034 哥哥伊基

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Aunt Julia and Uncle John ignored Oliver's screaming

朱莉娅阿姨和约翰叔叔不理会奥利弗的尖叫。

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I can tell you that it wasn't easy because he was screaming really loud

我跟你们说，这可不容易，因为他的叫声真的很大。

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They just acted like everything was normal

他们就装作一切正常。

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" Well," said Aunt Julia," our cruise ship leaves in two hours."

“好了，”朱莉娅阿姨说，“我们的游轮两小时后出发。”

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" That's right. We don't want to miss the boat!" said Uncle John

“是啊。我们可不想错过这班船！”约翰叔叔说。

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" So long, Oliver

再见，奥利弗。

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You have our cell phone numbers!"

你有我们的手机号！”

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" I'm not staying here!" yelled Oliver

“我不要待在这儿！”奥利弗喊道。

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" We'll be back before you know it,"

“我们很快就回来，你都不知道什么时候就过去了，”

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said Aunt Julia, giving Oliver a hug

朱莉娅阿姨说着，给了奥利弗一个拥抱。

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" Don't forget to brush your teeth, sweetie."

“别忘了刷牙，甜心。”

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And then they were gone

然后他们就走了。

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" Hey, Oliver," I said, before he could start screaming again

“嘿，奥利弗，”我在他再次尖叫前说道。

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" Want to see the bed we made for you on the floor?

“想看看我们给你在地板上铺的床吗？

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It's right next to mine."

就在我的床旁边。”

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Oliver shook his head

奥利弗摇了摇头。

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" I want to go home!" he cried

“我想回家！”他哭着说。

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Mom put her arm around him

妈妈用胳膊搂住了他。

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" I'm sure you'll be very happy here, Oliver," she said

“我相信你在这儿会很开心的，奥利弗，”她说。

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" We'll have lots of fun."

“我们会玩得很愉快的。”

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Oliver opened his mouth to start yelling again." I want — "

奥利弗张开嘴，又开始叫喊。“我想要——”

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" Let's play Princesses and Pirates!" interrupted Jenny

“我们来玩公主与海盗吧！”珍妮插话道。

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Oliver shut his mouth

奥利弗闭上了嘴。

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" That's a stupid game," he said in a grumpy voice

“那是个愚蠢的游戏。”他用气呼呼的声音说。

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Boy, if anyone needed an attitude adjustment, it was Oliver

天哪，如果说有人需要改改态度，那就是奥利弗了。

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" Would you like a hot dog, Oliver?" asked my mom

“奥利弗，你想吃个热狗吗？”我妈妈问道。

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Oliver shook his head

奥利弗摇了摇头。

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" My mom says hot dogs are bad for you," he said

“我妈妈说热狗对身体不好。”他说。

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" She says you don't know what's really in them."

“她说你根本不知道里面到底放了什么。”

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" What's really in them?" I asked

“里面到底放了什么？”我问。

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" Slimy snake guts," said Oliver

“黏糊糊的蛇内脏，”奥利弗说。

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Josh and I burst out laughing

我和乔希突然大笑起来。

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Oliver seemed surprised that we thought that was funny

奥利弗似乎很惊讶我们觉得这很好笑。

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Oliver complained all through dinner

奥利弗整个晚餐都在抱怨。

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At bedtime I took him to my room

睡觉时间，我带他去了我的房间。

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I showed him the bed we'd made on the floor

我给他看了我们在地板上铺的床。

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" And look, my room has a skylight," I said

“看，我的房间有个天窗，”我说。

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" You can see the moon."

“你可以看到月亮。”

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I pointed to the skylight

我指向天窗。

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But Oliver did not seem interested in the moon

但奥利弗似乎对月亮不感兴趣。

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Instead he took his toothbrush out of his suitcase

他反而从行李箱里拿出了牙刷。

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" You have to brush your teeth in the kitchen," I explained

我解释说：“你得在厨房刷牙。”

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" Why?" asked Oliver

“为什么？”奥利弗问。

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" Because there's no sink in our bathroom," I said

我说：“因为我们的浴室里没有洗手盆。”

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" Who ever heard of that?" said Oliver

“谁听说过这种事？”奥利弗说。

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Our bathroom is kind of weird

我们的浴室有点奇怪。

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First of all, it's right next to the kitchen

首先，它紧挨着厨房。

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And because it's so small, there's no room for a sink

而且因为它太小了，没有地方放洗手盆。

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That's why you have to brush your teeth in the kitchen

这就是为什么你得在厨房刷牙。

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" Boy, that's the smallest bathroom I ever saw,"

“天哪，这是我见过的最小的浴室，”

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said Oliver when he came back to my room

奥利弗回到我房间时说。

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" Our bathroom at home is as big as your whole kitchen."

“我们家的浴室有你家整个厨房那么大。”

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By now I was sick of listening to Oliver complain

这时候我已经听腻了奥利弗的抱怨。

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I just wanted him to go to sleep!

我只想让他赶紧睡觉！

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Oliver lay down on his bed

奥利弗在他床上躺下了。

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I turned out the light

我关了灯。

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" I've never slept on the floor before," he said

“我以前从来没在地板上睡过觉，”他说。

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He didn't sound too happy

他听起来不太高兴。

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I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep

我闭上眼睛，假装睡着了。

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" You gave me a frog pillow," said Oliver

“你给了我一个青蛙枕头，”奥利弗说。

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" I hate frogs!"

“我讨厌青蛙！”

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I started snoring very loudly

我开始大声打呼噜。

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" I can't sleep with a frog pillow!" wailed Oliver

“有个青蛙枕头我睡不着！”奥利弗嚷嚷着。

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" I hate the color green!"

“我讨厌绿色！”

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He kept moaning and complaining

他不停地哼哼唧唧地抱怨。

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I tossed and turned in my bed

我在床上翻来覆去。

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Finally I sat up

最后我坐了起来。

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" I give up!" I shouted

“我放弃了！”我喊道。

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" You can have my bed!

“你睡我的床吧！

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I'll sleep on the floor!"

我睡地板！”

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To my surprise there was no answer from Oliver

让我意外的是，奥利弗没有回答。

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I leaned over and looked at him

我探过身子看了看他。

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He was curled up on his bed in the moonlight, sound asleep

月光下，他蜷缩在床上，睡得很沉。

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" Thank goodness!" I thought

“谢天谢地！”我心想。

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As I lay back down, I realized something

当我重新躺下时，我意识到了一件事。

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Tate was right

泰特说得对。

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Being a big brother was a lot harder than I had thought

当哥哥比我想象的要难多了。