006 募捐活动

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The Pop-Song Crew's leadership committee was finishing up their monthly meeting

流行歌曲团的领导小组会议即将结束。

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The Pop-Song Crew was the school singing club

流行歌曲团是学校的歌唱社团。

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" Is there anything else to discuss?" Jerry, the club's president, asked

“还有其他要讨论的吗？”社团主席杰瑞问道。

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" No," Lucy, the treasurer, replied

“没有了。”财务露西回答。

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Kathy, the secretary, shook her head

秘书凯西摇了摇头。

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" Yes!" Mrs. Mayer, the club's faculty advisor, said eagerly

“有！”社团的指导老师梅尔女士热切地说。

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She was looking at her phone

她正看着自己的手机。

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" We've been invited to sing at the Newtown Spring Festival next month."

“我们被邀请在下个月的新镇春节活动上演唱。”

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The kids cheered

孩子们欢呼起来。

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" I can't wait to tell the rest of the club members," Jerry said

“我迫不及待想告诉其他社团成员了。”杰瑞说。

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" Wait," Lucy said

“等等，”露西说。

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" Newtown is three hours away

“纽敦离这里有三个小时的路程。

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We'd have to rent a van to get there."

我们得租一辆面包车才能到那里。”

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" How much did it cost last time we rented a van?" Mrs. Mayer asked

“我们上次租面包车花了多少钱？”梅耶老师问。

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Lucy checked the club's account

露西查看了一下社团的账户。

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" Three hundred dollars. Plus $35 for gas

“三百美元。外加三十五美元的汽油费。

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We only have twenty dollars left in our account."

我们的账户里只剩二十美元了。”

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She did a quick calculation

她快速心算了一下。

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" We'd have to raise $315."

“我们得筹到三百一十五美元。”

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Kathy groaned

凯西呻吟了一声。

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" We can ask everyone in the club to pitch in," Jerry suggested

“我们可以让社团里的每个人都分摊一些费用。”杰瑞建议道。

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Lucy punched the numbers into the calculator app on her phone

露西在她的手机计算器应用上按下了这些数字。

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" With 11 members, everyone would have to pay $28.63 each."

“11个成员的话，每个人得付28.63美元。”

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" That's a lot for some members," Mrs. Mayer said

“这对一些成员来说太多了。”梅耶老师说。

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" Especially since we've had many expenses this year."

“尤其今年我们已经有好多开销了。”

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" We could hold a fundraiser," Kathy suggested

“我们可以办个筹款活动。”凯西建议道。

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" Great idea," Jerry said." How about a car wash?"

“好主意，”杰瑞说，“洗车活动怎么样？”

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" Math Club had one last week," Lucy said

“数学社上周刚办过。”露西说。

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" A bake sale?" Kathy asked

“烘焙义卖呢？”凯西问。

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" We'd have to sell a lot of cookies to raise $315." Lucy sighed

“要筹315美元，我们得卖出好多饼干才行。”露西叹了口气。

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" Can we text about this later?" Kathy asked

“我们可以晚点再发信息聊这个吗？”凯西问道。

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" I'm late for a friend's birthday party at the bowling alley."

“我参加朋友的生日派对要迟到了，在保龄球馆。”

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" Hey! Science Club did a bowling fundraiser last year," Jerry said

“嘿！科学社去年办过保龄球筹款活动，”杰瑞说。

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" They raised a lot of money."

“他们筹到了很多钱。”

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" I'll call and find out the costs," Lucy said

“我来打电话问问费用，”露西说。

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" Then we can figure out a budget."

“然后我们就能算出预算了。”

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The next day Lucy sent a group text to the committee

第二天，露西给委员会发了群信息。

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" Bad news. The bowling alley costs two hundred dollars to rent for two hours

“坏消息。租保龄球馆两小时要两百美元。

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That means we'd have to raise $515 total."

这意味着我们总共得筹到515美元。”

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" Now what?" Jerry texted back

“那现在怎么办？”杰瑞回信息问。

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Lucy sent a shrugging emoticon

露西发了一个耸肩的表情。

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Ten minutes later Kathy texted

十分钟后，凯西发来信息。

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" Can you meet me at the bowling alley?

“你能来保龄球馆见我吗？

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I think I have a solution!"

我想我有解决办法了！”

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When Lucy and Jerry arrived at the bowling alley, Kathy introduced them to her friend Carl

露西和杰瑞来到保龄球馆时，凯西向他们介绍了她的朋友卡尔。

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" I'm a big fan of your club!" Carl said

卡尔说：“我是你们俱乐部的超级粉丝！”

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" My uncle owns this bowling alley

“我叔叔是这家保龄球馆的老板。

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He said he'd only charge you one hundred dollars for three hours

他说只收你们一百美元，可以用三个小时。

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And the rental fee includes the games and shoe rentals

而且租金包括了打球和租鞋的费用。

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He thinks this would be great publicity for the bowling alley."

他觉得这对保龄球馆会是很好的宣传。”

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" That means we'd need to raise $415 total," Lucy said

露西说：“这意味着我们总共需要筹集415美元。”

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" If we charge $10 per person, we'll need at least 42 people to come to our fundraiser."

“如果我们每人收十美元，至少需要42个人来参加筹款活动。”

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" What if all eleven club members bring three people with them?" Jerry suggested

杰瑞提议：“要是十一个俱乐部成员每人都带三个人来呢？”

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" That's 44 people," Kathy said

凯西说：“那就是44个人。”

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" We'd raise $440!" Lucy said." That's more than enough!"

露西说：“我们能筹到440美元！这绰绰有余了！”

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" This is great, Carl," Jerry said." Thank you!"

杰瑞说：“这太棒了，卡尔。谢谢你！”

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Two weeks later Lucy, Jerry, and Mrs. Mayer sat at a table in the bowling alley

两周后，露西、杰瑞和迈耶老师坐在保龄球馆的一张桌子旁。

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The fundraiser had been a lot of fun

筹款活动办得很好玩。

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Even more people had shown up than they had expected

来的人甚至比他们预期的还要多。

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" How much did we make?" Kathy asked

凯西问：“我们赚了多少？”

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Lucy finished counting the money

露西数完了钱。

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" We made $560

“我们赚了560美元。

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After we pay $100 to the bowling alley, we have a profit of $460

付给保龄球馆100美元后，我们有460美元的利润。

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That covers the costs of the van and gas, and we'll have $125 left over."

这够付面包车和汽油的钱，我们还能剩下125美元。”

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" Plus, the twenty dollars in our account," Mrs. Mayer said

迈耶老师说：“再加上我们账户里的二十美元。”

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" We can buy lunch for everyone on the trip."

“我们可以给大家在旅途中买午餐。”

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Jerry smiled." Thanks to Carl and his uncle, The Pop-Song Crew is going to Newtown!"

杰瑞笑着说：“多亏了卡尔和他叔叔，流行歌曲团要去纽敦了！”