018 一场争吵

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My brother and I had a fight today

我和哥哥今天吵架了。

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Alex is only two years older than I am

亚历克斯只比我大两岁。

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But he always tries to boss me around!

但他老是喜欢对我指手画脚！

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The fight started with Mom's note

吵架是因为妈妈留的便条。

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Dear Annie and Alex

亲爱的安妮和亚历克斯，

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Please clean Polly's cage

请把波莉的笼子打扫干净。

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I'll be back before dinner!

晚饭前我就回来！

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We both love our parrot

我俩都爱我们的鹦鹉。

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Polly has pretty feathers and says funny things

波莉羽毛漂亮，还会说逗趣的话。

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But we hate cleaning her cage

但我们讨厌打扫她的笼子。

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I looked at Alex." Somebody has to clean the birdcage."

我看着亚历克斯。“总得有人清理鸟笼。”

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He smirked." It looks pretty nasty. Good luck scrubbing it!"

他坏笑着。“看起来脏兮兮的。使劲刷吧，祝你好运！”

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" I cleaned it last week," I said

“我上周打扫过了。”我说。

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" It's your turn, Alex."

“轮到你了，亚历克斯。”

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" Can't!" he said as he walked to the door

“不行！”他边说边朝门口走去。

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" I have to practice my skills

“我得练习我的技术。

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So I'm going outside to shoot some hoops

所以我要去外面投篮。

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Have fun!"

玩得开心！”

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" Happy Birthday!" Polly squawked

“生日快乐！”波莉尖声叫道。

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" Ugh," I thought, looking at her dirty cage

“唉，”我看着她肮脏的笼子想。

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Alex was so mean

亚历克斯真是太刻薄了。

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He was so selfish too

他也太自私了。

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There was no way I was cleaning the cage again!

我绝不会再打扫鸟笼了！

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Outside I heard his basketball bouncing on the driveway

在外面，我听到我的篮球在车道上弹跳。

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Suddenly I had an idea..

突然，我有了个主意……

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My younger sister is so annoying

我妹妹真烦人。

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She's only two years younger than I am, but she acts like a big baby

她只比我小两岁，却表现得像个大宝宝。

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Mom said somebody had to clean Polly's cage

妈妈说必须有人打扫波莉的笼子。

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I didn't mind doing it, but I do it all the time

我无所谓打扫，但我老是干这个。

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So I asked Annie to take a turn

所以我让安妮轮一次。

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Of course, Annie started whining and complaining — as usual

当然，安妮开始抱怨和发牢骚——像往常一样。

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" I hate cleaning the birdcage!"

“我讨厌打扫鸟笼！”

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" Well, it's your turn, Annie

“嗯，该你了，安妮。

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Mom is going to be home soon, so you'd better get started."

妈妈很快就要回家了，你最好开始干。”

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" I'm not cleaning the birdcage!" she yelled

“我不打扫鸟笼！”她喊道。

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" You are so!" I told her as she stormed upstairs

“你就要！”我告诉她，她气冲冲地上了楼。

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" Uh-oh!" Polly squawked at me

“哎呀！”波莉朝我尖叫。

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" Annie is such a baby," I muttered

“安妮真是个宝宝，”我嘟囔着。

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I went outside and practiced slam dunks

我走到外面练习扣篮。

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" Hmm," I thought

“嗯，”我想。

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" Hey, Annie. I've got an idea..."

“嘿，安妮。我有个主意……”

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When I got home, Alex and Annie were in the driveway playing basketball

我回到家时，亚历克斯和安妮正在车道上打篮球。

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" Hi, kids. Did you clean the birdcage?" I asked

“嗨，孩子们。你们打扫鸟笼了吗？”我问。

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" Yep," said Alex

“嗯，”亚历克斯说。

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" We did it together," said Annie

“我们一起干的，”安妮说。

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" Really?" I said

“真的吗？”我说。

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" I thought you two would argue about it!"

“我以为你们俩会为这个争吵呢！”

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" We had a foul shooting contest," said Alex

“我们进行了罚球比赛，”亚历克斯说。

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" The loser was supposed to clean the cage."

“输的人要打扫鸟笼。”

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" But we each scored five points," said Annie." So — "

“但我们各得了五分，”安妮说。“所以——”

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" You cleaned the cage together!" I said, hugging them

“你们一起打扫了鸟笼！”我说着，拥抱了他们。

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Polly squawked." Good job, team!"

波莉尖叫着。“干得好，团队！”