【双语讲解】第5课：Ellie 和 Carl 的约定

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“My adventure book,” Ellie said, pulling out her homemade scrapbook. She turned to the first page—a photo of Charles Muntz. “You know him. Charles Muntz … explorer.When I get big, I’m going where he’s going— South America.” She pointed to a map that was pasted into the book. “It’s like America, butsouth. Wanna know where I’m gonna live? Paradise Falls. ‘A land lost in time.’” She pointed to a beautiful photo of atepui, a steep, rugged mountain with a flat top. She had drawn a picture of her clubhouse sitting on the tepui, next to the falls. “I ripped this right out of a library book. I’m gonna move my clubhouse there and park it right next to the falls. Who knows what lives up there! And once I get there …” She flipped through the book until she came to a page marked STUFF I’M GOINGTO DO. After that, all the pages were blank. “Well, I’m saving these pages for all the adventures I’m gonna have,” Ellie explained. “Only, I just don’t know how I’m gonna get to Paradise Falls.”

“这是我的探险书。”艾莉边说边拿出了她自制的剪贴簿。她翻到了第一页，上面是查尔斯·蒙兹的照片。“你认识他吧。查尔斯·蒙兹……是个探险家。等我长大了，我也要去他去过的地方——南美洲。”她指了指粘在这本书中的一幅地图说道，“它和美洲的形状很像，但是是在南部。想知道我打算住在哪儿吗？天堂瀑布：‘即将消失的土地’。”她指着特普伊山的美丽照片，那山陡峭崎岖，却有一个平整的山顶。她把她的俱乐部画在了特普伊山的山顶，紧挨着瀑布。“这是我从图书馆的书上撕下来的。我要把我的俱乐部搬到那儿去，就搬到瀑布旁边。天知道上面还住着些什么！我一搬过去……”她翻了翻这本书，在标有“心愿单”的那一页停了下来。在这后面，所有的页面都是空白的。“好吧，我要为以后的探险经历留些位置，”艾莉解释道，“只是我不知道要怎样去天堂瀑布。”

Carl glanced up at the shelf that held his collection of toy blimps. His blue balloon floated beside them. Ellie followed his gaze.

卡尔抬头望向斜上方的架子：上面放着他收集的玩具飞船，而他的蓝色气球飘浮在那些飞船旁边。艾莉顺着他的目光看了看。

“That’s it!” she cried. “You can take us there in a blimp! Swear you’ll take us. Cross your heart! Cross it! Cross your heart.”

“就是它了！”她喊道。“你可以用这种小型飞船带我们去那儿！发誓你会带我们去。发誓！发啊！快点儿发誓。”

Carl crossed his heart.

Ellie heaved a sigh of relief. “Good. You promised. No backing out.”

卡尔在胸前画了十字，许下誓言。

艾莉松了口气，说道：“好了。你发过誓的哦。不准反悔。”

Carl shook his head. No way would he back out. This girl was a real adventurer. Look at what had happened today! Carl had spent ten minutes with her, and he’d already had the biggest adventure of his life. If she said she was going to South America, then Carl wanted to go along.

卡尔摇了摇头。他决不会反悔。这个女孩是个真正的探险家。瞧瞧今天都发生了什么！卡尔只和她在一块儿待了十分钟，却已经度过了他一生中最大的探险。如果她说要去南美洲，卡尔一定会跟着去。

“Well, see you tomorrow, kid!” Ellie chirped happily as she headed toward the window and climbed out. “Bye. Adventure is out there!” She poked her head back in. “You know, you don’t talk very much. I like you!” With those parting words, Ellie disappeared into the night.

“好了，明天见，小家伙！”艾莉一边开心地说着，一边走向窗户，慢慢爬了出去。“再见。探险就要开始了！”忽然，她又把头伸了进来，对卡尔说：“知道吗，虽然你话不多，但我喜欢你！”说完这些，艾莉就消失在了夜色中。

Carl stared at the empty window for a moment. “Wow,” he said, resting his cheek against the top of the balloon.

His balloon popped, as if it completely agreed with him. 

卡尔盯着空荡荡的窗户看了一会儿，然后把脸搁在气球顶部，发出了一声感叹：“哇哦！”

“砰”的一声，气球爆了，仿佛是对卡尔心中所想表示完全 赞成。