hly_abc
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As If!(e-c)practice
As If!
的了吧！
It all started when my friend Tom asked me to meet him in front of Geraldton library at midnight. I went, of course, out of curiosity, and found him crouched next to the steps holding a large, old-fashioned pocket watch. He waved at me to sit down.
故事要从当我的朋友汤姆叫我半夜和他在杰瑞尔顿（澳大利亚一城市名）图书馆会面时开始讲起。 我去了。当然是出于好奇。我发现他蹲在楼梯旁边，手上握着一块大的老式怀表。他挥手示意让我坐下。
'Matt, you're never gonna believe this. I've found a way to travel back in time!'
"马特，你肯定不会相信。我找到了一个回到过去的办法“
This statement was greeted with silence from me. He frowned. 'It's true, you know.'
对此我报以沉默。 他皱起眉：”是真的“
I snorted. 'Yeah, right. As if.'
我哼声说道：”啊，好吧，你的了吧“
He looked angry. 'Okay, I'll SHOW you!'
他看起来生气了。”好吧，我来向你演示“
He flicked open the pocket watch. I shivered. I could feel something happeni...
他掀开怀表盖。我身体一抖，能感觉发生了什么....
There was a flash of silver light and I was jerked backwards, roaring winds whipping around me. Then I landed, slamming into the ground. Sunlight peeped in through my half-closed eyes, blinding me. There was a thump nearby, and then someone grabbed my arm and hauled me to my feet.
一道银光闪过，我被往后一推，周围刮着呼呼的风声。 然后，我着陆，摔落到地面。 阳光照入我半睁开的眼睛。附近发出砰的一声，然后，有人迅速抓住我的手臂，把我拉起身来。
Tom's freckly face was split in two by his massive grin. 'See, I told you!' he crowed, doing a little victory dance.
汤姆有着雀斑的脸上绽放出了巨大笑容。”瞧见了，我对你说过了！“他一边得意洋洋的说，一边跳了小段胜利的舞蹈。
I looked at him sourly, saying, 'Where exactly are we?'
我生气地看着他，说道：”我们到底这是在哪？“
'We're in Palos, in Spain, and it's ten o'clock on the third of August, 1492!'
”我们是在西班牙的帕洛斯，现在是1492年，八月三日的十点“
Surprise wiped away my sourness. '1492? But that's the year...'
惊讶把我的怨气一扫而光” 1492？ 但那一年是。。“
'That Christopher Columbus departed for America!'
”克里斯托弗.哥伦布出发去美国“
'Are we gonna see that?' I gasped.
"我们将能目睹到吗？”我喘着气说。
'Not if we hang around here, we're not!'
“只要我们不在这闲逛的话。我们不会！”
We reached the wharf gasping for breath. A huge crowd had gathered to see Columbus off on his journey. Tom yanked on my arm. 'Come on, let's get closer!'
我们气喘吁吁地抵达了码头。 有一大群人已经聚集来这为哥伦布的旅程送行。汤姆猛拉了一下我的手臂。“来吧，咱们走近些！”
We pushed through the crowd, muttering occasional 'scuses' and 'pardons'. I bumped into a hefty looking man, who turned around and growled at me in Spanish. I gabbled a hasty apology and tried to move on, and found that he had hold of my collar. He grunted something in Spanish that I didn't understand, but I got the general drift. You knock the man, you pay.
我们挤进人群，偶尔说声“劳驾”和“对不起”。 我碰到一位外表健壮的男人，他转过身，用西班牙语对我吼叫。 我匆忙到了一声歉，并想继续前进，却发现他抓住了我的领子。虽然他嘟哝着的西班牙语，可当我大抵知道了说什么。 碰到人，要赔钱。
People were starting to look now, turning away from Columbus and staring at this mountain man and me. All of a sudden Tom appeared out of the crowd. He gabbled something hurriedly in Spanish. The hulk that had me seemed to consider this. He scratched his bristly head, and let me go. I let out a sigh of relief and looked at Tom. 'Thanks, mate.'
此时，人们从面相哥伦布的方向转过身来看，盯着这位身型如山的男士，还有我。突然，汤姆从人群里出现。他匆忙地用西班牙语说了什么。 这位抓着我的大块头似乎在考虑。 他挠了挠那没长多长头发的脑袋，放开了我。 我总算是松了口气，望着汤姆：”谢谢，伙计”
But Tom wasn't looking at me. His face was like off milk. I spun around in time to see a hairy fist heading my way and, in the half-a-second it would have taken to reach me, I leapt to one side.
但是汤姆没看我。他的脸就象。。 我一扭转身，正瞅着一个长满毛的拳头奔我扑来， 晚半秒就会挨上，我飞身一跃到旁边。
WHAM!
啪!
Hulk-man's fist slammed into the man who had been behind me, knocking him flat. The man's neighbour turned and looked at him angrily, spouting Spanish that didn't sound friendly. Hulk-man spat something back, and the man punched him, his fist connecting with the hulk's nose. There was a nasty crunching noise. Blood poured from hulk-man's nose, and he stared around in absolute fury. Then he said something. One word. And then the fight roared into action, everyone punching and kicking and biting. Above everyone I saw Columbus trying to calm them down, shouting in Spanish. Then Tom grabbed my arm said 'Time to go!' and we were gone in a flash of light and a rush of wind that no-one seemed to notice.
“巨人”的拳头正落到了我背后一人身上，砸了个结结实实。 在那人旁边一位转过身，面露怒色看着他，张口咋呼听上去不友好的西班牙话。巨人回骂，那个人揍了他一拳，他的拳头。。了“巨人”的鼻子。一声嘎吱的声音。 巨人鼻子里涌出了血，他怒气冲天地环顾周围。 然后，他说了点什么。。。 随后，爆发了搏斗。每个人都在挥拳，又踢又咬。在每个人之上，我看见了哥伦布嚷着西班牙语，要使大家都平静下来。那时，汤姆抓住了我的手臂说：“要走了！” 我们在一下闪电和一阵风中消失了。这些似乎都没人注意到。
We landed back where we had left, on the library lawn. Only it wasn't a lawn anymore. Blackboys sprouted out of the thick undergrowth of ferns and jungly-looking plants. Gum trees stood tall around us. The library itself had vanished, as had my bike.
我们回到了开始离开的地方，图书馆的草坪上。 只不过，那里不再是草坪。“黑孩子”（一种树木名称）在 蕨类和丛林样子的植物里茂盛成长。我们周围是一颗颗高高的桉树。 图书馆消失了，我的自行车也消失了。
'What happened here?' I whispered.
"这里发生了什么？“我小声说道。
'We changed history,' said Tom hollowly 'and so we've changed the present.'
”我们改变了历史“ 汤姆以空洞的声音说道：”所以我们已经改变了现在“
'But where are we?' I said.
”那我们在哪？“我问。
Instead of answering, Tom just pointed. I turned around and gasped. Behind us was an immense city, full of ziggurats and mud/stone huts. I recognised it out of the history classes at school. It was a Mayan city.
汤姆没有回答，只是指了指。我转过身，倒吸一口气。我们身后是一座巨大的城市。到处是庙塔以及泥巴/石头搭的房子。 根据从学校的历史课，我认出来了。这是一座玛雅城市。
Tom shook his head. 'We're in Geraldton. Or rather, what would've been Geraldton, if Columbus had discovered America.'
汤姆摇摇头。"我们在杰瑞尔顿（澳大利亚城市名）， 更准确地说，本来是应该是杰瑞尔顿，如果哥伦布发现了美国的话”
'But...how?'
“可，怎么会呢？"
Tom looked thoughtful, talking slowly as though he was explaining not just to me, but also to himself. 'Columbus never reached America, because he was hurt in the brawl. So no one else went to America, no one wiped out the Mayans. So the Mayans built ships and expanded, eventually coming here.'
汤姆看上去在沉思，慢慢地说着话，好像不但是在给我解释，还在给自己解释：”哥伦布从没有到达美洲，因为他在那场拳脚战斗里受了伤。所以没有别人去了美洲，没有人消灭了玛雅人，所以玛雅人建造了船只，并进行扩张，最终到了这里“
'We'd better take a look,' I said, and he nodded.
”我们去瞧瞧看“我说。 他点了点头。
The city was huge, and it extended off the coast, with parts built on huge rafts anchored in the bay. As we wandered, we saw many people that we knew; only they were Mayan. One of them, a girl called Cat, came out of the big temple as we approached.
这是一座巨大的城市，而且扩张出了海岸。一些地方是建立在停泊在海湾里的巨大筏子上。 在我们徘徊的过程中，我们见到了许多都认识的人；只不过他们是玛雅人。 其中有一位是被叫为”猫女“的女孩，我们走进从一座大庙宇的时候，她正从里面出来。
'What do ye seek, gentle travellers?' she asked.
”亲爱的旅行者，你们在寻找什么？“她问道。
I said, without thinking, 'Hey, Cat!'
我脱口而出”嘿，猫女！“
She looked puzzled. I said, 'It's us, Tom and Matt, from school, you know?'
她露出迷惑的表情，我说：”是我们。汤姆和马特，学校里的，认识吗？“
She frowned. 'School? I know of no 'school'. Who are ye?'
她皱了皱眉毛。”学校？我不知道“学校”是什么。你们是？“
Any reply of mine was cut off by Tom. 'Sorry miss, my friend is a little dehydrated, he is hallucinating.' Then he grabbed me by the shoulder and steered me away.
我的回答被汤姆打断”抱歉，女士，我的这位朋友有一些脱水，他正在出现幻觉“ 然后，他抓着我的肩膀，把我引开。
'You idiot! What were you doing?!' he hissed.
”白痴！你在做什么？！“他嘘声叫道。
'I only said hi,' I said, confused.
”我只是打了个招呼，“我说，感到迷惑不解。
'She doesn't know us! Or if she does, she only knows the Mayan version of us! Do you understand?'
”她不认识咱们！就算她认识，也只是玛雅版本的我们！你明白吗？“
'I understand that we need to fix this,' I grumbled.
”我明白的是咱们得要把这问题解决“我抱怨道。
He nodded. 'Good idea. We'll go back, and hang around where we came in before.' He pulled out his watch-thing, and grabbed my arm. 'Ready?'
他点了点头。”好主意，我们要回到过去，回到我们到这里之前。“他掏出了那只表状东西，抓着我的胳膊。”准备好了吗？“
I nodded.
我点点头
We had vanished before another second passed.
在下一秒钟到来之前我们消失了。
In the end, we fixed it all up fairly easily. We left Palos and landed to find Cat standing in a nightdress in front of us. She gabbled out 'Guys! I had really weird dream. I was, like, a priestess in a, like, Aztec city!
终于，我们非常轻松地把一切都搞定。我们离开了西班牙的帕洛斯，并回到地面，正发现”猫女“穿着晚礼服站在我们面前。她喋喋不休地说"伙计们！我做了一个真实奇怪的梦。就好像我是，一个尼姑，在一个，阿兹特克城市！”
Tom and I looked at each other. 'Yeah, right,' we said. 'As if!'
汤姆和我彼此对视，“啊，好吧，” 我们说 “的了吧”
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