052 冰冷的想法

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My mom keeps the ice pack in the freezer

我妈妈把冰袋放在冰箱里。

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She'd bought it for Tate when he sprained his ankle during basketball practice

她在泰特打篮球练习时崴了脚之后，给他买了这个冰袋。

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I opened the freezer and got out the ice pack

我打开冰箱，拿出了冰袋。

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Then I put it on top of my head

然后我把它放在头顶上。

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It felt really good!

感觉真好！

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" Don't melt my ice pack with your hot head, Iggy!" said Tate

“别用你的热脑袋融化我的冰袋，伊吉！”泰特说。

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" Can I try it?" asked Caswell

“我能试试吗？”卡斯韦尔问。

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" Quiet, Caswell!" whispered Molly." Iggy is thinking!"

“安静，卡斯韦尔！”莫莉小声说。“伊吉在思考！”

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" Is your brain getting cooler?" asked Jenny hopefully

“你的大脑变得更凉快了吗？”珍妮充满希望地问。

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" Shh!" said Josh." Let Iggy think!"

“嘘！”乔希说。“让伊吉思考！”

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" The ice pack is starting to work," I said after a moment

"冰袋开始起作用了，"过了一会儿我说。

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" I'm getting an idea."

"我有了一个主意。"

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Josh, Jenny, Molly, and Caswell watched me, waiting to hear my idea

乔希、珍妮、莫莉和卡斯韦尔看着我，等着听我的主意。

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" It's not exactly an invention," I told them

"这不完全算是个发明，"我告诉他们。

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" But it is a way for us to stay cool."

"但这是一个能让我们保持凉爽的办法。"

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I put the ice pack back in the freezer

我把冰袋放回了冷冻室。

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Everyone was still looking at me

大家仍然看着我。

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" We can go to the movies!" I said

"我们可以去看电影！"我说。

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" The movie theater is air-conditioned, and we will stay nice and cool there."

"电影院有空调，我们在那里会待得舒舒服服、凉凉爽爽的。"

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Josh looked disappointed

乔希看起来有些失望。

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" I don't think my dad will let us go to the movies again

“我觉得我爸不会再让我们去看电影了。

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We just went to see a movie last week."

我们上周刚去看过一场电影。”

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" Movies cost a lot," said Jenny

“看电影很贵，”珍妮说。

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" And the snacks cost even more!" added Molly

“零食更贵！”莫莉补充道。

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I held up my hand

我举起手。

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" Just a minute," I said

“等一下，”我说。

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" I told you only part of my idea

“我只跟你们说了我计划的一部分。

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I thought of a way for us to earn money for the movie too

我还想了一个赚钱买电影票的办法。

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We can ask people in our apartment building if they need help doing chores."

我们可以问问公寓楼里的人需不需要帮忙做家务。”

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Jenny's face brightened

珍妮的脸上露出了光彩。

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" Everyone is so hot, they'll be glad to have our help!"

“大家都热坏了，肯定会乐意让我们帮忙的！”

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" You'd better ask Mom if it's okay to knock on our neighbors' doors," said Tate

“你最好先问问妈妈，能不能去敲邻居的门。”泰特说。

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Just at that moment, my mom came through the door

就在这时，妈妈推门走了进来。

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She was pulling her shopping cart

她正拉着购物车。

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" Whew!" she said." It's really hot out there!"

“呼！”她说，“外面真是热死了！”

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She looked at the dark apartment

她看了看黑漆漆的公寓。

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" And I guess the power still hasn't come back on."

“看来电还是没来啊。”

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" Nope," said Josh

“没呢。”乔希说。

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" But Iggy has thought of a way for us to stay cool!"

“不过伊吉想到了一个让我们凉快下来的办法！”

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I told my mom about my idea

我把我的主意告诉了妈妈。

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She said it was great, as long as my friends got permission from their parents

她说这很棒，只要我的朋友得到他们父母的许可。

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And then she offered to take us to the movies later

她还主动提出之后带我们去看电影。

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" We can all stay cool together," she said

“我们可以一起保持凉爽，”她说。

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" Cool!" said Tate

“酷！”泰特说。

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We all laughed because Tate always says " cool " when he thinks something is really great

我们都笑了，因为泰特觉得某件事很棒时，总是说“酷”。

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But this time Tate was right

但这次泰特说得对。

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Staying cool was cool!

保持凉爽这件事真的很酷！

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That afternoon we all worked together to earn money to go to the movies

那天下午，我们一起努力赚钱去看电影。

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We swept the front steps for Mr. Calabria

我们帮卡拉布里亚先生扫了门前台阶。

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We took out four bags of junk for Mrs. Carroll

我们帮卡罗尔太太扔了四袋垃圾。

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We took Dr. Stanley's dog for a walk

我们带斯坦利医生的狗去散步。

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We scrubbed the kitchen floor for Molly and Caswell's mom

我们帮莫莉和卡斯韦尔的妈妈擦洗了厨房地板。

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Then we sat down on the front steps outside to count our money

然后我们在外面的门前台阶上坐下，数我们的钱。

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" We have 21 dollars and 45 cents," said Josh

“我们有21美元45美分，”乔希说。

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" That's only enough for two of us to go to the movies!" Molly said, disappointed

“这只能让我们中的两个人去看电影！”莫莉失望地说。

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" And only enough to buy half a bag of popcorn," I added

“而且只够买半袋爆米花，”我补充道。

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" We could flip a coin to decide who can go to the movies," said Josh

“我们可以抛硬币决定谁去看电影，”乔希说。

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" That's no fun," said Jenny." We all worked hard today."

“这样可不好玩，”珍妮说。“我们今天都努力干活了。”

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Molly looked at me

莫莉看着我。

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" Maybe Iggy can think of how we can all go to the movies," she said

“也许伊吉能想出我们怎么都能去看电影，”她说。

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" Iggy had better put on his ice pack again," said Caswell

“伊吉最好再戴上他的冰袋，”卡斯韦尔说。

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I nodded. Sweat was streaming down my face

我点了点头。汗水顺着我的脸往下流。

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We went upstairs to get the ice pack out of the freezer

我们上楼去冰箱里拿冰袋。

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But do you know what we found when we got to my apartment?

但你知道我们到我家时发现了什么吗？

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The ice pack was melting!

冰袋正在融化！