062 遇见泰特先生

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Henry stared at the stranger in surprise

亨利惊讶地瞪着那个陌生人。

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" Yes, we're The Lemonade Detectives," he told him

“没错，我们是柠檬汁侦探社，”他告诉对方。

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" What do you mean, your ice-cream flavor was stolen?"

“你说你的冰淇淋口味被偷了，是什么意思？”

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" I mean someone stole it!" the man exclaimed with a scowl. Then he sighed

“我的意思是有人偷了它！”那个男人皱着眉喊道。然后他叹了口气。

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" Sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you," he said in a calmer voice

“对不起，我不是故意冲你发火的，”他语气平静了些说。

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" I'm just upset."

“我只是很心烦。”

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" Maybe we can help," Maggie said." Tell us more about the case."

“也许我们能帮忙，”麦琪说。“多告诉我们一些情况吧。”

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" My name is Mr. Tate. I'm getting ready to open a new business called the Dessert Den."

“我叫泰特先生。我正准备开一家新店，名叫甜品巢穴。”

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" The Dessert Den?" Cole licked his lips." Sounds delicious!"

“甜品巢穴？”科尔舔了舔嘴唇。“听起来很好吃！”

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Henry thought the name of Mr. Tate's business sounded familiar

亨利觉得泰特先生的店名听起来很耳熟。

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Then he remembered why

然后他想起了原因。

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" The Dessert Den is in West Belltown, right?" he asked

“甜品屋是在西贝尔敦，对吗？”他问道。

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Mr. Tate nodded." That's right."

泰特先生点了点头。“没错。”

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" How did you know that?" Maggie asked Henry

“你怎么知道的？”玛吉问亨利。

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" My dad has been writing a series of stories about that part of town," Henry said

“我爸爸一直在写关于那个地区的一系列故事，”亨利说。

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" There was a bad fire there a long time ago, and the neighborhood got run down

“很久以前那里发生过一场严重火灾，那个街区就破败了。

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Now the town council wants to fix up the area and help new businesses open up."

现在镇议会想要翻新那个区域，帮助新商家开张。”

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" I know where you mean," Cole said

“我知道你说的地方，”科尔说。

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" A lot of West Belltown is just empty lots now

“西贝尔敦很多地方现在都只是空地。

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Some guys from my soccer team live there."

我足球队的几个朋友就住在那里。”

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Henry nodded." Dad says the people who live in West Belltown have been using the empty lots for all sorts of things

亨利点点头。“爸爸说住在西贝尔敦的人们一直用那些空地做各种事情。

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They hold neighborhood barbecues there and play soccer and kickball, stuff like that."

他们在那里举办邻里烧烤，踢足球，玩踢球游戏之类的。”

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Mr. Tate cleared his throat loudly, looking impatient

泰特先生大声清了清嗓子，显得很不耐烦。

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" You kids are younger than I expected. Are you really detectives?"

“你们这些孩子比我想象的要小。你们真的是侦探吗？”

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" Yes," Maggie said." We've solved lots of mysteries

“没错，”麦琪说。“我们破过很多谜案。

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If anyone in Belltown can solve your case, it's The Lemonade Detectives!"

要是贝尔敦有谁能破你的案子，那一定是我们柠檬水侦探！”

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" Okay." Mr. Tate still looked uncertain

“好吧。”泰特先生看起来还是不太放心。

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" But I need this problem solved quickly

“但我需要这个问题快点解决。

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The Dessert Den's grand opening is this Friday."

甜品屋的盛大开业就在这个周五。”

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" Friday?" Cole cried." That's tomorrow!"

“周五？”科尔叫道。“那就是明天啊！”

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" But don't worry, we can do it," Maggie said quickly

“不过别担心，我们能行的，”麦琪迅速说道。

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" We've never failed to solve a case."

“我们破案从未失手过。”

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There was a sudden shout from nearby

附近突然传来一声喊叫。

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Henry saw a group of kids rushing toward them

亨利看见一群孩子朝他们冲过来。

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Several of the kids were carrying baseball gloves or bats

有几个孩子拿着棒球手套或球棒。

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All of them looked sweaty and tired

他们全都满头大汗，一脸疲惫。

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" Here come some customers," he told his friends." They look thirsty."

“有顾客来了，”他对朋友们说，“他们看上去很渴。”

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" Excuse us," Maggie told Mr. Tate

“失陪一下，”麦琪对泰特先生说。

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" As soon as we take care of these lemonade customers, we can talk more about your case."

“等我们招呼完这些柠檬水顾客，就能多聊聊您的案子了。”

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Mr. Tate checked his watch

泰特先生看了看手表。

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" I'm meeting a plumber at the Dessert Den in a little while

“过会儿我要在甜品屋见一个水管工。

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There's a lot of last-minute work to do before the grand opening

在盛大开业前还有很多收尾工作要做。

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Why don't you come over to the shop when you're finished here?"

你们这边忙完了，不如来店里一趟？”

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He hurried away before The Lemonade Detectives could answer

没等柠檬水侦探们回答，他就匆匆离开了。

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By then the baseball players had reached the lemonade stand

这时，棒球队员们已经到了柠檬水摊前。

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One of them was Henry's friend Nathan

其中一个是亨利的朋友内森。

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" One lemonade, please," Nathan said

“请来一杯柠檬水，”内森说。

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Henry and his friends poured lemonade for all the kids

亨利和他的朋友们给所有孩子都倒了柠檬水。

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Most of them left after they got their lemonade, but Nathan sat down on the grass to drink his

大多数人拿到柠檬水后就走了，但内森在草地上坐下来喝他的那杯。

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" We'd better get over to the Dessert Den," Cole told Henry and Maggie

“我们最好赶紧去甜品屋，”科尔对亨利和麦琪说。

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" Mr. Tate needs us to solve this case fast."

“泰特先生需要我们尽快破案。”

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" We can't all go," Maggie said." Somebody has to stay here to sell lemonade."

“我们不能都去，”麦琪说，“总得有人留下卖柠檬水。”

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" Okay," Cole said." You stay here, and Henry and I will go talk to Mr. Tate."

“好吧，”科尔说，“你留在这儿，亨利和我去找泰特先生谈谈。”

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" No way!" Maggie complained

“不行！”麦琪抱怨道。

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" I stayed while you two went to get ice cream, remember?

“你们俩去买冰淇淋的时候就是我留下的，记得吗？

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It's somebody else's turn."

该换别人了。”

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She looked stubborn. So did Cole. Henry thought fast

她看起来态度坚决。科尔也是。亨利飞快地想了个主意。

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" Hey, Nathan," he said." Want to sell lemonade for us?

“嘿，内森，”他说，“想帮我们卖柠檬水吗？

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You can keep half of our profits."

赚的钱你可以拿一半。”

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" Sure!" Nathan said

“当然可以！”内森说。

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" What?" Maggie squawked

“什么？”麦琪大声问道。

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Henry shrugged." If you don't like my idea, you can stay instead," he told his cousin

亨利耸耸肩。“如果你不喜欢我的主意，那你可以留下来，”他对表妹说。

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Maggie scowled. But finally she agreed to the plan

麦琪皱起了眉头。但最终她还是同意了这个计划。

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" Let's take our bikes," Cole suggested." West Belltown is pretty far away

“我们骑自行车去吧，”科尔建议道，“西贝尔敦相当远。

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It's too hot to walk there today."

今天这么热，走过去可不行。”

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Once they reached West Belltown, they spotted the Dessert Den right away

他们一到西贝尔敦，立刻就看到了甜品屋。

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It was the only finished building on the main avenue

那是主街上唯一一栋建好的楼。

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The area around the Dessert Den was mostly covered in grass and weeds

甜品屋周围的区域大多长满了杂草。

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Some kids were playing kickball in one of the grassy lots

一些孩子正在其中一块草地上踢球。

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" Look, there's my friend Emma," Maggie said. She waved and stopped her bike

“看，那是我的朋友艾玛，”麦琪说。她挥挥手，停下了自行车。

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Emma and the other kids hurried over. Henry knew all of them from school

艾玛和其他孩子赶紧跑了过来。亨利全都认识，他们都是一个学校的。

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" What are you guys doing in West Belltown?" asked a kid named Robby

“你们几个来西贝尔敦干什么？”一个叫罗比的男孩问道。

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He was a year older than Henry and Cole

他比亨利和科尔大一岁。

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" The guy who owns the Dessert Den wants to hire us to solve a mystery," Maggie blurted out

“甜品屋的老板想雇我们破一个谜案，”麦琪脱口而出。

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Henry shot his cousin a warning look

亨利向他的表妹投去一个警告的眼神。

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Detectives had to be careful when they were talking about their cases

侦探们在谈论自己接手的案子时必须得小心。

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Robby's smile instantly turned into an angry scowl

罗比的笑容瞬间变成了愤怒的怒容。

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" Why would you want to help him? Nobody wants him here!

“你们干嘛要帮他？这儿没人欢迎他！

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He should go back to wherever he came from and leave West Belltown alone!"

他应该搬回他来的地方，别来管西贝尔敦的事！”