042 弗瑞基先生的激动消息

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" Good morning, everyone," Mr. Icky said in Cooking class the next day

“大家早上好，”第二天在烹饪课上，Icky先生说。

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Mr. Freaky stood beside him

Freaky先生站在他旁边。

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" Mr. Freaky has come to tell us some very exciting news."

“Freaky先生来告诉我们一个非常激动人心的消息。”

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" Is school ending early today?" a ghoul asked

“今天学校会早点放学吗？”一个食尸鬼问道。

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The students laughed

学生们笑了。

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" No more monster math!" a witch shouted

“再也不用上怪物数学课了！”一个女巫喊道。

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" Yeah!" others cheered

“太好了！”其他人欢呼起来。

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Mr. Freaky held up his hands

Freaky先生举起双手。

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" Everyone, please settle down!"

“大家请安静！”

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He took out a handkerchief and blew his noses

他掏出一块手帕，擤了擤鼻子。

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" A popular cooking show is coming to our town this Friday

“一个非常受欢迎的烹饪节目本周五要来我们镇上。

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It's called Kids' Kitchen Showdown."

它叫《儿童厨艺大比拼》。”

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" Cool!" a fish monster said

“酷！”一个鱼怪说。

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" I love that TV show!" the witch said

“我喜欢那个电视节目！”女巫说。

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" But I wish the cooks made more good food like tarantula stew

“但我希望厨师们能多做些像狼蛛炖菜那样的好菜。

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They usually make food for people, like chocolate cake and something called lasagna."

他们通常做人类吃的食物，比如巧克力蛋糕和一种叫千层面的东西。”

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" Yeah," the ghoul said

“是啊，”食尸鬼说。

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" Why can't they cook more stuff for monsters?"

“为什么他们不能为怪物们多做些吃的呢？”

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Ben had watched Kids' Kitchen Showdown once or twice with his mom, but he didn't really like it

本和妈妈一起看过一两次《儿童厨房大对决》，但他并不怎么喜欢这个节目。

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Why would anyone watch a show about cooking?

谁会喜欢看烧菜的节目啊？

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Mr. Freaky wrung his hands

弗里奇先生紧张地搓着手。

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" The show was going to be filmed at People Place Middle School

“节目本来要在人类中学拍摄。

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But Mayor Hubbletree suggested they film it here at Monster Academy."

但哈布尔特里市长建议他们来怪物学院拍。”

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" Mayor Hubbletree wants the show to be here?" Mr. Icky said

“哈布尔特里市长想让节目来这里？”伊基先生说。

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Ben saw a bead of sweat roll down Mr. Freaky's face

本看见一滴汗珠顺着弗里奇先生的脸颊流了下来。

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" The mayor wants the world to see that monsters and humans can get along," Mr. Freaky replied

“市长想让全世界看到怪物和人类可以友好相处，”弗里奇先生回答。

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" We can share food and have fun together

“我们可以分享食物，一起开心地玩。

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People Place Middle School has already chosen three cooks to compete on the show

人类中学已经选出了三位厨师参加节目比赛。

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Now it's Mr. Icky's turn to select one cook from Monster Academy."

现在轮到伊基先生从怪物学院挑选一位厨师了。”

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" Awesome!" a mummy said

“太棒了！”一个木乃伊说。

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A werewolf howled

一个狼人嚎叫起来。

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Mr. Freaky turned to Mr. Icky

弗里奇先生转向伊基先生。

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" The whole world will be watching this show

“全世界都会观看这个节目。

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Nothing can go wrong."

不能出任何差错。”

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The principal blew his noses again and then left the room

校长又擤了擤他的鼻子们，然后离开了房间。

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" Okay, students," Mr. Icky said

“好了，同学们，”伊基先生说。

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" Let's begin today's assignment

“我们开始今天的任务吧。

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I want everyone to make their very best batch of tarantula stew."

我要每个人都做出自己最拿手的狼蛛炖菜。”

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" This is so exciting," Winnie said to Ben as students started gathering ingredients from the pantry

“这太令人兴奋了，”温妮一边对本说，一边学生们开始从食品储藏室取食材。

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" Can you imagine being on Kids' Kitchen Showdown?"

“你能想象上《儿童厨房对决》吗？”

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" Yeah," Ben said with a groan

“能啊，”本呻吟着说。

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" I can imagine it as the worst thing in the world."

“我能想象那是世界上最糟糕的事情。”

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Winnie laughed." I know you don't like cooking

温妮笑了。“我知道你不喜欢烹饪。

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But you're better at it than you think

但你做得比你想象的要好。

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And we need people to see that monsters make good food too."

而且我们需要让人们看到，怪物也能做出好吃的食物。”

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Ben just rolled his eyes and reached for his apron

本只是翻了个白眼，伸手去拿他的围裙。

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Usually tarantula stew contained moldy peaches

通常狼蛛炖菜里会放发霉的桃子。

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But by the time Ben looked in the pantry, the peaches were all gone

但等本往储藏室里看时，桃子已经全没了。

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He saw some rotten nectarines with worms

他看到一些腐烂的油桃，上面还有虫子。

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" Nectarines are sort of like peaches," Ben thought

“油桃跟桃子差不多嘛，”本心想。

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He chopped the nectarines and dumped them into his pot

他把油桃切碎，倒进了锅里。

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He dropped the worms in too

他把虫子也丢了进去。

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Then he added some fresh tarantula legs and cinnamon

然后他又加了些新鲜的狼蛛腿和肉桂。

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As he mixed the sauce, green vapors rose from the surface

搅拌酱汁时，绿色的蒸汽从表面升腾而起。

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" Oh, boy," Ben thought

“哎呀，”本想。

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" Tarantula stew isn't supposed to look like this

“狼蛛炖菜不应该长这个样子。

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I messed up!" He looked around the classroom

我搞砸了！”他环顾了一下教室。

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Everyone was busy working

每个人都在忙着干活。

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Ben looked into his pot again

本又往自己的锅里看了看。

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" Ack!" he cried

“啊呀！”他叫了起来。

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His stew was starting to burn at the edges

他的炖菜边缘开始烧焦了。

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He scraped the sides of his pot, mixing the burned edges into the stew

他刮了刮锅边，把烧焦的部分搅进了炖菜里。

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The stew took on a darker color now

现在炖菜颜色变得更深了。

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Ben sighed." It's ruined."

本叹了口气。“搞砸了。”

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He turned off the burner on his stove and lifted the pot

他关掉炉火，端起了锅。

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He floated toward the garbage can

他朝着垃圾桶飘了过去。

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Mr. Icky blocked his path, looking stern

伊基先生挡住了他的路，表情很严厉。

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" You are not going to throw that out!"

“你不能把它扔掉！”

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The teacher took the pot from Ben and brought it back to Ben's workspace

老师从本手里拿过锅，把它放回本的工作台。

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" I've watched you do that every day for the past two weeks," Mr. Icky said

“过去两周我每天都看你这么做，”伊基先生说。

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" No more! If you throw out your food every time you mess up, you'll never improve

“不准再这样了！如果你每次搞砸就把食物扔掉，你永远都不会进步。”

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You must taste your mistakes!"

“你必须尝尝自己犯的错！”

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Mr. Icky shoved a spoon toward Ben." Taste it!"

伊基先生把一个勺子推到本面前。“尝尝看！”

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Ben wrinkled his nose

本皱了皱鼻子。

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Then he dipped the spoon into the stew and tasted it

然后他把勺子浸到炖菜里，尝了一口。

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" I guess it's not that bad."

“我想也没那么糟。”

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" Good," Mr. Icky said

“很好，”伊基先生说。

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The teacher lifted the spoon to his lips. Suddenly he gasped

老师把勺子举到嘴边。他突然倒吸了一口气。

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" Uh-oh." Ben froze." It's even worse than I thought."

“啊哦。”本愣住了。“比我想的还要糟。”

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Mr. Icky swallowed

伊基先生咽了下去。

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He looked at the stew

他看了看炖菜。

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Then he looked at Ben

然后又看了看本。

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" You used rotten nectarines, didn't you? And do I taste worms?"

“你用了腐烂的油桃，对不对？我怎么好像还尝到了虫子？”

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Ben winced." Um, I guess so."

本退缩了一下。“呃，我想是吧。”

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Mr. Icky took another taste and closed his eyes

伊基先生又尝了一口，闭上了眼睛。

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" This reminds me of a tarantula stew I had in Paris many years ago

“这让我想起多年前在巴黎吃过的一道狼蛛炖菜。”

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Monster chefs in France always use rotten nectarines

法国的怪物厨师总是用腐烂的油桃。

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Ben, you are not just a cook — you are a true chef!"

本，你不只是个厨子——你是位真正的厨师！”

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" Wh-what?" Ben stammered

“什——什么？”本结结巴巴地说。

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" That's ridiculous. I don't even know how to — "

“这太荒谬了。我甚至不知道怎么——”

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" You have a gift, Ben," Mr. Icky said

“你有天赋，本，”伊基先生说。

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" That's why I'm going to choose you to compete on Kids' Kitchen Showdown this Friday!"

“所以我决定选你参加这周五的儿童厨艺对决！”