029 放火的好夜晚

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There's one really cool thing about our apartment

我们的公寓有一个特别棒的地方。

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Well, actually, there are two really cool things

嗯，其实有两个特别棒的地方。

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The first cool thing is my bedroom, where I do most of my inventing

第一个棒的地方是我的卧室，我大部分发明创造都是在那里完成的。

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The second cool thing is our fireplace

第二个棒的地方是我们家的壁炉。

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Most apartment buildings don't have fireplaces

大多数公寓楼都没有壁炉。

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But our building is really old, and there are lots of fireplaces

但我们这栋楼真的很旧，所以有很多壁炉。

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We have one in our living room

我们客厅里就有一个。

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Shortly after Tate stopped yelling at me for taking the last granola bar, my mom came home from work

泰特刚吼完我吃了最后一根能量棒没多久，妈妈就下班回家了。

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It was raining outside

外面正下着雨。

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Thunder boomed and lightning flashed

雷声隆隆，电光闪闪。

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" This is a good night to make a fire," my mom said

“今晚很适合生火，”我妈妈说。

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So after dinner my mom built a fire in the fireplace

所以晚饭后，妈妈在壁炉里生了火。

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Molly, Josh, and Jenny came over

莫莉、乔希和珍妮过来了。

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We all sat on the rug in front of the crackling fire

我们都坐在噼啪作响的炉火前的地毯上。

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We played cards while the rain beat against the windows

我们玩着牌，雨点敲打着窗户。

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Soon Molly fell asleep

很快莫莉就睡着了。

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She still wasn't getting much sleep because of bad dreams about monsters

她最近还是睡不好，因为总做关于怪物的噩梦。

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We let Molly sleep and played cards without her

我们让莫莉睡着，继续玩牌，没叫醒她。

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I was getting sleepy myself when I heard the wail of a fire engine

我自己也开始犯困，这时听到了消防车的鸣笛声。

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Then came the sound of a smoke detector in our building

接着传来了我们楼里烟雾报警器的声音。

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Molly woke up suddenly

莫莉突然醒了过来。

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" Is the apartment on fire?" she cried

“公寓着火了吗？”她叫道。

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" No," my mom said." Everything is fine here."

“没有，”妈妈说，“这里一切安好。”

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I glanced at the fire in our fireplace

我瞥了一眼壁炉里的火。

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The fire was almost out

火几乎熄灭了。

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But the sound of the siren was really close now

但警报声现在非常近了。

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I ran to our front windows and looked out

我跑到前窗向外看。

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" The fire truck stopped in front of our building!" I cried

“消防车停在了我们楼前！”我喊道。

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" And the firefighters are jumping out!"

“消防员们正跳下车！”

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My mom looked alarmed

妈妈看起来很惊慌。

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" Uh-oh. We'd better get out of the building fast!" she said

“哎哟，我们最好赶快离开这栋楼！”她说。

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Most of the people who lived in our building were already standing outside on the sidewalk

住在这栋楼里的人大部分已经站在外面的人行道上了。

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Mr. Chen was there, and Molly's mom and dad were there with Caswell

陈先生在那儿，莫莉的爸爸妈妈也在，带着卡斯韦尔。

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They rushed over and gave Molly a hug

他们冲过来，拥抱了莫莉。

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" I called the fire department," said Molly's dad

“我打了消防队的电话，”莫莉的爸爸说。

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" Our TV exploded!"

“我们家的电视爆炸了！”

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Most little kids would be scared

大多数小孩子都会害怕。

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But not Caswell!

但卡斯韦尔可不！

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Instead he was grinning and looking pretty excited

他反而笑嘻嘻的，看起来兴奋极了。

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" There was a big bang and lots of smoke!"

“砰的一声巨响，然后好多烟！”

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We watched the firefighters enter the buidling

我们看着消防员们走进了大楼。

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They were wearing special helmets and carrying long hoses

他们戴着特制的头盔，拿着长长的水管。

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Soon they came outside again

很快，他们又出来了。

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One was carrying Molly's TV

其中一人抱着莫莉家的电视。

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" Everything is fine," the firefighter told Molly's parents

"一切都没事了，"消防员对莫莉的父母说。

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" Except for your TV," added another firefighter

"除了你们的电视，"另一位消防员补充道。

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" I guess you'll need to buy a new one."

"我猜你们得买台新的了。"

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" Maybe one of the monsters from Monster Madness made it explode," said Caswell

"也许是《怪兽也疯狂》里的哪只怪兽把它弄炸了，"卡斯韦尔说。

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The first firefighter laughed

第一个消防员笑了。

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" I don't think that was the reason," he said

"我想不是那个原因，"他说。

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" The fire was probably caused by the lightning."

"火灾很可能是闪电引起的。"

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" Thank goodness we're all safe!" said Mrs. O'Donnell

"谢天谢地我们都平安！"奥唐纳太太说。

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I noticed that Molly didn't look sleepy anymore

我注意到莫莉看起来不再困倦了。

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She looked happy

她看起来很开心。

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Just before we all went back inside, she leaned over to me

就在我们都回去之前，她凑近我。

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" Iggy," she whispered

"伊吉，"她小声说。

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" This is the best thing that ever happened!"

"这是发生过的最棒的事情了！"

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" The fire truck coming to our building?" I said in surprise

"消防车来我们楼里？"我惊讶地说。

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" No," said Molly." My family's TV exploding."

"不是，"莫莉说。"是我家的电视炸了。"

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She grinned." No more watching Monster Madness after school every day!"

她咧嘴一笑。"再也不用每天放学后看《怪兽也疯狂》了！"

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I nodded. I hadn't invented anything to solve Molly's problem, but it had solved itself

我点点头。我还没发明出什么来解决莫莉的难题，但这问题自己解决了。

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Molly didn't have to worry about scary monster shows anymore

莫莉再也不用担心吓人的怪兽节目了。

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Molly's parents left the TV sitting out on the curb

莫莉的父母把电视留在了路边。

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" Good-bye, TV!" said Molly happily

"再见，电视！"莫莉开心地说。

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There was one thing she didn't expect though

不过，有一件事她没想到。

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Her mom and dad bought another TV the next day!

她爸爸妈妈第二天又买了一台电视！

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So Caswell and Lucy went back to watching Monster Madness

于是，卡斯韦尔和露西又看回了《怪兽也疯狂》。

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And poor Molly went back to not sleeping

而可怜的莫莉又回到了失眠的日子。