006 麻烦纠葛

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Brody's eyes lit up." There's a victory tour after the Games?" he said." Cool!"

布罗迪的眼睛一亮。“奥运会后还有胜利巡游？”他说，“太酷了！”

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But Julia was horrified by the news." What do you mean?" she asked Artemis

但朱莉娅听到这个消息吓坏了。“你是什么意思？”她问阿尔忒弥斯。

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The goddess shrugged." Just what I said. The Olympic champion always travels with his sponsor afterward."

女神耸了耸肩。“就是我说的那样。奥运冠军之后总要和赞助商一起巡游。”

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" The tour gets mortals quite excited," Hermes added with a grin

“巡游让凡人相当兴奋，”赫尔墨斯笑着补充说。

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He looked at Brody." You'll enjoy seeing more of the world, won't you, boy?"

他看着布罗迪。“你会喜欢多看看世界的，对吧，小子？”

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" Sure!" Brody said." It sounds like the parade after the Super Bowl!"

“当然！”布罗迪说。“这听起来像超级碗后的游行！”

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Julia was staring at Hermes in alarm

朱莉娅惊恐地盯着赫尔墨斯。

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" But you said we could go home right after the Games."

“可是你说过我们赛后就能回家的。”

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" Of course you can," Hermes told Julia soothingly." Don't worry so much, mortal girl."

“当然可以，”赫尔墨斯安抚地对朱莉娅说，“别这么担心，凡人女孩。”

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Julia glanced away, trying to calm down

朱莉娅移开目光，努力冷静下来。

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What if Hermes had been lying about letting them go home? What if they got stuck here forever?

万一赫尔墨斯说放他们回家是在撒谎呢？万一他们永远困在这里了呢？

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" This could be bad!" she whispered to Brody in a panic

“这下糟了！”她惊慌地对布罗迪低声说。

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" What are you talking about?" Brody asked

“你在说什么？”布罗迪问。

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Julia kept her voice low." What if Hermes is planning to keep us here?

朱莉娅压低声音。“万一赫尔墨斯打算把我们留在这里呢？

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He and Caerus made it sound like the passage will eventually close. We could be stuck here forever!"

他和凯洛斯说得好像通道最终会关闭。我们可能永远困在这里！”

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" Whoa!" Brody said

“哇！”布罗迪说。

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For a second Julia thought she'd finally made him realize how serious this situation was

朱莉娅一时间以为她终于让他意识到情况有多严重了。

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Then she saw that he was staring across the agora

然后她看到他正盯着广场那边看。

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" Who's that?" he blurted out. Another goddess was approaching them

“那是谁？”他脱口而出。另一位女神正朝他们走来。

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She was blond and gorgeous, with big blue eyes

她金发碧眼，美丽动人。

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" Greetings, Aphrodite," Hermes called." Come and meet my champion!"

“你好，阿芙洛狄忒，”赫尔墨斯喊道，“过来见见我的冠军！”

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Aphrodite held out one pale, slim hand." Hello, champion. It's a pleasure."

阿芙洛狄忒伸出一只苍白纤细的手。“你好，冠军。很高兴见到你。”

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" Uh, guh...," Brody said." I mean, me too. I mean, hi! I'm Brody."

“呃，嗯……”布罗迪说，“我是说，我也是。我是说，嗨！我叫布罗迪。”

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" Brody," Aphrodite said with a musical laugh." What a charming name."

“布罗迪，”阿芙洛狄忒笑着说，声音像音乐般悦耳，“真是个可爱的名字。”

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Julia moaned to herself. She could tell that Brody was already in love

朱莉娅暗自呻吟了一声。她能看出布罗迪已经迷上她了。

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Why were boys so easily distracted by a pretty face?

为什么男孩子这么容易被漂亮脸蛋分心？

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" Have any of you seen Zeus' champion yet?" Aphrodite asked the other gods

“你们有谁见过宙斯的冠军吗？”阿芙洛狄忒问其他神祇。

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" I hear he's very handsome. And strong."

“我听说他非常英俊，而且强壮。”

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" Nobody has seen him," Artemis replied." Zeus is hiding him in the hills."

“没有人见过他，”阿耳忒弥斯回答，“宙斯把他藏在山里了。”

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" That reminds me." Hermes grabbed Brody by the shoulder." It's time for training. Let's go."

“这倒提醒了我。”赫尔墨斯抓住布罗迪的肩膀，“训练时间到了。走吧。”

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" Are you sure we can't stay?" Brody was still staring at Aphrodite

“你确定我们不能留下来吗？”布罗迪还在直勾勾地盯着阿芙洛狄忒。

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Hermes pulled Brody away so fast that Julia and Markos had to run to keep up

赫尔墨斯飞快地拽着布罗迪就走，朱莉娅和马尔科斯不得不跑着才能跟上。

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Once again the gymnasium was filled with athletes. Hermes ordered Brody to start stretching

训练场上再次挤满了运动员。赫尔墨斯命令布罗迪开始拉伸。

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Brody dropped to the ground and touched his toes

布罗迪趴到地上，用手去够自己的脚趾。

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" What are we working on today, Coach?" he asked

“教练，我们今天练什么？”他问道。

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" We need to build your endurance for the dolichos and the hoplite," Hermes replied

“我们需要为长跑和重装步兵赛跑增强你的耐力。”赫尔墨斯回答。

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" They are the longer and more difficult races, and I wasn't impressed with how quickly you became tired yesterday."

“那是更长、更难的赛跑，你昨天那么快就累了，我可没觉得你表现有多好。”

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" Quickly?" Brody sounded wounded." You made me run for two hours straight!"

“那么快？”布罗迪听起来很受伤，“你让我连续跑了整整两个小时！”

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" We should get out of the way," Markos said to Julia

“我们最好别碍事。”马尔科斯对朱莉娅说。

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" It's strange enough to have a girl here

“有个女孩在这里已经够奇怪的了。

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We don't want anyone to think you're trying to compete or something."

我们可不想让人以为你想跟谁比试什么的。"

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He laughed as if that was the funniest thing he'd ever imagined

他笑了起来，就好像这是他想到过的最好笑的事情。

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Julia was getting tired of all the comments about girls

朱莉娅对所有这些关于女孩的议论感到厌烦了。

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" It's not as if I'm the only girl here," she said, pointing

"这儿又不是只有我一个女的，" 她指着说。

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Markos shook his head." That's not a girl — it's a goddess," he said." It's Demeter training her champion."

马可斯摇了摇头。"那不是普通女孩——是位女神，" 他说，"那是得墨忒耳在训练她的冠军。"

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" Whatever." Julia followed Markos to some benches. They sat and watched Brody's workout

"随便吧。" 朱莉娅跟着马可斯走到几张长椅前。他们坐下来看布罗迪训练。

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After a while Caerus arrived and waved to Hermes

过了一会儿，卡伊洛斯到了，朝赫尔墨斯挥了挥手。

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" Take a quick rest, boy," Hermes told Brody." I'll be back soon."

"快休息一下吧，小子，" 赫尔墨斯告诉布罗迪，"我很快就回来。"

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He hurried off to talk to Caerus. Brody collapsed on the bench beside Julia, huffing and puffing

他匆忙离开去跟卡伊洛斯说话。布罗迪瘫倒在朱莉娅旁边的长椅上，气喘吁吁。

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As soon as Markos hurried off to get Brody some water, Julia turned to Brody

马可斯刚急忙走开去给布罗迪拿水，朱莉娅就转向了布罗迪。

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" Listen, we need to talk," she said quickly

“听着，我们得谈谈，”她快速说道。

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" If Hermes isn't going to let us go after the Games, there's no reason to stick around

“如果赫尔墨斯不打算在奥运后放我们走，我们就没有理由再待下去。

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We should try to escape as soon as possible."

我们应该尽快想办法逃走。”

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Brody didn't respond. He was peering toward the entrance

布罗迪没有回应。他正朝入口处张望。

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" Do you think Aphrodite has a champion?" he asked

“你觉得阿芙洛狄忒有自己的冠军吗？”他问。

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" Maybe she'll bring him here to train. Do you think she will?"

“也许她会把他带到这里训练。你觉得她会吗？”

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Just then Markos returned with the water. He saw Brody staring at Aphrodite

就在这时，马可斯拿着水回来了。他看到布罗迪正盯着阿芙洛狄忒。

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" Forget her," he warned Brody." She's beautiful. But she's a goddess."

“别想她了，”他警告布罗迪。“她很美。但她是个女神。”

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Brody looked disappointed." So I guess goddesses never, like, date mortals, huh?"

布罗迪一脸失望。“所以我猜女神们从来不会，呃，跟凡人约会，是吧？”

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Markos blinked." Of course they do. But it never turns out very well for the mortal."

马可斯眨了眨眼。“她们当然会。但对于凡人来说，结果从来都好不了。”

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He glanced around and lowered his voice

他环顾四周，压低了声音。

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" According to the latest local gossip, Hera is very eager to see Zeus' new hero humiliated at the Games

“根据最新的本地传言，赫拉非常渴望看到宙斯的新英雄在运动会上受辱。

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Alcides is rumored to be Zeus' child born of a mortal woman

有传言说阿尔喀得斯是宙斯与一个凡间女子所生的孩子。

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And we all know how jealous and vengeful Hera can be."

而我们都知道赫拉有多嫉妒和记仇。”

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" We do?" Brody looked confused." Okay, whatever. Back to Aphrodite, I — "

“是吗？”布罗迪一脸困惑。“行，随便吧。再说回阿芙洛狄忒，我——”

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At that moment Hermes rushed over, looking excited

就在这时，赫尔墨斯冲了过来，一脸兴奋。

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" Apollo just arrived with his champion," he said

“阿波罗刚带着他的冠军来了，”他说。

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" He's challenged us to a javelin contest. Come — it'll be good training."

“他向我们挑战标枪比赛。来——这会是很好的训练。”

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" Javelin? I've never done that before." Brody shrugged

“标枪？我以前从没玩过。”布罗迪耸耸肩。

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" But it's just throwing a stick, right? How hard can it be?"

“不过就是扔根棍子，对吧？能有多难呢？”

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He followed Hermes

他跟着赫尔墨斯走了。

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Julia watched them go." I can't believe Brody's being so stupid about all this!" she complained to Markos

朱莉娅看着他们离开。“我真不敢相信布罗迪对这一切居然这么傻！”她向马可斯抱怨道。

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Markos gave her an uneasy glance." Perhaps we should watch the contest in silence."

马可斯不安地瞥了她一眼。“也许我们该安静地观看比赛。”

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Halfway across the gymnasium, Brody and Hermes met up with Apollo and a tall teenager with broad shoulders and dark hair

在训练场半路上，布罗迪和赫尔墨斯遇见了阿波罗和一个高个子少年，他肩膀宽阔、头发乌黑。

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The two boys picked up javelins. Apollo's champion handled his confidently

两个男孩拿起了标枪。阿波罗的冠军胸有成竹地握着。

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Brody fumbled with his javelin at first, but within moments he looked almost as comfortable as the other boy

布罗迪起初有些手忙脚乱，但很快便显得几乎和另一个男孩一样自在了。

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Julia couldn't help being impressed. Brody really was a good athlete

朱莉娅不禁暗暗佩服。布罗迪确实是个出色的运动员。

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" Too bad he doesn't have much brainpower to go with his athletic abilities," she thought

“可惜，他运动能力虽好，脑子却不怎么灵光，”她心想。

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" Go!" Hermes called

“开始！”赫尔墨斯喊道。

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Both athletes tossed their javelins. Julia blinked as the javelins flew through the air. Something about them looked strange...

两位运动员都投出了标枪。朱莉娅眨眨眼，看着标枪在空中飞行。它们的样子看起来有点奇怪……

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She gasped as both javelins transformed into enormous hissing snakes

她倒抽一口凉气，只见两根标枪都变成了咝咝吐信的巨蛇。

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They spun around in midair and flew straight back toward the boys!

它们在半空中掉头，径直朝男孩们飞了回去！