040 伊基的信

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My mood got worse as the day went on

随着时间推移，我的心情越来越糟。

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Molly, Josh, Jenny and I huddled in front of the fire

莫莉、乔什、珍妮和我挤在炉火前。

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Meanwhile Oliver was skipping and singing around the apartment

与此同时，奥利弗在公寓里蹦蹦跳跳地唱着歌。

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" My hands are cold and so are my feet

“我的手冷，脚也冷。

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You can call me Pioneer Pete!"

你可以叫我先锋皮特！”

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I put my hands over my ears

我用手捂住耳朵。

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" Will you stop making so much noise, Oliver?"

“你能不能别这么吵，奥利弗？”

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Oliver stopped. He looked surprised

奥利弗停了下来。他看起来很惊讶。

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" Iggy," Mom said sharply." Oliver was just having fun."

“伊吉，”妈妈严厉地说，“奥利弗只是在玩儿。”

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Everyone stared silently at me

每个人都默默地盯着我。

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I could tell they agreed with my mom

我看得出他们都赞同妈妈。

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" Well, having no heat is no fun," I complained

“好吧，没有暖气可一点都不好玩，”我抱怨道。

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" And now no one needs my Amazing Attitude Adjuster

现在没人需要我的神奇态度调节器了。

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Maybe I should just throw it away!"

也许我应该直接扔掉它！”

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" What's an Amazing Attitude Adjuster?" asked Jenny

“神奇态度调节器是什么？”珍妮问道。

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" It's my new invention

“这是我的新发明。

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It helps people get a good attitude," I said

它能帮人获得好心态，”我说。

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" Maybe we should try it on you," said Molly

“也许我们该在你身上试试，”莫莉说。

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" Yeah!" Josh added." Just to see if it works, I mean."

“对！”乔什补充道，“只是看看它是否有效，我是说。”

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I stared at them

我盯着他们。

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Were my friends saying I had a bad attitude?

朋友们是在说我态度不好吗？

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" Come on, Iggy," Molly coaxed me." It'll be fun."

“来吧，伊吉，”莫莉哄我，“会很好玩的。”

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" Okay," I finally agreed

“好吧，”我终于同意了。

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" But I didn't invent it for my own attitude."

“但我发明它可不是为了我自己的态度。”

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In my room I showed Josh how to use the attitude adjuster

在我的房间里，我给乔希演示了如何使用态度调节器。

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Then we brought Molly's telephone and pad of paper into the living room

然后我们把莫莉的电话和便签本拿到了客厅。

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Josh handed Oliver a scarf

乔希递给奥利弗一条围巾。

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" Blindfold Iggy so he can't see anything."

“蒙住伊吉的眼睛，让他什么也看不见。”

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Giggling, Oliver stood on the couch and tied the scarf around my head

奥利弗咯咯笑着，站到沙发上，把围巾系在了我头上。

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" Now Iggy will dial a telephone number on Molly's telephone," Josh said

“现在伊吉要用莫莉的电话拨一个号码，”乔希说。

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" Jenny, you write down the number Iggy dials."

“珍妮，你把伊吉拨的号码记下来。”

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After I dialed, Oliver took off my blindfold

我拨完号后，奥利弗解开了我的眼罩。

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Then Josh added up the numbers I had dialed

然后乔什把我拨的数字加起来。

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" Twenty-eight," said Josh

“二十八，”乔什说。

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" Molly, turn to page 28 in the joke pad and read the joke out loud."

“莫莉，翻到笑话本的第28页，大声读笑话。”

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Molly flipped to page 28 and began to read

莫莉翻到第28页，开始读。

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" Why did the skeleton go to the party alone?"

“骷髅为什么一个人去参加聚会？”

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" Why?" I asked

“为什么？”我问。

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" Because he had no body to go with!" said Molly

“因为没有人愿意和他一起去！”莫莉说。

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Everyone laughed, even me!

大家都笑了，包括我！

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We took turns using the Amazing Attitude Adjuster all afternoon

我们整个下午轮流使用神奇态度调节器。

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The more we played, the better I felt

我们玩得越多，我感觉越好。

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We had so much fun that the day flew by

我们玩得太开心了，一天转眼就过去了。

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We were startled when a knock came at the door

敲门声把我们吓了一跳。

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It was Uncle John and Aunt Julia

是约翰叔叔和朱莉娅婶婶。

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They were back from their cruise

他们坐游轮旅行回来了。

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" Guess what?" Oliver ran to his parents

“猜猜发生了什么？”奥利弗朝父母跑了过去。

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" What?" Aunt Julia hugged him

“什么？”朱莉娅婶婶抱住了他。

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" My shoes got burned, and the furnace broke," said Oliver

“我的鞋子烧坏了，炉子也坏了，”奥利弗说。

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" It was so much fun!"

“太好玩儿了！”

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Uncle John laughed and looked at Aunt Julia in amazement

约翰叔叔笑了起来，惊讶地看着朱莉娅婶婶。

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" I can't believe it!"

“真不敢相信！”

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Oliver nodded." We got our attitudes adjusted too

奥利弗点点头。“我们也把心态调整好了。”

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I can't wait to come back to Iggy's apartment again!"

我巴不得马上再来伊吉的公寓！”

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After Oliver left, I got my invention ready for the Inventor's Hall of Fame

奥利弗走后，我准备好发明，要送去发明家名人堂。

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First I had to take a picture of it

首先我得给它拍张照片。

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Then I had to write down how it worked

然后我得写下它是怎么工作的。

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My mom helped me mail everything to the Hall of Fame

妈妈帮我把所有材料寄给了名人堂。

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If my invention was good enough, it would be included in the Hall of Fame forever!

要是我的发明足够好，它就会被永远收进名人堂！

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Two weeks later I got a letter back

两周后，我收到了一封回信。

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I sat down next to the radiator in our kitchen and tore it open

我在厨房的暖气片旁坐下，撕开了信封。

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Our furnace was fixed now, and the warm radiator was making cozy hissing noises

家里的炉子修好了，暖烘烘的暖气片发出舒服的嘶嘶声。

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" Dear Iggy," the letter read." Your Amazing Attitude Adjuster is amazing!

“亲爱的伊吉，”信上写道，“你的神奇态度调节器太棒了！

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Your invention has earned an honorable mention in the Hall of Fame."

你的发明在名人堂获得了荣誉提名。”

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" Mom?" I asked." What does ' honorable mention ' mean?"

“妈妈？”我问，“‘荣誉提名’是什么意思？”

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" It means that your invention earned special praise," she answered." Congratulations!"

“意思是你的发明得到了特别表扬，”她答道，“恭喜你！”

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So I got an honorable mention

就这样，我得到了荣誉提名。

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But I did not make it into the Inventors' Hall of Fame

可我没能正式进入发明家名人堂。

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Not yet anyway

反正还没进呢。

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Just wait until you see what I'm going to invent next!

等着瞧吧，下次我要发明的东西才厉害呢！