047 数字游戏

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I wasn't able to help Jenny with her school problems

我没办法帮珍妮解决她的学校问题。

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But I had a new invention idea, and it was going to be great

但我有了个新发明点子，而且一定会很棒。

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This invention wouldn't fall into a fish tank or get caught on anyone's sweater

这项发明不会掉进鱼缸里，也不会勾住别人的毛衣。

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And there was still time to write about it for Mr. Bright

而且还有时间写下来给布莱特先生看。

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" What's your idea, Iggy?" asked Jenny as we headed home

“你想到什么点子了，伊吉？”回家路上，珍妮问道。

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" Did you see the way that ticket machine worked at the bakery?" I asked

“你们看到面包店那个取号机是怎么运作的吗？”我问道。

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" You mean where you pick a number so you can save your place in line?" asked Molly

“你是说抽个号码，这样就能在排队时保留位置的那种？”莫莉问道。

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" That's right," I said

“没错。”我说。

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" We could print tickets for the bumpy slide

“我们可以给凹凸滑梯印号码牌。

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Kids would pick a ticket and wait for their number to be called."

孩子们抽个号码牌，等叫到他们的号就行。”

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" No one would have to stand in line anymore," said Jenny

“再也没有人需要排队了，”珍妮说。

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I nodded." Kids could run around the playground until their number was called."

我点点头。“孩子们可以在操场上跑来跑去，直到叫到他们的号码。”

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" Your invention is just in time, Iggy," said Josh

“你的发明来得正是时候，伊吉，”乔什说。

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" I heard Mr. Dalmati say that kids were pushing and shoving too much in line

“我听到达尔马蒂老师说孩子们排队时推推搡搡得太厉害了。

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And no one gets much exercise at recess anymore."

而且现在课间休息时，几乎没人能得到多少锻炼了。”

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I frowned, thinking

我皱着眉，思索着。

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" I could cut up pieces of cardboard and print the numbers on them," I said

“我可以把硬纸板裁成小片，在上面印上号码，”我说。

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" Then kids can pick the numbers out of a bag."

“然后孩子们就可以从袋子里抽号码了。”

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Everyone agreed to help print tickets for the slide

大家都同意帮忙为滑梯印制票券。

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So we went upstairs to my apartment to get some cardboard

于是我们上楼去我的公寓拿些硬纸板。

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I found some that I had used for a project in school

我找到了一些我在学校项目中用过的纸板。

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Then we went to Molly's apartment

然后我们去了莫莉的公寓。

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Molly and Caswell's babysitter, Lucy, had just made some chocolate chip cookies

莫莉和卡斯维尔的保姆露西刚做了一些巧克力豆饼干。

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The apartment smelled almost as good as Mom's Bakery!

公寓里闻起来几乎和妈妈的面包店一样香！

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So we all sat down and had warm cookies and lemonade

于是我们都坐下来，吃了热饼干，喝了柠檬水。

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After that we got to work

之后我们就开始干活了。

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We cut the cardboard into small squares

我们把纸板剪成小方块。

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Then we printed big numbers on each square with a magic marker

然后用马克笔在每个方块上写上大大的数字。

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We printed numbers all the way up to one hundred

我们一直写到了数字一百。

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Everyone helped, even Caswell

每个人都帮忙了，连卡斯维尔也是。

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Now during recess kids could pick a number to take a turn on the slide

现在，课间休息时，孩子们可以取个号码，排队玩滑梯了。

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" We will need a number caller," I said

“我们需要一个叫号员。”我说。

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" What's a number caller?" asked Jenny

“什么是叫号员？”珍妮问。

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" It's the person who calls out the next number," I explained

“就是喊下一个号码的人。”我解释道。

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" Remember the man at Mom's Bakery?"

“还记得妈妈面包店里的那个人吗？”

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Molly grinned and imitated him

莫莉咧嘴一笑，模仿起他的样子。

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" Number seven is next!"

“下一个，七号！”

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" Exactly," I said

“完全正确。”我说。

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" Let's take turns calling out the numbers," said Jenny

“我们轮流来叫号吧。”珍妮说。

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I wanted this to be a really, really good invention

我希望这是个非常、非常好的发明。

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So I came up with one more idea

于是，我又想出了一个主意。

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" I'll ask my mom if she'll take us to Dollar Delight," I said

“我去问问我妈妈，能不能带我们去‘一元乐’。”我说。

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" They sell lots of cheap little toys

“那里卖很多便宜的小玩具。

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Kids can pick a number from one bag and a toy from another

孩子们可以从一个袋子里抽号码，再从另一个袋子里选个玩具。

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Then they can have fun while they're waiting."

这样他们等着的时候也有得玩了。”

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" But won't we run out of toys?" asked Jenny

“但我们不会把玩具发完吗？”珍妮问。

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" No," I said

“不会的。”我说。

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" When the kids turn in their tickets, they'll turn in their toys too."

“孩子们交回票券的时候，也要把玩具还回来。”

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" Wow," said Molly

“哇。”莫莉说。

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" This is a really great invention, Iggy."

“这真是个了不起的发明，伊吉。”

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I hoped Molly was right

我希望莫莉是对的。

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My Fabulous Glasses-Finder had sounded like a good idea too — at first

我那个神奇的眼镜搜寻器，起初听起来也是个好主意。

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But my Pick-a-Number invention was different

但我这个“取号排队”的发明不一样。

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It would solve a big problem at school

它能解决学校里的一个大问题。

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Maybe it would even be in Mr. Bright's new book!

说不定它还会被写进布赖特先生的新书里呢！

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After dinner my mom took us to Dollar Delight

晚饭后，妈妈带我们去了“一元乐”。

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We bought lots of little toys for only about ten dollars

我们只花了大约十美元，就买了好多小玩具。

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We also bought two colorful shopping bags

我们还买了两个彩色的购物袋。

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We planned to fill one shopping bag with tickets and the other with toys

我们计划一个购物袋装票券，另一个装玩具。

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I could hardly wait until recess the next day!

我简直等不及到第二天的课间休息了！