065 千钧一发

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Ben looked down at his notes

本低头看了看他的笔记。

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" I have enough quotes about Mr. Freaky's sculpture," he thought

“关于怪奇先生雕塑的引语，我已经收集得够多了，”他心想。

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" I should probably interview the witches next."

“接下来我大概得去采访女巫们了。”

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His article was due on Friday morning

他的文章周五早上就得交了。

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Screech! A loud noise filled the hallway

嘎——！一声巨响响彻走廊。

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" Watch out!"

“小心！”

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Ben looked up

本抬起头。

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He was pretty sure that was Pixel's voice

他几乎可以肯定那是皮克斯的声音。

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Crash! Boom! The zombies were now wide awake

砰！轰隆！僵尸们这下彻底醒了。

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" Wh-what is that thing?" a fish monster yelled

“那……那是什么东西？”一个鱼怪大叫道。

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" It's Mr. Freaky's sculpture!" a blob said." And it's alive!"

“那是怪奇老师的雕塑！”一个软泥怪说，“而且它活过来了！”

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Ben spun around

本猛地转过身。

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Sure enough, the massive sculpture had stopped spinning in place

果然，那座巨大的雕塑不再原地打转了。

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Now it was rolling forward — right toward the crowd!

现在它正向前滚动——径直朝人群冲来！

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" Run for your lives!" a werewolf howled

“快逃命啊！”一个狼人嚎叫道。

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Students dived out of the way as the metal monster sputtered and screeched

金属怪物噼啪作响、尖声怪叫着，学生们纷纷四散躲避。

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Its parts spun and twisted

它的部件旋转着、扭曲着。

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Ben shot backward as the sculpture rolled toward him

雕塑向他滚来时，本向后急退。

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It rumbled closer and closer and then moved right through him!

它轰隆隆地越逼越近，然后直接从他身上穿了过去！

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Crash! The sculpture smashed into the bank of lockers behind Ben

哐当！雕塑撞上了本身后那排储物柜。

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Everybody ducked as metal parts flew through the air

金属零件在空中飞溅，所有人都赶紧低头躲避。

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" Phew!" Ben gasped." That was a close call!"

“呼！”本喘着气说，“刚才真是太险了！”

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Mr. Freaky ran down the hall and dropped to his knees

怪奇老师跑过走廊，一下子跪倒在地。

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" My precious sculpture — it's ruined!"

“我珍贵的雕塑——它毁了！”

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Ms. Van Ghoul hurried forward

凡·古尔女士急忙走上前去。

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" I'm sure you can piece it back together, Mr. Freaky."

“我相信您能把它重新拼起来的，怪奇老师。”

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" But..." Mr. Freaky shook his head

“可是……”怪奇老师摇了摇头。

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" Isn't Leonardo da Creepy coming tomorrow?"

“达·克里皮明天不是要来吗？”

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" Yes," Ms. Van Ghoul said

“是的。”凡·古尔女士说。

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" He wants to make sure that our art is up to his artistic standards

“他想确保我们的艺术作品能达到他的艺术标准。”

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It's just a quick inspection

这只是一次快速检查。

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He'll be back on Friday night for the big event."

他周五晚上会回来参加大活动。

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Mr. Freaky gave a heavy sigh

怪奇老师沉重地叹了口气。

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" I wanted him to see Moving Inspiration while he was here

“我本想让他在这里时看到《移动灵感》。

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But I guess it can wait."

但我想可以等等。”

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He picked up a twisted metal pipe and stared at it gloomily

他捡起一根扭曲的金属管，阴郁地盯着它。

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" My sculpture was working fine this morning," he muttered

“我的雕塑今天早上还好好的，”他咕哝道。

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" I think somebody sabotaged it!"

“我觉得有人破坏了它！”

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Mr. Freaky started gathering up the broken pieces of Moving Inspiration

怪奇老师开始收拾《移动灵感》的碎片。

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Meanwhile Ms. Van Ghoul waved some students over to a quiet spot

与此同时，凡·古尔女士挥手示意一些学生去一个安静的地方。

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Until now, the art teacher hadn't seemed bothered by the vandalism

在此之前，美术老师似乎并不为破坏行为所困扰。

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This time, however, Ben thought she looked worried

然而这一次，本觉得她看起来忧心忡忡。

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" Leonardo da Creepy is a famous artist," Ms. Van Ghoul began," and he's very, very picky

"列奥纳多·达·克里皮是位著名艺术家，"凡·古尔女士开口了，"而且他非常、非常挑剔。

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We cannot let any other problems happen this week

这周我们不能再出任何其他问题了。

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Otherwise, Mr. da Creepy might not participate."

否则，达·克里皮先生可能就不会参加了。"

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A goblin gasped." But he's supposed to give us a new painting!"

一个小妖精倒吸一口气。"可他应该要送我们一幅新画啊！"

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" Yeah. It could be another Moaning Lisa," a blob added

"是啊。说不定是又一副《呻吟的丽莎》，"一只软泥怪补充道。

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" A painting like that could make Monster Academy famous!"

"那样一幅画能让怪兽学院出名！"

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" I know." Ms. Van Ghoul nodded in agreement

"我知道。"凡·古尔女士点头表示赞同。

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" I've spent a lot of time convincing him to come here to celebrate Art Week with us

"我花了很多时间才说服他来和我们一起庆祝艺术周。

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It would be awful if he canceled

如果他取消活动，那就太糟了。

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So if you know anything about who is causing all the trouble, please tell me immediately."

所以，如果你们知道是谁在捣乱，请马上告诉我。”

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Ben looked down, wondering if he should say something about the trail of paint drops in the gym

本低下头，犹豫着要不要把体育馆里那串颜料滴的事说出来。

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It was a clue — maybe even a big clue

那是一条线索——甚至可能是一条重要的线索。

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But a part of him was still worried that Mog was involved

但他心里还是担心这件事和莫格有关。

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Ben didn't want his friend to get in trouble

本不想让他的朋友惹上麻烦。

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" I won't say anything yet," Ben thought

“我先什么都不说，”本想。

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If he kept interviewing monsters and teachers for his story, he might learn more about what was going on

如果他继续为报道去采访怪物和老师，也许能了解更多内情。

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Suddenly he had an idea

突然，他有了一个主意。

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Pixel had been taking a ton of photos all week long

皮克索这整整一周都在疯狂拍照。

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Maybe his camera held some clues

也许他的相机里存着什么线索。

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Ben darted off, looking for Pixel

本飞快地跑开，去找皮克索。

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As he flew past the art room, he saw Mog and the Doppel Gang in there, helping the mummies make the pyramids

他掠过美术室时，看见莫格和分身帮在里面帮木乃伊们搭金字塔。

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Ben felt a wave of relief." That's good," he thought

本顿时松了口气。“那就好，”他想。

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" It looks like Mog has been too busy to mess with Mr. Freaky's sculpture."

“看来莫格忙得根本没空去动怪奇老师的雕塑。”

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" Has anyone seen Pixel?" Ben called into the classroom

“有人看见皮克索吗？”本朝教室里喊道。

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They all shook their heads." No."

他们都摇了摇头。“没有。”

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" Thanks."

“谢谢。”

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Ben's next stop was the newspaper office

本的下一站是校报办公室。

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" There you are!" Ben said

“原来你在这儿！”本说。

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Pixel sat at a desk, staring at his camera with a worried expression

皮克索坐在桌前，一脸担心地盯着自己的相机。

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" Are you okay?"

“你还好吗？”

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" No." Pixel shook his head

“不好。”皮克索摇了摇头。

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" Something happened to my camera

“我的相机出问题了。

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It went dead as soon as Mr. Freaky's sculpture stopped moving."

怪奇老师的雕塑一停下来，它就彻底坏了。”

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He bit his lip

他咬了咬嘴唇。

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" It seems to be working again now

“现在好像又能用了。

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But most of the photos I took are gone."

但我拍的大部分照片都没了。”

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" What?" Ben's heart sank

“什么？”本的心一沉。

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He needed those photos for his article — not to mention his investigation

他写文章需要那些照片——更别说他的调查了。

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" Don't worry," Pixel said quickly

“别担心，”皮克索连忙说。

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" As long as my camera is working, I can take some more photos today and tomorrow

“只要相机能用，我今天和明天就还能再拍一些。

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I'll have plenty for the story and the school website."

给报道和学校网站用的照片绝对够。”

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" Okay." Ben nodded, hoping Pixel was right

“好吧。”本点点头，希望皮克索说得对。

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" Sounds good. Thanks

“听起来不错。谢谢。

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In the meantime Mr. Freaky wants me to find out what happened with his sculpture

同时，怪奇老师想让我查清楚他的雕塑到底出了什么事。

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Did you happen to notice anything suspicious while you were taking photos?"

你拍照的时候，有没有碰巧注意到什么可疑的地方？”

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" Nope," Pixel said." Sorry, but I didn't see a thing."

“没有，”皮克索说。“抱歉，我什么都没看到。”