尖叫 the scream - charpter one
第一段做了一些情景铺垫。小说中对于炎热天气的描述非常形象，大家可以仔细品味一下。好多朋友要求中文翻译，因为时间限制，我在一些难懂的部分加了简单的中文注释，希望对大家有所帮助，我会继续改进的。The heat was unbearable. The sun was stopped in the middle of the sky, refusing to move, firing missiles of heat down（作者形象地比喻说太阳在向下扔火焰导弹）. You could almost see them as rippling waves that bounced off the black concrete paths, and feel them as they reflected up and hit you. （你几乎可以看到这些热浪从黑色的实体路面上弹起，感觉到它们被反弹后向你扑面而来。）
If only there were grass, she thought, perhaps it wouldn't be so bad. In the huge theme park, everything was manufactured - angular, flat surfaces, and shiny polished metal. Signposts painted with bright, smooth paint in colours too painful to look at in the sunlight（路牌色彩很亮，在阳光中让人不敢逼视）. But this country was Spain, and there was little of the lush green grass she was used to, only brown earth, and withered brown plants in its place（这里没有茂盛的绿色草地，取而代之的只有褐色的土地和枯萎的褐色植物）.
They'd tried to escape the oppressive heat, and crowds of determined people（一群意志坚定的人群）, forcing their way in front to queue for drinks and rides, or grab a seat for an unmissable show. The air was thick（可以理解为空气很闷）, and difficult to breathe making every movement an effort. They were made to carry a bag each, Anna the heavy shoulder bag（肩背包） with the sun tan lotion and camera inside, and Mary the mini rucksack（帆布背包）, containing all the important things such as money and keys. Anna herself wouldn't have trusted her sister to look after it, but Mary was unable to manage the heavier bag alone. Their mother had the food bag, overloaded as if it were filled with several large rocks, as she hauled it to a bench by the large, wide lake where it was scarcely quieter or cooler（她把食物袋子拽向湖边那个几乎没安静凉快多少的长椅的时候，让人感觉那袋子里装的根本不是食物而是几块大石头。）. The lake was obviously purpose built for the park, a deep hole gauged out of the earth by a machine. The surface of the water was level as a sheet of glass（水面如镜面一样）, but more cloudy, lying there unbroken and unnaturally still.Flies and mosquitoes skimmed the inches above the top of the water in a heat induced frenzy.
The lemonade was lukewarm and had lost its fizz from being carried around all morning. Anna swallowed it quickly along with her squashed sandwich so she didn't have to taste them. It was too hot to eat properly. She fell back against the wooden seat and closed her eyes, feeling the sun burn her eyelids（眼皮）, and seeing the searing orange glow beneath them. She hated the thought of leaving the waterside, unsure her legs would carry her any further, but dreaded having to stay there alone, open and vulnerable at the edge of the vast lake（她也不知道自己的腿还能坚持多久，根本不想离开湖边，但是又害怕一个人无依无靠地留在这里。）. When her mother stood up with the empty bag and Mary took her hand ready to walk on, chattering and pointing at various places she wanted to visit, Anna had no choice but to reluctantly start off towards the main path with them again.
theme park：主题公园
signpost：n. 招牌柱,广告柱,路标
oppressive：压抑的，令人难受的
queue：排队，队伍
sun tan lotion：防晒乳液
reluctantly：不情愿地
According to the article，which country are they in？
A， the US B， Britain C， Spain
最近股票倍受关注，这些股票指数你可注意过？
如果想了解或谈论股票行情，就要多注意以下几个股票市场指数哦：
Dow Jones Industrial（道琼斯工业指数）
The USA’s oldest and most famous average stock index, based on thirty large American companies
（基于三十家美国大公司之上，美国最古老最著名的股票平均指数）
FT-SE 100 《金融时报》股票指数
The Financial Times’ Stock Exchange index of the UK’s top one hundred companies (Pronounced Footsie 100)
(《金融时报》提供的100家美国顶级公司的股票价格指数。读作 Footsie 100)
Nikkei average 日经平均指数
The Nikkei newspaper’s index of the share prices of 225 Japanese companies
(《日经报》提供的225家日本公司的股票价格平均指数)
更多，请访问[url]http://www.webi.com.cn[/url] 或 [url]http://www.webi.com.cn/shanghai/blog/blog.asp[/url] do not put all ur money in stocks...:)
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