043 詹妮摔倒了

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Jenny landed on the sidewalk with a thud

珍妮砰地一声摔在了人行道上。

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The lady's little dog barked and barked

那位女士的小狗汪汪叫个不停。

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" Oh dear! Are you all right?" cried the lady

"哦，天哪！你还好吗？" 那位女士喊道。

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Josh helped Jenny stand up

乔什扶珍妮站了起来。

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Her knee was skinned, and she looked stunned

她的膝盖擦破了皮，她看上去晕乎乎的。

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" I'm okay," she said, brushing herself off

"我没事，" 她一边说，一边拍了拍身上的灰尘。

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" I guess I just didn't see the dog's leash."

"我想我只是没看见那条狗绳。"

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Once I was sure that Jenny was all right, I looked at Molly again

确定珍妮没事后，我又看了看莫莉。

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" So can I borrow your flower?"

"那我能借一下你的花吗？"

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This time Molly nodded

这次莫莉点了点头。

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" I made up my mind," she said

“我决定了，”她说。

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" You can borrow it."

“你可以借走它。”

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" Wow, thanks!" I said

“哇，谢谢！”我说。

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" I promise to take good care of it."

“我保证会好好照看它。”

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When we got to Molly's apartment, she took the flower off her headband

到了莫莉的公寓，她把花从发带上取下来。

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Then she handed it to me

然后她把花递给了我。

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" I'm going home right now to try my new invention on my mom!" I said

“我现在就回家，用我的新发明给妈妈试试！”我说。

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" Good luck!" called Molly as I ran across the hall to my apartment

“祝你好运！”我跑过走廊回公寓时，莫莉喊道。

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At home my brother, Tate, was using the computer

回到家，我哥哥泰特正在用电脑。

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My mom was in the kitchen, making meatloaf for dinner

妈妈在厨房里，正在为晚饭做肉糜糕。

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" Guess what, Mom," I said

"猜猜看，妈妈，"我说。

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" I have an idea for a great new invention!"

"我有一个很棒的新发明点子！"

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" Uh-oh," said Tate, looking up from the computer

"哎呀，"泰特从电脑前抬起头说。

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" He's going to make a big mess."

"他会弄得一团糟。"

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My mom winked at me

妈妈朝我眨了眨眼。

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" That's wonderful, Iggy," she said

"太棒了，伊吉，"她说。

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" Can I borrow your reading glasses?" I asked

"我能借你的老花镜吗？"我问。

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" They're on the kitchen table," my mom replied

"在厨房桌子上，"妈妈回答。

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" Please be careful with them though

"不过请小心点用。"

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I can't read a thing without them."

"没有它们我什么也看不了。"

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I took Molly's flower and my mom's glasses into my room

我把莫莉的花和妈妈的眼镜拿进房间。

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Carefully, I unwound the metal stem of the flower

我小心翼翼地解开花的金属茎。

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Then I wrapped it around the frames of my mom's glasses

然后把它绕在妈妈的镜框上。

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The pink flower stood up, bright and tall

那朵粉色花儿挺立着，鲜亮又高挑。

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My mom would never lose her reading glasses with that flower attached to them!

有那朵花挂着，妈妈再也不会弄丢老花镜了！

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Then I realized something

这时我意识到一件事。

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My mom never loses her reading glasses anyway

妈妈的老花镜本来就从没丢过。

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She always puts them on the kitchen table

她总是把它们放在厨房桌子上。

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How was I going to test out my new invention if my mom never lost her glasses?

要是妈妈从不丢眼镜，我该怎么测试我的新发明呢？

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That was a problem I could solve

这是个我能解决的问题。

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After all, Mrs. Romano had said that inventors are problem solvers, right?

毕竟，罗马诺夫人说过发明家就是解决问题的人，对吧？

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" Iggy!" my mom called," I need my glasses for a minute

“伊吉！”妈妈喊道，“我用一下我的眼镜。

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I have to check something in my cookbook!

我得查查菜谱上的东西！”

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" Okay, Mom," I said, walking into the kitchen

“好的，妈妈，”我说着，走进厨房。

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" But first you have to find your glasses."

“但首先你得找到你的眼镜。”

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" What are you talking about?" asked my mom

“你在说什么呀？”妈妈问。

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" You just took them into your room."

“你刚把它们拿到你房间去了。”

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" I know," I said," but now I'm going to hide them."

“我知道，”我说，“但现在我要把它们藏起来。”

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My mom looked puzzled

妈妈一脸困惑。

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" Is this some kind of game?"

“这是什么游戏吗？”

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" No," I said

“不，”我说。

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" But I want to test my new Fabulous Glasses-Finder invention

“但我想测试我的新发明——神奇寻镜器。

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And I can't test it unless you lose your glasses."

除非你把眼镜弄丢，否则我没法测试它。”

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" That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard," called Tate from the living room

“这是我听过最蠢的事了，”泰特在客厅喊道。

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" Well, okay," said my mom

“好吧，”妈妈说。

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" But I don't have much time

“但我的时间不多。

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I'm in the middle of preparing dinner."

我正在做晚饭。”

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I grinned." It won't take long," I said

我咧嘴一笑。“不会太久的，”我说。

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" The Fabulous Glasses-Finder is my best invention yet."

“神奇寻镜器是我迄今为止最好的发明。”

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" Don't believe him, Mom!" said Tate

“别信他，妈妈！”泰特说。

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" You're never going to see your glasses again!"

“你再也见不到你的眼镜了！”

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I told my mom to cover her eyes

我让妈妈捂住眼睛。

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Then I hid her glasses on a chair in her bedroom

然后我把她的眼镜藏在她卧室的椅子上。

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That's the kind of place where someone might leave their glasses by mistake

那是人们可能不小心落下眼镜的地方。

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" Okay, Mom!" I said," You can start looking now!"

“好了，妈妈！”我说，“现在可以开始找了！”

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It took my mom only three minutes to find her glasses

妈妈只花了三分钟就找到了她的眼镜。

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It was very easy to spot them with Molly's pink flower sticking up

莫莉那朵粉色的花翘在那里，很容易就能看到眼镜。

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My mom picked up her glasses and looked curiously at the flower

妈妈拿起眼镜，好奇地看着那朵花。

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" Well," she said." I must say, Iggy

“嗯，”她说，“我必须说，伊吉。

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This is a very clever idea."

这是个非常巧妙的主意。”

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" Did you hear that, Tate?" I shouted

“你听到了吗，泰特？”我喊道。

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" My Fabulous Glasses-Finder really works!"

“我的神奇寻镜器真的管用！”