002 路过

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Julia had no idea what was happening. She couldn't hear anything but the rush of air around her

茱莉亚完全不知道发生了什么事。她什么也听不见，只听到周围风的呼啸。

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Then she landed on a hard marble floor

然后她落到了坚硬的大理石地板上。

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She stumbled forward, letting go of Brody's arm

她向前踉跄了几步，松开了布罗迪的胳膊。

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" What's going on?" Brody shouted." Hey!"

“怎么回事？”布罗迪喊道。“喂！”

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Julia looked around, too frightened to speak

茱莉亚环顾四周，吓得说不出话来。

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They were in a square room with stone walls

他们在一个方形房间里，墙壁是石头砌的。

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A skylight overhead let in a beam of bright sunshine

头顶的天窗透进一束明亮的阳光。

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Two young men stood in front of them

两个年轻人站在他们面前。

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Both were tall and handsome and dressed in short robes

两人都又高又帅，穿着短袍。

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" Chitons," Julia thought. She remembered learning that word in social studies class

“是基同。”茱莉亚心想。她记得在社科课上学过这个词。

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Chitons were simple garments worn by men and women in the ancient world

丘尼卡是古代男女都穿的一种简单服装。

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The classes about ancient Greece and Rome had been among Julia's favorite parts of social studies last year

关于古希腊和古罗马的课程，是茱莉亚去年社会学学习中最喜欢的部分之一。

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But why were these guys wearing chitons?

但这些人为什么穿着丘尼卡呢？

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What had happened to the high school?

高中变成什么样了？

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" Where did the girl come from?" one guy asked." She wasn't part of the plan."

“这女孩从哪儿来的？”一个人问道，“她不在计划之内。”

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The young man's face was so beautiful that it took Julia a moment to notice something odd

那个年轻男子的脸庞如此俊美，以至于茱莉亚过了一会儿才注意到有些古怪。

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He had only a single lock of brown hair hanging over his forehead

他只有一绺棕色的头发垂在额前。

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The rest of his head was completely bald

头的其余部分完全是光秃秃的。

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The second young man had curly blond hair and was as handsome as a movie star

第二个年轻人有着金色卷发，像电影明星一样英俊。

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He leaned forward and poked Julia." You, girl," he said." What are you doing here?"

他向前倾身，戳了戳茱莉亚。“你，丫头，”他说，“你在这儿干什么？”

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" Ow!" Julia yanked her arm away." Stop poking me."

“嗷！”茱莉亚猛地抽回手臂。“别再戳我了。”

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" What's going on?" Brody demanded again." Where are we?"

“这是怎么回事？”布罗迪再次质问。“我们在哪儿？”

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" Silence, mortal." The blond man frowned at his friend

“安静，凡人。”金发男子对他的朋友皱起了眉头。

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" The girl was a mistake. Let's toss her back through."

“那女孩是个意外。我们把她扔回去吧。”

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" Are you certain you want to do that?" the bald guy said

“你确定要这么做吗？”秃顶的家伙说。

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" Remember, this passage will close forever as soon as anyone passes back through it."

“记住，一旦有人返回，这条通道就会永久关闭。”

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" I forgot about that." The blond guy looked annoyed

“我忘了这茬。”金发男子看起来有些恼火。

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" In that case, she'll have to stay

“既然如此，她必须留下。”

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We might need the passage again if this doesn't work out."

万一这事不成，我们可能还需要用到这条通道。”

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He glanced at Brody and looked him up and down

他瞥了布罗迪一眼，上下打量着他。

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" Are we being kidnapped?" Julia blurted out, still trying to figure out what was happening." Who are you?"

“我们被绑架了吗？”茱莉娅脱口而出，仍在试图弄清楚发生了什么。“你们是谁？”

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The blond guy chuckled." Do not be frightened, mortal. We won't hurt you

金发男子轻声笑了笑。“别害怕，凡人。我们不会伤害你。

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Don't you recognize me? I am Hermes, messenger of the gods and friend to mortals."

你不认识我吗？我是赫尔墨斯，众神的信使，也是凡人的朋友。”

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" Mortals? Gods?" Brody said." Huh?"

“凡人？众神？”布罗迪说。“啊？”

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Hermes held up a hand to silence him

赫尔墨斯举起一只手，示意他安静。

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" And this is my friend Caerus, god of luck and opportunity

“这是我的朋友凯若斯，幸运与机遇之神。

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He saw the opportunity to help me humiliate Zeus by seeking a mortal champion in an unusual way."

他看到了一个机会，用一种不寻常的方式寻找一位凡人冠军，来帮我羞辱宙斯。”

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Hermes and Caerus both laughed heartily. Julia caught a glimpse of movement and looked down

赫尔墨斯和凯若斯都开怀大笑。茱莉娅瞥见有什么在动，低头看去。

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Her eyes widened when she saw little golden wings on Hermes' sandals

当她看到赫尔墨斯凉鞋上那对小小的金色翅膀时，眼睛一下子睁大了。

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They were flapping gently. Could it be...?

翅膀正轻轻扇动着。难道……？

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" I do have some influence over time and seasons," Caerus said, puffing out his chest proudly

"我对时间和季节确实有些影响力，"凯若斯骄傲地挺起胸膛说道。

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" Not that Zeus would ever notice — he treats me like a demigod

"不过宙斯才不会注意到——他简直把我当成个半神对待。

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He'll never figure out that I helped Hermes defeat him with a champion from the future."

他永远猜不到，我会帮赫尔墨斯用一个来自未来的冠军打败他。"

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" What? This is stupid," Brody said loudly." Look, I'm tired of your dumb stories

"什么？这太蠢了，"布罗迪大声说道。"听着，我听够了你们这些荒唐的故事。

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Why did you really grab me and drag me in here?"

你们到底为什么抓住我，把我拖到这儿来？"

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" It's quite simple, my simple mortal friend," Hermes said

"这很简单，我头脑简单的凡人朋友，"赫尔墨斯说道。

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" You see, the next Olympic Games will begin soon."

"你看，下一届奥林匹克运动会马上就要开始了。"

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" The Olympics?" Julia echoed

"奥林匹克运动会？"茱莉亚重复道。

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Caerus nodded." And as usual, Zeus is already bragging about how his champion will easily defeat all others."

凯若斯点点头。"跟往常一样，宙斯已经在吹嘘他的冠军将如何轻松击败所有对手了。"

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" Yes." Hermes snorted." He's being quite annoying

"就是。"赫尔墨斯哼了一声。"他实在让人恼火。

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Just because he's king of the gods, he thinks nobody else can ever beat his hand-picked champion."

就因为他是个众神之王，他就觉得没人能打败他钦点的冠军了。”

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Brody looked confused." Zeus?" he muttered." Wait, that sounds familiar

布罗迪一脸困惑。“宙斯？”他嘟囔道，“等等，这名字听着耳熟。

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Is he from a video game or something?"

他是电子游戏里的人物还是什么？”

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" No way," Julia said, staring at the two men." You're not real

“不可能，”茱莉亚盯着那两个人说道，“你们不是真的。

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None of this is real. Hermes is just a myth

这一切都不是真的。赫尔墨斯只是个神话。

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So is Zeus — all the ancient Greek gods are from myths."

宙斯也是——所有古希腊神都来自神话。”

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" Greek gods? Like from social studies class?" Brody said with a snort

“希腊神？就像社会学课上学的那些？”布罗迪嗤之以鼻地说道。

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" Yeah, right. These two are probably just a couple of jerks from Southbridge High

“是啊，没错。这两个家伙说不定就是南桥高中的几个混蛋。

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They're trying to scare me before next week's game."

他们想在下周比赛前吓唬我。”

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Hermes traded a look with Caerus." What are they blathering on about?"

赫尔墨斯和凯若斯交换了一个眼神。“他们在胡言乱语些什么？”

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" Who cares," Caerus answered. He sounded bored again." Let's move this along. I'm hungry."

“管他呢，”凯若斯答道。他的声音又显得不耐烦了。“我们快点吧。我饿了。”

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" All right." Hermes gestured to Brody." Come, mortal. I've arranged for you to stay with a local family." He glanced at Julia

“好吧。”赫尔墨斯向布罗迪示意。“来吧，凡人。我已经安排好让你住在一户当地人家里。”他瞥了茱莉亚一眼。

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" I'm sure they can make room for the girl as well."

“我相信他们也能给这女孩腾出个地方。”

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" No." Julia's logical mind still refused to accept what Hermes and Caerus — or whatever their names might be — were telling her

“不。”茱莉亚那有逻辑的头脑仍然拒绝接受赫尔墨斯和凯若斯——或者不管他们叫什么名字——对她说的这些话。

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" This isn't happening," she insisted." We're not really in some temple in ancient Athens."

“这不可能发生，”她坚持道，“我们不可能真的在什么古雅典的神庙里。”

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Hermes sounded impatient." Aren't you listening to a word I say, mortal girl?"

赫尔墨斯显得很不耐烦。“你没听见我说的话吗，凡人女孩？”

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"'Julia,'" she said." That's my name, not ' mortal girl.'"

“‘茱莉亚，’”她说，“那是我的名字，不是什么‘凡人女孩’。”

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Hermes ignored her." Of course we're not in Athens. We're in Olympia

赫尔墨斯没理她。“我们当然不在雅典。我们在奥林匹亚。

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If you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you."

如果你不信，我就证明给你看。”

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He grabbed Julia's arm. Julia tried to shake him off, but his grip was as strong as iron

他抓住了茱莉亚的胳膊。茱莉亚想甩开他，但他抓得像铁钳一样紧。

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" Stop it," she yelled as he dragged her outside." Let me go or I'll — whoa!"

“住手，”被他拖到外面时，她大声喊道。“放开我，不然我就——哇！”

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She stared in amazement at the sun-drenched scene spread out before her

她惊愕地盯着眼前展现出的那片阳光普照的景象。

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It looked nothing like her hometown. It looked nothing like anywhere she'd ever seen, except in the pages of her social studies textbook

这里看起来完全不像她的家乡。也完全不像她见过的任何地方，除了在她的社会学课本里。

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Large, gleaming marble buildings lined with columns dotted the landscape, along with many smaller structures. A mountain rose in the background

一座座巨大的、闪闪发光的大理石建筑，排列着立柱，点缀着这片土地，还有许多较小的建筑。背景处耸立着一座山。

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The only roads she could see were dirt ones, and there were no cars on them

她唯一能看见的路都是土路，上面一辆汽车也没有，

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just people in chitons walking or riding donkeys or driving carts pulled by oxen or horses

只有穿着丘尼卡短袍的人们，或步行，或骑着驴，或赶着牛车或马车。

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There were no power lines or billboards or tall buildings anywhere in sight

放眼望去，没有电线，没有广告牌，也没有高楼大厦。

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Julia's mind whirled with confusion as she realized what it looked like — an ancient Greek city!

当茱莉亚意识到这看起来像什么时——一座古希腊城市——她的大脑一片混乱。