044 伊基的新发明

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The next morning in school I told Mrs. Romano about my new invention

第二天早上在学校，我向Romano老师说了我的新发明。

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Then I showed her Molly's pink flower

然后我给她看了Molly的粉色花朵。

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" Why, Iggy," she said." What a marvelous idea!"

“哎呀，Iggy，”她说，“这主意太棒了！”

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" Can I put the flower on your glasses?" I asked

“我能把这朵花放到您的眼镜上吗？”我问。

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Mrs. Romano nodded so I wrapped the wire stem around the frames of her glasses

Romano老师点点头，我便把铁丝做的花茎绕在了她的眼镜框上。

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When she put the glasses on, everyone started laughing

她一戴上眼镜，大家都笑了起来。

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" Mrs. Romano, you look funny with a flower sticking up from your glasses!" cried Evan

“Romano老师，您眼镜上竖着一朵花，看起来真有趣！”Evan叫道。

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" Well, at least I won't lose them," said Mrs. Romano, smiling

“嗯，至少这样我不会弄丢眼镜了，”Romano老师笑着说。

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But when Mrs. Romano went to feed the goldfish, the flower fell off her glasses

可是Romano老师去喂金鱼时，花从眼镜上掉了下来。

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It tumbled right into the fish tank!

它正好掉进了鱼缸里！

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Lauren scooped it out

Lauren把它捞了出来。

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" Iggy!" cried Molly

"Iggy！" Molly喊道。

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" You promised to take care of my flower

"你答应过要照看好我的花的。

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You didn't tell me it was going to get wet!"

你没说它会弄湿啊！"

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" I'm sorry," I said

"对不起，"我说。

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" I didn't think it would fall into the fish tank."

"我没想到它会掉进鱼缸里。"

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We put the flower on a sunny windowsill during art class so it would dry

美术课上，我们把花放在一个阳光充足的窗台上，让它晾干。

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When we came back from art, Mrs. Romano suggested that someone else try the Fabulous Glasses-Finder

美术课回来的时候，Romano老师提议让别人来试试这个神奇眼镜寻找器。

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" Let me try it!" said Kristin

"让我试试！"Kristin说。

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That's when things really started to go wrong

就在那时，事情真正开始变得糟糕了。

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First the flower fell over Kristin's eyes and she couldn't see

起初，花掉下来遮住了克里斯汀的眼睛，她看不见了。

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She bumped into a desk and nearly fell over

她撞到了一张课桌，差点摔倒。

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Then the wire stem kept sticking her in the head

然后，铁丝花茎不停地戳她的头。

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" Ouch," said Kristin, rubbing her head

“哎哟。”克里斯汀揉着头说。

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" This thing hurts."

“这东西弄得我好疼。”

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Soon Kristin got tired of wearing the flower on her glasses

不一会儿，克里斯汀就厌倦了眼镜上戴花。

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Lauren said she would wear it next

劳伦说她接下来来戴。

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I attached the flower to Lauren's glasses at recess

休息时，我把花别到了劳伦的眼镜上。

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She was in line for the slide when she leaned over to tie her shoe

她正排队等着玩滑梯，弯腰去系鞋带。

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That's when the flower stem got caught on Ruby's sweater

就在这时，花茎勾住了鲁比的毛衣。

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" Help! We're stuck together!"

“救命！我们卡在一起了！”

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cried Ruby, trying to step away

鲁比喊道，她试图走开。

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" Stand still!" cried Lauren." You're pulling my glasses off."

“站着别动！”劳伦喊道。“你快把我的眼镜扯掉了。”

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" And you're ripping my sweater!" said Ruby

“你也快把我的毛衣扯坏了！”鲁比说。

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I finally got Ruby and Lauren unstuck

我终于把鲁比和劳伦分开了。

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After that, Lauren didn't want to wear the flower on her glasses anymore

在那之后，劳伦再也不想在眼镜上戴花了。

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" That flower is nothing but trouble," she said

“那朵花只会带来麻烦，”她说。

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I hated to admit it, but Lauren was right

我不想承认，但劳伦是对的。

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The Fabulous Glasses-Finder was not my greatest invention

这个神奇眼镜寻回器称不上我最棒的发明。

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In fact, it was one of my worst!

事实上，它是我最糟糕的发明之一！

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The next day in school, we wrote down our invention ideas for Mr. Bright

第二天在学校，我们为布莱特老师写下了我们的发明想法。

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He was going to announce the winner at the school assembly

他将在学校晨会上宣布获胜者。

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Mrs. Romano said we could write down two invention ideas if we wanted to

罗曼诺老师说，如果我们愿意，可以写下两个发明想法。

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But I didn't even have one invention I was excited about

可我连一个让我兴奋的发明都没有。

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I raised my hand

我举起了手。

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" Yes, Iggy?" said Mrs. Romano

"怎么了，伊吉？"罗曼诺老师说。

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" I don't have a good invention to write about," I said

"我没有好的发明可以写，"我说。

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" What about your Fabulous Glasses-Finder?" said Mrs. Romano

"你的'神奇眼镜寻踪器'怎么样？"罗曼诺老师说。

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" It's a very original invention, Iggy."

"这是个很有创意的发明，伊吉。"

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" Except that no one liked it," I mumbled

"只可惜没人喜欢它，"我小声嘟囔。

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" It doesn't work that great."

"它的效果不太好。"

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By now I was feeling a little sorry for myself

这时，我有点为自己感到难过。

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" I liked it," said Mrs. Romano

"我很喜欢，"罗曼诺老师说。

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" Even though it did fall into the fish tank."

"尽管它确实掉进了鱼缸里。"

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I knew Mrs. Romano was only trying to make me feel better

我知道罗曼诺老师只是想让我感觉好点。

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But I wrote about the Fabulous Glasses-Finder anyway

但我还是写了神奇眼镜寻踪器。

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Ruby wrote about a rubber glove filled with sand

鲁比写了一个装满沙子的橡胶手套。

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You could bend the fingers to hold rings or notes

可以弯折指套来放戒指或便条。

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Evan had an idea for an automatic fish-feeder

伊万有个自动喂鱼器的想法。

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" You can feed your fish, even if you're away on vacation," he explained

"即使外出度假，也能喂鱼，"他解释道。

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" That's a really neat idea," said Colby

"这个想法真棒，"科尔比说。

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" Very inventive!" agreed Mrs. Romano

"很有创造力！"罗曼诺老师赞同道。

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Molly wrote about a way to cut socks and use them as hand-warmers

莫莉写了如何剪裁袜子，把它们当暖手宝用。

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And I, Iggy, wrote about a stupid glasses-finder that no one wanted to use!

而我，伊吉，写的却是一个没人愿意用的傻眼镜寻踪器！