001 选星

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" I've found my champion." Hermes peered through the crack in the temple wall." Finish creating the passage, my friend."

“我找到我的冠军了。”赫尔墨斯透过神殿墙壁的裂缝窥视着。“快把通道建好，我的朋友。”

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" Are you certain?" Caerus sounded bored." These time passages aren't a simple matter, you know

“你确定吗？”凯罗斯听起来很不耐烦。“这些时间通道可不是件简单的事，你知道的。

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None of the other gods could even begin to — "

其他神甚至都无法开始——”

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" I know," Hermes interrupted

“我知道，”赫尔墨斯打断了他。

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" That's why I asked you to help me. Trust me

“所以我才请你帮忙。相信我。

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It will be worth the effort if we succeed." He smiled

如果我们成功了，这一切努力都是值得的。”他笑了笑。

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Caerus smiled back, looking more interested now." True," he said

凯罗斯也回以微笑，现在看起来更感兴趣了。“没错，”他说。

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" Zeus will never figure out where you found your champion!"

“宙斯永远不会知道你是从哪里找到你的冠军的！”

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Hermes didn't respond. He was watching the mortal boy again

赫尔墨斯没有回答。他又在观察那个凡人男孩。

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It wasn't easy to see through the tiny crack in the wall — curse Caerus and his laziness!

透过墙上那条细缝看过去可不容易——都怪凯罗斯，还有他那懒散的毛病！

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But Hermes could see enough. The athlete was handsome and strong, his muscles rippling as he ran

但赫尔墨斯已经看得足够清楚。那位运动员英俊强壮，奔跑时肌肉线条起伏。

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Other mortals were chasing the boy, but he outpaced them easily

其他凡人追赶着那个男孩，但他轻松地把他们甩在身后。

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Suddenly the boy stopped. He threw something on the ground and then leaped around gracefully

突然，男孩停了下来。他往地上扔了什么东西，然后优雅地跳跃起来。

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" Is he celebrating his victory in the footrace?" Hermes thought. Watching him, Hermes had no idea

“他是在庆祝赛跑的胜利吗？”赫尔墨斯心想。看着他，赫尔墨斯并不清楚。

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The ways of mortals were often strange, and usually not worth puzzling over

凡人的行为往往很奇怪，通常不值得费神去琢磨。

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But Hermes could tell that this mortal was something special

但赫尔墨斯看得出来，这个凡人有特别之处。

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" Finish the passage," he told Caerus again." We don't have time to waste if we want to have him ready."

“完成通道，”他再次对凯罗斯说，“如果我们想让他准备好，就没有时间可以浪费了。”

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" Good game, Brody," Coach Smith said as Brody jogged off the field with the rest of the football team

“好比赛，布罗迪，”史密斯教练说，布罗迪和其他橄榄球队队员一起慢跑下场。

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" Yeah, I know." Brody puffed out his chest." Thanks, Coach. Do you think we'll win the championship this year?"

“是的，我知道。”布罗迪挺起胸膛，“谢谢，教练。你觉得我们今年会赢得冠军吗？”

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Another player glanced over." If you keep making touchdowns, Brody? Definitely!" he said

另一名球员瞥了一眼说：“如果你一直达阵得分，布罗迪？那当然！”

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Several of Brody's other teammates agreed, though some remained quiet. A few looked unhappy

布罗迪的其他几个队友表示同意，但有些人保持沉默。有几个人看起来不高兴。

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Brody wasn't surprised. He was only a freshman, but he played better than any of the older kids

布罗迪并不惊讶。他只是一年级新生，却打得比所有高年级学生都好。

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That had to be embarrassing for them. Brody didn't care, though

这对他们来说肯定很难堪。不过布罗迪不在乎。

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They should be glad he was on the team

他们应该庆幸他在队里。

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Everyone said he was the best player to attend the high school in years

大家都说他是这所高中多年来最出色的球员。

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Maybe he was the best player ever

也许他是有史以来最出色的球员。

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Brody headed into the locker room. He showered, changed his clothes, and went back outside

布罗迪朝更衣室走去。他洗了澡，换了衣服，然后回到外面。

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A teammate waved good-bye." Are you ready for that science test tomorrow?" he called

一个队友挥手告别。“你准备好明天的科学考试了吗？”他喊道。

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Brody frowned at him." Who cares about science?"

布罗迪对他皱起眉头。“谁在乎科学？”

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The truth was, he hadn't studied for the test yet

事实上，他还没有为考试复习过。

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Science was hard for him — even harder than most of his other classes

科学对他来说很难——比他大多数其他课都难。

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But so what? The coach was already saying that Brody was sure to win a college scholarship when the time came

但那又怎样？教练已经在说，布罗迪到时候肯定能拿到大学奖学金。

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Brody didn't care much about going to college, but he loved the idea of playing college football

布罗迪并不太在乎上不上大学，但他很喜欢打大学橄榄球这个念头。

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After that he'd probably be drafted by the professional league, and then he'd be rich

在那之后，他很可能被职业联盟选中，然后就会很有钱。

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He wouldn't need to know about science to play football

他不需要懂什么科学就能打橄榄球。

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The only schooling he'd need was enough math to add up all his money!

他唯一需要的教育，就是有足够的数学能力把所有的钱加起来！

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As Brody was thinking about that, a girl stepped in front of him

布罗迪正想着这些，一个女孩走到了他面前。

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He almost crashed into her, but he stopped just in time

他差点撞到她，但他及时停住了。

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" Watch it," he said." I'm trying to walk here."

“看着点，”他说，“我正走路呢。”

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" I need to talk to you." The girl sounded annoyed

“我需要和你谈谈。”女孩听起来很恼火。

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Brody stared at her. She looked familiar." Hey, don't you ride my bus?"

布罗迪盯着她。她看着眼熟。“嘿，你不就是坐我公交车的吗？”

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" Yes." The girl sounded even more annoyed now." I sit in the front seat

“是的。”女孩听起来更不耐烦了。“我坐在前排。

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Every single day since school started. I'm Julia."

从开学起每天都这样。我是朱莉娅。”

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" Oh. Uh, I'm Brody."

“哦。呃，我是布罗迪。”

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" I know." Julia rolled her eyes." I'm supposed to write an article about you for the school newspaper."

“我知道。”朱莉娅翻了个白眼。“我被安排给校报写一篇关于你的文章。”

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" Really?" Brody shrugged." There was an article about me in there three weeks ago

“真的吗？”布罗迪耸耸肩。“三周前那里面就有我的一篇文章。

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I guess it's time for another one." He laughed loudly

我想是时候再来一篇了。”他大笑起来。

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Julia didn't laugh." Just so you know, I don't care about football

朱莉娅没笑。“先跟你说清楚，我不在乎橄榄球。

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They're making me do this because the reporter who usually writes the sports stories is sick."

是他们让我做的，因为通常写体育报道的记者病了。”

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" Whatever." Brody started walking." I'm on my way to the bus stop

“随便。”布罗迪迈步走了起来。“我正要去公交车站。”

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You can interview me if you can keep up."

“你要是跟得上我，就可以采访。”

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Julia broke into a jog to match his pace." Can't you hold still for a second?

朱莉娅小跑起来跟上他的步伐。“你就不能老实站一会儿吗？

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This won't take long." She looked at her notebook

不会耽误很久的。”她看着自己的笔记本。

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" What's your favorite thing about playing on the football team?"

“你在橄榄球队里最喜欢什么？”

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That got Brody's interest. He loved talking about himself

这勾起了布罗迪的兴趣。他最喜欢谈论自己了。

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He stopped and leaned against the brick wall of the gymnasium

他停下脚步，靠在了体育馆的砖墙上。

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" Well...," he said." My favorite thing about playing football is that I'm so great at it

“嗯……，”他说。“我打橄榄球最喜欢的一点就是，我打得特别好。

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It's fun being the star of the team." He flexed his biceps like a bodybuilder

当球队里的明星可有意思了。”他像健美运动员一样秀了秀自己的肱二头肌。

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" Hmm." Julia didn't look impressed by that, or by his answer either, but she scribbled a few notes

“嗯。”朱莉娅看起来对此并不为所动，对他的回答也没什么感觉，但她还是草草记了几笔。

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" What valuable lessons have you learned from your teammates so far?"

“到目前为止，你从队友那里学到了哪些宝贵的经验？”

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That question wasn't nearly as interesting as the first one, in Brody's opinion

在布罗迪看来，这个问题远没有第一个那么有意思。

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" What kind of article are you writing, anyway?" he said

“你到底在写一篇什么样的文章啊？”他说。

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" Readers won't care about stuff like that

“读者根本不会关心那种事。

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Maybe you should wait until that sick reporter gets back and let him write the story."

也许你该等那位生病的记者回来，让他来写这篇报道。”

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He started to walk away. Then he felt Julia grab his arm

他迈步准备离开。这时，他感到朱莉娅抓住了他的胳膊。

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She had a strong grip for such a nerdy girl

这么一个书呆子气的女孩，力气倒不小。

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" Stop," she said, sounding annoyed." I told you, I need to — "

“站住，”她说，听起来很生气。“我跟你说了，我得——”

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Whoosh!

呼——！

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A sudden blast of air and sound interrupted her

一阵突如其来的气流和声响打断了她的话。

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The bricks of the gym wall seemed to crackle and melt

体育馆墙壁的砖块似乎在噼啪作响并融化。

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They pulled apart, leaving a narrow opening just tall and wide enough for a person to step through

它们分开了，留下一个狭窄的开口，刚好够一个人走进去的高度和宽度。

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Brody felt Julia's grip on him tighten

布罗迪感到朱莉娅抓住他的手收紧了。

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As he looked through the crack, his eyes widened in shock

当他透过裂缝望去时，震惊地瞪大了眼睛。

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There was no sign of the gym interior through that crack in the wall

透过墙上的那道裂缝，完全看不到体育馆内部的迹象。

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Instead he saw a strange, shadowy space with stone walls. Two tall figures stood there

相反，他看到了一个有着石墙的奇怪阴暗空间。那里站着两个高大的身影。

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One of the figures leaned through the crack

其中一个身影从裂缝中探出身来。

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He had curly blond hair and looked a few years older than Brody. His eyes glowed bright green

他有着金色的卷发，看起来比布罗迪大几岁。他的眼睛发出明亮的绿光。

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" Hey... Ow!" Brody yelped as the mysterious figure grabbed him by the hair and yanked him through the crack

“嘿……哎哟！”当那个神秘身影一把揪住他的头发，猛地把他拽进裂缝时，布罗迪尖叫起来。