012 草莓扫荡赛

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My mom stood in the doorway, frowning at me

妈妈站在门口，皱着眉头看着我。

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" We're making healthy candy," I explained

“我们在做健康糖果，”我解释道。

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" What you're making," said Mom," is a big mess!"

“你们做出来的，”妈妈说，“是一团糟！”

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I looked around my room

我环顾了一下自己的房间。

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It was sort of a mess

确实有点乱。

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Okay, it was a huge mess

好吧，是非常乱。

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" I want you to clean up," she said

“我希望你收拾干净，”她说。

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" Right now, please!"

“现在就去，拜托！”

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After Mom left, I nibbled on a chocolate-covered lima bean

妈妈走后，我小口啃了一颗巧克力裹利马豆。

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It tasted awful

味道难吃极了。

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" Maybe my invention wasn't such a great idea after all," I said to Molly

“也许我的发明毕竟不是个好主意，”我对茉莉说。

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Just then my friends Josh and Jenny knocked on my bedroom door

就在这时，我的朋友乔希和珍妮敲响了我卧室的门。

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" Iggy, Molly," Josh said

“伊吉，茉莉，”乔希说。

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" I have something to tell — Whoa!

“我有事要告诉——哇！

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What a mess!"

真是一团糟！”

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" We were making healthy candy," I explained

“我们刚才在做健康糖果，”我解释道。

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" But it didn't turn out so great."

“但结果不太理想。”

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Tate heard us talking and looked in too

泰特听到我们说话，也探头进来看。

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" Wow!" he said

“哇！”他说。

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" It looks like a tornado blew through here!"

“这里看起来就像被龙卷风吹过一样！”

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I decided to clean up the mess fast, so everyone would quit talking about it

我决定赶紧把这儿收拾干净，免得大家一直说这件事。

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By this time the frozen vegetables were thawing, and the chocolate syrup was melting

这时候，冻蔬菜已经在解冻，巧克力酱也在融化。

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My friends helped me throw the soggy mess into the trash

朋友们帮我把这团湿乎乎的东西扔进了垃圾桶。

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" Oh well," I sighed." My brilliant invention was a flop."

“唉，算了，”我叹了口气，“我那绝妙的发明彻底搞砸了。”

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" I have an idea," said Molly

“我有个主意，”茉莉说。

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" My aunt Grace sent me some money for my birthday

“我的格蕾丝阿姨给我寄了些生日零花钱。

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Why don't we all go to the Strawberry Store and get a treat?"

我们一起去草莓商店吃点好吃的，怎么样？”

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" Great!" I said. I love the Strawberry Store

“太棒了！”我说。我超喜欢草莓商店。

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It sells things with strawberries like strawberry cupcakes, strawberry bubble gum, and strawberry ice cream

那儿卖带草莓的各种东西，有草莓纸杯蛋糕、草莓泡泡糖，还有草莓冰淇淋。

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We all got permission to go except for Caswell who had a soccer game

除了卡斯威尔有足球比赛，我们大家都得到了许可。

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Josh decided to bring his dog, Bunch, too

乔什决定也带上他的狗，邦奇。

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On the way to the store, Josh finished telling us his news

在去商店的路上，乔什把他的消息告诉了我们。

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" Our dad lost his job at the Green Apple Supermarket."

“我们的爸爸在青苹果超市丢了工作。”

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" Today is his last day," added Jenny sadly

“今天是他最后一天上班，”珍妮难过地补充道。

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" Then he has to look for a new job."

“那他得找一份新工作了。”

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" If he doesn't find one soon, we'll have to live with my grandmother," said Josh

“如果他不能很快找到，我们就得去和我外婆一起住了，”乔什说。

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" She lives far away, in Ohio."

“她住得很远，在俄亥俄州。”

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" But you can't move!" said Molly

“但你们不能搬走！”茉莉说。

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" That would be terrible," I agreed

“那就太糟了，”我附和道。

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Jenny and Josh had lived in our apartment building for a long time

珍妮和乔什在我们这栋公寓楼里住了很久了。

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Josh looked worried

乔什看上去忧心忡忡。

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" Iggy, can you invent something to help my dad find a job?"

“伊吉，你能发明点什么帮我爸爸找到工作吗？”

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" I don't know," I said

“我不知道，”我说。

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" I'd have to be a real genius to do that."

“要真想做到那个，我得是个真正的天才才行。”

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I looked at my friends, hoping that one of them would say that I was a real genius

我看向朋友们，希望他们中有人会夸我是个真正的天才。

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After all, I'd invented some great things, like my incredible magic thinking box

毕竟，我发明过一些超棒的东西，比如我那不可思议的魔法思考箱。

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No one said I was a genius though

但没人说我像个天才。

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Instead Molly stopped in front of the window of the Strawberry Store

反倒是茉莉在一家草莓商店的橱窗前停下了脚步。

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" Look," she said, pointing to a sign: " Strawberry Sweepstakes!

“看，”她指着告示牌说：“草莓抽奖活动！

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Buy Raffle Tickets for a Mountain Getaway For Six!"

购买抽奖券，赢取六人山地度假之旅！”

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" What's a mountain getaway?" asked Jenny

“山地度假是什么？”珍妮问道。

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" It's when you go away — to the mountains," I said

“就是你去度假——去山里呀，”我说。

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" Oh." Jenny nodded." That sounds like fun."

“哦。”珍妮点点头。“听起来很好玩。”

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Inside Molly bought strawberry treats for everyone

进到店里，茉莉给大家买了草莓点心。

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Josh and Jenny got strawberry ice cream

乔什和珍妮拿到了草莓冰淇淋。

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Molly and I got cupcakes

茉莉和我拿到了纸杯蛋糕。

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Molly also bought a strawberry lollipop for Caswell

茉莉还给卡斯威尔买了一根草莓棒棒糖。

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She said it was going to taste much better than the healthy candy

她说这味道会比健康糖果好得多。

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Then she decided to buy us each a raffle ticket too

然后她决定再给我们每人买一张抽奖券。

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" Ruff!" barked Bunch as Rose gave us the tickets

“汪！”当罗丝把奖券递给我们时，邦奇叫了一声。

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She laughed and then handed another ticket to Josh

她笑了笑，又递了一张奖券给乔什。

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" Here's one for your dog too."

“这张是给你家狗狗的。”

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We wrote our names on the raffle tickets

我们在各自的抽奖券上写下名字。

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Josh wrote Bunch's name

乔什写上了邦奇的名字。

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Then we gave them back to Rose

然后我们把奖券交还给了罗丝。

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That night I slept in my new bedroom for the first time

那天晚上，我第一次睡在了我的新卧室里。

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I lay in bed, dreaming of all the wonderful things I could invent. Who knew?

我躺在床上，梦想着我能发明的所有奇妙东西。谁说得准呢？

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Maybe one of my ideas would even help Mr. Chen get a new job!

说不定我的某个点子甚至能帮陈先生找到新工作呢！