023 头脑风暴

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I still hadn't formulated a bubble bath soap for Mom or Tate

我还没有给妈妈或泰特调配出泡泡浴皂。

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But after the disaster with Molly's bath soap, I decided I was finished with formulating them for now

但在莫莉的浴皂搞出大乱子后，我决定暂时不再调配了。

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As soon as Molly left, I went to my room to think

莫莉一走，我就回房间去想了。

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I started telling myself about all the great things I would invent someday

我开始对自己说，总有一天我会发明出很多伟大的东西。

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Soon I'd forgotten all about Molly's monster problem

很快我就把莫莉的怪物麻烦忘得一干二净。

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That's when I got a fantastic idea, and I wasn't even trying!

就在这时，我有了一个绝妙的主意，而且我根本就没刻意去想！

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I ran into the kitchen and called Molly on the telephone

我跑进厨房，打电话给莫莉。

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" When you go to bed, I want you to say something to yourself," I told her

“你上床睡觉的时候，我想让你对自己说一句话。”我告诉她。

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She still sounded a little annoyed at me

她听起来还是有点生我的气。

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" What should I say?" she asked

“我该说什么？”她问。

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" You should say,' I will not think of a monster ever, ever, ever.'

“你应该说，‘我永远，永远，永远都不会去想怪物。’”

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Try it now," I coaxed her

“现在试试看，”我哄着她。

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" I will not think of a monster," repeated Molly." Ever, ever, ever."

“我不会去想怪物，”莫莉重复道。“永远，永远，永远。”

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" Good!" I said." What are you thinking right now?"

“很好！”我说。“你现在在想什么？”

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" I'm thinking of a monster," said Molly

“我在想一个怪物，”莫莉说。

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" Argh!" I cried

“啊！”我大叫一声。

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" You're not supposed to think of a monster, Molly!"

“你不应该去想怪物的，莫莉！”

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" Then stop reminding me, Iggy!" said Molly

“那就别再提醒我了，艾吉！”莫莉说。

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I could tell my latest fantastic idea wasn't helping her much

我能感觉到，我最新想到的绝妙点子对她没什么帮助。

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I could also tell that Molly was really cranky from not sleeping

我还能感觉到，莫莉因为没睡好，脾气真的很暴躁。

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So we hung up a minute later

于是过了一会儿，我们挂了电话。

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Guess what? That night I dreamed of a monster!

猜怎么着？那天晚上我梦见了一只怪物！

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It wasn't a scary monster though

不过，那可不是一只吓人的怪物。

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It was a funny monster

它是一只滑稽的怪物。

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Molly was late for school the next day because she had a dentist appointment

第二天，莫莉因为要看牙医，上学迟到了。

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She came into the classroom just as Mrs. Romano was explaining our new project

她走进教室时，罗马诺老师正在讲解我们的新项目。

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I noticed Molly still looked tired, with dark circles under her eyes

我注意到莫莉看上去依然很疲惫，眼睛下面有黑眼圈。

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" Today you will work with your partner and begin writing your books," Mrs. Romano was saying

“今天你们要和搭档一起开始写你们的书，”罗马诺老师说。

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" Will they be real books, like in a bookstore?" asked Ruby

“它们会是真正的书吗，就像书店里卖的那种？”鲁比问。

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" Your book will look like a real book when you are finished," said Mrs. Romano

“等你们完成的时候，你们的书看起来就会像一本真正的书，”罗马诺老师说。

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" But it will not be sold in bookstores."

“但不会在书店里出售。”

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Ruby looked disappointed

露比显得有些失望。

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" Your books will be in the school library," Mrs. Romano went on

“你们的书会放在学校图书馆里，”罗马诺老师继续说道。

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" Younger students can borrow them, so make sure you write a page-turner."

“低年级的学生可以借阅，所以你们一定要写得引人入胜。”

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Colby raised his hand

科尔比举起了手。

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" What's a ' page-turner'?" he asked

“‘引人入胜的书’是什么？”他问道。

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Mrs. Romano smiled

罗马诺老师笑了。

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" It's a book with a really good plot

“就是一本情节非常好的书。

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In other words, exciting things happen to your main character."

换句话说，主角身上会发生激动人心的事情。”

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" Oh..." Colby nodded thoughtfully." I see."

“哦……”科尔比若有所思地点点头。“我明白了。”

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Molly and I pushed our desks together so we could get started writing our book

我和莫莉把桌子拼在一起，好开始写我们的书。

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First I tried to cheer up Molly

我先试着让莫莉开心起来。

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" I dreamed of a monster last night, but it was a funny monster," I told her

我告诉她：“我昨晚梦到一只怪物，不过是只搞笑的怪物。”

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I drew a picture of the funny monster from my dream

我画了一幅梦里那只搞笑怪物的画。

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Molly didn't laugh though

但莫莉并没有笑。

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Not even a little

一点点都没有。

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" My monsters aren't funny," she said

“我的怪物一点也不搞笑，”她说。

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" This afternoon I'm going to try to distract Caswell

“今天下午我要试着分散卡斯维尔的注意力。

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I'll make him popcorn

我会给他做爆米花。

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Then maybe he'll forget about watching Monster Madness."

那样也许他就会忘记看《怪物狂潮》了。”

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" Iggy and Molly, do you need help?"

“艾吉，莫莉，你们需要帮忙吗？”

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asked Mrs. Romano, coming over to us

罗马诺老师走过来问道。

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" No," I said

“不需要，”我说。

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" We just need to think of a plot for a story."

“我们只需要想出一个故事的情节来。”

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" Why don't you brainstorm?" suggested Mrs. Romano

“你们为什么不头脑风暴一下呢？”罗马诺老师建议道。

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" Brainstorm " means you think of lots of ideas as fast as you can

“头脑风暴”的意思是尽可能快地想出很多点子。

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We tried to brainstorm, but we didn't come up with any fantastic ideas

我们试着头脑风暴，但没想出什么绝妙的点子。

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All Molly could think about were scary monsters

莫莉满脑子想的都是吓人的怪物。

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My ideas were mostly about my room and how much I hated to clean it up

我的点子大多是跟我房间有关，还有我有多讨厌打扫它。

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I wished I had a big machine to do all the work for me

我希望能有一台大机器，替我把所有的活都干了。

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At last I got a good idea

终于，我想到了一个好主意。