013 幸运票

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When I woke up the next morning, I could hear Mom in the kitchen

第二天早上我醒来时，听到妈妈在厨房里。

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I sniffed the air. Mmm..

我闻了闻空气。嗯……

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Pancakes! Tate was already at the table, eating breakfast

煎饼！泰特已经坐在桌旁吃早饭了。

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" Hey," I said." Save some pancakes for me!"

“嘿，”我说，“给我留些煎饼！”

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Tate made a face at me

泰特冲我做了个鬼脸。

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" Iggy," said Mom with a frown

“伊吉，”妈妈皱眉说。

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" Please say good morning to your brother."

“请跟你弟弟说早安。”

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" But Mom," I started to argue." He made a face–"

“但是妈妈，”我开始辩解，“他做了鬼脸——”

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Before I could finish telling her, the telephone rang

我还没来得及说完，电话铃响了。

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Then the doorbell rang

然后门铃也响了。

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My mom answered the telephone

妈妈接起了电话。

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" What?" she said, sounding surprised

“什么？”她惊讶地说。

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" Really? How wonderful!"

“真的吗？太棒了！”

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I answered the door

我开了门。

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It was Josh and Jenny

是乔什和珍妮。

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" You'll never guess what happened!" Jenny cried

“你们绝对猜不到发生了什么！”珍妮喊道。

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I could hear Mom in the kitchen

我听到妈妈在厨房里说话。

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" Wait until I tell Iggy!" she said

“等我告诉伊吉！”她说。

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" He'll be so excited!"

“他一定会很兴奋的！”

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So much was happening at once

一下子发生了太多事情。

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" Bunch's ticket won the raffle!" said Josh

“邦奇的票中奖了！”乔什说。

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" We got a telephone call this morning from a hotel — the Shadow Lake Lodge," added Jenny

“今天早上我们接到一家酒店打来的电话——影湖旅馆，”珍妮补充道。

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" We're all going to the mountain getaway!"

“我们都要去山里度假啦！”

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I was so surprised, my mouth fell open

我惊讶得张大了嘴巴。

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" Oh boy!" I whooped

“哦耶！”我欢呼道。

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" Molly and Caswell can come too," said Josh

“莫莉和卡斯韦尔也能来，”乔什说。

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" That makes six

“那一共是六个人。

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Plus Bunch because he's the winner!"

再加上邦奇，因为它是中奖者！”

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" The Lodge said we have to keep him in a dog cage in our room," said Jenny

“旅馆说我们得让它在房间里待在一个狗笼里，”珍妮说。

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Josh, Jenny, and I ran into the kitchen

乔什、珍妮和我跑进了厨房。

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" Thank you for calling," my mom was saying

"谢谢您打电话来，"我妈妈说着。

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" The kids will be so excited."

"孩子们会非常兴奋的。"

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She hung up the telephone

她挂断了电话。

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" That was Mr. Chen," she said." You're all going–"

"那是陈先生，"她说。"你们都要去——"

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" To the mountain getaway!"

"去山间度假胜地！"

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Josh, Jenny, and I cried at the same time

乔什、珍妮和我同时喊道。

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" Yes," said Mom, laughing

"是的，"妈妈笑着说。

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" Bunch's raffle ticket was chosen, so he's the winner!"

"邦奇的抽奖券被选中了，所以他是获胜者！"

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" Which means we're the winners!" I said

"也就是说我们是获胜者！"我说。

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" My dad says we can go next weekend," said Jenny

"我爸爸说我们下个周末可以去，"珍妮说。

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At that moment the wheels in my head started to turn

那一刻，我脑海里的齿轮开始转动起来了。

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I needed an idea for a new invention

我需要一个新发明的点子。

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I wanted it to be a special invention for our mountain getaway

我想为我们的山间度假做个特别的发明。

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" Mom, Iggy's getting weird again," said Tate

“妈妈，伊吉又变奇怪了，”泰特说。

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" He's got that look on his face."

“他脸上又露出那副表情了。”

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" What look?" asked Josh

“什么表情？”乔什问。

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" The look that means he's about to make a huge mess," said Tate

“那副表情就是说他马上要弄出一团糟，”泰特说。

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Mom laughed." Iggy's probably thinking up a new invention."

妈妈笑了。“伊吉大概又在琢磨新发明了。”

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" Which means he's about to make a mess, just like I said!" said Tate

“也就是说他马上就要弄乱了，就像我说的那样！”泰特说。

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He grinned and punched me in the arm

他咧嘴一笑，在我胳膊上捶了一下。

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I punched him back playfully

我也闹着玩地回敬了他一拳。

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" Tate really isn't such a bad brother," I thought

“泰特其实不算个坏哥哥，” 我想。

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Maybe we wouldn't fight as much now that we didn't share a room anymore

现在我们不再共用房间了，也许就不会那么经常吵架了。

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Josh, Jenny, and I ran over to Molly and Caswell's apartment

我和乔什、珍妮跑向莫莉和卡斯韦尔的公寓。

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We wanted to tell them the big news

我们想告诉他们这个大新闻。

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" Wow!" said Molly

“哇！” 莫莉说。

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" I'm going to bring my new sleeping bag!"

“我要带上我的新睡袋！”

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" I'm going to bring my backpack," said Caswell

“我要带上我的背包，” 卡斯韦尔说。

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" And my flashlight

“还有我的手电筒。

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We might get lost in the woods in the middle of the night."

我们说不定半夜会在树林里迷路。”

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We all laughed

我们都笑了。

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" I don't think we're going to get lost in the woods," said Josh

“我觉得我们不会在树林里迷路，” 乔什说。

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" Especially in the middle of the night."

“尤其是在半夜。”

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Suddenly the wheels in my head started spinning again

突然，我脑袋里的轮子又开始转动起来。

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But this time my mind went click!

但这一次，我的脑子“咔哒”一声开了窍！

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Now I had an idea for my new invention!

现在我对我的新发明有了主意！

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I didn't tell anyone about it — not yet

这件事我谁也没告诉——还没说。

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First I had to see how it was going to work

首先我得弄清楚它要怎么运作。

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I started by borrowing hamster pellets from Josh

我先从乔什那里借了些仓鼠粮。

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Next I asked Mom for some food coloring

接着我找妈妈要了些食用色素。

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She gave me red, green, blue, and yellow

她给了我红色、绿色、蓝色和黄色的。

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Then I went into my room and closed the door

然后我走进自己的房间，关上了门。

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I, Iggy, was about to invent something that would amaze the world

我，伊吉，将要发明出一样能让世界惊叹的东西。

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And it would keep people from getting stranded in the mountains!

而且它还能防止人们在山上被困！