005 罗马诺太太的惊喜

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At school I opened my backpack to show Molly the bell for Caswell

在学校，我打开背包，想给莫莉看给卡斯韦尔的铃铛。

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But the bell was gone!

但铃铛不见了！

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Before I could tell Molly about it, Mrs. Romano made a surprise announcement

我还没来得及告诉莫莉，罗马诺夫人就宣布了一个惊喜。

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" Class, I have something exciting to share!"

“同学们，我有一件令人兴奋的事要分享！”

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" Are we going to have an ice cream party?" asked Colby

“我们要举办冰淇淋派对吗？”科尔比问。

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" Or take a trip to the zoo?" said Ruby

“或者去动物园？”鲁比说。

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" Maybe we're getting a class pet

“也许我们要养班级宠物了。

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I'd like a monkey!" said Kristin

我想要只猴子！”克里斯汀说。

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Mrs. Romano smiled

罗马诺夫人笑了笑。

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" No, we're not getting a monkey

“不，我们不会养猴子。

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There's going to be an Invention Convention in our own city!" she said

我们自己的城市里要举办发明大会了！她说。

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I sat up straighter in my chair

我在椅子上坐得更直了。

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" An Invention Convention will be held one week from today," Mrs. Romano said

发明大会将在一周后的今天举行，罗马诺夫人说。

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" Students can exhibit their inventions, and there will be prizes for the best ones."

学生们可以展示他们的发明，最好的作品将有奖品。

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" An Invention Convention?"

发明大会？

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I thought, forgetting about my bell problem." Wow!"

我心里想着，把铃铛的问题忘到了脑后。哇！

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Molly raised her hand

茉莉举起了手。

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" What do you get for first prize, Mrs. Romano?"

一等奖是什么，罗马诺夫人？

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" First prize is a blue ribbon and one hundred dollars!" our teacher told us

一等奖是一条蓝绶带和一百美元！我们的老师告诉我们。

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I let out a low whistle

我轻轻地吹了声口哨。

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One hundred dollars!

一百美元！

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I wondered if that was enough to help my mom

我在想那是否足够帮我妈妈。

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Then I started thinking about the magic thinking box again

接着我又开始想那个神奇的思考盒子。

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That was an even better invention than Caswell's bell

那可比卡斯韦尔的铃铛还要棒的发明。

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If I could make a box that worked, I might win a prize

如果我能做出一个真的能用的盒子，说不定就能得奖。

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And then I could figure out what my mom was so worried about!

然后我就能弄清楚妈妈到底在担心什么了！

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That afternoon Josh, Jenny, Molly, and I walked home from school together

那天下午，乔什、珍妮、茉莉和我一起从学校走回家。

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" Did your teacher tell you about the Invention Convention?" I asked Josh

“你们老师告诉你们发明大会的事了吗？”我问乔什。

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" Yes," said Josh

“说了，”乔什说。

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" I'd like to invent an automatic homework machine."

“我想发明一个自动写作业机。”

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" We'd never have to do homework again!" said Jenny

“我们就再也不用做作业了！”珍妮说。

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Molly was chewing bubble gum

茉莉在嚼泡泡糖。

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" I'd like to invent gum that doesn't lose its flavor,"

“我想发明一种永远不会没味道的口香糖，”

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she said, popping a big bubble

她说着，吹破了一个大泡泡。

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" Iggy, you could build your magic thinking box for the convention!" said Josh

“伊吉，你可以为大会造你的神奇思考盒啊！”乔什说。

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" You just read my mind!" I told him

“你刚好说出了我的想法！”我对他说。

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" What's a magic thinking box?" asked Molly

“什么是神奇思考盒？”茉莉问。

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" It's a special box," I explained

“是一个特别的盒子，”我解释说。

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" You put it on your head, and then I can tell what you're thinking."

“把它戴在头上，我就能知道你在想什么了。”

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Molly looked puzzled

茉莉一脸困惑。

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" But how does it work?" she wanted to know

“可它是怎么运作的？”她想弄明白。

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I was glad we had reached our apartment building by then

我很庆幸那时我们已经走到公寓楼了。

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Because I didn't have an answer for Molly's question

因为我根本回答不了茉莉的问题。

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The truth is, I had no idea how my magic thinking box would work

说实话，我完全不知道我的神奇思考盒要怎么运作。

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I just hoped it would work

我只希望它能管用。

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Upstairs, my mom was on the phone again

上楼后，我妈妈又在打电话了。

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" Well, I just don't have enough money," she said

“唉，我就是钱不够。”她说道。

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I couldn't believe it

真不敢相信。

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She was talking about money again too!

她居然又是在说钱的事！

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I went into my room and threw my backpack on the floor

我走进房间，把背包往地上一扔。

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Tate was doing his homework

泰特正在做作业。

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" Move that backpack!" he yelled

“把那个背包拿开！”他大叫道。

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" It's on my side of the room again!"

“它又跑到我这边来了！”

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" Just barely!" I argued back

“才过去一点点！”我顶嘴道。

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" Boys, please!" my mother called

“孩子们，拜托了！”我妈妈喊道。

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" I'm on the telephone."

“我在打电话呢。”

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I kicked my backpack under my bed

我把背包踢到床底下。

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At least Tate couldn't say that was on his side of the room

至少泰特不能说那是他那边了。

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Then I flopped onto my bed

然后我一头倒在了床上。

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I needed to think about my magic thinking box

我得好好想想我的神奇思考盒。

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How would it work, anyway?

话说回来，它到底要怎么工作呢？

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I wanted to win a prize at the Invention Convention more than anything

我比什么都想在发明大会上获奖。

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I also wanted to find out what was bothering my mom

我也想知道到底是什么在困扰着我妈妈。

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But how was I going to make a magic thinking box?

但我到底要怎么做出一个神奇思考盒呢？

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I'd need real magic for that

那非得有真正的魔法才行。

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I remembered Mr. Chen's one-way mirror

我想起了陈先生的单向镜。

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You could see through it on one side, Josh had said

乔什说过，从一面可以看透过去。

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But on the other side, it was just like a regular mirror

但从另一面看，它就跟普通镜子一样。

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Maybe a one-way mirror was exactly what I needed for my new invention!

也许单向镜正是我新发明需要的东西！