041 莫莉的花

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I sat in my fourth-grade classroom, doodling with a pencil

我坐在四年级的教室里，用铅笔随手涂鸦。

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Our teacher, Mrs. Romano, was writing on the whiteboard

我们的老师Romano太太正在白板上写字。

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She was teaching us how to solve word problems with answers in the millions

她在教我们如何解答案是百万级别的应用题。

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I couldn't see the whiteboard too well though

不过，我看不太清白板。

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Molly's headband was in the way

Molly的发箍挡住了我的视线。

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She had decorated it with a huge pink flower from the Dollar Delight store

她用一朵从“一元快乐”商店买来的巨大粉色花朵装饰了它。

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The flower had fallen off twice that morning, but Molly kept putting it back on

那朵花那天早上掉了两次，但Molly总是不停地把它戴回去。

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Now it bobbed in front of me

现在它就在我面前晃来晃去。

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" Remember, class, we have a math test one week from today," said Mrs. Romano

“记住，同学们，一周后的今天我们有一场数学测验，”Romano太太说。

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A few kids groaned, but I just went back to doodling

有几个孩子唉声叹气起来，但我只是继续涂我的鸦。

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I wasn't worried about the math test

我并不担心数学考试。

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I'm pretty good at math

我数学相当好。

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I can easily add up numbers in the millions

我能轻松地加出数百万的数字。

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In fact, I can even add up numbers in the billions!

事实上，我甚至能加出数十亿的数字！

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" If only I could think of a million new inventions," I thought

“要是我能想出一百万个新发明就好了，”我想。

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" But lately I can't even think of one."

“但最近我连一个都想不出来。”

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My cousin Oliver had visited this past winter

去年冬天，我表兄奥利弗来过。

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During his visit I had invented The Amazing Attitude Adjustor

他做客期间，我发明了“神奇态度调整器”。

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It worked great

它效果棒极了。

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But now it was spring, and I had not thought up one single new invention since Oliver left!

但现在已是春天，自从奥利弗离开后，我连一个新发明都没想出来！

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I was getting pretty worried about it

我那时正为此事相当担心。

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" Don't worry, Iggy,"

“别担心，伊吉，”

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Molly had said last week on the way to school

莫莉上周在上学路上对我说。

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" You're just going through a fallow time."

“你只是正经历一段‘灵感枯竭期’罢了。”

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" What's a fallow time?" I asked

“‘灵感枯竭期’是什么？”我问道。

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Molly shrugged." I have no idea

莫莉耸耸肩。“我完全不知道。

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But sometimes my dad has trouble thinking up new ideas at work

但有的时候，我爸爸工作上会很难想出新的点子。

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Whenever that happens, he says he's going through a fallow time."

每当那种情况发生，他就说他正经历一段‘灵感枯竭期’。”

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Soon our math lesson was over

很快，我们的数学课就结束了。

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" Class, please come to the rug," said Mrs. Romano

“同学们，请到地毯这边来，”罗马诺夫人说。

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" We have time to read one more chapter in our science fiction story."

“我们还有时间读一本科幻故事的最后一章。”

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As we all walked over to the rug, Molly's flower fell off her headband again

当我们都走到地毯上时，莫莉的发花又从发箍上掉了下来。

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Evan accidentally stepped on it

埃文不小心踩到了它。

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" Hey, watch out for my flower!" said Molly, picking it up

“嘿，当心我的花！”莫莉边说边捡起它。

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" It's the only one I have."

“我只有这一朵。”

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" Why don't you plant it?" joked Colby

“你为什么不种下它呢？”科尔比开玩笑说。

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" Then you'll have a whole garden of flowers!"

“那样你就会有整整一花园的花了！”

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" Fake flowers don't grow in gardens, silly," said Molly

“假花在花园里是长不出来的，傻瓜。”莫莉说。

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Mrs. Romano sat in her chair and opened the book we'd been reading this month

罗曼诺老师坐在椅子上，打开我们这一个月一直在读的那本书。

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It was a cool story about aliens landing on Earth

那是一个关于外星人登陆地球的很酷的故事。

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They get lost in a zoo and have adventures with all the animals

他们在一个动物园里迷路，和所有的动物一起冒险。

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" Oh dear." Mrs. Romano glanced around

“哦，天哪。”罗曼诺太太环顾四周。

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" I think I misplaced my glasses again."

“我想我又把眼镜放错地方了。”

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" I'll help you look for them," said Jake, jumping up

“我帮你找，”杰克跳起来说。

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Everyone joined in the search

大家都加入了搜寻。

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We looked on Mrs. Romano's desk and under her chair

我们查看了罗曼诺太太的桌上和椅子下面。

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" I always lose my glasses." Mrs. Romano sighed

“我总是丢眼镜。”罗曼诺太太叹了口气。

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" I wish someone would invent a way to find lost glasses."

“我希望有人能发明一种找到丢失眼镜的方法。”

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Finally Ruby found Mrs. Romano's glasses on the bookshelf, right behind Mrs. Romano's chair

最后鲁比在书架上找到了罗曼诺太太的眼镜，就在罗曼诺太太的椅子后面。

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Mrs. Romano put them on

罗曼诺太太戴上了眼镜。

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" It's so hard to find lost glasses," she said

“找丢了的眼镜真难，”她说。

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" Because when you aren't wearing your glasses, you can't see anything!"

“因为你不戴眼镜的时候，什么都看不见！”

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I glanced at the big pink flower on Molly's headband

我瞥了一眼莫莉头带上的大粉花。

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At that moment something amazing happened

就在那时，有件奇妙的事情发生了。

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An idea for a new invention popped into my head

一个新发明的主意突然跳进我的脑海。

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It was one of the best inventions I had ever thought of!

那是我想到过的最好的发明之一！

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While Mrs. Romano read to us, I kept thinking about my new idea

在罗曼诺太太给我们读书的时候，我一直在想我的新主意。

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I couldn't wait to tell Molly about it

我等不及要告诉莫莉这件事。

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" Molly!" I said when we lined up after recess

“莫莉！”课间休息后我们排队时我说。

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" I'm not having a fallow time anymore

“我不再灵感枯竭了。

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I got an idea for a fantastic new invention!"

我有了一个奇妙新发明的主意！”

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Molly grinned and gave me a high five

莫莉咧嘴笑了，跟我击了个掌。

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" That's great!" she said." Iggy the incredible inventor is back!"

“太棒了！”她说。“了不起的发明家伊吉回来了！”