Margret & H.A.Rey’s
Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon 好奇猴乔治和热气球
Illustrated in the style of H.A.Rey by Vipah Interactive
Houghton Mifflin Company Boston
Copy right C 1998 by Houghton Mifflin Company
P3
This is George.
George was a good little monkey and always very curious.
He was on a trip with his friend, the man with the yellow hat. It was the end of their vacation, and they wanted to make just two more stops.
这就是乔治。
乔治是一只很乖巧的小猴，他对什么都很好奇。
他正和他的朋友，就是那个戴黄色帽子的人，一起去旅行呢。假期就要结束了，他们还有两站要去。
P4
They were in South Dakota so, of course, they went to see Mount Rushmore. George had never seen anything like. “These are the
他们到了南达卡他州，当然去了拉什莫尔山。乔治可从没见过类似的风景。
P5
Faces of four great presidents,” a tour guide said. “George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.”
导游说：“那些是四个伟大总统的头像：乔治·华盛顿、托马斯·杰斐逊、西奥多·罗斯福和亚伯拉罕·林肯。”
P6
“Look!” said a girl. “There’s something crawling on George Washington’s head.”
The tour guide explained that some workers were making repairs to the faces.
George watched the workers.
“看！”一个小女孩叫起来，“有什么东西在乔治·华盛顿的头上爬！”
导游解释说是工人正在维修头像。
乔治看着那些工人。
P7
Then he saw a helicopter fly by. It was taking tourists for a close-up look. George thought that would be fun.
“Maybe we can take a ride later,” the man said. “But now we need to leave or we’ll be late for the hot air balloon race.”
So they got back into their little blue car and before long they came
接着他看到一架直升飞机飞过，载着游客更近距离地参观。乔治想，那一定很有意思。他的朋友说；“或许我们之后也可以坐坐，不过现在我们得走了，要不就赶不上热气球比赛了。”于是他们上了他们的蓝色小汽车，不久他们就到了一个到处都是热气球的场地。
P8
to a whole field full of hot air balloons. George was delighted to see such big balloons. He liked their spots and stripes and stars, but his favorite had picture of a bunny on it.
乔治看到这么大的气球特别激动。他喜欢那些气球的点点、条条和星星，不过他最喜欢的要数有小兔子图片的那个了。
P10
One balloon was not yet up in the air. Its owner was hurrying to fill it as a newspaper reporter took pictures.
The man with the yellow hat watched the balloons on the ground, but George watched the balloons in the sky.
还有一个气球还没起飞。当报纸记者拍照的时候，气球主人正赶紧要往里坐。
黄帽子看着地上的气球，乔治却看着空中的气球。
P11
He was curious: why didn’t they fly away?
Then he saw the ropes.
A rope is a good thing to keep a balloon from flying away, thought George. A rope is a good thing to climb….
他很好奇：为什么它们不会飞走呢？
哦，他看到了绳子。
有了绳子这个好东西，气球就不会飞走，乔治这么想着。绳子也是可以用来爬的好东西……
P12
Sometimes when a monkey sees something to climb, he can’t help himself. He has to climb it.
George thought he would climb just one rope then quickly climb down.
有时候猴子看到可以爬的东西，他就会控制不住自己。他就得爬。
乔治想，就爬一根绳子，然后很快爬下来。
P13
But when George climbed up, there was no way to climb back down. The rope had come undone－and there was only one place to go. UP UP UP went the balloon. And George went with it.
但是，当乔治爬上去的时候，就无法爬下来了。绳子松开了——现在只有一个地方可以去了。向上。向上。气球向上升起。乔治也跟着向上。
P14
George flew higher and higher, and the people below grew smaller and smaller.
The man with the yellow hat was tiny. The newspaper reporter was, too. And the owner of the balloon wasn’t very big…but he was big enough for George to see that he was angry!
乔治飞得越来越高，下面的人变得越来越小。
黄帽子是那么小。报纸记者也那么小。还有那个气球主人也不大……不过还够大，乔治看到他生气了！
P15
George felt bad. He didn’t mean to take the balloon－he didn’t even know how to fly it. As the wind whisked him away, he wished he had someone to help him. But he was all alone.
乔治觉得糟透了。他并不是想带走气球的——他甚至不知道怎么驾驶。当风把他突然带走，他是多么希望有人可以帮他啊。但是现在他孤零零的。
P16
George climbed into the basket. When he looked around, he found he wasn’t alone after all. The race was on －and he was in the lead!
乔治爬进吊篮里。当他向四周看的时候，发现原来他并不孤单。比赛开始了——而且他还是领先的！
P17
Together the balloons flew across the field and over the forest. Now George was having fun. But before he knew it…
这些气球一起飘过田野、飞越森林。现在乔治觉得太有趣了。不过他很快发现……
P18
George was alone again, and all the fun was gone.
Flying by himself high in the sky, George was frightened. How would he ever get down? He wondered. Oh, if only he hadn’t climbed that rope…
乔治又变得孤零零的，所有的乐趣都消失了。
自己在天空中高高地飞，乔治害怕了。他会不会掉下来？他有些怀疑。哦，要是不爬那绳子就好了……
P19
Suddenly the wind changed, and George saw something familiar.
He was excited－someone was sure to help him now. In fact, there was someone right in front of him!
突然风向转变了，乔治看到了熟悉的景象。
他很兴奋——现在肯定有人可以帮他了。事实上，他面前就有人！
P20
It was one of the workers－and he was stranded on George Washington’s nose! George was so happy to see the worker he didn’t notice how happy the worker was to see him.
Slowly, the balloon floated closer.
Would it come close enough? It did! The worker grabbed onto the rope and climbed up. Soon he was in the basket with George.
Hurrah, George was rescued!
Hurrah, the worker was rescued, too!
那是一个工人——他被困在乔治·华盛顿的鼻子上！见到那个工人时乔治太高兴了，压根没注意到工人见到他时的高兴劲。
慢慢地，气球飘移得更近了。
能靠得够近吗？真靠近了！工人抓住绳子往上爬。很快他就和乔治一起在吊篮里了。
好哇！乔治得救了！
好哇！工人也得救了！
P21
They sailed up over George Washington’s head and landed safely in a tree. Soon a whole crowd came to rescue them both.
他们飞过乔治·华盛顿的头，安全地降落在一棵树上。
很快，一群人赶来营救他们俩。
P23
The man with the yellow hat was happy to see George. The reporter was glad to have such an exciting story to report. And the owner of the balloon wasn’t angry anymore.
Everyone had seen the rescue－George was a hero!
After the workers thanked him, George got a special treat－he got to ride in the helicopter.
The helicopter flew George and the man with the yellow hat once more past the presidents, then back to the little blue car.
黄帽子很高兴见到乔治。记者也很高兴有这么一个令人兴奋的消息可以报道。气球的主人也不再生气了。
每个人都看到了营救过程——乔治是个英雄！
工人们谢过他之后，乔治获得了一个特别待遇——乘坐直升飞机。
直升飞机载着乔治和黄帽子再次经过总统头像，然后回到他们的蓝色小汽车。
P24
As they drove away, the man said, “That was some vacation, George!”
George agreed. It was an exciting vacation. But they were both very glad to go home.
他们开车走的时候，黄帽子说：“这个假期真了不起，乔治！”
乔治点点头。的确是个令人兴奋的假期。不过他们还是高高兴兴地回家了。