030 团队合作

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" How dare you accuse me!" John exclaimed as everyone else gasped

“你竟敢指责我！”约翰大声说道，其他人倒吸一口凉气。

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" You can't prove anything!"

“你拿不出证据！”

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" I can't prove you dumped those frogs," Henry said

亨利说：“我没法证明是你扔了那些青蛙。”

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" But I know you poured the paint in Kyle's bag

“但我知道是你把颜料倒进凯尔的包里。

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Kyle, Coach Phillips, and I were the only ones who looked at the paint

凯尔、菲利普斯教练和我，是唯一看过那颜料的人。

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But you just said it was green paint

可你刚才说那是绿色颜料。

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How would you know that unless you poured it in there yourself?"

要不是你亲手倒的，你怎么会知道？”

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Daisy gasped." He did say it was green!"

黛西倒吸一口气。“他是说了绿色！”

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" That was just a lucky guess," John protested

“那只是碰巧猜中罢了。”约翰辩解道。

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" Daisy is always painting pictures of trees and stuff

“黛西老是画树啊什么的。

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I figured she'd use green paint!"

我猜到她会用绿色油漆！

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But the coach was frowning

但教练眉头紧锁。

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" Did you have anything to do with those frogs, John?" he asked

“约翰，那些青蛙是你干的吗？”他问道。

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" His parents own a pet store," Tiny spoke up

“他父母开了一家宠物店，”蒂尼插话说。

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" I bet he got the frogs there and dumped them in the pool when we weren't looking!"

“我敢打赌，他肯定是从那儿弄来的青蛙，趁我们不注意倒进游泳池的！”

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" I just remembered something," Cole said." John was the fastest jogger

“我刚刚想起一件事，”科尔说，“约翰当时是慢跑最快的。

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He got back to the pool before the rest of us."

他比我们所有人都先回到游泳池。”

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" I remember that too," Kyle said." Cole and I got there next

“我也记得，”凯尔说，“我和科尔是接下来到的。

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But it took us a few more minutes than John

但我们比他多花了好几分钟。

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He had plenty of time to dump the frogs back in the water."

他完全有时间把青蛙倒回水里。”

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" And place my flip-flops near the buckets," Cole added

“再把我的拖鞋放在水桶旁边。”科尔补充道。

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Tommy stared at his brother

汤米盯着他的哥哥。

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" Is that why you said you'd go inside and get Tiny's towel for Daisy, John?"

“所以你当时才说要进去帮黛西拿小泰的毛巾，约翰？”

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" Aha!" Henry said." So John was behind the ant trick too!"

“啊哈！”亨利说，“原来蚂蚁的恶作剧也是约翰干的！”

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Finally John hid his face in his hands

最后，约翰用手捂住了脸。

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" Okay, you're right. It was all me!" he blurted out

“好吧，你们说对了。全都是我干的！”他脱口而出。

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" I stained the towel and dragged it through an anthill

“我把毛巾弄脏，又把它拖过蚂蚁窝。

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Then I folded it so nobody would notice the ants until Daisy used the towel

然后我把毛巾叠了起来，这样黛西用之前就不会有人发现蚂蚁。

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I dumped the frogs in the pool too. I'm sorry

我还把青蛙倒进了泳池。对不起。

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I thought if I got rid of everyone else, Tommy might make the team."

我以为把其他人赶走，汤米就有可能入选。”

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Tommy stared at John." Why would you do that?

汤米盯着约翰。“你为什么要这么做？

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You know I don't care much about swimming."

你知道我并不怎么在乎游泳。”

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" If you don't make the swim team, Mom and Dad will let you take tennis lessons instead," John said

“要是你进不了游泳队，爸妈就会让你改去上网球课，”约翰说。

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" I heard them talking about how expensive that is

“我听到他们说网球课很贵。

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They might not have enough money to buy me a car for my birthday!"

他们可能就没钱给我买生日礼物——一辆车了！”

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" Wow," Maggie whispered to Henry." John had a motive we didn't know about!"

“哇，”玛吉小声对亨利说，“约翰原来有个我们不知道的动机！”

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The coach looked very serious." Come with me, John," he said

教练脸色很严肃。“跟我来，约翰，”他说。

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" We'd better call your parents."

“最好给你父母打个电话。”

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The next day Maggie and Henry were at the lemonade stand

第二天，玛吉和亨利待在柠檬水摊前。

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" The last day of tryouts is almost over," Maggie said

“选拔赛的最后一天快要结束了，”玛吉说。

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" I wonder if Cole made the team."

“不知道科尔入选了没。”

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Suddenly they heard a shout

突然，他们听到一声喊叫。

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" That sounds like Cole," Henry said

“听起来像是科尔。”亨利说。

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Cole raced toward them, grinning." I made it!" he cried

科尔咧嘴笑着朝他们跑来。“我成功了！”他喊道。

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" I'm on the swim team!"

“我进游泳队了！”

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" Congratulations!" Henry and Maggie exclaimed

“恭喜你！”亨利和麦琪齐声喊道。

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They each gave him a high five

他们每个人都和他击掌庆贺。

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" Kyle must be mad that you got the spot," Maggie said

“凯尔肯定气坏了，因为你拿到了那个名额。”麦琪说。

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" Nope," Cole said." He made it too!

“才没有，”科尔说，“他也入选了！

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There was an extra spot after Coach Phillips kicked John off the team."

菲利普斯教练把约翰开除后，多出了一个名额。”

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" Then Daisy must be mad," Maggie said

“那黛西一定很生气，”玛吉说。

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Cole shrugged." Not really

科尔耸耸肩。“没那么生气。

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Her parents said she could take horseback-riding lessons instead."

她父母说她可以改上骑马课。”

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" What about Lauren?" Maggie asked next

“那劳伦呢？”玛吉接着问。

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" Is she mad that you made the team?"

“她对你入选了游泳队生气吗？”

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" Not anymore," Cole said." I apologized again for saying she looked young

“现在不了，”科尔说。“我又为说她看起来显小道歉了。

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This time she listened."

这次她听进去了。”

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" That's great," Henry said

“那太好了，”亨利说。

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" Another great thing happened," Cole went on

“还发生了一件好事，”科尔接着说。

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" John's parents gave me the frogs John brought to the pool!

“约翰的父母把约翰带到泳池的青蛙送我了！

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They wanted to apologize for John trying to get me in trouble

他们想为约翰试图陷害我而道歉。

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They even gave me free frog food for one month!"

他们甚至还给了我一个月的免费青蛙饲料！”

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" That's really generous," Henry said

“那可真慷慨，”亨利说。

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Cole put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a five-dollar bill

科尔把手伸进口袋，掏出一张五美元的钞票。

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" I almost forgot. Coach Phillips was really grateful that The Lemonade Detectives solved the mystery

“我差点忘了。菲利普斯教练非常感谢柠檬汁侦探队解开了谜团。”

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He offered to pay our detective fee."

他提出支付我们的侦探费。

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Maggie looked away for a second. Then she looked back at Cole

玛吉移开视线片刻，然后重新看向科尔。

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" You didn't really do much to solve the case

“你其实没做什么来破案。”

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Plus you got all those free frogs

而且你还得到了那么多免费青蛙。

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So Henry and I should just split the money between the two of us."

所以我和亨利应该把钱平分。”

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" What?" Cole protested." That's not fair!"

“什么？”科尔抗议道，“这不公平！”

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" The Lemonade Detectives are a team, Maggie," Henry reminded her

“柠檬汁侦探队是一个团队，玛吉，”亨利提醒她。

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" But I've almost got enough money to start horseback-riding lessons!" Maggie argued

“可是我快攒够开始上马术课的钱了！”玛吉争辩道。

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" I need money too!" said Cole

“我也需要钱！”科尔说。

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While they were arguing, a man walked over

他们正在争吵时，一个男人走了过来。

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" Would you like to buy some lemonade?" Henry asked

“您想买些柠檬汁吗？”亨利问。

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" No, thanks," the man said

“不，谢谢，”男人说。

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" My son Kyle told me you three are pretty good detectives."

“我儿子凯尔告诉我，你们三个是挺不错的侦探。”

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" That's right," Maggie said." Do you have a case for us?"

“没错，”玛吉说，“您有案子要找我们吗？”

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The man sighed

男人叹了口气。

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" Yes. My wife's birthday is this weekend, and I forgot where I hid her gift."

“是的。我妻子的生日就在这周末，可我忘记把她的礼物藏哪儿了。”

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Henry smiled

亨利笑了。

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Finding a lost birthday gift wasn't the most exciting case in the world

寻找一份丢失的生日礼物算不上世上最刺激的案子。

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But that didn't matter

但那无所谓。

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The Lemonade Detectives solved all mysteries, large or small!

柠檬汁侦探队解决所有谜团，无论大小！