023 爬上高墙

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" I can't wait to try rock climbing!" Mason said

"我等不及要试试攀岩了！"梅森说。

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" It's going to be so much fun!"

"一定会非常好玩！"

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Olivia bit her lip." Um, yeah. I can't wait either."

奥利维亚咬着嘴唇。"嗯，是啊。我也等不及了。"

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Mason laughed." You're not going to like rock climbing

梅森笑了。"你不会喜欢攀岩的。

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You're afraid of heights, Olivia!"

你怕高，奥利维亚！"

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" I am not!" Olivia folded her arms across her chest

"我才没有！"奥利维亚双手抱在胸前。

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She was terrified, but of course, she didn't want her brother to know that

她其实害怕极了，但她当然不想让哥哥知道。

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" We're here," Mom said as she pulled into the parking lot

"我们到了，"妈妈把车开进停车场时说。

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" You two have fun."

"你们两个好好玩。"

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Olivia and Mason went inside

奥利维亚和梅森走了进去。

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An instructor asked the siblings for their shoe sizes

一位教练问了兄妹俩的鞋码。

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She grabbed a pair of rock-climbing shoes for each of them

她给他们每人拿了一双攀岩鞋。

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After that she helped them put on harnesses and took them into the gym

然后，她帮他们穿好安全带，带他们进了体育馆。

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Olivia gasped. The walls were even taller than she'd expected

奥利维亚倒吸了一口气。墙壁比她预想的还要高。

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They were dotted with colorful objects that looked like rocks

墙上点缀着五颜六色、看起来像石头的东西。

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" What are those?" she asked

“那些是什么？”她问。

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" You use them to climb up the walls," the instructor said

“你们用它们来攀爬墙壁，”教练说。

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" Different colors mark different routes

“不同的颜色标记不同的路线。

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Some routes are more difficult than others."

有些路线比其他的更难。”

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" What do we do first?" Mason blurted out

“我们先做什么？”梅森脱口而出。

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" I'm ready to start!"

“我准备好开始了！”

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The instructor gave a short demonstration on how to climb

教练简短地演示了攀爬方法。

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" All of our walls have devices that control the rope as you climb," she said

“我们所有的墙上都有装置，在你攀爬时会控制绳索，”她说。

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" Just hook the rope onto your harness and climb

“只要把绳索扣在你的安全带上，然后往上爬。”

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When you lean back, the device will lower you slowly."

“当你往后靠的时候，装置就会慢慢把你放下来。”

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" Awesome!" Mason ran to a wall, hooked a rope onto his harness, and started to climb

“太棒了！”梅森跑到一面墙前，把绳索扣在安全带上，开始爬了起来。

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He looked down at his sister

他低头看向妹妹。

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" I'm going to beat you to the top!"

“我要赢你，先到顶！”

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" Stop bragging!" Olivia said as she stepped up to the wall

“别吹牛了！”奥利维亚一边说，一边走到墙跟前。

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She clipped the rope onto her harness

她把绳索扣在了自己的安全带上。

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Carefully she placed her foot on a rock and got onto the wall

她小心翼翼地把脚踩上一块岩点，贴到了墙上。

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When she felt ready, she climbed a bit higher

等她觉得准备好了，就往上爬高了一点。

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She looked up at her brother, who was already halfway up the wall

她抬头看向哥哥，他已经爬到墙的一半了。

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" I can do this," she told herself." I'm not scared."

“我能行，”她对自己说，“我不害怕。”

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Each time Olivia got a little higher, she took a deep breath

奥利维亚每爬高一点，都会深吸一口气。

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Then, when she felt comfortable, she climbed some more

然后，等她觉得自在了，就再往上爬一段。

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She felt all of her muscles straining, but she enjoyed the feeling

她感觉全身的肌肉都在用力，但她很享受这种感觉。

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In fact, she was starting to feel a lot less scared

事实上，她开始感觉没那么害怕了。

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Soon she heard a bell ring from above

很快，她听到上方传来一声铃响。

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" I'm at the top! I won!" Mason yelled

“我到顶了！我赢了！”梅森大喊。

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He looked down at Olivia with a sly grin

他低头看着奥利维亚，露出一个狡黠的笑容。

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Suddenly his face went pale

突然，他的脸色变得煞白。

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" Are you okay?" Olivia asked

“你没事吧？”奥利维亚问道。

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Mason was silent. His entire body was now flat against the wall

梅森一声不吭。他整个身体现在都紧贴在墙上。

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" He went up too fast," Olivia thought

“他爬得太快了，”奥利维亚心想。

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" He didn't realize how high he'd climbed."

“他没意识到自己爬了多高。”

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Olivia continued up and was soon next to him

奥利维亚继续向上，很快就到了他身边。

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Mason looked terrified

梅森看上去吓坏了。

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" H-how come you don't seem s-scared?" he asked his sister

“你……你怎么看起来不……不害怕？”他问妹妹。

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Olivia grinned." I went up just a little bit at a time

奥利维亚咧嘴一笑。“我一次只往上爬一点点。

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That way, I got used to the height slowly

这样，我就能慢慢适应这个高度。

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Now lean back

现在，向后靠。

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You'll be back on the floor soon."

你很快就能回到地面了。”

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Olivia led her brother down the wall

奥利维亚引导着哥哥从岩壁上下来。

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When Mason was ready, they climbed up again

等梅森准备好了，他们又重新往上爬。

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This time he was a bit nervous

这次他有点紧张。

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But Olivia wasn't scared at all!

但奥利维亚一点儿都不害怕了！