021 莫莉的问题

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It was a normal November morning — except for one thing

这是一个普通的十一月早晨——除了一件事。

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Everyone was upset about something

每个人都因为某些事不高兴。

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My brother, Tate, was upset because of me

我弟弟泰特因为我而不高兴。

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" Mom!" Tate yelled

“妈妈！”泰特大喊道。

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" I found more of Iggy's junk in my closet!"

“我又在我衣柜里发现了伊吉的破烂！”

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I had moved into my own room a while ago

我前一阵子搬进了自己的房间。

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I guess I'd left some stuff behind

我猜我落下了些东西。

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" Tell him to get it out of here!" Tate complained

“让他把这些东西弄走！”泰特抱怨道。

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My mom walked into my room

妈妈走进了我的房间。

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" Iggy, please clean your stuff out of Tate's closet today after school," she said

“伊吉，今天放学后请把你放在泰特衣柜里的东西清理干净，”她说。

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Suddenly she looked around my room

突然，她环视了我的房间。

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Then she got upset

然后她生气了。

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" And clean your own room, Iggy!" she added

“还有，伊吉，把你自己的房间也打扫干净！” 她补充道。

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" It's a mess!"

“简直一团糟！”

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Of course my room is a mess

我的房间当然乱了。

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It's the room of a brilliant inventor — me, Iggy!

这可是一个天才发明家的房间——我，伊吉！

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Brilliant people always have messy rooms

聪明人的房间总是乱糟糟的。

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I bet Thomas Edison, who invented the light bulb, had a super messy room

我敢打赌发明了电灯泡的托马斯·爱迪生，房间肯定超级乱。

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And I bet his mom didn't tell him to clean it up!

而且我敢打赌，他妈妈肯定没叫他打扫！

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She probably knew that he was busy thinking up clever new inventions, just like me

她大概知道他正忙着构思聪明的新发明，就像我一样。

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That morning I walked to school with my friends Molly, Josh, and Jenny

那天早上，我和朋友莫莉、乔什、珍妮一起走路上学。

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And Molly was upset too

莫莉也很不高兴。

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She told us why as we walked along

她边走边告诉了我们原因。

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" My mom hired a babysitter for Caswell and me," she said

“我妈妈为我和卡斯韦尔请了个保姆，”她说。

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" Mom wanted some time to meet a friend or go shopping."

“妈妈想有点时间去见朋友或买买东西。”

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" That's great," I said

“那很好啊，”我说。

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" Meeting a friend always puts my mom in a good mood."

“见朋友总能让我妈妈心情变好。”

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" But you don't understand," said Molly

“可你不明白，”莫莉说。

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" I don't like Lucy, our new babysitter."

“我不喜欢我们的新保姆露西。”

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" Is she mean, like a wicked stepmother?" asked Jenny

“她很刻薄，像邪恶的继母那样吗？”珍妮问。

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Jenny's class was reading fairy tales

珍妮的班级正在读童话故事。

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Fairy tales have lots of wicked stepmothers in them

童话故事里有很多恶毒的继母。

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" No, Lucy is not mean," said Molly

“不，露西不刻薄，”莫莉说。

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" Why don't you like her then?" asked Josh

“那你为什么不喜欢她呢？”乔希问道。

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" Well," said Molly," she talks on her cell phone a lot

“嗯，”莫莉说，“她经常打电话。

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And she and Caswell watch the TV show Monster Madness every day."

而且她和卡斯威尔每天都看电视节目《怪兽疯狂秀》。”

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" That sounds like fun," I said

“听起来很有趣，”我说。

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" My mom won't let Tate and me watch any TV after school."

“我妈妈不让泰特和我放学后看电视。”

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" Monster Madness is a pretty scary show," said Molly

“《怪兽疯狂秀》是个相当吓人的节目，”莫莉说。

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" Even when I'm in my room, I can still hear the monsters roaring

“即使我在自己的房间里，仍然能听到怪兽的咆哮声。

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Now I can't sleep at night!"

现在我晚上都睡不着觉了！"

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" Why don't you just ask Lucy if you can watch something else?" I said

"你为什么不直接问露西能不能看别的节目呢？"我说。

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" No way!" Molly replied

"才不要！"莫莉回答。

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" Lucy and Caswell would think I'm a big baby

"露西和卡斯威尔会觉得我是个胆小鬼。

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Caswell is much younger than I am, and he's not scared at all!"

卡斯威尔比我小多了，他却一点都不害怕！"

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That morning Molly yawned at least ten times during social studies

那天早上社会课上，莫莉至少打了十次哈欠。

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" Molly," said our teacher, Mrs. Romano

"莫莉，"我们的老师罗马诺夫人说。

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" What did Egyptian children do in their spare time?"

"古埃及的孩子在空闲时间做什么？"

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" Sleep?" said Molly, yawning again

"睡觉？"莫莉说着，又打了个哈欠。

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Everyone laughed, except for Mrs. Romano and me

大家都笑了，除了罗马诺夫人和我。

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Mrs. Romano seemed annoyed that Molly wasn't paying attention

罗马诺夫人似乎对莫莉没有认真听讲感到生气。

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And I was a little worried about our language arts project

而我则有点担心我们的语文课项目。

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Soon we were going to start writing books

很快我们就要开始写书了。

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Molly and I were partners, so I needed her to be alert and wide-awake

莫莉和我是搭档，所以我需要她保持精神饱满。

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On the way home after school we passed Bubbles Bath Shop

放学回家的路上，我们路过了泡泡浴商店。

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Josh and Jenny's dad had recently gotten a job there

乔什和珍妮的爸爸最近在那里找到了工作。

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We stopped and looked in the window

我们停下来，往橱窗里看了看。

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A sign read " Bathe Your Worries Away In A Relaxing Bubble Bath!"

招牌上写着："来个放松的泡泡浴，洗去所有烦恼吧！"

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" Bubbles Bath Shop sells lots of different kinds of bubble bath soap," said Jenny

"泡泡浴商店卖好多不同种类的泡泡浴皂，"珍妮说。

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" Chocolate, strawberry, and even bubble gum," added Josh

"有巧克力味、草莓味，甚至还有泡泡糖味的，"乔什补充道。

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Suddenly I got an idea for a new invention

突然，我想到了一个新发明的主意。

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It was an invention that would help Molly relax

这个发明可以帮助莫莉放松。

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It might also keep my mom and Tate from getting upset with me

它或许还能让妈妈和泰特不再生我的气。

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Now that would really be a great invention!

那可就真是个了不起的发明了！