E03 精讲版 | 金色面具和弯刃剑

英汉文本 

Ahead of her was a large circular stone door.Raya removed her fighting sticks from her beltand unlocked it. Wiggling out of her shoes and leaving them at the entrance, Raya stepped throughthe opening. She gasped in wonder. Incandescent blue flowers dotted the darkness like stars, lightingthe way. Emerald water flowed against gravity up a flight of stone steps. She was entering the Chamberof the Dragon Gem. 

立在她面前的是一扇巨大的圆形石门。拉雅从腰带中抽出竹棍，打开了石门的锁。她扭动着脱下鞋子，放在门口，踏进了洞口。她惊讶地吸了口气。泛着白光的蓝色花朵星星点点地点缀着黑暗，照亮了她的去路。翠绿的水逆着重力流向上一段石阶。她正在进入神龙宝石之殿。

Four great dragon statues held up the ceiling, which was open to the sky. The floor was a pond. And in the center of the chamber, suspended in mid-air by its own magic, was the glowing Dragon Gem.

四尊巨龙雕像支撑着露天的天花板。地面是一汪池塘。殿 堂中央闪耀着神龙宝石，凭借其魔法悬浮在半空。

Raya took a deep breath. This was it — the moment she’d prepared for all her life.

拉雅深吸了一口气。就是现在— 这一刻，她准备了一生。

A series of stepping-stones led over the waterto the center of the room. Raya started across them,then paused. “Wait a second...this feels too easy.”

一连串踏脚石露出水面，一直通往殿堂中央。拉雅踏上它们，随后便止住了脚步。“等等......感觉这也太容易了。”

She turned and glance behind her. When she looked forward again, she saw a golden-masked warrior standing between her and the Gem.

她转身瞥了眼身后。当她将视线再次移向前方时，她看到一 位戴金色面具的战士挡在她和宝石中间。

Raya’s grip tightened on her fighting sticks.“Chief Benja, look, I know it’s your job to try t ostop me, but you won’t.” she said.

拉雅双手紧握住竹棍。“蓬加大族长，我知道阻止我是你的职责，但你是做不到的。”她说。

“Don’t mistake spirit for skill, young one,” the chief replied. Behind the golden mask, his voice sounded deep. “I promise you will not set foot on the Dragon Gem’s inner circle. Not even a toe.”

“干劲可不代表能力，年轻人。”族长回答。戴着金色面具的 他声音低沉。“我保证你踏不进神龙宝石的内圈。一个脚趾头都进不去。”

Raya glanced at the sword at his waist. Chief Benja’s sword was well-known to Raya. Its curved blade could expand into a whip that would take out three warriors at once. It wasn’t skill alone that made Chief Benja the baddest blade in the lands.

拉雅瞥了眼他腰间的剑。她很熟悉蓬加大族长的剑。它弯曲的剑刃能化为长鞭，同时拿下三名战士。让蓬加大族长成为五地最强剑客的可不只有技术。

“You might want to take out that blade,” Raya said boldly, though her heart was pounding.

“ You’re going to need it.”  “Not today.” Chief Benja detached his sword from his belt, but he didn’t unsheathe it.

“你最好把那把剑抽出来，”拉雅大胆地说，虽然她的心在砰砰跳个不停，“你会用到的。”

“今天用不着。”蓬加大族长从腰上取下剑，却并未拨出。

In a quick move, Raya lunged to the left,hoping to catch the warrior off guard. Chief Benja blocked her path. Raya’s fighting sticks spun through the air. But each time, they missed.

拉雅迅速行动，猛冲向左，企图使他措手不及。蓬加大族长挡住了她的去路。她的竹棍在空中旋转，但每次都未能击中目标。 

When she saw an opening, Raya tried to dodge the chief, her feet searching for purchase on the slippery rocks. For a moment, it seemed like shemight slip past. 

她发现了一个机会，努力地避开大族长，脚在滑溜溜的岩石上寻找支点。有那么一刻，她似乎要溜过去了。

With a swift parry , Chief Benja disarmed herand knocked her down. Her fighting sticks clatteredon the stones.

蓬加大族长迅速一挡，击落了她的武器，让她摔在了地上。她的竹棍啪地掉在了岩石上。 

Raya sprawled on the ground, struggling tocatch her breath. Chief Benja stood over her. For along second, they stared at each other. Then, withthe tip of his sheathed sword, he reached out andtapped Raya’s nose. “Boop.”

拉雅躺在地上，努力想喘口气。蓬加大族长站在她身边。两人对视了长长的一秒钟。随后，他用未出鞘的剑尖点了点她的鼻子。“砰。”

123重点精讲

-gasp: 吸气、喘气

To gasp means to take a quick deep breath with your mouth open, especially because you are surprised or in pain. 

当我们非常惊讶，或者感到疼痛的时候，都会自然的gasp一下。

I gasped at the wonderful view. 我惊叹于美丽的景色。

He gasped in astonishment at the news. 这条新闻让他非常震惊。

-mistake A for B：把A当成B

 I think you must be mistaking me for someone else. 我想你把我误认为别人了。

Don’t mistake self-conceit for self-confidence. 别把自负当成自信。

Don’t mistake ignorance for innocence. 别把无知当天真。

-detach：拔出

If you detach something, you remove it from sth larger. （把一件东西从更大的物体上拿下来）

detach the coupon 优惠券沿着虚线撕下来

The keyboard can be detached from the laptop. 键盘可以从电脑上卸下来。

detach是attach的反义词，前缀de表示相反，attach是附上、粘上，detach就是拿掉，摘下

拓展——detached：独立的，没有连接的

a detached house 独栋的大房子。

He's detached. 他是一个冷漠、超然的人。

(If someone is detached, then he has no emotional interest in people or things around him.)

-catch sb. off guard 抓某人个措手不及

guard：警卫、卫兵；警戒、警惕心

catch sb. off guard ：就是当某人的警惕心的开关被关上(off)的时候，被catch到了。

The teacher can always catch you off guard. 你（走神）被老师抓包了。

You really want to to leave him a good impression but you were caught off guard. 你很想给他留个好印象，但是一没留神被他看到了糟糕的一面。

-struggle：挣扎、奋斗、抗争

struggle = try hard to do sth.

struggle to breathe 奋力喘气

struggle for power 争夺权力

If someone is struggling with a disease, then he’s trying hard to fight with the disease. (与疾病抗争)

造句：春游的时候，我们奋力爬上了山顶之后下雨了。

It began to rain after we ~d to the top of the hill. 

随堂笔记

wiggle: 扭动  wiggle your hips 扭一扭屁股

incandescent: 炙热的、白炽的  incandescent lamp 白炽灯

a flight of stone steps 一段阶梯

a series of 一系列、一连串的

spirit: 干劲、意志  fighting spirit 斗志

curved blade：弯曲的刀刃（原型是印尼的波状刃短剑）

whip: 鞭子

purchase：握紧、抓牢