032 大麻烦

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As soon as I finished my muffin, I went across the hall to Molly's apartment

我一吃完松饼，就穿过走廊去了莫莉的公寓。

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Molly came to the door wearing her purple bathrobe and eating a chocolate-covered donut

莫莉来开门，穿着紫色的浴袍，正吃着一个巧克力甜甜圈。

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" I'm having a mental health day," Molly announced

“我在享受心理健康日，”莫莉宣布。

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Tate had told me all about mental health days

泰特告诉过我所有关于心理健康日的事情。

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You get to sit around in your pajamas, watching TV and eating your favorite foods

你可以穿着睡衣坐着，看电视，吃自己最喜欢的食物。

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" Well, I'm having an emergency!" I said

“嗯，我遇到了紧急情况！”我说。

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Molly stopped chewing her donut

莫莉停止了嚼她的甜甜圈。

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" What's wrong?" she asked." Is somebody sick?"

“怎么了？”她问。“有人生病了吗？”

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I shook my head

我摇了摇头。

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" No one is sick — except me

“没人病——除了我。

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I'm sick of my cousin, Oliver, and he isn't even here yet!"

我已经烦透我表弟奥利弗了，他还没来呢！

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Molly looked puzzled

莫莉一脸困惑。

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" Iggy," she said

“伊吉，” 她说。

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" What are you talking about?"

“你在说什么呢？”

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" I'm talking about my bratty cousin, Oliver," I said

“我在说我的烦人表弟奥利弗，” 我说。

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" He's coming to visit, and he's going to share my room!"

“他要来我家，还要和我共用一个房间！”

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I told Molly about Oliver visiting over winter vacation

我告诉莫莉奥利弗寒假要来我家。

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" My mom said Aunt Julia and Uncle John want to take a cruise," I added

“我妈妈说朱莉娅阿姨和约翰叔叔想去坐游轮，” 我补充说。

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" Without Oliver?" asked Molly

“不带奥利弗？” 莫莉问。

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I nodded." My uncle has been working really hard

我点了点头。“我叔叔工作一直很辛苦。

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They want to take a vacation by themselves."

他们想自己去度假。”

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Molly giggled." They probably want to get away from Oliver for a while!"

莫莉咯咯地笑了。“他们大概是想躲开奥利弗一阵子！”

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" I bet you're right," I said glumly

“我就知道你说得对，”我闷闷不乐地说。

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" But why do they have to leave him with us?"

“可他们为什么非得把他留给我们呢？”

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Just then we heard Josh and Jenny walking up the stairs with their dad

就在这时，我们听到乔什和珍妮跟着爸爸上楼来了。

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Molly and I looked down

我和莫莉向下看去。

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They were all carrying grocery bags

他们全都提着购物袋。

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" I've got a problem!" I burst out

“我有麻烦了！”我脱口而出。

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Josh looked up at me

乔什抬头看着我。

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" Really?" he said

“真的？”他说。

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" Maybe we'd better have a powwow."

“也许我们最好开个碰头会。”

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My friends and I have a " powwow " whenever somebody has a big problem

每当有人遇到大麻烦时，我和朋友们就会开个“碰头会”。

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We get together to figure out a solution

我们聚在一起，想出一个解决办法。

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" That's a great idea!" I said

“这主意太棒了！”我说。

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" I'll go get dressed," said Molly

“我去换衣服，”莫莉说。

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" A powwow sounds like more fun than a mental health day."

“开碰头会听起来比心理健康日有趣多了。”

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" We'll meet in five minutes outside on the front steps!" said Josh

“我们五分钟后在门口台阶上见！”乔什说。

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Soon we were all sitting on the front steps

很快，我们都坐在了门口的台阶上。

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But it was freezing outside, and an icy rain had started to fall

但外面冷得要命，而且已经开始下起了冰冷的雨。

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" Let's go inside by the radiator," said Jenny

“我们进屋，坐到暖气片旁边去吧，”珍妮说。

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We went into the front hall and stood by the big radiator

我们走进前厅，站在那个大暖气片旁边。

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It was making loud banging noises

它正发出响亮的砰砰声。

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But at least the front hall was warm

但至少前厅是暖和的。

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I told Josh and Jenny about Oliver's coming to visit

我把奥利弗要来作客的事告诉了乔什和珍妮。

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" And he's going to share my room!" I groaned

“而且他要和我同住一个房间！”我呻吟道。

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" So I won't have any quiet time to work on a new invention

“这样我就不会有安静的时间来搞新发明了。

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And I really wanted to get into the Inventor's Hall of Fame!"

而我真的好想入选发明家名人堂啊！”

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" How do you do that?" asked Josh

“要怎样才能入选呢？”乔什问道。

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" You have to invent something really amazing," I explained

“你必须发明出真正了不起的东西，”我解释道。

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" And if you do invent something cool, you win a trophy

“如果你真的发明了很酷的东西，就会赢得一个奖杯。

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Plus, you get your picture on the Inventor's Hall of Fame website."

另外，你的照片还会登上发明家名人堂的网站。”

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Molly's face lit up

莫莉的脸亮了起来。

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" You would be famous, Iggy!"

“你会出名的，伊吉！”

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" But now Oliver is coming," I said

“但现在奥利弗要来了，”我说。

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" He'll spoil everything!"

“他会毁了一切的！”

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" It could be fun," said Josh

“可能会很好玩呢，”乔什说。

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He was trying to cheer me up

他是在努力让我振作起来。

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" You'll be like a big brother to Oliver."

“你会像是奥利弗的大哥哥一样。”

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" Me, a big brother?" I said

“我，当大哥哥？”我说。

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I had to admit I hadn't thought of that

我不得不承认，我倒没想过这点。

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" We could fix him a cute little bed in your room," Jenny chimed in

“我们可以在你房间里给他铺一张可爱的小床，”珍妮插嘴道。

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" And invent games and fun activities to do!" added Molly

“还能发明些游戏和好玩的活动来做！”莫莉补充道。

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I smiled." You guys are the best friends ever!" I said

我笑了。“你们真是世上最好的朋友！”我说。

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I was starting to feel a little better

我开始感觉好一点了。

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Maybe Oliver's visit wouldn't be so bad after all

也许奥利弗的来访终究不会那么糟。

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I'm glad I didn't have a crystal ball to see the future right then

我真庆幸当时没有水晶球能预知未来。

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Because if I'd had a crystal ball, I would have seen the truth

因为如果我那时有个水晶球，我就会看到真相。

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Oliver was going to be trouble — big trouble!

奥利弗会是个麻烦——大麻烦！