007 金字塔

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The boys looked for a way to get to the Pharaoh's pyramid

男孩们寻找着去法老金字塔的办法。

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" There!" Akhom pointed

“那边！”阿克姆指道。

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" We can sail to the Pharaoh's pyramid in that boat!"

“我们可以坐那条船去法老的金字塔！”

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" It looks like half a banana,"

“它看起来像半个香蕉，”

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laughed Vinnie, describing the large sailing ship

维尼笑着形容那条大帆船。

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" No. That small one," corrected Akhom

“不。是那条小的，”阿克姆纠正道。

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The big boat was pulling a smaller one

大船正拖着一条小船。

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Men were loading baskets onto the smaller boat

人们正把篮子装上那条小船。

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" Someone special must be going to visit the site," said Akhom

“肯定有重要人物要去参观工地，”阿克姆说。

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" How do you know?" asked Vinnie

“你怎么知道？”维尼问道。

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" All those baskets are food," explained Akhom

“那些篮子里都是食物，”阿克洪解释道。

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" They only prepare that much food for the royal family

“他们只为王室准备这么多食物。

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They must be going for a visit to the pyramid."

他们肯定是去参观金字塔。”

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" Let's jump on!" said Vinnie

“我们跳上去吧！”维尼说。

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The boys snuck into the small boat and hid among the food baskets

男孩们溜进小船，藏在食物篮子中间。

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In the larger boat, twenty men picked up their long oars

在大船上，二十个男人拿起了长桨。

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They pushed and pulled the oars

他们推拉着桨。

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The wind filled the gigantic sail and the small boat followed

风鼓满了巨大的帆，小船紧随其后。

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The boys sailed down the Nile

男孩们顺着尼罗河而下。

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From the boat, Vinnie could see all kinds of interesting things off shore

从船上，维尼能看到岸上各种各样有趣的东西。

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A farmer pushed a wooden plough through a field of wheat

一位农夫推着木犁穿过麦田。

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Another large ship sailed beside them

另一艘大船在他们旁边航行。

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It carried a huge white block of stone

它运载着一块巨大的白色石块。

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" What's that?" he whispered to Akhom

“那是什么？”他低声问阿赫姆。

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" That's one of the blocks used for building a pyramid," Akhom answered

“那是用来建造金字塔的石块之一，”阿赫姆回答。

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" Pyramids are made of hundreds of heavy blocks of stone."

“金字塔是由数百块沉重的石块建成的。”

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" That must take a lot of time and work," said Vinnie

“那肯定需要大量的时间和劳力，”维尼说。

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" Some say we make more stones than there are stars," explained Akhom

“有人说我们造的石块比星星还多，”阿赫姆解释道。

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" Thousands of people work on the Pharaoh's pyramid

“成千上万的人为法老的金字塔工作。

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They started to build it before I was born."

他们在我出生前就开始建造它了。”

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" When will it be finished?"

“它什么时候能建成？”

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Vinnie asked in a surprised voice

文尼惊讶地问。

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Akhom shrugged." Perhaps in a couple of years

阿赫姆耸耸肩。“也许再过几年。

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Maybe by the time I marry."

也许到我结婚的时候。”

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Suddenly Vinnie saw a pair of blinking eyes staring from the water

突然，文尼看到一双眨动的眼睛从水里盯着他们。

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" Akhom! Is that a crocodile?" Vinnie pointed

“阿赫姆！那是鳄鱼吗？”文尼指着说。

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Akhom shook his head

阿赫姆摇了摇头。

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" No, that's a hippo

“不，那是河马。

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Look! There's a crocodile!"

你看！那里有鳄鱼！”

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Akhom pointed to a reptile lying in the sand

阿赫姆指向一只躺在沙地上的爬行动物。

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Further on the shore, they could see the Pharaoh's pyramid

再往岸边远处，他们能看见法老的金字塔。

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The boats slowed down

船只慢了下来。

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Men shouted orders at each other

人们互相大声呼喊着指令。

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" When we reach the shore, run for the pyramid," Akhom instructed

“我们一靠岸，就往金字塔跑。”阿赫姆指示道。

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When the boys jumped off the boat, Vinnie was surprised by the sight of the pyramid in real life

当男孩们跳下船时，文尼被眼前真实存在的金字塔景象惊呆了。

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" Whoa!" he said, as he stopped to look up at the huge structure

“哇！”他停下脚步，抬头望向那巨大的建筑，不禁发出了感叹。

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Facing the sunset, the pyramid looked very majestic

在落日的映照下，金字塔显得非常雄伟。

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Each side of its base was the length of two soccer fields

它底座的每一边都有两个足球场那么长。

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Though it seemed already quite tall, the workers were adding more blocks

虽然它看起来已经非常高了，但工人们仍在往上添加石块。

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Vinnie saw thousands of men pulling the heavy white blocks of stone

文尼看到成千上万的人拉拽着沉重的白色石块。

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The boys climbed a ramp that led into the pyramid

男孩们爬上了一条通往金字塔内部的斜坡。

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Behind them, a voice shouted

在他们身后，一个声音喊道：

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" You, boys, stop! What are you doing here?"

“你们这些男孩，站住！你们在这里做什么？”

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" The guards!" yelled Akhom." Run, Vinnie! Run!"

“是守卫！”阿赫姆喊道。“快跑，文尼！快跑！”

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The boys ran up a ramp toward the pyramid

男孩们沿着斜坡向金字塔跑去。

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The guards followed closely behind

守卫们在后面紧追不舍。