002 又一个好主意

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Mr. Calabria helped Josh and me make three coloring machines

卡拉布里亚先生帮我和乔希做了三台涂色机。

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Josh's little sister, Jenny, helped too

乔希的小妹妹珍妮也帮忙了。

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So did their dog, Bunch

他们的小狗本奇也帮忙了。

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He picked up all the pieces of wood we dropped on the floor

它把我们掉在地上的木块全都叼走了。

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" This is the best invention in the world!" Josh told me

“这是世界上最棒的发明！”乔希对我说。

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Josh always says things like that

乔希总是说那样的话。

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He's the best friend in the world

他是世界上最好的朋友。

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" I sure hope these coloring machines work," said Jenny, sneezing

“我真希望这些涂色机能用，”珍妮说着，打了个喷嚏。

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Everything makes Jenny sneeze, especially wood scraps and dust

什么都让珍妮打喷嚏，特别是木屑和灰尘。

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Even Josh's hamster, Sparky, makes Jenny sneeze

就连乔希的仓鼠小闪电也让珍妮打喷嚏。

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" I'm going to bring the coloring machines to school tomorrow," I said

“我明天把涂色机带到学校去。”我说。

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" Wait until the other kids see them!"

“等别的孩子看到它们再说吧！”

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" You'll be the most famous kid in school!" said Josh

“你将是学校里最有名的孩子！”乔希说。

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" Ah-choo!" Jenny sneezed

“阿嚏！”珍妮打了个喷嚏。

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The next day I took my coloring machines to school with me

第二天，我把涂色机带到了学校。

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Mrs. Romano was very impressed with my invention

罗马诺夫人对我的发明印象非常深刻。

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" What a creative idea, Iggy!" she said

“多么有创意的想法，伊吉！”她说。

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" Our hands will never get tired from coloring again!" said Jake

“我们再也不会因为涂色而手累了！”杰克说。

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" Even when we have to color Asia," said Ruby

“就算要涂亚洲也不会了。”露比说。

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Everyone laughed, remembering how long it had taken to color Asia

大家都笑了，想起上次涂亚洲花了那么长时间。

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Molly, Ruby, and Evan volunteered to try out my new invention

莫莉、鲁比和埃文自愿试用我的新发明。

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I showed them how to tape their crayons inside the round part of the machine

我教他们如何把蜡笔粘在机器的圆形部分里。

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" Move the machine around so the crayon colors," I explained

“移动机器，让蜡笔上色，”我解释道。

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" Let the machine do all the work!"

“让机器帮你完成所有工作！”

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Evan started filling in North America with blue

埃文开始用蓝色填充北美。

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" This is really hard, Iggy,"

“这真的很难，伊吉，”

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he said as he moved the automatic coloring machine around

他一边移动自动涂色机一边说。

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Ruby frowned." It's even harder than coloring by hand!"

鲁比皱起了眉头。“这甚至比用手涂色还难！”

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" Well, at least your hand doesn't get tired," I pointed out

“嗯，至少你的手不会累，”我指出。

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" Look, my crayon broke!" Ruby said with dismay

“看，我的蜡笔断了！”鲁比沮丧地说。

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" Mine did too!" said Evan

“我的也断了！”伊万说。

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Molly looked at me

莫莉看像我。

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" Iggy, this is a brilliant invention," she said

“伊吉，这真是个绝妙的发明”，她说。

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I grinned proudly." Really?"

我自豪地咧嘴笑了。“真的吗?”

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" Yes," said Molly." But there's only one problem."

“是的”，莫莉说。“但有个问题。”

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" What's that?" I asked

“什么问题?”我问道。

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" It doesn't work!" said Molly

“它不管用!”莫莉说。

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I hated to admit it

我不想承认这一点。

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But Molly was right

但莫莉是对的。

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That day when I got home from school, I felt really bad

那天放学回家后，我感觉糟透了。

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My coloring machine was a big failure

我的涂色机是个大失败。

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I threw the machines in the back of my bedroom closet

我把机器扔到了我卧室壁橱的最里面。

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I didn't want to ever see them again

我再也不想看到它们了。

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" Mom! Iggy threw his invention junk in my half of the closet!" yelled Tate

“妈妈！伊吉把他的发明垃圾扔到我那半边壁橱里了！”泰特喊道。

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" Boys, please be quiet!" called Mom

“孩子们，请安静一点！”妈妈喊道。

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" I'm talking on the telephone!"

“我在打电话呢！”

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I lay down on my bed to think

我躺在床上思考。

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I wished I could think of a really wonderful new invention — one that actually worked

多希望能想出一个真正棒的新发明——一个真正管用的发明。

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There was a knock on the apartment door

公寓门被敲响了。

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It was Molly

是莫莉。

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" Iggy, Caswell has disappeared again!" she cried

“伊吉，卡斯韦尔又不见了！”她喊道。

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Caswell is Molly's little brother

卡斯韦尔是莫莉的小弟弟。

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He loves to go exploring in our old apartment building

他喜欢在我们这栋旧公寓楼里探险。

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He likes to look for hidden treasure, but sometimes he gets lost

他喜欢寻找隐藏的宝藏，但有时会迷路。

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Once we found him in the basement

有一次我们在地下室找到了他。

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Another time we found him on the roof

还有一次我们在楼顶找到了他。

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I couldn't imagine who would hide a treasure on the roof!

我无法想象谁会想把宝藏藏在楼顶上！

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Everyone helped look for Caswell, except for Mom, who was still on the phone

大家都帮忙找卡斯韦尔，除了妈妈，她还在打电话。

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" Caswell, where are you?" we called

“卡斯韦尔，你在哪儿？”我们喊道。

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" Caswell, you come here right this minute!" ordered Molly

“卡斯韦尔，你给我马上过来！”莫莉命令道。

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" Ruff, ruff!" barked Bunch

“汪！汪！”邦奇叫着。

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But there was no sign of Caswell

但是没有卡斯韦尔的踪影。

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" Caswell! Caswell, come back!" we shouted

“卡斯韦尔！卡斯韦尔，快回来！”我们喊道。

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We looked in the basement and up on the roof

我们找过地下室，也上过楼顶。

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We even looked in our tiny backyard, but all we saw was a cat

我们甚至找了我们的小后院，但只看到一只猫。

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She was wearing a bell around her neck that tinkled whenever she walked

它脖子上挂着一个铃铛，只要一走，铃铛就叮当作响。

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That was when I got my next brilliant idea!

就在那时，我有了下一个绝妙的主意！

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It would help us find Caswell whenever he got lost

它能在卡斯韦尔走丢时帮我们找到他。

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It was the best idea I'd ever had

这是我迄今为止最好的主意。

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But first we needed to find Caswell!

但首先，我们得找到卡斯韦尔！