087 令人困惑的对话

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" The mayor might cancel the parade?" Henry exclaimed

“市长可能会取消游行？”亨利惊叫道。

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" Why? Does he think that threat on the website was serious?

“为什么？他觉得网站上的威胁是认真的吗？

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Or did Mr. Fleming talk him into canceling the parade?"

还是弗莱明先生说服他取消游行？”

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Jackson shrugged." I don't know. I didn't hear it from the mayor

杰克逊耸耸肩。“我不知道。我不是从市长那儿听说的。

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I was talking to Miss Bishop. She's the one who told me."

我刚才在跟毕谢普小姐聊天。是她告诉我的。”

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" How did she hear about it?" Henry asked

“她是怎么听说的？”亨利问。

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" I'm not sure. I couldn't talk to her for very long because I had to leave for a meeting."

“我不确定。我没能跟她聊太久，因为我得赶去开会。”

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Jackson checked his watch

杰克逊看了看手表。

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" Speaking of which, I've got to get inside or I'll be late."

“说到这个，我得进去了，不然要迟到了。”

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He hurried into the newspaper office

他匆匆走进了报社办公室。

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Henry thought about what Jackson had just said

亨利思考着杰克逊刚才说的话。

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Should Miss Bishop be a suspect?

毕谢普小姐会是嫌疑人吗？

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She seemed determined to win the contest for best float

她似乎决心要赢得最佳花车比赛。

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She seemed especially interested in beating Mrs. Sweet

她似乎特别想打败斯威特太太。

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Could Miss Bishop be the one who'd tampered with Mrs. Sweet's float?

会不会就是毕谢普小姐破坏了斯威特太太的花车？

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Then Henry remembered the threatening website message

接着，亨利想起了那条威胁性的网站留言。

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Why would Miss Bishop do something like that?

毕谢普小姐为什么要做那样的事呢？

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If she wanted to win, it didn't make sense for her to try to shut down the whole parade

如果她想赢，就没道理要去取消整个游行。

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Henry started walking his bike down the sidewalk

亨利开始推着自行车沿人行道往前走。

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The jewelry store was up ahead. He decided to stop in and talk to Miss Bishop

珠宝店就在前面。他决定进去和毕谢普小姐谈谈。

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A little bell over the door jingled when Henry entered the jewelry store

亨利走进珠宝店时，门上的小铃铛叮当作响。

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Nobody was inside except Miss Bishop

店里除了毕肖普小姐，没有其他人。

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She was wiping a display case with a rag

她正用一块抹布擦拭展示柜。

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" Oh, hello, Henry," she said

“哦，你好，亨利，”她说。

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" Did you come to buy your mother a diamond necklace?"

“你是来给你妈妈买钻石项链的吗？”

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Henry smiled politely as Miss Bishop laughed at her own joke

毕肖普小姐被自己的玩笑逗得哈哈大笑，亨利则礼貌地笑了笑。

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" No, sorry," he said

“不是，抱歉，”他说。

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" Our lemonade business doesn't make quite enough money for that."

“我们的柠檬水小摊可挣不了那么多钱。”

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" Too bad." Miss Bishop smiled, and then sighed

“太可惜了。”毕肖普小姐笑了笑，然后叹了口气。

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" I could really use some new customers. Business has been slow this summer."

“我真希望能有几个新顾客。这个夏天的生意一直不太好。”

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" Oh," Henry said." That's a shame."

“哦，”亨利说，“那可真遗憾。”

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" Yes, that's why I decided to enter a float in the parade this year," Miss Bishop said

“是啊，所以我才决定今年参加游行的花车比赛，”毕肖普小姐说。

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" I thought it would be good publicity

“我觉得这是个很好的宣传机会。

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And if I win the popular vote contest, I'll get to be on TV

如果我赢了最受欢迎投票，还能上电视。

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That's like winning a free ad for my store."

就像给我店里免费做了一次广告。”

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" You must be worried about the mayor canceling the parade then," Henry said

“那你一定担心市长取消游行的事吧，”亨利说。

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" What?" Miss Bishop looked alarmed

“什么？”毕肖普小姐一脸惊慌。

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" The mayor is canceling the parade? Who told you that?"

“市长要取消游行？谁跟你说的？”

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" Jackson, the reporter from the newspaper," Henry said

“报社的记者杰克逊说的，”亨利说。

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" He said you told him that."

“他说是你告诉他的。”

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" I told him no such thing!" Miss Bishop exclaimed

“我根本没跟他说过这样的话！”毕肖普小姐大声说道。

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" He must be thinking of someone else. Do you think it's true?

“他肯定是把别人当成我了。你觉得这事是真的吗？

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Why would the mayor cancel the parade?"

市长为什么要取消游行呢？”

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Henry wasn't sure what to say for a moment

亨利一时之间不知道该说什么。

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He was confused by Miss Bishop's reaction

毕肖普小姐的反应让他很困惑。

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She seemed very surprised and upset

她看起来非常吃惊，也很不安。

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" Was Jackson here talking to you earlier?" Henry asked

“杰克逊之前来这儿跟你谈过话吗？”亨利问道。

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Miss Bishop nodded

毕肖普小姐点了点头。

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" Yes, he stopped by a few minutes ago, and we had a nice chat

“是的，他几分钟前顺便来了一趟，我们聊得挺好的。

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I was telling him about my business problems."

我当时在跟他说我生意上的问题。”

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" And you didn't say anything about the parade?" Henry asked

"你真的没提过游行的事吗？" 亨利问道。

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" I did mention the parade, but I didn't say anything about the mayor canceling it," Miss Bishop said

"我确实提到了游行，但我没说过市长要取消它，" 毕肖普小姐说。

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" I told Jackson that I was hoping my float would bring me more customers

"我告诉杰克逊，我希望我的花车能带来更多顾客。

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And that if it didn't, I might have to shut down my store."

而且如果不行的话，我可能就得关掉我的店了。"

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" Oh." Suddenly Henry had a brainstorm." I bet I know what happened

"哦。" 亨利突然灵光一现。"我打赌我知道发生了什么。

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You told Jackson you might have to shut down your store

你告诉杰克逊你可能得关掉你的店。

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But Jackson thought you were talking about the mayor shutting down the parade."

但杰克逊以为你在说市长要取消游行。"

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" Hmm." Miss Bishop looked unsure." That seems odd

"嗯。" 毕肖普小姐看起来不确定。"那似乎有点奇怪。

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But Jackson did seem to be in a hurry. Maybe he wasn't listening closely."

但杰克逊的确看起来很匆忙。也许他没仔细听。"

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As Henry left the store, he wondered if Jackson had really misunderstood Miss Bishop's comment

当亨利离开店铺时，他想知道杰克逊是否真的误解了毕肖普小姐的话。

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The young reporter was always looking for exciting news stories

这个年轻的记者总是在寻找令人兴奋的新闻故事。

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What if he was the one trying to get the parade shut down?

如果他是那个试图让游行取消的人呢？

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That would definitely give Jackson an interesting story to write about

那肯定能给杰克逊一个有趣的故事来写。

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Henry thought some more about his theory as he biked toward Maggie's house

亨利一边骑车去玛吉家，一边更深入地思考他的推论。

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Jackson could have posted that threatening message on the website just as easily as anyone else

杰克逊可能和其他人一样容易地在网站上发布了那条威胁信息。

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He could have broken into Mrs. Sweet's shed

他可能闯入了斯威特太太的小屋。

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And he was definitely the one spreading the rumor about the parade being canceled — either by accident or on purpose

而且他肯定是那个在散布游行被取消谣言的人——不管是无意还是故意的。

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When Henry reached Maggie's house, Maggie and Cole were putting away their craft supplies

当亨利到达玛吉家时，玛吉和科尔正在收拾他们的手工材料。

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" What took you so long?" Maggie asked Henry

"你怎么花了这么久？" 玛吉问亨利。

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" It's dinnertime. We'll have to finish the float in the morning."

"该吃晚饭了。我们得早上才完成花车了。"

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" Sorry," Henry said

"对不起，" 亨利说。

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" I ended up doing a little extra investigating on my way home from the auto shop."

"我从汽车店回家的路上，结果做了一点额外的调查。"

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He told his friends about his trip to town

他给朋友们讲了他去镇上的经历。

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When he explained his theory about Jackson being the culprit, Cole looked worried

当他解释杰克逊可能是罪犯的推论时，科尔看起来很担心。

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" If Jackson is a suspect now, we can't count on him to solve the mystery," he said

"如果杰克逊现在成了嫌疑人，我们就不能靠他来解开这个谜团了，" 他说。

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Henry nodded." You know what that means," he said

亨利点了点头。"你知道那意味着什么，" 他说。

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" We'll have to solve it ourselves!"

"我们得自己解决它了！"