028 会说话的巨型吸尘器

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Carrying my plot inventor, I walked to the front of the classroom

我拎着我的情节发明家，走到教室前面。

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" It looks like a box," said Jake

“它看起来像个盒子。”杰克说。

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" It is a box," I said

“它就是个盒子。”我说。

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" But because of what's in it, it's also something really cool — a plot inventor."

“但正因为里面的东西，它也是个超酷的东西——情节发明家。”

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" Oh boy...," someone muttered

“哦，天哪……”有人嘀咕道。

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" It's another one of Iggy's incredible inventions."

“又是伊吉那些不可思议的发明之一。”

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" What's in the box?"

“盒子里有什么？”

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Gina wanted to know

吉娜想知道。

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" Something that will make writing a story really easy," I explained

“一个能让写故事变得超简单的东西。”我解释道。

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" Lots of words and pictures

很多词语和图片。

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All you have to do is shake the box."

你只需要摇晃这个盒子。”

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Everyone watched while I gave the box a good shake

我使劲儿摇晃盒子的时候，大家都看着。

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" Then you turn it over and let a few pieces of paper fall onto the floor."

“然后你把它翻过来，让几张纸掉在地板上。”

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Three words and one picture fluttered through the holes in the lid

三个词和一张图片从盖子的小孔里飘落下来。

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I picked them up and showed them to the class

我把它们捡起来，展示给全班看。

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" This is a picture of shoes," I said

“这是一张鞋子的图片，”我说。

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" And there's a word on each of these pieces of paper...' sleep,'' house,' and ' cake.'"

“每张纸上都有一个词……‘睡觉’、‘房子’和‘蛋糕’。”

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Everyone just stared at me

大家都只是盯着我看。

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" Now what do you do?" asked Colby

“现在该怎么做？”科尔比问。

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" Well," I said, not entirely sure." Now you — "

“嗯，”我说，不太确定。“现在你——”

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" Ooh!" cried Gina." That gave me a great idea, Iggy!

“哦！”吉娜喊道，“那给了我一个好主意，伊吉！

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My story is about a fox and a hunter

我的故事是关于一只狐狸和一个猎人的。

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The fox wants to stop the hunter from hunting in the woods

狐狸想阻止猎人在树林里打猎。

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Now I know what the fox can do — wait until the hunter is sleeping

现在我知道狐狸可以做什么了——等到猎人睡着的时候。

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Then the fox can sneak into the hunter's house and steal his shoes

然后狐狸可以偷偷溜进猎人的房子，偷走他的鞋子。

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Without shoes, the hunter can't go hunting

没有鞋子，猎人就无法去打猎了。

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At the end of the story, Fox and the other animals will celebrate with... cake!"

故事的结尾，狐狸和其他动物会一起庆祝，用……蛋糕！”

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Everyone was amazed

大家都惊呆了。

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I could hardly believe it either

我也几乎不敢相信。

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My plot inventor worked!

我的情节发明家成功了！

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All the kids lined up to take turns using the plot inventor

所有孩子都排好队，轮流使用情节发明家。

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Pretty soon everyone was writing, and no one was stuck anymore

很快，每个人都开始写作了，没人再卡壳了。

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Mrs. Romano said the plot machine was one of the best inventions she'd ever seen

罗马诺老师说，这台情节机器是她见过的最棒的发明之一。

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" Iggy, may I let the other fourth-grade class use it for their stories?" she asked

“伊吉，我能让另一个四年级班用它来写故事吗？”她问道。

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Proudly, I told Mrs. Romano that was just fine

我骄傲地告诉罗马诺老师，完全没问题。

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Earlier I said that no one was stuck on their stories anymore, but that wasn't quite true

之前我说没人再为故事卡壳了，但这并不完全是真的。

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There were two people who were still stuck: Molly and me!

还有两个人仍然卡着：茉莉和我！

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After shaking the box, we had decided to write about the giant talking vacuum

摇了盒子之后，我们决定写关于巨型会说话的吸尘器的故事。

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So we decided the vacuum wouldn't suck up the whole world

所以我们决定，吸尘器不会把整个世界吸进去。

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Instead the boy in the story, Jack, would use the vacuum to clean his room

相反，故事里的男孩杰克会用吸尘器来打扫自己的房间。

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The vacuum sucked up his bed, his clothes, and even his computer

吸尘器吸走了他的床、他的衣服，甚至还有他的电脑。

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But that wasn't all

但这还不算完。

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The giant vacuum sucked up his older brother!

巨型吸尘器把他的哥哥也吸进去了！

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Hmm... I wonder where I got that idea!

嗯……我想知道这灵感是从哪儿来的！

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Our story was really funny

我们的故事真的很有趣。

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But we couldn't figure out the last part — how to get Jack's brother out of the vacuum

但我们想不出最后一部分——怎么才能把杰克的哥哥从吸尘器里弄出来。

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And we had to finish our stories by Friday

而且我们必须在周五之前完成故事。

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At recess Molly and I bounced ideas off some other kids

课间休息时，我和茉莉找其他几个孩子一起出主意。

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" Jack could just leave his brother inside the vacuum," suggested Jake

“杰克可以就让他哥哥待在吸尘器里。”杰克提议说。

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I liked Jake's idea, but Molly got upset

我喜欢杰克的主意，但茉莉不高兴了。

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" Jack wouldn't do that!" she said

“杰克不会那么做的！”她说。

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" He really wants his brother back."

“他真的很想让哥哥回来。”

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" He could smash the vacuum and get his brother out," suggested Evan

“他可以砸烂吸尘器，把他哥哥弄出来。”埃文提议说。

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But Molly and I both liked the giant talking vacuum, so we didn't want anyone to break it

但我和茉莉都喜欢巨型会说话的吸尘器，所以我们不想让任何人把它弄坏。

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When I got home, Tate yelled at me for taking the last chocolate granola bar this morning

我回到家时，泰特冲我大吼，因为今天早上我把最后一块巧克力燕麦棒拿走了。

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By now I was ready to suck him up with a giant vacuum cleaner!

这会儿我真想用巨型吸尘器把他吸进去！