048 我是观星者伊基

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The first thing I had to do at school was get permission to use my new invention

我到学校后要做的第一件事，就是请求允许使用我的新发明。

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Luckily, Mrs. Romano thought it sounded like a great idea

幸运的是，罗马诺老师觉得这个主意听起来很棒。

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So did Mr. Dalmati, the recess helper

课间活动的助手达尔马蒂先生也这么认为。

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At recess all the kids came running out and got in line for the slide

课间休息时，所有孩子都跑了出来，排队等着滑滑梯。

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Josh, Molly, and I ran over with the two shopping bags

乔什、莫莉和我拎着两个购物袋跑了过去。

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" Pick a number for the slide!" called Josh

“选个号码，用来排滑梯！”乔什喊道。

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" Then grab a toy!"

“然后拿一个玩具！”

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" What are the numbers for?" asked one little girl

“这些号码是做什么用的？”一个小女孩问。

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" It's to hold your place in line for the slide," I explained

“这是用来在滑梯那里占位置的，”我解释道。

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" You can take a toy too," Molly added

“你也可以拿一个玩具，”莫莉补充说。

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" When your number is called, turn in your toy

“叫到你的号码时，把玩具交上来。

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Then you don't have to wait in line for the slide."

这样你就不用在滑梯那边排队了。”

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" Cool!" said a fifth-grade boy

“酷！”一个五年级男孩说。

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" That sounds like fun!"

“听起来很好玩！”

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Josh handed out the numbers, and I gave out the toys

乔什发号码牌，我发玩具。

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Pretty soon we were out of numbers and out of toys

很快号码牌和玩具都发完了。

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" Numbers one, two, and three, line up!" called Josh

“一号、二号、三号，排队！”乔什喊道。

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Three kids ran over to us

三个孩子跑向我们。

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They handed in their numbers along with their toys

他们把号码牌和玩具一起交上来。

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Then they climbed up to the slide

然后他们爬上了滑梯。

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You would not believe how great my invention worked!

你不会相信我的发明效果有多棒！

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All the kids loved it

所有孩子都喜欢它。

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They traded toys and ran around, laughing and playing

他们交换玩具，跑来跑去，笑着玩耍。

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Everyone stopped pushing and shoving in line

大家都不再推推搡搡地排队了。

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In fact, there was no line

其实，根本就不用排队。

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We only called out three numbers at a time, so kids got to go on the slide without waiting for very long

我们一次只叫三个号码，这样孩子们玩滑梯时不用等太久。

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I felt proud to see my Pick-a-Number invention working so well

看到我的“选号码”发明效果这么好，我感到很自豪。

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Mr. Dalmati was happy too

达尔马蒂老师也很高兴。

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" Great idea, Iggy," he told me

“好主意，伊吉，”他对我说。

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" You solved a big recess problem."

“你解决了一个课间大问题。”

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A first-grade girl ran over to me

一个一年级女生跑到我面前。

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" This number game is so much fun!" she said

她说：“这个号码游戏太好玩了！”

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" Can we play it again tomorrow?"

“我们明天还能玩吗？”

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" We can play it whenever we have outdoor recess," I said

我说：“只要是户外课间休息，我们都可以玩。”

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The kids loved the number game almost as much as they loved the slide!

孩子们喜欢这个号码游戏，几乎和喜欢滑梯一样多！

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After recess I wrote about my Pick-a-Number invention for Mr. Bright

课间休息后，我写了关于“选号码”发明的报告，要交给布赖特老师。

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Then I handed my paper to Mrs. Romano

然后我把报告交给了罗马诺老师。

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She put it with the other ideas

她把它和其他创意放在一起。

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Everything was working out just the way I had hoped

一切都如我希望的那样顺利。

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But there was one thing that still bothered me — Jenny

但有一件事仍困扰着我——珍妮。

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She didn't take a turn calling out numbers

她没有参与叫号。

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She said it wasn't any fun

她说那一点都不好玩。

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Not only that, but she got a " D " on her math test that day

不仅如此，她那天数学考试还得了D。

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She told me about it on the way home from school

放学回家的路上，她把这事告诉了我。

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" I studied really hard," she said with tears in her eyes

“我真的非常用功了，”她含着眼泪说。

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" I just don't know what's wrong!

“我就是不知道哪里出了问题！

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My dad is going to be so upset."

我爸肯定会非常生气的。”

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If only I could think of a way to help her!

要是我能想出帮她的办法就好了！

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" Sara is having trouble in school too," Jenny blurted out

“萨拉在学校也遇到了麻烦，”珍妮脱口而出。

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She sighed." At least I'm not the only one."

她叹了口气说：“至少不止我一个人这样。”

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I looked at her

我看着她。

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" How do you know that?" I asked

“你怎么知道的？”我问。

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Sara was Jenny's friend, the one who had just moved to another neighborhood

萨拉是珍妮的朋友，就是刚搬到另一个街区的那位。

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" I talked to Sara last night on the phone," Jenny explained

“我昨晚和萨拉通了电话，”珍妮解释道。

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" She told me she failed a reading test

“她告诉我她一次阅读测验没及格。

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It was her first test at her new school

那是她在新学校的第一次测验。

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She's worried everyone will think she's dumb."

她担心大家会觉得她很笨。”

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That night, when I went to bed, I was still thinking about Jenny's problem

那天晚上，我上床睡觉时，还在想着珍妮的难题。

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I lay there, looking up through the skylight

我躺在那里，透过天窗向上看。

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Sometimes, if it's a clear night, I can see the stars

有时候，如果夜晚晴朗，我能看见星星。

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I imagine that they are winking just for me, Iggy

我幻想象它们只是在对我，伊吉，眨眼睛。

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I pretend they're my friends, helping me to think of bright ideas

我假装它们是我的朋友，在帮我思考出绝妙的好主意。

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That night the stars looked clear and sharp

那天晚上，星星看起来清晰又明亮。

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They winked, as though they were trying to tell me something

它们眨着眼，好像有什么话想对我说。

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But what were they trying to tell me?

但它们想告诉我什么呢？