PAGEPAGE走遍美國第五課Hi,Grandpa.嗨，爺爺。Hi,Robbie.嗨，Robbie。CanIhelp?要我幫忙嗎？Yes,indeed.對，正須要。Handmetwoeggsfromtherefrigerator,替我從冰箱里拿兩個蛋來，andI'llmakeyoutwofriedeggs.我給你煎兩個蛋。Howaboutsomebacon?來點熏肉怎么樣？Imadeenoughforanarmy.我煎了一大堆。Yougoingtothebaseballgametoday?你今日要去看棒球賽嗎？It'saperfectdayforit--alittlecloudybutniceandwarm.今日是最好的看球天—有點云，但舒適溫煦。DadandIwereplanningtogotothegame,爸爸原來要和我一起去，buthehastoworktoday,但他今日工作忙，andmyfriendsdon'twanttogo.我的摯友們又不想去。It'snotanimportantgame,anyway.話說回來，這場競賽不重要。Doyouhaveanyotherplansfortheday?那么你今日有別的事嗎？I'llworkonmycomputer.我要練電腦。Ihaveanewmathprogram,andIwanttolearnhowtouseit.我有一個新的數學程式，我想學習怎樣用。Maybeyoucanteachme改天你教教我howtoworkonacomputersomeday.如何運用電腦吧。Anytime.It'sreallyeasy,but,likeanything,沒問題。實在很簡單，但是，和其它東西一樣，youneedtoworkatit,Grandpa.你得常練它，爺爺。Thisbaconisgreat.熏肉做得太好了。Ilovecrispybacon.我喜愛脆熏肉。Oh,whatareyoudoingtomorrow?噢，明天你準備干什么？Nothingmuch.沒什么要緊的事。Well,maybeyourdadandIcouldtakeyoufishingwithus.嗯，或許你爸爸和我可以帶你去釣魚。I'dlikethat,but...我很想去，但是……Butwhat?但是什么？ButDadisalwayssobusy.但是爸爸總是那么忙。Well,canyoucomefishingwithmetomorrow?那么，你明天能和我一起去釣魚嗎？Sure,Ican.當然，我可以。Robbiesaysyoucan'ttakehimtothegametoday.Robbie說你今日不能帶他去看競賽。Ireallyfeelbadaboutit,我真過意不去。buttheyneedmeatthehospitaltoday,但今日醫院有事，inthechildren'sward.在小兒科病房那邊。Iunderstand.我可以理解。Maybewecanspendsometimetogethernextweekend.或許下個周末我們可以一起玩玩。Definitely.沒問題。Weshould.我們應當如此。YouandRobbieandme.你、Robbie和我。Rememberourfirstfishingtrip?還記得我們第一次去釣魚嗎？Isuredo我當然記得……Well,I'vegottorun,Dad.嗯，我得抓緊走了，爸爸。Seeyoulater.再見。Goingfishing?要去釣魚？I'mthinkingaboutit我正在考慮中……So,how'swork?工作還順當嗎？Oh,theusualproblems.還不是那些老問題。You'reworkingprettyhardthesedays.你這陣子工作得很辛苦呀。IguessIam.我想是吧。WhendidyoulastgofishingwithRobbie?你上一次和Robbie一起去釣魚是什么時候啦？Irememberexactly.我記得很清晰。Itwasonhisbirthday,Junesecond,twoyearsago.是在他生日那天。兩年前的六月二日。Wedidn'tcatchanything.我們什么也沒有釣著。Rememberourfishingtrips?還記得我們以前那些釣魚之行嗎？Yes.Ilovedthem.記得。我好喜愛喲。Remembercatchingyourfirstfish?還記得你第一次釣到魚的情形嗎？HowcanIforget?怎么忘得了？Ifelloutoftheboat!我摔到船外去了。Wehadsomegoodtimestogether.我們共渡很多美妙時間。Yes,wedid.的確如此。Maybeweshoulddoitagain.或許我們該再來一次。Howabouttomorrow?明天怎么樣？Don'tyouhavetowork?你明天不用上班嗎？Mypaperworkwillwait.文書工作可以緩一緩。Oh,Robbiewillbethrilled.啊，Robbie會興奮得不得了。Iam,too,Son.我也很興奮，兒子。IwanttospendmoretimewithRobbie.我想多花點時間和Robbie在一起。Tomorrow.明天，It'llbelikeoldtimesforyouandme.你我過去的美妙時間又會重現。AndRobbiewillloveit.Robbie會喜愛的。Well,what'stheweathergoingtobelike?那么，明天的天氣怎樣？Radiosayssunnyandmild.廣播說是晴天，暖和適中。Well,I'lltellRobbie.好，我告知Robbie。Andthanks,Dad.感謝你，爸爸。Don'tthankme.別謝我。I'mjustbeingagrandfather.我只是在盡一個爺爺的本份而已。Thisisreallyneat!太好了！Whendoweeat?我們什么時候吃？First,wehavetocatchsomefish.首先，我們得釣幾條魚。Inordertocatchfish,youhavetodothis.要釣魚你就得這樣。Herewego.現在可以起先了。That'sit.就這樣。Thendropitintothewater.然后把它扔到水里。Allofthiscomesbeforeeating.OK?這些都是在吃之前先得做的事，知道嗎？Howdoyouknowsomuchaboutfishing?你對釣魚怎么知道這么多？Grandpataughtme.爺爺教我的。Wespentalotoftimefishingtogether.我們以前經常一起釣魚。Now,theimportantthingistogetthehookclosetothefish.現在，重要的是讓魚鉤靠近魚。Allright?知道嗎？Likethis.像這樣。IthinkIseesomefishrightunderus,Dad.爸爸，我想我望見一些魚就在我們下方的水里。Oh,notachance!啊，不行能。Ijustsawabigone!我剛望見一條大的。Hi,there!你好！Hi.你好！What'syourname?你叫什么名字？Albert.Albert。Areyouallalone?就你一個人嗎？Yes,sir.是的，先生。Howoldareyou,Albert?幾歲啦，Albert？I'mten.十歲。Where'syourfather?你爸爸在哪？He'supthereatthelodge.他在那邊小屋里。Doesheknowyou'rehere?他知道你在這里嗎？Yes,sir.是的，先生。OK,Robbie,maybeyoushouldwatchhim.Robbie，或許你得看著他點。Thewater'sprettydeephere.這里水相當深。I'llwatchhim,Dad.我會留意他的，爸爸。Whattimeisit?什么時間啦？It'salmostlunchtime,andnofishyet.差不多到午餐時間了，還沒釣到魚。Icangouptothelodgeforsomehotdogsanddrinks.我可以到那邊小屋去弄些熱狗和飲料來。Noway!不行！We'reheretocatchourlunch.我們要在這里釣我們的午餐。Tocatchfish,youneedtherightmagic.要釣得到魚，你得用對魔法。That'sright.對了。Iforgot!我遺忘這招！Therightmagic.正確的魔法。DoitforRobbie,Dad.爸爸，給Robbie示范示范。Youremember?你還記得嗎？Sure.Comeon.當然記得。你來吧。Well,first,youhavetoturnyourhataroundlikethis.首先，你得把你的帽子轉一下，像這樣。Thenyoucloseyoureyesandsaythemagicwords.然后，閉上眼睛念魔語。Fish,fish,sendmeafish.魚，魚，給我一條魚。Fish,fish,sendmeafishIgotone!魚，魚，給我一條魚，……我釣到了！See,itworks!瞧，真有效！It'sabigone!真大喲！Well,italwaysworkedforme,too.嗯，這方法對我也累試不爽。Grandpa,getthenet,please!爺爺，請把網子拿來！Dad,yougotone,too!爸爸，你也釣到一條！YoubetIhave!我鐵定已經釣到了！Easy,Philip,easy.漸漸來，Philip，漸漸來。Sorry,Dad.愧疚，爸爸。Well,onemoreandI'vegotapairofboots.嗯，再釣一只我就有一雙靴子了。Youdidn'tsaythemagicwords.你沒有念魔語。Robbie'sright.Robbie說對了。Yes,butyoudid,andwe'vegotourlunch.沒錯，但你念了，使我們釣到了午餐。Let'sbuildafireandcookit!咱們去升火煮魚！Comeon,Albert,youcanhelpus!走，Albert，你來幫忙！Iwanttostayhereandfish.我想待在這里釣魚。Allright,butbecareful.好吧，但你得當心。Isitfinishedyet?行了嗎？Ithinkso.我想行了。Ihopeyoulikeyourfishwelldone.我希望你們喜愛吃熟透了的魚。Burned,youmean.你的意思是，燒焦的。Hey,I'madoctor,notachef.嘿，我是個醫生，又不是廚師。Help!Help!Ican'tswim!救命！救命！我不會游泳！Dad!Grandpa!Hefellin!爸爸，爺爺，他掉下去了。Easydoesit,Robbie.漸漸來，Robbie。Thataboy.對了，That'sit.就這樣。He'snotbreathing,Philip!他停止呼吸了，Philip！Robbie,runtothecar!Robbie，快跑去車子上！Bringablanketandmymedicalbag.拿一條毯子和我的醫療箱來。Yes,Dad.好的，爸爸。Now,comeon,son.Comeon,son.醒醒，孩子。醒醒，孩子。Breathe,Albert!呼吸呀，Albert！Here'sthebag.箱子拿來了。WillhebeOK,Dad?他會沒事嗎，爸爸？Ihopeso.希望沒事。That'sit.對啦，That'stheway.就這樣，That'sit.There.很好。啊，Oh,it'sgoingtobeallright.不會有問題了。That'sit.對了。Wraphimintheblanket,Dad!用毯子把他裹好，爸爸！That'sit.That'sit.對了，就這樣。It'sallright,Albert.沒關系了。Albert，You'regoingtobeOK.你不會有問題了。Iwantmydaddy!我要我爸爸！We'lltakeyoutohim.我們會送你去他那兒。Easynow.Easydoesit.That'sit.放輕松，沒關系，對了。Yourdadisquiteaguy.你爸爸真不賴。Iknow,Grandpa.我知道，爺爺。Howishe,Philip?他怎樣了，Philip？He'sasleep.他睡了。He'sgoingtobefine.他不會有事了。HowcanIthankallofyou?我該如何感謝你們呢？ThankmysonRobbie.謝我兒子Robbie吧。Hepulledhimoutofthewater.是他把你孩子從水里拉上來的。I'mverygrateful,Robbie.特別感謝你，Robbie。Dadsavedhim,notme.是爸爸救了他，不是我。I'msothankfultoallofyou.特別感謝你們諸位。Solong.再見。He'saluckyboy.他是個幸運的孩子。Well,whatdoyousaywegetbacktoourfishing?你們說，我們回去釣魚怎樣？That'sagreatidea.好辦法。Uh-oh.It'sprobablythehospital.哎喲，可能是醫院。Ihavetogettoaphone.我得去找個電話。Itprobablymeanswecan'tstay.看來我們不能待在這里了。That'sOK.沒有關系。Oneofmypatientshasahighfever,我的一位病人發高燒，andIhavetogotothehospital.我得趕去醫院。I'msorry,Robbie.對不起，Robbie，IguessIruinedyourday.我想我掃了你今日的興。Youdidn'truinmyday,Dad.你沒有掃我的興，爸爸。Iunderstand.Ireallydo.我能理解，真的。Whyareyoubacksoearly?你們怎么這么早回來？Philiphadtogobacktothehospital.Philip必須要回醫院。Hehadanemergency.他有緊急事情。Oh,that'stoobad,Robbie.啊，那太缺憾了，Robbie。Diditspoilyourfun?會不會讓你掃興？No,Mom.Wehadagreattime.不，媽媽。我們玩得很興奮。Well,didyoudoanyfishing?你們釣了魚嗎？Yeah,wecaughtlotsofthem.Look!當然，我們抓到不少魚?？?！Theyhadaspecialonfrozenfishdownatthesupermarket.超級市場里冷凍魚特價。