013 致命球赛

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Mazatl and his father had traded all their corn

马扎特尔和他的父亲已经把所有的玉米都交易完了。

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In return, they received goods their family needed

作为回报，他们得到了家里需要的物品。

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The market was closing

集市快要关闭了。

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Most sellers were quickly wrapping up their blankets

大多数卖家正在迅速收起他们的毯子。

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" What's going on?" Mandy asked." Mazatl, where's Vinnie?"

“发生什么事了？”曼迪问。“马扎特尔，维尼在哪儿？”

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" The priests will make an offering to our gods," replied Mazatl

“祭司们要向我们的神灵献祭，”马扎特尔回答。

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" Follow me to the temple

“跟我到神庙去。

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I'm sure Vinnie will be there."

我肯定维尼会在那里。”

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Vinnie heard the drums beating faster and faster

维尼听到鼓声敲得越来越快。

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He turned and saw a parade leaving the ball court

他转过身，看到一队人正从球场离开。

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The game was over

比赛结束了。

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Men in animal costumes danced around

穿着动物服装的人们跳起舞来。

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Some pretended to fight

有些人假装打斗。

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Other people sang and chanted loudly

其他人大声唱歌和吟唱。

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People were playing flutes too

人们也在吹笛子。

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Vinnie thought it was a victory celebration

维尼以为这是一场胜利庆典。

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" Who won?" he asked a young boy

“谁赢了？”他问一个小男孩。

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" Who cares?" replied the boy

“谁在乎呢？”男孩回答。

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" All the players are prisoners

“所有的球员都是囚犯。

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Today the losers will die

今天输的人会被处死。

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But all the prisoners will be given to the gods someday soon."

但所有的囚犯很快都会被献给神灵。”

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The crowd was now heading toward the pyramid

人群现在正朝着金字塔走去。

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" What? The losing team is going to die?" gasped Vinnie

“什么？输的那队会死？” 维尼倒吸了一口气说。

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" Their blood will be given to the gods," said the young boy

“他们的血会被献给神灵。” 小男孩说。

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" In return, the gods will give us good weather for our crops."

“作为回报，神灵会赐给我们好天气来种庄稼。”

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Vinnie could not believe it!

维尼简直不敢相信！

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He watched the players who had lost

他注视着那些输掉的球员。

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Tied together, the group was being pushed forward by the temple guards

这群人被绑在一起，被神殿守卫推着向前走。

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Vinnie didn't want to see what was about to happen

维尼不想看到接下来要发生的事。

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But the crowd shoved him up front

但人群把他推到了最前面。

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" Mandy! Mazatl!" he shouted as loud as he could

“曼迪！马扎特尔！”他拼命喊道。

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But the drums continued to beat louder

但鼓声却越来越大。

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No one could hear him

没人能听见他。

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Mandy followed Mazatl to the temple

曼迪跟着马扎特尔朝神庙走去。

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" It's amazing!" she remarked when she saw the tall pyramid

看到那座高耸的金字塔时，她说：“太壮观了！”

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She asked Mazatl about the two buildings on the top

她向马扎特尔询问顶端的那两座建筑。

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" Those are where the sacrifices are held," he explained

“那是举行祭祀的地方，”他解释道。

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" Why are these people being killed?" she asked carefully

“这些人为什么会被杀？”她小心翼翼地问道。

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" Today is a festival to honor our gods," said Mazatl

“今天是敬拜神明的一个节日，”马扎特尔说。

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Mandy understood

曼迪明白了。

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To Mazatl, the gods controlled the lives of his family

对于马扎特尔来说，神灵掌控着他家人的命运。

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Sacrifice was important to the gods

献祭对神灵来说很重要。

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So people had to die for the future well-being of the Aztecs

因此，人们必须死亡，以换取阿兹特克人未来的福祉。

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" Mazatl, do you see Vinnie?

“马扎特尔，你看见维尼了吗？

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Oh, where is he?" she cried

哦，他在哪儿？”她喊道。

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" I don't see him

“我没看见他。

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He must be trapped in the crowd somewhere," replied Mazatl

他肯定被人群困在什么地方了，”马扎特尔回答。

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Mandy yelled for Vinnie

曼迪大声喊着维尼。

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Worried, she ran as fast as she could toward the temple

她非常担心，以最快的速度朝神庙跑去。

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Meanwhile, Vinnie managed to break away from the crowd

与此同时，维尼设法从人群中挣脱了出来。

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" Whew! I can breathe!"

“呼！我能喘口气了！”

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he said, wiping his forehead

他一边擦着额头，一边说。

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A single line of men moved slowly in front of him

他前方有一队人缓慢地移动着。

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Vinnie felt someone push him hard

维尼感到有人狠狠推了他一把。

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" Hey!" Vinnie turned angrily

“嘿！”维尼生气地转过身。

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The person pushing him held a spear —

推他的那个人握着一支长矛——

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it was a temple guard!

是神庙的守卫！

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Only then did Vinnie realize where he was

直到这时，维尼才意识到自己在什么地方。

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He was in the line to be sacrificed

他正排在要被献祭的队伍里。

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He tried to explain

他试图解释。

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" There's been a mistake!"

“搞错了！”

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But the guard only pushed him forward again

但守卫只是又把他往前推了一把。