051 沙滩之旅

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" Look!" Maggie cried." Do you think that's the van?"

“看！”麦琪叫道，“你觉得是那辆面包车吗？”

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Henry looked up from tying his shoelace

亨利正在系鞋带，闻声抬起头来。

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His cousin, Maggie, was jumping up and down and pointing down the street

他的表妹麦琪正蹦蹦跳跳地指着街那头。

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" William said that his parents were sending a blue van to pick us up," Henry said

“威廉说他爸妈会派一辆蓝色面包车来接我们，”亨利说。

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" That must be the one."

“那肯定就是这辆了。”

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Cole grabbed his backpack off the sidewalk

科尔一把抓起人行道上的背包。

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" I can't wait to get to the beach!" he exclaimed

“我等不及要去海滩了！”他兴奋地喊道。

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" Me neither," Henry agreed

“我也是。”亨利赞同地说。

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Their new friend, William, had invited the three of them to spend the weekend at his family's beach house

他们的新朋友威廉邀请了三人去他家的海滨别墅度周末。

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It was on an island located about an hour's drive from Belltown, where they all lived

那栋别墅在一个小岛上，从他们居住的贝尔镇开车大约一小时就能到。

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The van stopped at the curb. A young woman was driving

面包车停在路边。开车的是位年轻女士。

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" Are you Henry, Maggie, and Cole?" she asked in a friendly voice

“你们是亨利、玛吉和科尔吗？”她友好地问。

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" That's them!" someone called out from the back of the van

“是他们！”有人从面包车后面喊道。

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" Get in here, you guys!"

“快上车吧，你们！”

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A second later the side door slid open

一秒后，侧门滑开了。

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" Hi, Nathan," Henry said to the kid inside

“嗨，内森。”亨利对里面的男孩说。

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Nathan lived nearby and was one of the friendliest and happiest kids Henry knew

内森就住在附近，是亨利认识的最友好、最快乐的孩子之一。

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He was going to William's vacation house too

他也要去威廉的度假屋。

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" This is going to be great!" Cole said as he climbed into the van

“这一定会很棒！”科尔边爬进面包车边说。

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Maggie climbed in after him." Yeah," she agreed

玛吉跟着他爬了进去。“是啊，”她赞同道。

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" But I wish I didn't have to close the lemonade stand for the whole weekend."

但我真希望不用整个周末都关闭柠檬水摊。

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Cole made a face." Are you kidding?" he said

科尔做了个鬼脸。“你在开玩笑吗？”他说。

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" I'd much rather spend the weekend at the beach than pouring lemonade."

我宁愿在海滩度过周末，也不愿倒柠檬水。

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" Me too," Maggie said

“我也是。”麦琪说。

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" But I could make a lot of money selling lemonade this weekend

但我这个周末卖柠檬水能赚很多钱。

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And I'm saving up right now

而且我现在正在存钱。

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My barn is having a horse show at the end of the summer, and it costs a lot to compete in the show."

我的马场在夏末有一场马术表演，参加表演要花很多钱。

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" You should have plenty of money for that," Cole said

“你应该已经有足够的钱了。”科尔说。

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" Our detective business has been booming lately

我们的侦探社最近生意很红火。

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We solved the mystery of the missing baseball glove for Tiny last week."

我们上周还为泰尼解决了失踪棒球手套的谜团呢。”

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Henry nodded." And we helped Mr. Metz find his relatives' addresses so he could plan a family reunion

亨利点点头：“我们还帮了梅兹先生找到了他亲戚的地址，好让他能安排一场家庭聚会。”

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He paid us double our usual fee for that, remember?"

那一次他付了我们双倍的报酬，还记得吗？”

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" I guess you're right."

“我想你说得对。”

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Maggie stared out the window, still thinking about the lemonade stand as the van pulled away

麦琪凝视着窗外，面包车开动时，她依然想着柠檬水摊的事。

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" Anyway, we'll be back on Monday

“反正我们周一就回来了。

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I hope everybody in Belltown is still thirsty when we get back."

希望等我们回来的时候，‘铃铛镇’的大家还都渴着呢。”

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Cole shrugged and then turned to Nathan and Henry

科尔耸了耸肩，然后转向内森和亨利。

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" Do you think we'll get to go surfing at William's beach house?" he wondered

“你们觉得我们在威廉的海滩别墅能去冲浪吗？”他琢磨着。

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" I don't know," Nathan said." I talked to William on the phone yesterday

“我不知道，”内森说，“我昨天和威廉通了电话。

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But I didn't get to ask him many questions about this weekend

但我没来得及问他多少关于这个周末的问题。”

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He sounded kind of weird."

他听起来有点奇怪。"

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" He sounded weird?" Henry said." What do you mean?"

"他听起来很奇怪？"亨利说，"你这是什么意思？"

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" He was quieter than usual." Nathan looked worried

"他比平时话少。"内森面露忧色。

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" I hope he's not getting sick."

"希望他不是生病了。"

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" Was he coughing and sneezing on the phone?" asked Cole

"他在电话里咳嗽打喷嚏了吗？"科尔问。

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" No. But my sister Nora has a really bad cold right now," Nathan said

"没有。不过我姐姐诺拉现在得了重感冒。"内森说。

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" I guess that's what made me think of it."

"我猜就是这个让我想起的。"

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" Let's talk about all the fun stuff we're going to do at the beach!" Maggie said, changing the subject

"咱们聊聊到了海滩要玩的所有好玩的事吧！"麦琪说着，转移了话题。

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" Yeah," Cole agreed." Like swimming and bodysurfing..."

"对啊，"科尔赞同道，"比如游泳和人体冲浪……"

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" Maybe we can do pirate things," Nathan suggested." Pirates are cool!"

"或许我们可以玩海盗游戏。"内森提议，"海盗很酷！"

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" I want to build a sand castle," Maggie said." And look for seashells."

"我想堆沙堡，"麦琪说，"还要找贝壳。"

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Henry grinned." I can't wait to do all that stuff!"

亨利咧嘴笑道："我迫不及待想玩所有这些了！"

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" Here we are," the van driver said an hour later

"我们到了。"一小时后，面包车司机说。

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Henry looked out the window. They were approaching a large, fancy house

亨利望向窗外。他们正驶向一栋又大又漂亮的房子。

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It sat near a sandy beach and was bigger than Henry's house and Maggie's house put together

房子坐落在沙滩附近，比亨利家和麦琪家的房子加起来还大。

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In the distance Henry could see a long row of tall, rocky cliffs

远处，亨利看到一排长长的高耸岩石峭壁。

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" Wow, this place is great!" Maggie exclaimed

"哇，这地方太棒了！"麦琪欢呼。

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" We're going to have so much fun."

"我们肯定能玩得很开心。"

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" Look, there's William." Nathan pointed

"瞧，是威廉。"内森指着说。

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A kid was standing in front of the house

一个小孩正站在房子前面。

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A girl around his age was beside him

一个和他年纪相仿的女孩站在他旁边。

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As soon as the driver stopped the van, Henry and the others jumped out

司机一停车，亨利和其他人就跳下了车。

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" Hi, William," Henry said." Thanks for inviting us!"

"嗨，威廉，"亨利说，"谢谢你的邀请！"

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" You're welcome," William said. He pointed to the girl

"不客气，"威廉说着指向那个女孩。

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" This is Anna. She lives here in Sea Cove."

"这是安娜。她住在这海豚湾。"

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" You live at the beach all year long? Cool!" said Cole." I'm Cole."

"你一年四季都住在海边？酷！"科尔说，"我是科尔。"

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" And I'm Henry," Henry said." That's my cousin, Maggie, and that's Nathan."

"我是亨利，"亨利说，"那是我表妹麦琪，那是内森。"

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" Nice to meet you," Anna said." Is this your first time coming to — "

"很高兴认识你们，"安娜说，"这是你们第一次来——"

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Suddenly a figure, waving a long, gleaming sword, leaped from behind a shrub

突然，一个人影挥舞着一把长长的闪亮利剑，从灌木丛后跳了出来。

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" Aargh!" he growled

"啊——！"他吼道。