037 奥利弗和雾都孤儿

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The next morning Oliver's shoe still didn't fit

第二天早上，奥利弗的鞋还是不合脚。

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In fact, it had shrunk even more overnight

事实上，一夜之间它缩得更小了。

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He complained all during breakfast

整个早餐时间他都在抱怨。

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After he finished complaining about his shoe, he complained about the pancakes

他抱怨完鞋，又开始抱怨煎饼。

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First he complained they were too hot

起初他抱怨煎饼太烫。

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Then he complained they were too cold

然后他又抱怨太凉了。

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I tried to distract him with a joke

我试着讲个笑话来分散他的注意力。

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" Guess what the patient said to his doctor?"

“猜猜看病人对他的医生说了什么？”

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" I don't know," grumbled Oliver." And I don't care!"

“我不知道，”奥利弗咕哝道，“而且我也不在乎！”

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I ignored his bad mood

我无视了他的坏情绪。

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" The patient said,' Doctor, I get a pain in my eye whenever I drink hot cocoa.'

“病人说：‘医生，每次我喝热可可的时候眼睛就会疼。’

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And the doctor said,' Try taking the spoon out of your cup before you drink.'

医生说：‘试试在喝之前把勺子从杯子里拿出来。’

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Ha-ha, get it, Oliver?" I said

“哈哈，明白了吗，奥利弗？”我说。

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" The spoon was poking him in the eye!"

“勺子戳到他眼睛了！”

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Oliver looked down, so I wouldn't see him smile

奥利弗低下了头，不让我看到他微笑。

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Every time he started complaining, telling a joke cheered him up

每次他开始抱怨时，讲个笑话就能让他振作起来。

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It proved that my Amazing Attitude Adjuster was going to work!

这证明我的‘神奇态度调节器’会起作用！

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A few minutes later Molly knocked on the door

几分钟后，莫莉敲了敲门。

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" The sun is out!" she said when I answered

“太阳出来了！”我开门后她说。

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" Want to play on the school playground?"

“想去学校操场玩吗？”

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That put Oliver in a bad mood again

这让奥利弗又心情不好了。

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" I can't go out!" he cried

“我不能出去！”他喊道。

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" I don't have any shoes to wear!"

“我没有鞋穿！”

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You would have thought he was Oliver Twist

你会以为他是奥利弗·退斯特。

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Oliver Twist is a poor boy in a book that my mom read to me

奥利弗·退斯特是妈妈给我读过的一本书里的穷男孩。

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He was so poor that he had to go barefoot in the street

他穷得只好光着脚在街上走。

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" Hey, Oliver, why don't we pretend you're Oliver Twist?" I suggested

“嘿，奥利弗，我们假装你是奥利弗·退斯特怎么样？”我提议。

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Oliver started crying harder

奥利弗哭得更厉害了。

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" I don't want to be a different Oliver," he wailed

“我不想成为另一个奥利弗，”他大哭道。

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" I want to be me!

“我想做我自己！

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And I want to go home!"

而且我想回家！"

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Mom was cleaning up in the kitchen

妈妈正在厨房里收拾。

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She had taken a few days off from work for winter vacation

她放寒假，请了几天假没去上班。

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" I think we need to buy Oliver some new shoes," she said

“我觉得我们得给奥利弗买双新鞋，”她说。

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" Molly can come with us to the shoe store."

“莫莉可以跟我们一起去鞋店。”

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" I can't go to the shoe store," cried Oliver

“我没法去鞋店啊，”奥利弗哭着说。

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" I don't have any shoes to wear!"

“我没有鞋可穿！”

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" You can borrow Iggy's old boots," said my mom

“你可以借伊吉的旧靴子穿，”妈妈说。

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" I think there is a pair in the closet."

“我记得柜子里有一双。”

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Oliver complained that my old boots were too big

奥利弗抱怨说我的旧靴子太大了。

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He complained all the way to the shoe store

去鞋店的路上，他抱怨了一路。

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My bad attitude about Oliver was coming back, and it was coming back stronger than ever

我对奥利弗的坏情绪又回来了，而且比之前更强烈。

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I didn't complain out loud, but I complained loudly in my thoughts

我没有出声抱怨，但在我心里，我大声地抱怨着。

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" Oliver is a big pain!

"奥利弗真是个大麻烦！

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Why did he have to come visit us anyway?

他到底为什么要来我们家做客呢？

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I could be home now, working on my new invention

我现在本可以在家，研究我的新发明。

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He's ruining my chances to get into the Inventor's Hall of Fame!"

他在毁掉我进入发明家名人堂的机会！"

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My mom bought Oliver a really cool pair of shoes

妈妈给奥利弗买了一双非常酷的鞋子。

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Then we ate lunch at a cafeteria

然后我们在一家自助餐厅吃了午饭。

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It's a fun place to eat because you can pick out anything you want

那是个吃饭很有趣的地方，因为你想吃什么就可以拿什么。

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Oliver chose a hamburger and four desserts!

奥利弗选了一个汉堡和四份甜点！

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Mom made him put back three of the desserts

妈妈让他把三份甜点放了回去。

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Molly and I both chose pizza and ice cream

莫莉和我都选了披萨和冰淇淋。

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Oliver didn't complain while he was chewing his hamburger

奥利弗在嚼汉堡的时候，总算没有抱怨。

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That gave me a chance to talk to Molly

这让我有机会跟莫莉说说话。

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" Molly," I said," do you still have your toy telephone?"

"莫莉，"我说，"你的玩具电话还在吗？"

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" Yes," said Molly

"在的，"莫莉说。

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" I saw it when we were cleaning my room with your mess-pusher."

"我们用你的杂物推进器打扫我房间时，我还看到过。"

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" Can I borrow the phone for my new invention?" I asked

"我能借那个电话用在我的新发明上吗？"我问。

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" Sure," said Molly." What is your invention?"

"当然可以，"莫莉说。"你的发明是什么？"

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" It's an attitude adjuster," I said

"是一个态度调整器，"我说。

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I looked over at Oliver and lowered my voice

我朝奥利弗那边看了看，然后压低了声音。

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" I plan to use it on a certain person who really needs a new attitude!"

"我打算在某个非常需要换个态度的人身上试一试！"

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" I hope it doesn't backfire like your shoe-warmer invention," said Molly

"希望它不会像你的暖鞋器发明那样适得其反，"莫莉说。

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" Don't be silly," I said

"别傻了，"我说。

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I mean, how could an attitude adjuster possibly backfire?

我是说，一个态度调整器怎么可能会适得其反呢？