011 健康糖果发明

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I woke up on Saturday morning with a big smile on my face

星期六早上我醒来，脸上挂着大大的笑容。

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What was I smiling about? I wondered

我在笑什么？我心想。

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Then I remembered

然后我想起来了。

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Today I was going to move into my own room!

今天我要搬进自己的房间了！

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I'd never have to share a room with my brother, Tate, again

我再也不用和弟弟泰特共用一个房间了。

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I went into the kitchen

我走进厨房。

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My mom had left a note that said she was grocery shopping

妈妈留了张纸条，说去买菜了。

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I ate breakfast and then went back to our room

我吃完早饭，然后回到我们的房间。

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By now Tate was awake

这时候泰特醒了。

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He watched me dump all my stuff in a big box

他看着我把我所有的东西倒进一个大盒子里。

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" Good-bye, Tate," I said, picking up the box

“再见，泰特。”我说着，搬起了箱子。

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Tate grinned." See you around, Iggy."

泰特咧嘴一笑。“回头见，伊吉。”

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I could tell that Tate was happy I was leaving

我能看出来，泰特很高兴我要搬走了。

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But I didn't mind, because I was happy too

但我不介意，因为我也很开心。

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My new room was a tiny space off the kitchen

我的新房间是厨房旁边的一个小空间。

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Mr. Calabria, the superintendent of our apartment building, had built shelves for all my invention stuff

我们公寓楼的管理员卡拉布里亚先生，已经为我的所有发明材料做好了架子。

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Soon he was going to move my bed into the room too

他很快也会把我的床搬进这个房间。

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" Hey, Iggy!" Tate yelled." Come back here!"

“嘿，伊吉！”泰特喊道。“回来！”

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" Wow," I thought in surprise." Tate misses me already!"

“哇，”我惊讶地想，“泰特这么快就想我了！”

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I walked back to Tate's room

我走回了泰特的房间。

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" What do you want?" I asked

“你想干什么？”我问。

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" You forgot something," said Tate

“你落东西了。”泰特说。

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He pointed under his desk

他指了指自己的书桌底下。

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I looked, but I couldn't see anything

我看了看，但什么也没看见。

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" There's a broken crayon under there," Tate said

“那下面有一截断掉的蜡笔。”泰特说。

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I looked again and spotted a tiny piece of broken crayon

我又看了一眼，发现了一小截断蜡笔。

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It was from the automatic coloring machine I'd invented

这是我发明的自动涂色机上掉下来的。

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I picked it up and then went to the door

我把它捡起来，然后走向门口。

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Mr. Calabria was here to move my bed

卡拉布里亚先生来搬我的床。

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I was still setting up my new room when Mom got home

妈妈回到家时，我还在收拾我的新房间。

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" I'm so tired from shopping," she said

"购物让我累坏了，"她说。

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" After I put these groceries away, I'm going to sit down with a good book."

"等我把这些杂货放好，我要坐下来看本好书。"

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Just then someone knocked on our apartment door

就在这时，有人敲我们公寓的门。

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It was my friend Molly, who lives across the hall

是我的朋友莫莉，她住在走廊对面。

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Her little brother, Caswell, was with her

她的小弟弟卡斯韦尔和她在一起。

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" Hi, Iggy," she said." How's your new room?"

"嗨，伊吉，"她说。"你的新房间怎么样？"

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" I'm almost all moved in," I said." Come and see!"

"我差不多都搬进来了，"我说。"快来看看！"

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I showed them my new room

我带他们看了我的新房间。

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" I'm going to think up great inventions here

"我要在这里想出伟大的发明。

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My next invention will be healthy candy

我的下一个发明会是健康糖果。

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You two can help."

你们两个可以帮忙。”

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Molly made a face

莫莉做了个鬼脸。

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" Who wants to eat healthy candy?"

“谁想吃健康糖果啊？”

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" We're not going to eat it," I explained

“我们不是要自己吃它，”我解释道。

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" We're going to sell it!

“我们要卖掉它！

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Moms will buy it for their kids."

妈妈们会买给她们的孩子吃。”

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I went back into the kitchen

我回到厨房里。

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" Mom, can we use some frozen vegetables for my new invention?"

“妈妈，我们可以用些冷冻蔬菜做我的新发明吗？”

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" Okay," she said." But don't make a mess."

“好吧，”她说。“但是别弄得太乱。”

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" I won't," I promised. Then I got busy

“我不会的，”我保证道。然后我就忙活起来了。

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First I took three bags of frozen vegetables out of the freezer

首先，我从冰箱里拿出三袋冷冻蔬菜。

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There were lima beans, peas, and broccoli

有皇帝豆、豌豆和西兰花。

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Next I dumped the vegetables on a platter in my room

接着，我把蔬菜倒在我房间里的一个大盘子上。

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The broccoli was all stuck together

西兰花全都粘在一起了。

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We had to use a hammer to break it apart

我们不得不用一把锤子把它敲开。

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" This is fun!" said Caswell, pounding the frozen broccoli

“真好玩！”卡斯韦尔一边说，一边敲着冷冻西兰花。

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" But how are we going to make candy?" asked Molly

“可是我们要怎么做糖果呢？”莫莉问。

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" You'll see," I told her

“你待会儿就知道了，”我告诉她。

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I went into the kitchen and got a stool

我走进厨房，拿了一张凳子。

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Then I climbed up and got a bottle from the cupboard

然后我爬上去，从橱柜里拿了一瓶东西。

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Its label said " Chocolate Syrup."

它的标签上写着“巧克力糖浆”。

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" Now," I said, as I came back into my room

“现在，”我回到房间时说。

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" We'll pour the syrup over the frozen vegetables

“我们把糖浆倒在冷冻蔬菜上。

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Then the syrup will freeze

然后糖浆就会冻住。

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The candy will be just like a chocolate-coated ice-cream cone!"

这糖果就会像裹着巧克力的甜筒冰淇淋一样！”

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" But the candy will still taste like vegetables," Molly pointed out

“但这糖果吃起来还是会像蔬菜一样，”莫莉指出。

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" Who cares?" said Caswell." Let's start pouring!"

“谁在乎啊？”卡斯韦尔说。“我们开始倒吧！”

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We all took turns pouring the syrup

我们轮流倒糖浆。

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Caswell tried to be careful, but he got syrup all over his face

卡斯韦尔想小心点，但还是弄得脸上全是糖浆。

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In fact, he got syrup all over everything

事实上，他把所有东西都弄上了糖浆。

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That was when Mom walked into my room

就在这时，妈妈走进了我的房间。

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" Iggy!" she cried

“伊吉！”她喊道。

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" What do you think you're doing?"

“你们这是在干什么？”