过山车之旅

Roller Coaster Ride
过山车之旅

I had never been on a real roller coaster.
我从未坐过真正的过山车。

Fear of speed, fear of heights: They just weren’t for me.
怕速度，怕高：这些都不适合我。

The closest I had ever got was a kiddie-coaster when I was six.
我最接近的经历是六岁时坐过一次儿童小过山车。

It was probably six feet tall, but I had it stopped even before we got up to the first slope.
它大概只有六英尺高，但还没等我们爬上第一个坡，我就让人把它停下来了。

So today I just waited for my friends while they took the 53 mph roller-coaster-riding.
所以今天我只是在一旁等朋友们去体验时速53英里的过山车。

As they stepped off the ride, they all tried to persuade (说服) me to follow them onto the next one.
当他们走下设施时，都试图说服我跟着他们去玩下一个项目。

“Come on, Lisi!” Jennifer said, “You’re so boring! Just come with us!”
“来吧，丽西！”珍妮弗说，“你太无趣了！就跟我们一起吧！”

“It’s not that scary,” added Jackie, “I’ll sit next to you.”
“没那么可怕的，”杰基补充道，“我会坐在你旁边。”

“Look: This is the slowest ride in the park!” Christina pointed out.
“你看：这可是公园里最慢的项目了！”克里斯蒂娜指出。

Finally, I gave in and agreed to get on the roller coaster, although I still wasn’t sure.
最终，我还是妥协了，同意坐上过山车，尽管心里仍然没底。

Of course everyone had come out alive so far, but you never know what will happen.
当然，到目前为止所有人都安然无恙地出来了，但谁知道会发生什么呢。

As we stood in line, I got more scared.
排队等候时，我变得越来越害怕。

“It looks really big from down here,” I worried out loud.
“从下面看它真的好大啊，”我忍不住大声担忧道。

Finally, we reached the front of the line.
终于，我们排到了队伍的最前面。

I sat in a seat with Jackie and said that I would not let go of her hand until we were safely off the ride.
我和杰基坐在一起，并说在安全下车之前我绝不会松开她的手。

As soon as we started moving, I began to scream and held Jackie’s hand tightly.
车刚一启动，我就开始尖叫，并紧紧抓住杰基的手。

We started to climb the slope toward the highest point of the ride.
我们开始沿着坡道向最高点爬升。

WHOOOOSH!
呼——！

It felt as if something had broken.
感觉好像什么东西坏了一样。

We started falling fast.
我们开始急速下坠。

The wind blew hard and it seemed like my face would blow off.
狂风猛烈地吹着，感觉我的脸都要被吹掉了。

I screamed so loud that I couldn’t hear myself anymore.
我尖叫得如此大声，以至于连自己的声音都听不见了。

Oh my gosh, we weren’t going to stop! I knew it.
天哪，我们不会停下来了！我就知道。

This had been a terrible idea.
这真是个糟糕的主意。

I closed my eyes, never stopping my scream.
我紧闭双眼，尖叫声一刻未停。

CLUNK!
哐当！

The ride came suddenly to a stop.
过山车突然停了下来。

I opened my eyes.
我睁开了眼睛。

We were back where we started!
我们回到了起点！

I hadn’t died!
我还活着！

I stepped off the ride, tired and dizzy.
我走下过山车，感到又累又晕。

My friends looked at me, searching for my reaction.
朋友们看着我，想看看我有什么反应。

“Can we do that again?” I said in a low voice.
“我们能再玩一次吗？”我低声说道。