027 情节机器

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When I kicked the garbage bag, stuff fell all over the floor

当我踢到垃圾袋时，东西掉了一地。

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Now, on top of everything else going wrong in my life, I had a mess to clean up!

现在，我生活中已经有很多烦心事了，我还得清理这一团糟！

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I started picking things up

我开始捡东西。

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The papers were slimy because there was also a banana peel inside

纸张黏糊糊的，因为里面还有香蕉皮。

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I guess I had left that in my old room too

我猜那也是我之前留在我旧房间里的。

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No wonder Tate had wanted me out of there!

难怪Tate想让我搬出去！

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A magazine from the bag had slid under my bed

袋子里的一本杂志滑到了我的床底下。

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I reached under and grabbed it

我伸手到下面抓住了它。

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It was one of my nature magazines

那是我的自然杂志之一。

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The cover showed some monkeys in a tree

封面图上是一些猴子在树上。

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At first I didn't know why all these things — schoolwork, monkeys, bananas — reminded me of Matilda Mackey's book The Wicky Wacky School

起初我不知道为什么这些东西——作业、猴子、香蕉——会让我想起玛蒂尔达·麦基的那本《威奇瓦奇学校》。

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Then suddenly I knew the reason

然后我一下子明白了原因。

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They were all part of her book's plot!

它们都是她书中情节的一部分！

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At that moment I, Iggy, had my most brilliant idea ever

就在那一刻，我，伊吉，有了我有史以来最绝妙的主意。

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I would create a plot inventor!

我要发明一台情节机器！

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The next day I sat down at my desk and started cutting little pieces of paper

第二天，我坐到书桌前，开始剪一些小纸片。

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Then I wrote a different word on each piece of paper

然后我在每张纸片上写了一个不同的词。

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I did this until I couldn't think of any more good words

我一直这样做，直到想不出更多好词为止。

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I could smell coffee coming from the kitchen where my mom was making breakfast

我闻到了厨房里飘来的咖啡香，妈妈正在做早餐。

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Tate was sitting at the table, eating leftover spaghetti

泰特正坐在桌边，吃着剩意大利面。

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He likes cold spaghetti for breakfast

他喜欢早餐吃冷的意大利面。

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Have I mentioned that my brother is really weird?

我说过没，我弟弟真的很怪？

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" Mom, do you have any old magazines?" I asked

“妈妈，你有旧杂志吗？”我问。

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" Old magazines?" asked my mom

“旧杂志？”我妈妈问。

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" What do you need them for?"

“你要它们干什么？”

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" Probably for another one of his crazy ideas," said Tate

“八成又是他什么疯狂的点子，”泰特说。

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" My idea is not crazy," I said

“我的点子不疯狂，”我说。

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" I am working on an incredible invention."

“我正在搞一项了不起的发明。”

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Tate rolled his eyes

泰特翻了个白眼。

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He always thought my ideas were crazy

他总觉得我的点子很疯狂。

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But I wasn't going to let that bother me now

但我现在不会让这事困扰我。

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I knew I had a good idea, and I needed to stay focused

我知道自己有个好主意，必须保持专注。

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" There are a few magazines in the living room," said my mom

“客厅里有几本杂志，”妈妈说。

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" You can have them, Iggy."

“你拿去吧，伊吉。”

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I got the magazines and went back to my room

我拿了杂志回到自己房间。

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I picked up my scissors and began cutting out all the pictures

我拿起剪刀，开始剪下所有图片。

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Soon I had a big pile

很快我就攒了一大堆。

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I gathered all the pieces of paper and all the pictures

我把所有纸片和图片收集起来。

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I put them in a big box and cut some holes in the lid

我把它们放进一个大盒子，在盖子上挖了几个洞。

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I realized I hadn't eaten breakfast yet

我意识到自己还没吃早饭。

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So on my way out the door, I grabbed the last chocolate granola bar

于是出门时，我抓起了最后一根巧克力麦片棒。

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I could hear Tate complaining about that as I walked down the hallway

我走过走廊时，能听到泰特在为此抱怨。

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When I got to school, Mrs. Romano asked me what was in the box

到了学校，罗马诺太太问我盒子里装的是什么。

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I told her all about my plot inventor

我把我的情节发明器的事全告诉了她。

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She looked at all the small pieces of paper in the box, and I explained how it worked

她看了看盒子里那些小纸片，我解释了它的工作原理。

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" Wow, Iggy," said Mrs. Romano." That's a very clever idea!"

“哇，伊吉，”罗马诺太太说，“这主意太聪明了！”

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" Can we try it out?" I asked

“我们能试试看吗？”我问。

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" Certainly," said Mrs. Romano

“当然可以，”罗马诺太太说。

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She made an announcement to the class after circle time

圆圈时间结束后，她向全班宣布了一件事。

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" We are going to work on our stories now," she said

“我们现在要开始写自己的故事了，”她说。

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" I know some of you are having trouble thinking of exciting plots."

“我知道有些人想不出精彩的情节。”

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" I still don't understand how to write a middle," said Gina

“我还是不懂怎么写中间部分，”吉娜说。

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" I don't know how to make something go wrong," added Colby

“我不知道怎么让事情出岔子，”科尔比补充道。

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Mrs. Romano beamed." Iggy has invented something that could help all of you

罗马诺太太笑容满面。“伊吉发明了一个东西，可能帮到你们所有人。

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Iggy, would you like to show everyone how it works?"

伊吉，你想给大家演示一下它是怎么用的吗？”

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Suddenly I felt my stomach flip-flop

突然，我感觉胃里猛地一翻。

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Either my plot inventor was a brilliant idea, or it was a really, really dumb one

我的情节发明器要么是个绝妙的主意，要么就是个超级超级蠢的主意。