035 暖鞋发明

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The next day Josh, Jenny, Molly, and I took Oliver to the park

第二天，我和乔什、珍妮、莫莉带奥利弗去了公园。

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The rain had frozen overnight, and the park pathways were slippery with ice

雨下了一夜，结成了冰，公园的小路上滑溜溜的。

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" Whee!" cried Molly, sliding on the ice

“哟呼！”莫莉边在冰上滑边叫起来。

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" My feet are freezing," complained Oliver

“我的脚好冷啊。”奥利弗抱怨道。

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" Mine too," said Josh, stomping his feet

“我的也是。”乔什边说边跺着脚。

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" I wish Iggy could invent something to keep our feet warm."

“真希望伊吉能发明个东西，让我们的脚暖和起来。”

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" Oliver, did you know that Iggy is an inventor?" asked Jenny

“奥利弗，你知道伊吉是个发明家吗？”珍妮问道。

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" What's an inventor?" asked Oliver

“发明家是什么？”奥利弗问。

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" It's someone who invents things to solve problems," I said proudly

“就是发明东西来解决问题的人啊。”我自豪地说。

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Maybe Oliver would realize that his big cousin Iggy was special

也许奥利弗会意识到，他的大表哥伊吉很特别。

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Instead Oliver just scowled

奥利弗却只是皱起了眉头。

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" Big deal," he mumbled

“有什么了不起的，”他嘟囔道。

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I scowled back at him

我也对他皱起了眉头。

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Then I went back to thinking about an invention that would keep our feet warm

然后我又开始琢磨能让脚保暖的发明。

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My mom had a hair dryer

我妈妈有个吹风机。

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" What if I made a special holder for the shoes?" I thought

“要是我做一个特殊的鞋子支架呢？” 我想。

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" Then I could blow the hot dryer inside the shoes!

“那样我就可以把吹风机的热风吹进鞋里了！

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That might work!"

“那可能行得通！”

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We headed home about an hour later

大约一小时后我们回家了。

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" My feet are soo cold!" Oliver complained

“我的脚好冷啊！” 奥利弗抱怨道。

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" It was a dumb idea to go outside."

“出去真是个馊主意。”

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" Why don't you take your shoes off," I said

“你为什么不把鞋子脱掉呢，”我说。

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To my surprise Oliver listened to me and took his shoes off by the fireplace

令我惊讶的是，奥利弗听了我的话，在壁炉旁脱掉了鞋子。

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My mom had built a fire there

我妈妈在那里生了火。

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While we were drinking hot cocoa, I asked Mom if I could borrow her hair dryer

我们喝热可可的时候，我问妈妈能不能借用她的吹风机。

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She narrowed her eyes." What for?"

她眯起眼睛。“做什么用？”

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" A shoe-warming invention," I explained

“一个暖鞋的发明，”我解释道。

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" How will it work?" she wanted to know

“它要怎么运作呢？”她想知道。

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" I'm not sure," I said." I have to experiment."

“我不确定，”我说。“我得试验一下。”

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Mom shook her head

妈妈摇了摇头。

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" I don't think I want you to experiment with my hair dryer," she said

她说：“我不太想让你拿我的吹风机做实验。”

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" It's brand-new. If something goes wrong, I'll have to buy another one."

“这是全新的。万一弄坏了，我还得再买一个。”

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Oliver looked miserable

奥利弗看起来可怜兮兮的。

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" Now my socks are cold,"

“现在我的袜子也凉了，”

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he whined, swinging his feet under the kitchen table

他嘟囔着，在厨房桌子下面晃荡着双脚。

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I was getting better at ignoring him

我越来越能无视他了。

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" It would be great if I could keep our shoes warm while we were outside," I thought

“要是在外面的时候能让我们的鞋子一直暖和，那该多好啊，”我想。

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I imagined walking down an icy street with toasty warm feet

想象着走在这条结冰的街上，双脚暖烘烘的。

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That would feel fantastic

那感觉一定棒极了。

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I went back into the living room and stared at the blazing fire

我回到客厅，出神地望着那熊熊燃烧的炉火。

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What if I used the fire to warm up shoes?

要是我用火来暖鞋子呢？

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The other kids were still in the kitchen

其他孩子还在厨房里。

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I could hear Josh telling jokes

我能听见乔希在讲笑话。

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" Why did the farmer throw the clock out the window?" he asked

“农夫为什么把钟扔出窗外？”他问。

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" Why?" asked Molly

“为什么？”莫莉问。

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" He wanted to see time fly!"

“他想看时光飞逝！”

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" Ha-ha!" Molly and Jenny laughed

“哈哈！”莫莉和珍妮笑了。

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" I don't get it," said Oliver

“我没听懂。”奥利弗说。

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" When time goes fast, you say ' time flies,'" explained Josh

“时间过得快，就说‘时光飞逝’，”乔希解释道。

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" The farmer wanted to see time fly!

“农夫想亲眼看到时光飞起来！

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That's why he threw the clock out the window."

所以他把钟扔出窗外了。”

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Somebody else started telling a joke

另一个人开始讲笑话了。

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I took one of Oliver's shoes and stuck it on the end of a long metal poker

我拿起奥利弗的一只鞋，把它插在一根长金属拨火棍的末端。

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Then I propped up the poker near the fire

然后我把拨火棍架在壁炉火旁边。

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Now Oliver's shoe would get nice and warm inside

现在奥利弗的鞋里面会变得暖暖的了。

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I went back to the kitchen

我回到了厨房。

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Tate was telling a joke now

现在泰特在讲笑话。

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" What's worse than biting into an apple and finding a big bug inside?" he asked

“咬一口苹果，发现里面有一条大虫子，还有比这更糟的事吗？”他问。

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" What?" asked Molly

“是什么？”莫莉问。

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" Finding half a bug!" said Tate

“发现半条虫子！”泰特说。

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To my surprise Oliver actually smiled

令我惊讶的是，奥利弗居然笑了。

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But Jenny made a face

但珍妮做了个鬼脸。

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" That's disgusting!" she said

“真恶心！”她说。

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" I would hate to eat a bug."

“我可不想吃到虫子。”

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" Or even half a bug!" added Molly with a shudder

“哪怕半条虫子也不想！”莫莉打了个哆嗦补充道。

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Josh started telling another joke, but then suddenly he stopped

乔希开始讲另一个笑话，但突然停了下来。

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He sniffed." What's that smell?" he said

他闻了闻。“这是什么味道？”他说。

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" It smells like leather," Mom said." Burning leather."

“闻起来像皮革，”妈妈说。“烧焦的皮革。”

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" Oh my gosh! Oliver's shoe!" I cried

“哦，天哪！奥利弗的鞋！”我大叫起来。

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I ran into the living room

我跑进客厅。

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The poker I had propped up had fallen into the fireplace

我架好的拨火棍掉进了壁炉里。

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And Oliver's shoe was on fire!

奥利弗的鞋着火了！