027 运动怪兽

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Jimmy's family was on their way to a beach vacation

吉米一家正前往海滩度假。

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As they drove along, his parents and twin brother Jason were talking excitedly

他们一边开车，他的父母和双胞胎哥哥杰森一边兴奋地聊着天。

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" I'm going to walk on the beach every morning," Mom said

“我每天早上都要去海滩散步。”妈妈说。

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" I'm going fishing," Dad said

“我要去钓鱼。”爸爸说。

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" Can we go to the amusement park?" Jason asked

“我们能去游乐园吗？”杰森问。

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" There's a new roller coaster — Motion Monster."

“那儿有个新过山车——动感怪兽。”

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Jimmy stayed quiet

吉米一直沉默不语。

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" What's wrong, Jimmy?" Mom asked

“怎么了，吉米？”妈妈问。

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He shrugged." Nothing."

他耸耸肩。“没什么。”

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" I know what's wrong!" Jason grinned

“我知道怎么回事了！”杰森咧嘴笑道。

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" This is a long car ride

“这是一段很长的车程。

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He's worried he's going to throw up!"

他担心自己会吐！”

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" I brought some stuff, in case you do feel carsick."

“我带了点东西，万一你真的觉得晕车。”

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Mom held up a bag

妈妈举起一个袋子。

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" I've got peppermint gum, ginger candy, wristbands, and even some medicine

“我带了薄荷糖、姜糖、护腕，甚至还有一些药。

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One of these treatments might help."

这些办法里，总有一种可能管用。”

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Jimmy sighed." Why do I get carsick anyway?"

吉米叹了口气。“我到底为什么会晕车呢？”

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" It's called motion sickness," Mom said

“这叫晕动症，”妈妈说。

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" It comes from your ears and your eyes having a disagreement."

“它是因为你的耳朵和眼睛‘吵架’了。”

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" Kind of like..." Jimmy looked at Jason." Twins disagreeing?"

“有点像……” 吉米看着杰森，“双胞胎意见不合？”

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" Not exactly," Mom said

“不完全是这样，”妈妈说。

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" Motion sickness occurs when one sense detects motion, but another one does not

“当一种感官检测到运动，而另一种没有时，就会发生晕动症。

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For example, if you're reading in the car, your eyes think you're staying still

比如，你在车上看书，眼睛会以为你待着没动。

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Meanwhile your ears detect motion, and the two senses clash."

而你的耳朵却检测到了运动，两种感觉就冲突起来了。”

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" So your brain gets different messages," Dad added

“所以大脑收到了不同的信息，”爸爸补充道。

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" And you start to sweat or feel sick to your stomach."

“然后你就会开始出汗，或者觉得胃里不舒服。”

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" I never get carsick," Jason bragged

“我从来不晕车，”杰森炫耀地说。

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" Doctors aren't sure why some people get motion sickness and others do not," Mom said

“医生还不确定为什么有些人会晕动症，有些人却不会，”妈妈说。

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" But it's very common, especially among kids."

“但这很常见，尤其是小孩子。”

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" Grandma gets motion sickness on airplanes," Dad said

“奶奶坐飞机时会晕机呢，”爸爸说。

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" My friend Shin gets seasick on boats

“我的朋友阿信坐船的时候会晕船。

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He eats ginger before he goes sailing — that's what Chinese fishermen have done for centuries

他出海前会吃点姜——中国渔民几个世纪以来都是这么做的。

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It calms your stomach

能让你的胃平静下来。

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Another trick is to stare at the horizon when you're seasick."

还有一个窍门是，晕船的时候盯着地平线看。”

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" Uh-oh..." Jimmy could see that their car was approaching a curvy road

“哎呀……”吉米看到他们的车正驶向一段弯弯曲曲的路。

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" Here." Mom handed him the gum

“给你。”妈妈把口香糖递给他。

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" The doctor said peppermint is good for stomachaches

“医生说了，薄荷对胃疼有好处。

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Roll down your window for fresh air

摇下窗户，透透气。

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Don't read or look at a screen."

别看书，也别盯着屏幕看。”

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Jimmy followed his mom's advice

吉米照着妈妈的建议做了。

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As the car drove along the road, he chewed gum and closed his eyes

车子在路上开着，他一边嚼着口香糖，一边闭上了眼睛。

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" How's it going?" Mom asked

“感觉怎么样？”妈妈问。

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He took a deep breath." Good! I feel fine!"

他深吸了一口气。“好极了！我感觉很好！”

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The week at the beach flew by

在海滩的那一周转眼就过去了。

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One cloudy day the family went to the amusement park

一个阴天，一家人去了游乐园。

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" Whoa, check it out!" Jason pointed to Motion Monster

“哇，快看那个！”杰森指着“晕动怪兽”说。

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It was an enormous roller coaster with steep hills and huge loops." Let's go!"

那是一个巨大的过山车，有陡峭的高坡和巨大的回环。“我们走！”

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The twins raced over to the ride and hopped into the first car

双胞胎冲到过山车那里，跳进了第一节车厢。

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Minutes later they began going up the first slope

几分钟后，他们开始爬上第一个坡。

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" Ahh!" Jason screamed as they flew downward

“啊！”他们向下俯冲时，杰森尖叫起来。

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Jimmy threw his arms up." Whee! This is awesome!"

吉米举起双臂。“哇哦！太棒了！”

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But when he looked over at his twin, he saw Jason clutching his stomach

但当他看向自己的双胞胎兄弟时，却发现杰森正捂着肚子。

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" What's wrong?" Jimmy asked. But he already knew the answer

“怎么了？”吉米问道。但他其实已经知道答案了。

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Jason had motion sickness!

杰森晕车了！