015 紫色雾气

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The Boneyard Brass Band was playing " The Creature Conga," but Ben didn't feel like joining in

白骨园铜管乐队正演奏着《怪物康加舞》,但本没心情加入。

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He floated to a corner and watched the line of monsters go by

他飘到一个角落,看着怪物们排着队经过。

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He was miserable, while everyone else seemed to be having a great time

他很难过,而其他人似乎都玩得很开心。

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Gaby and Waldo danced past and waved happily at Ben

加比和瓦尔多跳舞经过,开心地冲本挥手。

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The next time they passed Ben, Waldo broke out of the line

等他们再次经过本时,瓦尔多从队伍里走了出来。

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" Where's Winnie?" he asked

“温妮呢?”他问道。

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Ben sighed." She's mad at me

本叹了口气。“她生我的气了。

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I tried to explain everything to her, but she thought I was lying."

我试着向她解释一切,但她觉得我在撒谎。”

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" Oh, man," said Waldo." It's my fault for asking you to come to the lab

“哦,天哪,”瓦尔多说道。“都怪我让你来实验室。

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Do you want me to cast a love spell on Winnie?

要不我给温妮施个爱情咒语?”

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I could run home and get my spell book."

我可以跑回家拿我的魔法书。”

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Ben shook his head." No, thanks."

本摇了摇头，“不用了，谢谢。”

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He remembered what had happened the last time Waldo cast a love spell

他想起了上次瓦尔多施爱情魔咒时发生的事情。

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Plus it seemed wrong to do that to Winnie

再说，那样对温妮做似乎不对。

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" Okay," said Waldo." Let me know if you change your mind

“好吧，”瓦尔多说道，“如果你改变主意了，就告诉我。”

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I'm really sorry." The wizard headed back to the dance floor while Ben grabbed a slug cupcake

真的很抱歉。”巫师回到舞池，本拿了一个蛞蝓纸杯蛋糕。

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Then he found a different corner to sit in

然后他找了另一个角落坐下。

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As the skeleton band started playing a new song, Ben noticed something strange — purple fog spreading through the gym

当骷髅乐队开始演奏新歌时，本注意到一件奇怪的事——紫色的雾正在体育馆里弥漫。

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A few monsters had stopped dancing to stare at it

有几个怪物停止了跳舞，盯着它看。

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" Cool!" said Mog

“酷！”莫格说道。

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" That fog is pretty!" said a girl skeleton

“这雾真美啊！”一个女骷髅说。

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" Just like you," replied the ghoul she was dancing with

“就像你一样美。”和她跳舞的食尸鬼回答道。

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" That's odd," Ben thought as more fog seeped into the gymnasium

“真奇怪。”本心想，这时更多的雾气渗进了体育馆。

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" It looks like the purple fog from the science lab."

“看起来像是科学实验室的那种紫雾。”

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Soon monsters started to cough, and the band stopped playing

很快，怪物们开始咳嗽，乐队也停止了演奏。

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" Everything is totally under control!" shouted Mr. Freaky

“一切完全在掌控之中！”怪奇先生喊道。

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The principal ran around the gymnasium, opening windows

校长在体育馆里跑来跑去，打开窗户。

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" I'm not sure what this fog is — probably just part of the decorations

“我不确定这雾是什么——可能只是装饰的一部分。

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We'll get it cleared out in a moment! Oh, I hope Miss Bungle gets better soon

我们马上把它清理掉！哦，我真希望邦格尔小姐快点好起来。

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I can barely run this school without her!"

没有她，我都快没法管理这所学校了！”

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After a few minutes, the fog cleared

几分钟后，雾散了。

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Bones rattled as the skeleton band started playing again

骷髅乐队重新开始演奏，骨头格格作响。

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Across the room Ben saw Winnie start dancing with Zork again

在房间的另一边，本看到温妮又开始和佐克跳舞。

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" I'm out of here," he decided, heading for the exit

“我走了。”他决定，朝出口走去。

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" What a miserable night," he thought

“真是一个糟糕的夜晚。”他想。

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He could forget about ever dancing with Winnie — she was barely speaking to him now

他可以忘记和温妮跳舞的事了——她现在几乎不跟他说话。

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During homeroom on Monday, Winnie didn't look at Ben

周一的早会上，温妮看都不看本。

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He thought about trying to explain things again, but suddenly Mr. Freaky's voice blared over the loudspeaker

他想再解释一下，但突然弗瑞奇先生的声音从喇叭里大声响起。

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" Attention, students. We will have a short assembly this morning."

“注意，同学们。今天上午我们将举行一个简短的集会。”

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" Uh-oh," a few kids murmured

“啊哦。”几个孩子嘀咕道。

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Ben wondered what the assembly was about

本想知道这次集会是为了什么。

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Maybe something about the dance... the purple fog?

也许是关于舞会……那团紫雾？

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It could even be about what happened in the science lab with Waldo's experiment

甚至可能是关于科学实验室里瓦尔多的实验发生的事。

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Students filed into the auditorium, and Mr. Freaky stepped up to the microphone

学生们排队走进礼堂，弗利奇先生走到了麦克风前。

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" Good morning, everyone. The Monster Mash dance was a terrific success."

“大家早上好。怪物舞会大获成功。”

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Around Ben, students clapped and cheered

本周围的学生们鼓掌欢呼起来。

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" As you know," Mr. Freaky continued," the mayor's wife, Mrs. Hubbletree, was at the dance

“正如大家所知，”弗利奇先生继续说道，“市长的妻子哈博特里夫人也参加了舞会。

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She had a wonderful time!

她玩得非常开心！

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In fact, she thinks the students of People Place should take a field trip to visit us

事实上，她认为‘人类之地’学校的学生应该来我们这里实地参观。

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That way, more humans can get to know monsters

这样，更多人类就能了解怪物了。

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Maybe they won't be so scared of us anymore."

或许他们就不会那么害怕我们了吧。

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A goblin looked worried

一个地精面露担忧。

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" You mean, a whole bunch of humans will come to Monster Academy at once?"

“你是说，一大群人类会一下子全来怪物学院？”

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" Yes," replied Mr. Freaky

“是的，”弗利奇先生回答。

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A troll shivered." Scary!"

一个巨魔哆嗦了一下。“真吓人！”

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" Dave is a human," Jen reminded everyone." He's not scary at all."

“戴夫就是个人类啊，”珍提醒大家，“他一点也不可怕。”

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" Now, students." Mr. Freaky held up his hands." This will be fun!

“好了，同学们。”弗利奇先生举起双手，“这会很有趣的！

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And if everything goes well, Mayor Hubbletree will consider taking down the fence that separates Monsterville and People Place

如果一切顺利的话，哈勃树市长会考虑拆掉分隔怪物镇和人类居所的围栏。

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Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

那岂不是太棒了吗？”

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The students clapped politely, but Ben could tell that a few were nervous

学生们礼貌地鼓了鼓掌，但本看得出，有那么几个同学很紧张。

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" We do need to prepare for our guests," Mr. Freaky added

“我们确实需要为客人们做些准备，”弗利奇先生补充道。

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The principal spent the next few minutes explaining that the school had to be cleaned from top to bottom

接下来几分钟，校长解释说，学校必须从上到下彻底打扫一遍。

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" No more slime trails or drool puddles," said Mr. Freaky

“不能再有粘液痕迹或口水坑了，”弗利奇先生说。

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" And I've heard that humans like something called pizza

“而且我听说人类喜欢一种叫披萨的东西。

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We'll see if we can order some of that

我们会看看能不能订一些来。

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" Finally," Mr. Freaky said," we'll all need to act a bit more... humanlike."

“最后，”弗利奇先生说，“我们所有人都需要表现得……更像个‘人’一些。”

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Mog raised his hand." What does that mean?"

莫格举起手：“那是什么意思？”

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" It means we should not do some of the things that we normally do," said Mr. Freaky

“意思是，我们有些平时习惯做的事情不该做了，”弗利奇先生说。

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" The zombies should try not to drool too much

“僵尸们要尽量别流太多口水。

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Witches and wizards — limit your mind reading and scary magic spells

女巫和男巫们——限制一下你们的读心术和吓人的魔法咒语。

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And to all you ghosts, please remember to avoid floating through walls in front of the humans

还有所有幽灵们，请记住，避免在人类面前穿墙飘来飘去。

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It tends to scare them."

这通常会吓到他们。”

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Ben felt hot all over

本感觉浑身发热。

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" I couldn't do that even if I wanted to," he thought, shooting a glance at Winnie

“就算我想做，我也做不到啊。”他心里想着，瞥了温妮一眼。