008 发明大会

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I was in bed that night when I remembered the bell for Caswell

那天晚上我躺在床上，想起了卡斯韦尔的铃铛。

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I'd first thought of it so he wouldn't get lost

我最初想到这个铃铛，是为了不让他走丢。

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But now the bell was lost!

但现在铃铛不见了！

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I turned on my light

我打开了灯。

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" Hey, turn that off!" yelled Tate

“嘿，把灯关掉！”泰特喊道。

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" I lost something," I mumbled

“我丢了东西。”我咕哝道。

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I looked and looked, but there was no sign of the bell

我找了又找，但铃铛的影子都没有。

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Finally I gave up and went back to bed

最后我放弃了，回到床上睡觉。

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I hoped I could find it before Caswell got lost again

我希望能在卡斯韦尔再次走丢之前找到它。

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At school everyone was excited about the Invention Convention

学校里，大家都对发明大会兴奋不已。

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Molly had invented a way to keep crayons from breaking

莫莉发明了一种不让蜡笔断掉的方法。

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She put each crayon into a straw

她把每支蜡笔都放进一根吸管里。

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Unlike my coloring machine, her idea really worked!

不像我的涂色机，她的主意真的有效！

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But the big hit was my magic thinking box

但真正大受欢迎的是我的魔法思维盒。

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Everyone wanted to put it on

每个人都想戴上它。

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" Let me go first, Iggy!" said Kristin

“让我先来，伊吉！”克里斯汀说。

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" Then it's my turn!" said Colby

“那轮到我了！”科尔比说。

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" Wait a minute!" I said

“等一下！”我说。

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" The Invention Convention is next week

“发明大会就在下周。

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I don't want to use up all the magic before then!"

我可不想在那之前就把魔法全用光！”

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Everyone agreed this was a good idea

大家都觉得这是个好主意。

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I thought it was a good idea too

我也觉得这是个好主意。

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Because the truth was, I wasn't positive my invention actually worked

因为说实话，我不确定我的发明是否真的管用。

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I thought it did

我以为它管用。

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I hoped it did

我希望它管用。

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But maybe I had just made some lucky guesses

但也许我只是碰巧猜对了几次。

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The next week seemed to drag by, but at last the big day arrived

接下来的一周过得很慢，但大日子终于到了。

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All the kids with inventions boarded the bus to go to the Convention Center

所有带着发明的孩子都上了巴士，前往会展中心。

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Josh had invented an alarm

乔希发明了一个警报器。

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It went off when Bunch tried to eat Sparky's hamster food

邦奇想吃斯帕奇仓鼠粮的时候，警报器就响了。

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Jenny had invented a bath for Sparky

珍妮为斯帕基发明了一个洗澡盆。

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Molly brought her crayon invention

莫莉带来了她的蜡笔发明。

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And I held my magic thinking box carefully on my lap

我小心地把我的魔法思维盒放在腿上。

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The convention was in a big building downtown

大会在市中心的一栋大楼里举行。

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We set up our inventions on tables, and the judges walked around, examining them

我们把发明摆放在桌子上，评委们四处走动，仔细检查。

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One judge admired Molly's crayon invention

一位评委很欣赏莫莉的蜡笔发明。

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" Your crayons will never break!" said Molly

“你的蜡笔永远不会断！”莫莉说。

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" Very clever!" he said

“非常巧妙！”他说。

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A girl from another school had invented special glasses

另一所学校的一个女孩发明了一种特殊的眼镜。

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They had a picture of wide-open eyes pasted on them

眼镜上贴着一张睁得大大的眼睛图片。

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" You can put them on and go to sleep in math class," she explained

"你可以戴上它，在数学课上睡觉，"她解释说。

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" The teacher will think you are awake!"

"老师会以为你还醒着呢！"

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Next the judges stopped at Josh's table

接着，评委们停在了乔什的桌子前。

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He showed them how his dog buzzer alarm worked

他向他们展示了他的狗狗蜂鸣闹钟是如何工作的。

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It made such a loud noise that one judge jumped!

它发出的声音太响了，把一位评委吓得跳了起来！

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Jenny's table was next to mine

珍妮的桌子就在我旁边。

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She showed the judges a bowl filled with soapy water

她给评委们看了一个装满肥皂水的碗。

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Then she put Sparky and his hamster wheel inside the bowl

然后，她将斯巴基和它的仓鼠跑轮放进了碗里。

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When Sparkly spun around on his wheel, he got clean in the water

当斯巴基在跑轮上转圈时，它就在水里洗干净了。

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" It gets all the dust off him," said Jenny

"这样能把他身上的灰尘都冲掉，"珍妮说。

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" So he doesn't make me sneeze!"

“这样它就不会害得我打喷嚏了！”

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" Ah-choo!" One of the judges sneezed

“哈啾！”一位评委打了个喷嚏。

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" Hamsters always make me sneeze!" she said

“仓鼠总是害得我打喷嚏！”她说道。

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Finally the judges came to my table

评委们终于来到了我的桌前。

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" What an interesting box," one judge remarked

“这个盒子真有趣，”一位评委说。

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I told them how it worked

我向他们解释了它的工作原理。

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" Amazing!" said the judge who had sneezed

“太神奇了！”刚才打喷嚏的那位评委说。

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" Can I try it?"

“我能试试吗？”

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" Sure." I proudly handed her my box

“当然。”我自豪地把我的盒子递给她。

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" Put the box over your head," I said

“把盒子戴在头上，”我说。

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Next I handed her the flashlight

接着，我把手电筒递给了她。

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" Now turn the flashlight on."

“现在打开手电筒。”

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She followed my instructions

她照着我的指示做了。

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" I can see myself," I heard her say

“我能看到自己了，”我听见她说。

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In the dim room, I could easily see the judge through the one-way mirror

在昏暗的房间里，我能透过单向镜清楚地看到那位评委。

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But even though I'd made some lucky guesses before, my luck was running out now

但即使我之前侥幸猜对了几次，现在我的运气也快用光了。

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Inside the box the judge wasn't smiling, but she wasn't frowning either

在盒子里，那位评委没在笑，但也没皱着眉头。

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As I looked at her, I had no idea what she was thinking

我看着她，完全猜不到她在想什么。

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I was about to make a wild guess

我正准备胡乱猜一下。

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Then suddenly I noticed Sparky spinning fast on his wheel

突然，我注意到斯帕奇在它的轮子上飞快地转着。

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He flew out of the bowl and hit the floor

它一下子从碗里飞了出去，摔到了地板上。

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Then he raced toward the judge who was wearing my box!

然后它朝着那个正戴着我盒子的评委猛冲了过去！