1级-《在月亮下面》第7课

前情提要 

凯和瑞拉被卫兵带到一座宽敞的旧房子，随后贝尔和她的猫走进房间。贝尔告诉他们：“你们现在可以去见地球司令了，可你们会后悔的！”……

故事原文 

Under the Moon L7

在月亮下面 L7

The guard opened a different door, and Bel and the cat went into a beautiful room with expensive, very old tables and chairs. Rilla and Kiah went in behind them. There were no windows in the room, but a lot of pictures. There was Gog! The richest man on Earth; and the worst man on Earth. He was tall and fat, and without much hair. He sat behind a big table with a television, three computers and five telephones.(1) He watched the television and didn't look at Kiah or Rilla. Two guards with guns stood behind him and two more guards stood near the door.

卫兵打开另外一扇门，贝尔和那只猫走进一个摆满非常古老、昂贵的桌椅的漂亮房间。瑞拉和凯跟在他们后面。这间屋子也没有窗户，墙上挂满了图画。高格就在里面！这个世界上最富也最坏的人。他又高又胖，头发稀疏。他坐在一张大桌子后面，桌上放着一台电视，三台电脑，五部电话。只见他注视着电视屏幕，根本不看凯和瑞拉。两个持枪的卫兵站在他身后，还有两个站在门边。

'Here they are!' Bel said. 'They aren't friends, oh no! They want to talk about the AOL, of course. No one understands about Mars--'

“他们来了，”贝尔说，“他们不是朋友，噢，不是。当然，他们要谈谈人工臭氧层的事。没人懂得火星——”

'That's all right, that's all right,' Gog said quickly.(2) And then he looked up, first at Rilla and then at Kiah.(3) His eyes were cold and green. 'I know about you two,' he said. 'Your captain told me about you. You're famous! Two children! You want to help planet Earth, is that right?' He waited. The cat jumped on to his table and sat down in front of the television.

“行了，行了，”高格快速地打断她。之后他抬起头看看瑞拉又看看凯。那是一双冷漠的绿眼睛。“我知道你们俩，”他说，“你们船长跟我说起过你们。你们名气不小啊！两个孩子！你们想拯救地球，是不是？”他等着回答。那只猫跳上他的桌子坐在电视机前。

'Yes, Commander,' Kiah began. 'The AOL is breaking up--'

“是的，司令，”凯开口了，“人工臭氧层正在破裂——”

'When? Tonight? Tomorrow?' Gog said angrily. 'I heard this old story two years ago, from Adai. Everyone comes here and wants money--money for the AOL, money for rain, money for the Moon colony. But I am Earth Commander, and you are nobody! I know about the AOL and the AOL is good for a hundred years!'

“什么时候？今天晚上？明天？”高格生气地说，“两年前我就听阿岱说过这个老掉牙的故事。每个人都到这儿来要钱——为人工臭氧层，为下雨的事，为月亮部族。但是我是地球司令，你们什么也不是！我知道人工臭氧层，它能坚持一百年！”

'But the satellite--' Kiah began again.

“可是卫星——”凯又开口了。

'Be quiet!' Gog cried. 'I am Earth Commander! I'm not going to give money for the AOL! Or for rain! Or for the Moon!' Gog looked at the guards near the door. 'Take them--take them away. I don't want to hear them.'

“少废话！”高格叫了起来，“我是地球司令！我不会为人工臭氧层花钱！也不为下雨的事花钱！也不为月亮！”高格看了一眼门口的卫兵，“把他们——把他们带走。我不想听他们讲话。”

The guards moved behind Kiah and Rilla, and Bel began to laugh. 'Goodbye!' she said. 'You're not going to the Moon, you're going to prison! You can talk about the holes in the AOL there!'(4)(5)

卫兵们在凯和瑞拉身后行动起来，贝尔笑了。“再见了！”她说，“你们不会去月球，你们要去监狱！你们可以在那儿谈论人工臭氧层上的洞！”

 （原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1.sit behind... 在……后面坐着

例句：I was nervous when the teacher sat behind me.

          老师坐在我后面我就紧张。

2.That’s all right. 没问题/行了。

3.look up at... 抬头看……

例句：The students looked up at the teacher in class.

           学生上课都抬头看着老师。

4.go to prison 入狱

例句：He went to prison for stealing.

           他因盗窃而入狱。

5.hole 洞穴