042 五项全能

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Julia knew that the pentathlon was one of the hardest events of the Games

朱莉亚知道五项全能是奥运会中最艰难的项目之一。

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It consisted of five separate events: the long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, a short footrace, and wrestling

它由五个不同的项目组成：跳远、掷标枪、掷铁饼、短跑和摔跤。

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Zeus mixed up the order again, and announced that the first event would be the footrace

宙斯又打乱了顺序，宣布第一个项目将是短跑。

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Julia felt nervous as she watched Brody join the other runners

朱莉亚看着布罗迪加入其他赛跑者时感到紧张。

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The gods would surely be trying all kinds of pranks

神祇们肯定会施展各种恶作剧。

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Iphicles sat down next to Julia and Markos

伊菲克勒斯在朱莉亚和马科斯旁边坐下。

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" Is Heracles ready for this?" Julia asked him

“赫拉克勒斯准备好了吗？”朱莉亚问他。

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" He'll have to pay close attention to what's going on, or he'll be in big trouble."

“他必须密切注意发生的事情，否则会有大麻烦。”

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" He's ready," Iphicles assured her." You warned him well about Hades' plans for the footrace, right?"

“他准备好了，”伊菲克勒斯向她保证，“你警告过他哈迪斯在短跑上的计划，对吧？”

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Julia nodded as the runners took off

朱莉亚点点头，这时赛跑者们起跑了。

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All around the stadium people and gods shouted," Go!"

体育场周围的人们和众神都高喊：“开始！”

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Soon Heracles was in the lead, with Brody and several others close behind him

很快赫拉克勒斯就领先了，布罗迪和其他几个人紧随其后。

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" There!" Markos shouted, pointing

“那里！”马科斯指着大喊。

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Julia gasped. The ground had just split open, creating a huge chasm right in front of the runners!

朱莉亚倒抽一口气。地面刚刚裂开了，就在跑者们的正前方形成了一道巨大的裂谷！

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Heracles was ready — this was the exact prank that Julia had warned him about after the banquet!

赫拉克勒斯早有准备——这正是宴会之后朱莉亚提醒过他的那个恶作剧！

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He leaped over the chasm and landed safely on the other side

他纵身一跃，跳过裂谷，安全地落在了对面。

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So did Brody, since he'd been watching for the chasm to appear too

布罗迪也跳过去了，因为他同样一直留意着裂谷的出现。

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But two or three of the other racers weren't as fortunate

可其他赛跑者中，有两三个人就没那么幸运了。

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Apollo's champion couldn't stop in time, and he hurtled down into the chasm with a terrified cry

阿波罗的冠军没能及时停下，随着一声惊恐的惨叫，他直坠入了裂谷之中。

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Another runner tried to stop, but he skidded over the edge, and was barely clinging on to the walls of the pit

另一位跑者试图停下，却滑到了边缘，勉强扒住深坑的墙壁不放。

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Most of the others were a little farther behind and were able to stop in time

其他大多数人位置稍微靠后一些，得以及时停下。

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They stood now at the edge of the chasm, watching helplessly as Heracles and Brody finished the race. Heracles won by several strides

他们现在站在裂缝边缘，无助地看着赫拉克勒斯和布罗迪跑完了比赛。赫拉克勒斯领先了好几步获胜。

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" Whew," Julia said." They did it!" But she didn't feel completely relieved — was that runner in the pit okay?

“呼，”朱莉亚说，“他们做到了！”但她并没有完全放心——掉进坑里的那个选手还好吗？

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She glanced at the gods. Apollo was striding toward Hades, shouting and shaking his fist

她瞥了一眼众神。阿波罗正大步朝哈迪斯走去，一边喊叫一边挥舞着拳头。

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Clearly he'd guessed who was responsible for the chasm that had taken his champion out of the race

显然，他猜到了是谁造成了那条裂缝，让他的冠军选手退出了比赛。

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Hades wasn't paying much attention to Apollo

哈迪斯并没太在意阿波罗。

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He was watching as Zeus rushed over to congratulate Heracles

他正在看着宙斯冲过去祝贺赫拉克勒斯。

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" Hades doesn't look very mad that Heracles foiled his plot," Julia commented

“赫拉克勒斯挫败了他的计划，哈迪斯看起来并不怎么生气。”朱莉亚评论道。

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Markos nodded." Hades is more reasonable than some of the other gods

马科斯点点头：“哈迪斯比其他一些神要通情达理些。

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He's probably disappointed that Heracles won, but also impressed by how quickly Heracles reacted."

他可能对赫拉克勒斯获胜感到失望，但也对赫拉克勒斯反应如此之快感到钦佩。”

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" It helped that Heracles had some advance warning," Iphicles said

“赫拉克勒斯提前得到了警告，这对他的帮助很大，”伊菲克勒斯说。

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" Well, I don't think Hera is as reasonable as Hades." Julia nodded toward the queen of the gods

“嗯，我觉得赫拉可不像哈迪斯那样讲道理。”朱莉亚朝众神之王后努了努嘴。

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Hera was grinding her teeth and looking furious. Julia shuddered

赫拉咬牙切齿，看起来愤怒至极。朱莉亚打了个寒颤。

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She tried not to imagine what Hera had in store for Heracles now that two gods had failed to stop him from winning

她尽量不去想象，现在两位神都没能阻止赫拉克勒斯获胜，赫拉会怎么对付他。

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" What if Hera finds out that Brody and I are helping Heracles win?" Julia thought. This was a very scary thought too

“要是赫拉发现我和布罗迪在帮赫拉克勒斯赢怎么办？”朱莉亚心想。这个念头同样十分可怕。

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Abruptly, Julia turned to Iphicles

朱莉亚猛地转向伊菲克勒斯。

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" Our plan is ready, right?" she asked him." You've set up the, uh..."

“我们的计划准备好了，对吧？”她问他。“你已经安排好了，呃……”

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She looked around, making sure nobody nearby was listening." The escape plan?" she whispered

她环顾四周，确保没有人在附近偷听。“逃跑计划？”她小声说道。

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" Don't worry," Iphicles said." I told you I'd take care of that, didn't I?

“别担心，”伊菲克勒斯说。“我说过我会处理好的，不是吗？”

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Look. I think the official is getting ready to start the long jump."

你看。我觉得裁判正准备开始跳远比赛了。”

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Julia turned to watch the long jump

朱莉亚转身去看跳远比赛。

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She waited anxiously for Heracles and Brody to compete

她焦急地等待着赫拉克勒斯和布罗迪上场。

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At last Zeus gestured toward Heracles." All right, my champion," he called out

终于，宙斯向赫拉克勒斯示意。“好了，我的冠军，”他喊道。

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" Show them how it's supposed to be done!"

“给他们看看应该怎么做！”

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Heracles ran up to the short board marking the starting point

赫拉克勒斯跑到标记着起点的短木板前。

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Just as he leaped into the air, flames shot up at the other end of the track

就在他纵身跃起时，跑道另一端突然蹿起了火焰。

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Julia gasped. Even though they'd known about Hephaestus' prank ahead of time, it was still frightening to see Heracles leaping right into a fire!

朱莉亚倒吸一口气。尽管他们事先知道赫菲斯托斯的恶作剧，但看到赫拉克勒斯直接跳进火里，还是让人心惊胆战！

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Heracles' feet brushed the flames as he jumped

赫拉克勒斯跳起时，双脚擦过了火焰。

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But to Julia's relief, he landed well beyond the fire

但令朱莉亚松了一口气的是，他稳稳地落到了火焰后方。

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" What?" Hera cried, her face twisting into an expression of bitter fury." Impossible!"

“什么？”赫拉叫道，脸孔因暴怒而扭曲。“不可能！”

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But almost everyone else in the stadium was cheering for Heracles

但体育场里几乎所有其他人都在为赫拉克勒斯欢呼。

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" What an awesome jump!" Julia cried

“跳得太棒了！”朱莉亚喊道。

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" That's the way, my boy!" Zeus crowed as the flames died away." No one can beat that jump!"

“这才像话，我的孩子！”火焰熄灭时，宙斯得意地叫道。“没人能超越那一跳！”

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Nobody did beat it. Brody ended up coming in second, though his jump was not even close to Heracles '

确实没人超越。布罗迪最终获得第二，尽管他的成绩远不及赫拉克勒斯。

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" So far so good," Julia said as people bustled around, setting up the course for the discus throw

“目前一切顺利，”朱莉亚说，周围人们正忙着布置铁饼比赛的场地。

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" I just hope we can keep Heracles safe for the rest of today's events."

“我只希望今天接下来的比赛中，我们能保证赫拉克勒斯的安全。”

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" And tomorrow's too," Markos reminded her

“还有明天的比赛，”马科斯提醒她。

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Julia nodded but didn't say anything. The first athlete was stepping forward to begin the discus event

朱莉亚点了点头，但什么也没说。第一位运动员正走上前，准备开始铁饼比赛。

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This time Heracles went last. When he began to spin, preparing to release the discus, Julia glanced quickly at Hermes

这次赫拉克勒斯最后一个出场。当他开始旋转，准备掷出铁饼时，朱莉亚迅速瞥了赫耳墨斯一眼。

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Would Hermes go through with his plan?

赫耳墨斯会实施他的计划吗？

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She looked back at the track, where suddenly the discus changed shape and color

她回头看赛场，那里的铁饼突然改变了形状和颜色。

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" We were right about Hermes!" Markos whispered

“我们对赫耳墨斯的判断是对的！”马科斯低声说。

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Heracles found himself clinging to an enormous tortoise

赫拉克勒斯发现自己正抓着一只巨大的乌龟。

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Hesitating slightly, he glanced toward Julia and the others

他略一犹豫，朝朱莉亚和其他人那边看了一眼。

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Then he flung the tortoise down the course

然后，他把乌龟沿着赛道扔了出去。

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Julia held her breath, hoping Markos' guess about what Hermes would do next was right

朱莉亚屏住呼吸，希望马科斯对赫耳墨斯下一步行动的猜测是对的。

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The creature's short legs wiggled helplessly as it flew through the air

这个生物在空中飞过时，短短的腿无助地扭动着。

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A split second before it crashed to the ground, Hermes let out a cry — and suddenly the tortoise turned back into a discus

就在它快要摔到地上的前一瞬间，赫耳墨斯大叫一声——乌龟突然又变回了铁饼。

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Julia let out her breath." Thank goodness," she told Markos

朱莉亚松了一口气。“谢天谢地，”她对马科斯说。

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" You said Hermes has a soft spot for tortoises, and that he wouldn't let one get hurt. I'm glad you were right!"

“你说过赫耳墨斯特别喜欢乌龟，不会让它受伤。我真高兴你说得没错！”

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Iphicles peered intently at the track. Several gods had rushed out to examine the spot where the discus had landed

伊菲克勒斯专注地盯着赛场。几位神祇已冲出来，检查铁饼的落点。

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" That tortoise looked awfully heavy," Iphicles said

“那只乌龟看起来重得吓人，”伊菲克勒斯说。

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" What if my brother has finally lost an event?"

“要是我哥哥终于输掉了一场比赛呢？”

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Julia nervously bit her lip

朱莉亚紧张地咬着嘴唇。

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A second later Agon finally held up his hand." The victor is Heracles!"

片刻之后，阿贡终于举起手来。“获胜者是赫拉克勒斯！”