049 詹妮眼皮底下

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I've heard that great inventors dream up ideas in their sleep

我听说伟大的发明家会在睡梦中想出主意。

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I don't know if I dreamed my idea that night

我不知道那天晚上我是否梦到了我的主意。

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But when I woke up early the next morning, I had the answer to Jenny's problem

但第二天一早醒来时，我已经有了解决珍妮问题的方法。

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And the answer wasn't under my nose

而且答案不在我的鼻子底下。

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It was on top of Jenny's nose!

它就在珍妮的鼻子上方！

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It was Saturday, so we didn't have school

那天是星期六，我们不用上学。

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I jumped out of bed and got dressed

我从床上跳起来，穿好衣服。

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Then I dashed downstairs, and knocked on Josh and Jenny's door

然后我冲下楼，敲了乔什和珍妮的门。

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No one answered

没人应答。

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I knocked harder

我更用力地敲了敲。

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Finally Mr. Chen came to the door, wearing his pajamas and bathrobe

终于，陈先生来开门了，穿着睡衣和浴袍。

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Josh and Jenny stood behind him

乔希和珍妮站在他身后。

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" Jenny!" I cried." I figured out why you're having trouble in school!"

“珍妮！”我喊道，“我明白你在学校为什么有困难了！”

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" Why?" asked Jenny, yawning and rubbing her eyes

“为什么？”珍妮打着哈欠揉着眼睛问道。

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" Because you can't see!" I said

“因为你看不见！”我说。

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" That's true," said Jenny

“没错，”珍妮说。

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" You woke me up, Iggy!

“你把我吵醒了，伊吉！

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My eyes are still half-closed."

我的眼睛还半闭着呢。”

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" No!" I insisted." That's not it

“不！”我坚持说，“不是那个意思。

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Remember when you tripped over the dog leash?"

记得你被狗绳绊倒的时候吗？”

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Jenny nodded." I didn't even see it."

珍妮点点头。“我根本没看到。”

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" And you didn't want to call out numbers for the slide," I said

“而且你也不想在幻灯片上说出数字，”我说。

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" Because you couldn't read them."

“因为你没法读出来。”

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Jenny blinked at me

珍妮朝我眨了眨眼。

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Mr. Chen was squinting too

陈先生也眯起了眼睛。

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He looked confused

他看起来很困惑。

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" I don't understand, Iggy

“我不明白，伊吉。

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Jenny just got new glasses a few months ago."

珍妮几个月前才配了新眼镜啊。”

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" And they work perfectly," said Jenny

“而且眼镜很好用，”珍妮说。

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" Yes, your glasses worked perfectly," I said

“是的，你的眼镜当时是很好用，”我说。

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" But you haven't been wearing your glasses."

“但你没戴眼镜啊。”

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" What do you mean?" asked Jenny

“什么意思？”珍妮问。

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" Remember when you said you and Sara had the same glasses?"

“记得你说过你和莎拉的眼镜一样吗？”

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Jenny nodded." Our glasses are the same color

珍妮点点头。“我们的眼镜颜色相同。

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But our eyes are very different

但我们的眼睛很不一样。

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Sara can't see things close up

莎拉看不清近处的东西。

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And I can't see things far away."

而我却看不清远处的东西。”

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" Right!" I said." And you said Sara is having trouble in school now too."

“对！”我说。“你还说莎拉现在在学校也遇到了麻烦。”

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" Yes," said Jenny." So?"

“是的，”珍妮说。“那又怎样？”

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" So your glasses probably got switched," I said

“所以你们的眼镜很可能拿错了，”我说。

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" I think you're wearing Sara's glasses and she's wearing yours!"

“我觉得你戴着莎拉的眼镜，她戴着你的！”

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By now Jenny's eyes were wide-open

这时候珍妮的眼睛睁得大大的。

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" I think you're right!" she said

“我觉得你说得对！”她说。

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" We were both crying when we said good-bye

“我们告别的时候都在哭。

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So we had to take off our glasses

所以不得不摘下眼镜。

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They must have gotten switched then."

肯定就是那时候拿错了。”

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" Jenny," said Mr. Chen." Can you go get your glasses?"

“珍妮，”陈先生说，“去把你的眼镜拿来好吗？”

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Jenny got her glasses and put them on

珍妮拿来了眼镜，戴了上去。

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Then Mr. Chen held up a newspaper

然后陈先生举起一张报纸。

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" Can you read this?"

“能看清这上面写什么吗？”

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he asked, stepping back and pointing to a headline

他问道，一边后退，一边指着一个大标题。

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Jenny peered at the newspaper

珍妮眯着眼看那份报纸。

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" No," she said." The letters look blurry."

“看不清，”她说，“字母看起来模糊的。”

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" Then Iggy is right!" said Josh

“那伊吉就是对的！”乔什说。

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Mr. Chen smiled. He looked relieved

陈先生笑了，他看上去松了口气。

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" Iggy, that was amazing!

“伊吉，这太棒了！

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You are a true problem-solver."

你真是个解决问题的高手。”

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" Thanks!" I said, grinning

“谢谢！”我咧嘴笑道。

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" Let's have pancakes to celebrate," said Mr. Chen

“咱们吃煎饼庆祝一下吧，”陈先生说。

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" After breakfast I'll call Sara's mom and dad and tell them about what happened."

“早饭后我就给莎拉的爸爸妈妈打电话，告诉他们这件事。”

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That afternoon Jenny and Sara met and switched glasses

那天下午，珍妮和莎拉见了面，把眼镜换了回来。

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After that neither of them had any more problems in school

在那之后，她们俩在学校都没再遇到任何问题。

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On Monday Mr. Bright, the inventor, came to our school

周一那天，发明家布莱特先生来到了我们学校。

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He showed us some of his latest inventions

他向我们展示了他最新的一些发明。

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One of them was a little umbrella for a dog

其中一个是给狗用的小伞。

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You could attach it to a dog's collar so the dog wouldn't get wet

你可以把它系在狗的项圈上，这样狗就不会淋湿了。

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Mr. Bright brought his dog onstage and showed us how it worked

布莱特先生把他的狗带上了台，向我们演示了它的用法。

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All the kids loved it

所有的孩子都喜欢极了。

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" I know many of you are good inventors too," said Mr. Bright

“我知道你们当中很多人也是出色的发明家，”布莱特先生说。

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It seemed like he was looking right at me

他好像正直直地看着我。

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He probably loved my Pick-a-Number invention!

他很可能喜欢我的“选数字”发明！

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" I have been reading your invention ideas," Mr. Bright went on

“我一直在读你们提交的发明创意，”布莱特先生继续说道。

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" And I've chosen one to be included in my new book."

“并且我已经选定了一个，要把它收入我的新书里。”

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Mr. Bright took a piece of paper from his jacket pocket

布莱特先生从外套口袋里掏出一张纸。

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I held my breath, waiting for him to call out my name

我屏住呼吸，等着他喊出我的名字。