二：剧本

Chapter 2: The Script That Saved Him

The next morning, Li Ming still didn't believe it.

第二天早上，李明还是不相信。

He thought it was a dream.

他觉得那是个梦。

But the words were still there.

但那些文字还在。

They floated in the corner of his eye.

它们漂浮在他的眼角余光里。

Small. Quiet. Always there.

小小的，安静的，一直在那里。

A boy is walking to school.

一个男孩正在走去学校。

He is sleepy.

他很困。

He is thinking about breakfast.

他在想早餐。

Li Ming yawned.

李明打了个哈欠。

"This thing is boring," he said.

"这玩意真无聊。"他说。

He wanted to close it.

他想关掉它。

He tried.

他试了。

The words didn't go away.

文字没有消失。

"Fine. Whatever."

"行吧。随便。"

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He stopped at the crossroad.

他在十字路口停下了。

Red light.

红灯。

He waited.

他等着。

Then the words changed.

这时文字变了。

The boy is waiting.

男孩在等待。

A car is coming.

一辆车正在驶来。

It will not stop.

它不会停下。

Three seconds.

三秒。

Li Ming froze.

李明僵住了。

Two seconds.

两秒。

He looked up.

他抬起头。

A white car was rushing toward him.

一辆白色轿车正朝他冲来。

One second.

一秒。

He jumped back.

他向后一跳。

The car flew past.

汽车呼啸而过。

Wind hit his face.

风打在他脸上。

His heart was pounding.

他的心在狂跳。

The words appeared again.

文字再次出现。

The boy is safe now.

男孩现在安全了。

He moved because he read the script.

他躲开了，因为他读了剧本。

The script is real.

剧本是真的。

Li Ming stood there for a long time.

李明在那里站了很久。

His hands were shaking.

他的手在发抖。

"It's... real?"

"这是……真的？"

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He got to school late.

他到学校迟到了。

His best friend, Zhang Fan, was waiting at the gate.

他最好的朋友张帆在门口等着。

"You're late again," Zhang Fan said.

"你又迟到了。"张帆说。

"I almost died," Li Ming said.

"我差点死了。"李明说。

Zhang Fan laughed.

张帆笑了。

"Yeah, sure. Died of homework, right?"

"是啊，当然。死于作业，对吧？"

Li Ming didn't explain.

李明没有解释。

He just walked inside.

他只是走了进去。

The words were still there, floating quietly.

文字还在那里，静静地漂浮着。

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English class.

英语课。

Li Ming stared at the book.

李明盯着课本。

The words were so hard.

那些单词太难了。

Apple.

苹果。

Banana.

香蕉。

Cat.

猫。

Even these were hard for him.

就连这些对他来说都很难。

He put his head down.

他低下了头。

Then the script showed something strange.

然后剧本显示了一些奇怪的东西。

The students are sitting.

学生们正坐着。

They are listening.

他们在听讲。

Their scales are quiet today.

他们的鳞片今天很安静。

Li Ming blinked.

李明眨了眨眼。

Scales?

鳞片？

What scales?

什么鳞片？

He looked at his classmates.

他看了看同学们。

Zhang Fan was picking his nose.

张帆在挖鼻孔。

Wang Lin was taking notes.

王琳在记笔记。

Everyone looked normal.

每个人看起来都很正常。

No scales.

没有鳞片。

"I read it wrong," he thought.

"我看错了。"他想。

But the word was there.

但那个词就在那里。

Scales.

鳞片。

He felt a little cold.

他觉得有点冷。

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After school, Li Ming went to the computer room.

放学后，李明去了机房。

He liked computers.

他喜欢电脑。

He was good at games, not study.

他擅长打游戏，不是学习。

Zhang Fan came with him.

张帆跟着他。

"You've been weird today," Zhang Fan said.

"你今天怪怪的。"张帆说。

"Weird how?"

"怎么怪了？"

"You keep staring at nothing."

"你老盯着空气看。"

Li Ming was quiet.

李明沉默了。

Then he said, "Do you ever feel like... something is wrong?"

然后他说："你有没有觉得……有什么不对劲？"

"Wrong how?"

"什么不对劲？"

"I don't know. Just... wrong."

"不知道。就是……不对劲。"

Zhang Fan thought for a moment.

张帆想了一下。

"The cafeteria food was bad today. That was wrong."

"今天食堂的饭很难吃。那确实不对劲。"

Li Ming smiled.

李明笑了。

But his eyes were still looking at the script.

但他的眼睛还在看着剧本。

The boy's friend does not see.

男孩的朋友看不见。

He does not know.

他不知道。

But the boy is starting to notice.

但男孩开始注意到了。

The world is not right.

这个世界不太对。

Little by little, the boy will understand.

一点一点地，男孩会明白的。

First, he must learn to read.

首先，他必须学会阅读。

Li Ming looked at the last sentence for a long time.

李明看着最后那句话，看了很久。

Learn to read.

学会阅读。

He hated studying.

他讨厌学习。

But the script saved his life.

但剧本救了他的命。

And now it was telling him something.

而现在它在告诉他一些事情。

Something about the world.

关于这个世界的事情。

He didn't know what.

他不知道是什么。

But he wanted to find out.

但他想弄清楚。

Maybe.

也许吧。

Just maybe.

只是也许。

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That night, he opened his English book.

那天晚上，他翻开了英语课本。

First page.

第一页。

Hello.

你好。

How are you?

你好吗？

I am fine, thank you.

我很好，谢谢。

He read them three times.

他读了三遍。

Then he wrote them down.

然后他把它们写了下来。

His handwriting was ugly.

他的字很丑。

But he wrote them.

但他写了。

The script floated beside him.

剧本漂浮在他身旁。

It didn't say anything new.

它没有显示新的内容。

Just one line.

只有一行。

He is starting.

他开始了。

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To be continued...

未完待续……

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【本章学习重点】

English 中文

believe 相信

dream 梦

yawn 打哈欠

crossroad 十字路口

rush 冲、奔

pound 猛跳、重击

shake 发抖

almost 几乎、差点

explain 解释

stare 盯着看

scale 鳞片

blink 眨眼

normal 正常的

weird 奇怪的

notice 注意到

handwriting 字迹、笔迹