1级-《在月亮下面》第5课

前情提要 

凯和瑞拉拦下了火车，并向扎达克司令说明地球的情况。司令明确地告诉他们，他正准备去跟高格谈谈雨水的事……

故事原文

Under the Moon L5

在月亮下面 L5

Commander Zadak began to walk back to his train. 'Move that taxi!' he called to his guards.

扎达克司令朝他的火车走去。“把那辆出租车弄走！”他朝卫兵们喊。

Some guards moved the taxi back to the road and then they jumped on to the train again. The train began to move.

几个卫兵把出租车推回到公路上，然后跳上了火车。火车启动了。

'OK,' the taxi driver shouted. 'What are you going to do next? Drive my taxi into the river?'

“好啊，”出租车司机喊道，“接下去你们还想干什么？把我的出租车开到河里去？”

Kiah smiled. He took some money from his pocket and gave it to the taxi driver.(1)

凯笑了。他从表兜里拿出一些钱递给出租车司机。

The taxi driver looked at the money. 'OK, OK,' he said. 'Where now? Back to the airport?'

出租车司机看了看那些钱。“好吧，好吧。”他说，“现在去哪？回机场？”

Kiah took Rilla's hand, 'Yes,' he said. 'Let's get back to Kisangani. We can phone Adai again tomorrow.'

凯拉住瑞拉的手。“是的。”他说，“咱们回基桑加尼去。我们明天再给阿岱打个电话。”

The next day in Kisangani, Kiah and Rilla waited quietly in an office in Gog's house. Suddenly, Commander Zadak came into the office and gave some letters to the man behind the table.(2) He saw the two young people and stopped in front of them.(3)

第二天在基桑加尼，凯和瑞拉在高格住处的一间办公室里静静地等待着。突然，扎达克司令走进办公室，递给办公桌后面的那个人一些信件。他看见了两个年轻人，在他们面前站住了。

'You again!' he said. 'What are you doing here?'

“又是你们！”他说，“你们在这儿干嘛？”

Kiah stood up. 'Good morning, Commander. We're here because we want to see Earth Commander.'

凯站了起来：“早晨好，司令。我们来这儿是为了见地球司令。”

'I saw Earth Commander some minutes ago and talked to him about rain,' Zadak said quietly. 'But he didn't listen. Your captain, Seru, was here earlier this morning and began to tell him about the holes in the AOL. But Gog doesn't want to hear about our planet. He's always talking about Mars. In the end, he's going to destroy Earth.'(4)

“几分钟前我见到了地球司令，还跟他谈了雨水的事。”扎达克平静地说。“但是他不听。你们塞鲁船长今天早晨来过，并且告诉他人工臭氧层有了洞。可是高格不想听我们这颗星球的事。他总是谈论火星。最终他会毁了地球。”

'Please help us!' Rilla cried. 'Come and see Gog with us!'(5)

“请您帮帮我们！”瑞拉喊着，“和我们一起去见见高格吧！"

'No.' Zadak looked at Kiah and then at Rilla with his blue eyes. 'I'm not talking to Gog again. And you--Gog isn't going to listen to you. Be careful and good luck!'

“不。”扎达克用他蓝蓝的眼睛看了看凯，又看了看瑞拉，“我不会再跟高格谈了。而你们——高格不会听你们的。小心点——祝你们好运！”

Commander Zadak opened the door and left the office.

扎达克司令打开房门走出了办公室。

 （原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1.take sth. from one's pocket 从某人口袋掏出某物

拓展：take the cellphone from your pocket 从你的口袋里掏出手机

2.come into… 进入……

例句：The class became quiet when the teacher came into.

           当老师进来后，教室变得安静。

3.stop in front of sb./sth. 在某人/某物面前停下

例句：A car came and stopped in front of me.

           一辆车开过来并在我面前停下。

4.destroy 摧毁；毁灭

例句：A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

          一个人可以被毁灭，但是不能被打败。

5.cry 哭泣；大声叫喊

   shout 呼喊

例句：“It is the wonderful news.” I cried.

           “这真是个好消息。”我大声叫道。