9.3 Mini-Sub

MT英语（ID:mtkouyu）
专辑：【英文原版童话故事】
文本整理：Doris

“You’ve really done it now, Annie!” said Jack.

“你真的闯祸了,安妮!”杰克说。

“Sorry, sorry. But look out the window!” Annie said. “Look!”

“对不起!但是你看窗外。”安妮说, “快看啊!”

“Forget it! We have to figure this out!” Jack stared at the computer. He saw a row of pictures at the top of the screen.

“还有什么好看的!咱们得先把潜水艇控制住!”杰克注视着电脑,他看到屏幕上方的一组图标。

“What did you do?” he asked.

“你动了什么?”他问安妮。

“I just pressed the ON button, ” said Annie. “The screen lit up. And I pressed the starfish.”

“我刚才按了‘开始’键。”安妮说, “屏幕亮了以后我又按了那个海星图标。”

“That must be the command to go under the water, ” said Jack.

“那一定是让潜艇往海底开的键。”杰克说。

“Yeah. Then the map came on, ” said Annie.

“对!接着地图就在屏幕上出现了。”安妮说。

“Okay, okay.The map shows the reef, ” said Jack. “Look! There’s the mini-sub on the map! It’s moving away from the reef.”

“知道了,地图上显示出了那块礁石。”杰克说, “看,小潜艇也在地图上,而且它正在驶离那块礁石。”

“It’s like a video game, ” said Annie. “I bet I know what to do.”

“这就像是电子游戏似的。”安妮说, “我想我知道该做什么了。”

Annie pressed a key with an arrow pointing right. The mini-sub on the screen moved right. The real mini-sub turned to the right, also.

安妮按了一下上面有向右箭头的键,屏幕上的小潜艇就向右移动,他们坐的潜艇也真的向右行驶起来。

“Great!” said Jack with relief. “You press the arrows to steer the mini-sub. So now we can go back.”

“太好了!”杰克舒了口气, “你可以通过这些标有箭头的键驾驶这艘小潜艇,那么现在我们可以回去了。”

“Oh, no, not right away, ” said Annie. “It’s so beautiful down here.”

“不嘛,不要现在就走。”安妮说, “这海底下好美噢!”

“We have to get back to the reef, ” said Jack. His eyes were still glued to the computer screen. “What if the owners find it gone?”

“我们必须返回礁石。”杰克的眼睛仍然盯着屏幕,说, “要是潜艇的主人发现它不见了怎么办呢?”

“Look out the window, ” said Annie. “Just for one teeny second.”

“你看窗外, ”安妮说, “就看一眼。”

Jack sighed. He pushed his glasses into place and looked up. “Oh, man, ” he said softly.

杰克叹了口气,他推了推眼镜,抬起头来。“噢,天哪!”他轻声说。

Outside the glass was a strange world of bright moving color. It looked like another planet.

窗外是流光溢彩的奇妙世界,就仿佛是另一个星球。

The mini-sub was moving past red, yellow, and blue coral past little coral mountains, valleys, and caves past fishes of every color and size.

小潜艇正驶过红的、黄的、蓝的珊瑚,驶过小小的珊瑚山、珊瑚谷、珊瑚洞,驶过大小、颜色各异的鱼儿。

“Can’t we stay a little while? The answer to Morgan’s riddle must be here, ” said Annie.

“咱们不能逗留一会儿吗?摩根的谜底一定在这里呢!”安妮说。

Jack nodded slowly. She might be right, he thought. Besides, when would they ever get to visit a place like this again?

杰克缓缓点了点头。他觉得她也许是对的,况且,像这样的地方他们何时才能再来呢?