中英文本
200. Unprepared for camping
200. 没有做好野营准备
"I told you not to skimp on the sleeping bags!" Jan said as she smoothed out the sleeping bags to go to sleep.
“我告诉过你不要对睡袋的事马马虎虎！”简边说边把睡袋弄平准备睡觉。
"Look at this one! The material is so thin, I'm sure we're going to freeze and not be able to sleep through the night!"
“看看这只睡袋！料子也太簿了，我相信我们会冻僵的，这个晚上没法睡个安稳觉了！”

"I thought sleeping bags were six of one and half a dozen of the other!" Bev answered. "How was I supposed to know which one to buy?"
“我以为睡袋都不相上下！”贝芙回答说。“我怎么知道要买哪一种？”
"And where is the lantern?""Whoops! That must have slipped my mind!" Bev replied sheepishly.
“提灯在哪儿？”“哎哟！我一定是给忘了！”贝芙急促不安地答道。
"Wow，Bev. We're skating on thin ice here! Didn't I sketch out everything to you last week?"
“哇，贝芙，我们这下可要冒风险了！我上周没有把所有东西都列个提纲吗？”
"Yes, but I lost the list and I didn't want to tell you. I didn't think so many things would slip my memory!
“你列了，可我把条子弄丢了，而且我不想告诉你。我认为我不会想不起那些东西！
C'mon. It can't be that bad! Here I have some sleeping pills! So at least we'll get some sleep!"
好啦，不会有那么糟糕的啦！我这里有一些安眠药片！所以我们至少能睡一会儿！”
"I'm just afraid that when we slip off into sleep, we won't wake up! It's going to be cold tonight!
“我真害怕等我们不知不觉睡着，我们就再也醒不过来了！今天晚上会很冷的！
And this is not the kind of cold that only goes skin deep-this cold will go to our bones!" Jan replied angrily.
不是那种表面的冷，而是一种彻骨的冷！”简生气地答道。
"Okay. Slow down. Let's think of what else we can do!" Bev said as she slid over to put her arm around Jan.
“行啦，放松点。让我们想想还能做什么！”贝芙边说边悄悄移过去用手抱住简。
"You know, we could call the guys over! I think they'd hear us across the lake if we shouted loud enough!"
“你知道，我们可以叫那些人过来。只要我们的喊声够大，我想他们会听到我们！”
"No! I don't want them to smell out that we're having any problems at all. Let's just build a bigger fire!"
“不！我根本不想他们嗅出我们有任何问题。我们把火烧大一点吧！”

重点讲解

1.six of one and half a dozen of the other 半斤八两，不相上下
例句：It doesn't matter to me which way you do it. It's six of one and half a dozen of the other.
你用哪种方法去做对我都无所谓，两种方法区别不大。
2.skate on thin ice 覆薄冰，冒风险
例句：Please tell them not to skate on thin ice.
请告诉他们不要在薄冰上滑冰。
3.sketch out 画出…的草阁，粗略地画出；简要地叙述，提出…的纲要
例句：The immediate impacts on Japan are hard to quantify, but relatively easy to sketch out.
此次灾难对日本造成的直接影响目前难以量化统计，但对灾难进行综述相对比较简单。
4.skimp on 克俭，节省；不够用心，马马虎虎
例句：As mentioned earlier, do not skimp on acceptance criteria, or be ready to pay the price of rework.
正如之前提到的，不要跳过验收标准，或者准备好返工的代价。
5.skin deep 肤浅的,表面的；轻微的
例句：All buyers should remember that as with a woman, so with cars and any other articles, beauty is only skin deep.
购买者宜记住，犹如对于女人一样，对于小汽车及任何别的商品，美只是表面上的东西。
6.sleep through 睡时没被（吵闹声等）弄醒；连续睡过（一段时间），从…开始睡到结束
例句：We put a sleeping drug in his drink so he will sleep through the night. Then he is all right for another year.
我们过来陪他，给他酒里放了催眠药，好让他一觉睡到天亮，第二天他就好了，再等待明年。