001 我的第一个发明

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It all started one Monday morning at school

一切都始于一个周一的早晨，在学校里。

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" It " was my idea — my first invention!

“它”是我的创意——我的第一项发明！

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We were sitting in class, coloring maps

我们正坐在教室里给地图上色。

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I don't understand why our teacher, Mrs. Romano, makes us color maps

我不明白为什么罗曼诺老师总让我们给地图上色。

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She acts as if we are in first grade instead of fourth grade

她好像把我们当成了一年级，而不是四年级。

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Does she really think we still like to color?

她真以为我们还喜欢涂色吗？

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" Use bright colors!"

“用鲜艳的颜色！”

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Mrs. Romano said, walking around the room

罗曼诺老师一边说着，一边在教室里走动。

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I colored North America green

我把北美洲涂成了绿色。

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I colored South America orange

我把南美洲涂成了橙色。

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I colored Africa yellow

我把非洲涂成了黄色。

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Then I started working on Asia, which is a really big continent

然后我开始涂亚洲，那是个非常大的洲。

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My hand was getting tired

我的手开始累了。

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I stopped to give it a rest

我停下来让手休息一下。

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My friend Molly leaned toward me

我的朋友莫莉朝我靠过来。

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" Psst, Iggy!" she whispered

“嘘，伊吉！”她低声说。

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" My hand hurts from coloring!"

“我涂颜色涂得手疼！”

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" So does mine!" I said

“我的也是！”我说。

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" Quiet, please!" said Mrs. Romano

“请安静！”罗曼诺老师说。

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" All I want to hear is the sound of crayons moving across the paper."

“我只想听到蜡笔在纸上划过的声音。”

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Mrs. Romano wanted to hear the sound of crayons moving across the paper?

罗曼诺老师想听到蜡笔在纸上移动的声音？

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I was so tired of that sound!

我太烦那个声音了！

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" Why aren't there machines to do coloring?"

“为什么没有能涂色的机器呢？”

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I thought suddenly

我突然想到。

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" Then kids wouldn't have to work so hard."

“那样孩子们就不用这么辛苦了。”

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That was when I got my idea — a truly incredible idea

就在那时，我有了一个主意——一个非常不可思议的主意。

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It could make me, Iggy, a famous inventor!

它可能让我，伊吉，成为一个著名的发明家！

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I told Molly about my idea on the way home from school

放学回家的路上，我把主意告诉了莫莉。

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" Wow!" said Molly

“哇！”莫莉说。

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" If your idea works, we'll never have to color by hand again!"

“如果你的主意行得通，我们就再也不用徒手涂色了！”

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Our school is near the apartment building where Molly and I live

我们的学校靠近我和莫莉住的公寓楼。

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Our apartments are both on the fifth floor

我们的公寓都在五楼。

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That means we have to climb a lot of stairs every day

这意味着我们每天得爬很多楼梯。

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" Whew, I wish our backpacks weren't so heavy!" I groaned

“呼，我希望我们的背包没那么重！”我呻吟道。

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" Me too," she agreed, panting hard

“我也是。”她表示同意，喘着粗气。

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I said good-bye to Molly and then went into my apartment

我对莫莉说了再见，然后走进我的公寓。

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My mom was on the telephone in the kitchen

我妈妈在厨房里打电话。

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She waved to me as I walked by

我走过时，她向我挥手。

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I went into my bedroom and dumped my heavy backpack on the floor

我走进卧室，把沉重的背包扔在地板上。

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One of its straps fell just over the chalk line on the floor

背包的一条带子正好掉在地板上的粉笔线上。

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My older brother, Tate, had drawn the line to divide our room into two sections

我哥哥泰特划了一条线，把我们的房间分成了两半。

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" Hey, get your backpack off my side of the room!"

“嘿，把你的书包从我这边拿开！”

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Tate ordered me

泰特命令我。

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" It's my room too!" I shot back

“这也是我的房间！”我回嘴道。

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" No arguing, boys!" called my mother from the kitchen

“别吵了，孩子们！”妈妈从厨房喊道。

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I decided to go down to the fourth floor and see my friend Josh

我决定下楼去四楼找我的朋友乔什。

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I wanted to get away from Tate

我想离泰特远点。

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Plus, I needed help with my invention

而且，我的发明需要人帮忙。

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I knocked on the door of his apartment, and Josh answered right away

我敲了敲他公寓的门，乔什马上就开了门。

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" Hi, Josh!" I said

“嗨，乔什！”我说。

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Josh invited me in

乔什邀请我进去。

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" Do you know that toy that Sparky likes?" I blurted out

“你知道斯帕奇喜欢的那件玩具吗？”我脱口而出。

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Sparky is Josh's pet hamster

斯帕奇是乔什的宠物仓鼠。

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" His seesaw?" Josh asked

“他的跷跷板吗？”乔什问道。

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He walked over to Sparky's cage and lifted up the toy

他走到斯帕奇的笼子边，拿起了那个玩具。

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" Yes, that's it," I said

“对，就是它，”我说。

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" Can I borrow it?

“我能借它吗？

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I want to make one just like it."

我想做一个一模一样的。”

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" Why?" asked Josh

“为什么？”乔什问。

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" I have a brilliant idea!" I said

“我有个绝妙的主意！”我说。

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" I'm going to invent an automatic coloring machine!

“我要发明一台自动涂色机！

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My hand will never get tired from coloring again."

我的手再也不会因为涂色而累了。”

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Josh's eyes lit up

乔什的眼睛一亮。

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" Cool," he said." How will it work?"

“酷，”他说。“它怎么工作呢？”

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" You'll see!" I told him

“你会看到的！”我告诉他。

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" Let's show Sparky's seesaw to Mr. Calabria, the building superintendent

“我们去给大楼管理员卡拉布里亚先生看看斯帕奇的跷跷板吧。

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He has a lot of wood downstairs."

他楼下有很多木料。”

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We went down the steps to the building's basement

我们走下楼梯，去了大楼的地下室。

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Mr. Calabria was in his workroom surrounded by tools and wood scraps

卡拉布里亚先生在他的工作室里，周围都是工具和木料碎片。

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He smiled at us

他对我们笑了笑。

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" Is your kitchen faucet leaking again, Iggy?" he asked

“你的厨房水龙头又漏水了吗，伊吉？”他问。

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I shook my head

我摇了摇头。

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" Our faucet is working fine."

“我们的水龙头很好。”

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" Then do you have another problem?" he asked

“那你有别的问题吗？”他问。

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" He has something, Mr. Calabria!" Josh burst out

“他有东西，卡拉布里亚先生！”乔什突然说道。

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" But it's not a problem — it's an amazing, incredible idea!"

“但那不是问题——是个惊人的、不可思议的主意！”