地球造成任何危险
In fact, the opposite is true.
事实上,恰恰相反。
We’re trying to save you from yourselves.
我们试图拯救你们,
“I don’t believe you.
" 我不相信你。
You’re just trying to brainwash me into betraying my species like all the others.
你只是想把我洗脑成像其他人一样背叛我的物种。
It won’t work.
这不会成功。
I know what you really are—invaders, conquerors, colonizers.”
我知道你们的真正身份——入侵者、征服者、殖民者。 “
I see you’ve remembered some of the Resistance’s labels.
我看你还记得抵抗运动的一些标签。
Your recovery is going well.
你的康复进展顺利
We should be able to perform the second procedure soon.
我们应该能很快完成第二个程序。
Charlotte tried to jump off the bed, but her bonds held.
夏洛特试图从床上跳下,但她的债券被持有.
She struggled with all her strength, and when they didn’t give, she spit at her captor.
她奋力挣扎,
Artie simply nodded and left the room.
Artie只是点头就离开了房间。
After the first explosion, the real attack began.
第一次爆炸后,真正的攻击开始.
Bullets and grenades struck the shields in dazzling blue light.
子弹和手榴弹打到盾牌上,闪烁出蓝光。
The main force focused its fire on the south side of the tower.
主力将火力集中到塔的南侧.
A small team of five from the backup force approached the north side.
后备部队的一支由5人组成的小队接近了北侧.
Though they all carried weapons, they didn’t fire.
虽然他们都携带武器,
Instead, they snuck up to the tower.
相反,他们溜到塔上。
Then, one by one, with a flash of blue light, they passed through the shield and onto the grounds.
然后,一个接一个地闪出一束蓝光,穿过盾牌并进入地上.
“We can get in there!”
“我们可以进去! “
Charlotte gasped.
夏洛特被毒气冲动了
Before Sam could reply, she sprinted across the open area.
在山姆回复之前,她冲过空地.
She kept close to the ground, heading toward the point where the soldiers had passed through the shield.
她一直靠近地上,朝士兵们穿过盾牌的方向走去。
She reached the shield at a full run, expecting to pass through it as they had.
她一跑就到达了盾牌 希望能像他们一样穿过盾牌
Instead, she felt a flash of pain and a tingling sensation all over her body.
相反,她感到一闪一闪的疼痛和一闪一闪的轰动,全身上下.
Everything went dark.
一切都变了