022 危险与威胁

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Julia frowned at Brody. Heracles was definitely intimidating as an athlete

朱莉娅对布罗迪皱起了眉头。作为一名运动员，赫拉克勒斯确实令人畏惧。

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But Heracles was a kid, just like them. And he seemed like a nice guy

但赫拉克勒斯和他们一样，也是个孩子。而且他看起来人不错。

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" Maybe we should talk to Hermes about a strategy," she suggested

“也许我们该和赫尔墨斯聊聊策略，”她建议道。

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" Now that he's seen Heracles, he must realize that no mortal will ever beat him

“既然他见到了赫拉克勒斯，他一定明白没有凡人能打败他。

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Maybe he'll even let us go home before the Games."

也许他甚至会在比赛前就让我们回家。”

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" Never," Markos stated." The gods don't give up easily. Especially when it comes to the Games."

“绝不可能，”马科斯断言。“众神不会轻易放弃。尤其是在比赛这件事上。”

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" Well, I don't give up either." Brody declared suddenly. He puffed out his chest

“哼，我也不会放弃。”布罗迪突然宣布。他挺起了胸膛。

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" I'm going to beat Heracles, even if I have to train nonstop between now and the Games."

“我要打败赫拉克勒斯，哪怕从现在到比赛开始，我必须一刻不停地训练。”

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Julia stared at him." Are you crazy? A minute ago you were worried about competing against him

朱莉娅盯着他。“你疯了吗？一分钟前你还在担心和他比赛。

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And you saw what Heracles did!" she added

而且你看到赫拉克勒斯做了什么！”她补充道。

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" He outran a horse! And picked up a giant ram!"

“他跑得比马还快！还举起了一头巨大的公羊！”

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Brody looked stubborn." I don't have a choice, Julia. And if I keep up the training, I can do it."

布罗迪一脸固执。“我别无选择，朱莉娅。只要我坚持训练，我就能做到。”

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Julia shook her head." This doesn't seem like a real plan, Brody."

朱莉娅摇了摇头。“这看起来不像是个靠谱的计划，布罗迪。”

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" Yeah, well, until you come up with something better, this is what I'm going to do," he shot back

“是啊，那在你想到更好的办法之前，我就打算这么做。”他回嘴道。

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Julia stomped off to get away from Brody for a few minutes

朱莉娅跺着脚走开了，想离开布罗迪几分钟。

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This situation was bad, and he didn't even seem to realize it

情况很糟糕，而他似乎根本没意识到。

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All this time she'd been hoping Brody could actually win at the Games

一直以来，她都希望布罗迪真的能在运动会上获胜。

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But now that he was competing against Heracles, she was sure Brody — along with all the other athletes — was going to lose

但现在他要和赫拉克勒斯同场竞技，她确信布罗迪——连同所有其他运动员——都会输。

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Unless the gods managed to sabotage Heracles. Then Brody might have a chance

除非众神能设法阻挠赫拉克勒斯。那样布罗迪或许还有机会。

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As she walked around, she could hear people talking about Heracles

当她四处走动时，能听到人们都在谈论赫拉克勒斯。

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Everyone still seemed dazzled by Zeus' amazing hero

众人似乎仍被宙斯那位了不起的英雄迷得眼花缭乱。

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Then there was a commotion somewhere near the dais

这时，在讲台附近某处传来一阵喧闹。

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Julia looked over there just in time to see Heracles lift Zeus by one ankle!

朱莉娅朝那边看去，正好看见赫拉克勒斯单手抓住宙斯的一只脚踝将他举起！

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The king of the gods waved as the crowd cheered

众神之王在人群的欢呼声中挥手致意。

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" Behold the greatest mortal athlete of all time!" Zeus called out

“看吧，有史以来最伟大的凡人运动员！”宙斯喊道。

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Suddenly someone grabbed Julia's arm." Let go," she snapped, yanking it back

突然有人抓住了朱莉娅的胳膊。“放手，”她厉声说道，猛地抽回手臂。

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She turned around, expecting to see Brody. Instead Aphrodite was standing there!

她转过身，以为是布罗迪，却看到阿佛洛狄忒站在那里！

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Julia gasped." I — I'm sorry," she babbled." I thought my friends were..."

朱莉娅倒抽一口气。“我——对不起，”她结结巴巴地说，“我以为是我的朋友们……”

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She was afraid that the goddess would be angry at the way Julia had spoken to her

她担心女神会因朱莉娅刚才对她说话的态度而生气。

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But Aphrodite just looked excited. She was staring at Heracles

但阿佛洛狄忒只是看起来很兴奋。她正盯着赫拉克勒斯。

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" Do you see Zeus' hero, mortal girl?" the goddess said." I've never seen a mortal so handsome!"

"凡人女孩，你看见宙斯的英雄了吗？"女神说，"我从没见过这么英俊的凡人！"

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" Um..." Julia wasn't sure what to say to that." He's handsome, I guess."

"呃……"朱莉娅不知该如何回答。"我想，他挺英俊的。"

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Luckily Aphrodite didn't seem to care about Julia's reply. She grabbed a passing woman

幸运的是，阿佛洛狄忒似乎不在乎朱莉娅的回答。她抓住了一个路过的女人。

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" Isn't this exciting?" Aphrodite said." The Games should be quite interesting this year. Don't you agree, mortal woman?"

"这难道不令人兴奋吗？"阿佛洛狄忒说，"今年的运动会应该会很有趣。你不觉得吗，凡人女子？"

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Julia slipped out of Aphrodite's view, relieved that she hadn't accidentally offended the goddess

朱莉娅悄悄离开了阿佛洛狄忒的视线，庆幸自己没有无意中冒犯女神。

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After Aphrodite's trick with the poisoned chiton, Julia didn't want to take any chances

自从阿佛洛狄忒用毒长袍耍了诡计后，朱莉娅不想冒任何风险。

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Hera and Aphrodite made her especially nervous

赫拉和阿佛洛狄忒尤其让她紧张。

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A moment later she saw Brody and Markos coming toward her

片刻后，她看见布罗迪和马科斯朝她走来。

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" You missed it!" Brody said." We just heard Ares and Dionysus talking about Heracles."

"你错过了！"布罗迪说，"我们刚刚听到阿瑞斯和狄俄尼索斯在谈论赫拉克勒斯。"

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" Oh?" Julia glanced at the dais. Heracles had lowered Zeus to the ground

"哦？"朱莉娅瞥了一眼台座。赫拉克勒斯已经把宙斯放到了地上。

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Now the hero was doing a one-handed handstand while he used his feet to balance a nervous-looking goat

此刻，这位英雄正单手倒立，同时用双脚稳住一只神色紧张的山羊。

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" Yes," Markos said." The gods were trying to figure out a way to sabotage Heracles before the Games."

“是的，”马科斯说，“众神在想办法，要在赛会前破坏赫拉克勒斯。”

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" And after that, we passed Hermes talking to Artemis and Apollo," Brody said

“后来，我们又碰见赫尔墨斯在同阿尔忒弥斯和阿波罗说话。”布罗迪说。

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" They were plotting too." He laughed, looking a bit more cheerful now

“他们也在一起密谋。”他笑了起来，这会儿看起来开心了些。

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" It sounds like all the gods are making plans to sabotage Heracles."

“听起来，所有的神都在计划要搞垮赫拉克勒斯啊。”

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" That's good for you, for two reasons," Markos told him

“这对你来说是好事，有两个理由。”马科斯对他说。

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" One, the gods probably won't keep plotting against you, even though you're one of the best mortal athletes in the Games."

“第一，众神大概不会再继续密谋害你了，即使你是赛会上最出色的凡人运动员之一。”

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" Thanks, dude." Brody grinned broadly." What's the second reason?"

“多谢啦，老兄。”布罗迪咧嘴大笑，“第二个理由是什么？”

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" Duh." Julia rolled her eyes." The second reason is they might actually succeed in getting Heracles out of the Games."

“这还用问。”朱莉娅翻了个白眼，“第二个理由就是，他们或许真能成功，把赫拉克勒斯赶出赛会。”

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" Oh, right." Brody grinned." Then I can definitely win!"

“哦，对。”布罗迪咧嘴一笑，“那我肯定能赢！”

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Suddenly they heard a loud gasp from the crowd. Julia glanced at the dais

突然他们听到人群中传来一声响亮的惊呼。朱莉娅瞥了一眼高台。

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The goat on Heracles' feet had turned into white-hot flames!

赫拉克勒斯脚上的山羊皮变成了白热的火焰！

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" Hephaestus!" Zeus thundered. He pointed at the flames

“赫菲斯托斯！”宙斯怒吼道。他指向那些火焰。

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Twin lightning bolts shot out of his fingers, and a second later the flames sizzled and disappeared

两道闪电从他手指中射出，一秒钟后火焰嘶嘶作响，消失了。

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Heracles let his legs fall, and then he stood up

赫拉克勒斯放下双腿，然后站了起来。

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" Thank you, Zeus," he said, bowing. His feet were blackened from the fire, but he didn't show any signs of pain

“谢谢你，宙斯，”他鞠躬道。他的双脚被火烧得发黑，但没有显出任何痛苦的迹象。

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Zeus was glaring at a god Julia hadn't seen before

宙斯正瞪着一个朱莉娅从未见过的神。

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But based on the god's name — Hephaestus — Julia knew he was the god of fire and the forge

但根据这个神的名字——赫菲斯托斯——朱莉娅知道他是火神与锻造之神。

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" How dare you tamper with my hero?" Zeus thundered

“你竟敢对我的英雄动手脚？”宙斯怒吼道。

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Just then Hera stepped into view behind Hephaestus

就在这时，赫拉出现在赫菲斯托斯身后。

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" What's the matter, husband?" she asked in a voice that sent a chill through Julia

“怎么了，丈夫？”她用一种让朱莉娅脊背发凉的声音问道。

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" Are you afraid your hero isn't mighty enough to handle a few friendly pranks?"

“你是不是怕你的英雄不够强大，应付不了几个友好的恶作剧？”

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" Friendly?" Zeus repeated, shifting his dark glare to her

“友好？”宙斯重复道，将阴沉的目光转向她。

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Hera took a few steps backward." You'll soon see just how unfriendly I can be, wife!"

赫拉后退了几步。“你很快就会看到我有多么不友好，我的妻子！”

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With a deafening thunderclap, he and Heracles both disappeared

随着一声震耳欲聋的霹雳，他和赫拉克勒斯都消失了。

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Julia shuddered." Wow, things are getting serious."

朱莉娅打了个寒颤。“哇，事情变得严重了。”

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" Yeah, did you see the way Zeus shot that fire right off Heracles' feet?" Brody exclaimed." It was cool!"

“是啊，你看到宙斯把火从赫拉克勒斯脚上射掉的方式了吗？”布罗迪兴奋地喊。“太酷了！”

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" This isn't a video game, Brody!" Julia snapped

“这不是电子游戏，布罗迪！”朱莉娅厉声说道。

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" We're all in big danger here." She turned to Markos

“我们现在都很危险。”她转向马科斯。

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" Zeus is obviously guarding Heracles closely. What if the gods don't succeed in getting Heracles out of the Games?"

“宙斯显然在严密守护赫拉克勒斯。如果众神没法让赫拉克勒斯退出比赛怎么办？”

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" Stop worrying, Julia. I'll beat him!" Brody declared. He flexed his muscles

“别担心了，朱莉娅。我会打败他的！”布罗迪宣称。他弯起肌肉。

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Julia ignored him as she waited for Markos' reply

朱莉娅没理他，等着马科斯的回答。

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" Zeus is powerful," Markos answered." But he's only one god

“宙斯很强大，”马科斯回答。“但他只是一个神。

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The other gods can band together to outwit him. They will probably succeed."

其他神可以联手智取他。他们很可能会成功。”

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" I hope you're right," Julia said slowly

“希望你是对的，”朱莉娅缓缓地说。

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But as she watched Hera cross the dais, Julia felt a fresh wave of worry. What lay ahead for all of them?

但当她看着赫拉走过高台时，朱莉娅感到一阵新的忧虑。他们所有人将面临什么？