006 足球场的恶霸

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Eliot roamed through Mickey's Sports, browsing shelves stocked with tennis rackets and baseball bats

艾略特在米奇体育用品店里闲逛，浏览着摆满网球拍和棒球棒的货架。

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His younger brother, Sean, was searching for a new goalkeeper's jersey in the soccer aisle

他的弟弟肖恩正在足球装备区找一件新的守门员球衣。

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Soccer tryouts started on Monday, and Sean wanted a new jersey for good luck

足球选拔赛周一开始，肖恩想买件新球衣求个好运气。

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As Eliot headed back toward the soccer gear, he spotted an athletic boy looming over Sean

艾略特返回足球装备区时，看到一个体格强壮的男孩正居高临下地对着肖恩。

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" Sean must have bumped into a friend," he thought

“肖恩大概是碰上了朋友吧，”他想。

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Then he saw the kid jab Sean with a finger." Hey!" Eliot shouted

接着他看见那男孩用手指猛戳肖恩。“嘿！”艾略特喊道。

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Sean's face turned bright red when he saw Eliot rushing toward him

肖恩看见艾略特冲过来时，脸涨得通红。

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" Stay off the soccer field, loser!" the kid snarled before he stalked off, snickering

“离足球场远点，废物！”那男孩恶狠狠地吼道，然后窃笑着大步走开了。

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" Who was that?" Eliot asked

“那是谁？”艾略特问。

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Sean held up a lime green jersey

肖恩举起一件柠檬绿的球衣。

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" What do you think?" he joked weakly

“你觉得怎么样？”他无力地开着玩笑。

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" Does this go with my red hair and freckles?"

“这和我红头发、雀斑配吗？”

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Before Eliot could reply, Sean shoved the jersey back in a pile on the shelf

没等艾略特回答，肖恩就把球衣塞回了货架上的一堆衣服里。

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" Let's get out of here. I can't afford a new jersey anyway."

“我们走吧。反正我也买不起新球衣。”

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On Monday Eliot wasn't expecting to see Sean until dinnertime, after his first tryout session had ended

周一那天，艾略特本以为要到晚饭时肖恩的第一次选拔赛结束后才能见到他。

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But when Eliot entered the kitchen after school, Sean was perched on a counter stool

可放学后，艾略特一进厨房，就看到肖恩正坐在吧台凳上。

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" Sean! What are you doing here?"

"肖恩！你怎么在这儿？"

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" I live here," he said sarcastically." Remember?"

"我住这儿啊，"他不客气地说。"忘了？"

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" That's not what I meant," Eliot said

"我不是那个意思。"艾略特说。

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" Why aren't you at tryouts?"

"你为什么没去选拔赛？"

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" Because I'm not trying out."

"因为我不打算参加了。"

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" What?"

"什么？"

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" I won't make the team. So what's the point?"

"我进不了球队的。那还有什么意义？"

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" The point is, you love soccer," Eliot said

"关键在于你喜欢足球。"艾略特说。

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" And you've been preparing for tryouts for months."

“而且你已经为选拔赛准备了几个月了。”

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" That was before I — " Sean's mouth abruptly snapped shut

“那是在我——”肖恩突然闭上了嘴。

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" Before what?" Eliot demanded

“在什么之前？”艾略特追问道。

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Suddenly he flashed back to the scene at Mickey's Sports

突然，他回想起在米奇体育用品店的那一幕。

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" It's that kid from the store!

“是那个店里的那小子！

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He's the reason you skipped tryouts

他就是你错过选拔赛的原因。

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You can't let him bully you into staying on the sidelines!"

你不能让他欺负得你只能在场边旁观！”

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" It's my own fault," Sean said

“是我自己的错。”肖恩说。

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" I shouldn't have bragged about my goalie skills to him."

“我不该向他炫耀我的守门员技术。”

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" Whoa." Eliot held up a hand

“哇。”艾略特举起一只手。

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" It's not your fault

“那不是你的错。”

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That kid is a bully, plain and simple."

那孩子就是个恶霸，没什么好说的。”

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He frowned." Has he harmed you physically?"

他皱起眉头。“他伤害过你的身体吗？”

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Sean shook his head

肖恩摇了摇头。

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" George just threatens to hurt me

“乔治只是威胁要打我。

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Plus, he posts mean stuff about me on social media

而且，他还在社交媒体上发一些关于我的刻薄内容。

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I figured he'd finally leave me alone if I sat out tryouts this year."

我想，如果我今年不参加选拔赛，他也许就会放过我了。”

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He sighed." I can try out next year."

他叹了口气。“我可以明年再参加选拔。”

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" No way," Eliot said firmly

“不行，”艾略特坚定地说。

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" You're not allowing some dumb bully to sabotage your soccer tryout."

“你不能让一个可恶的恶霸毁了你的足球选拔赛。”

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He glanced at the clock

他瞟了一眼时钟。

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" I'm driving you back to school

"我开车送你回学校。

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I'll give you some tips for dealing with bullies on the way."

路上我会给你一些应对霸凌的小建议。"

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On Friday afternoon Eliot parked at the soccer field

周五下午，艾略特把车停在了足球场边。

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" Today's the day," he thought anxiously

"就是今天了，"他忐忑地想着。

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On the field the players huddled around Coach as she announced the names and positions of the players who'd made the team

球场上，队员们围拢在教练身边，听她念出入选队员的名字和位置。

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Eliot didn't see George in the huddle

艾略特没在那群人里看到乔治。

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A few minutes later, Sean approached the car, head down

几分钟后，肖恩垂着头，朝车子走来。

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" Uh-oh," Eliot thought

"哎呀，"艾略特心想。

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Then Sean lifted his head — and grinned!

接着肖恩抬起头——咧嘴笑了！

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Eliot hopped out of the car." You made the team!"

艾略特跳下车。"你被选上了！"

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" Yep. I'm the starting goalie!" Sean said as Coach joined them

"是啊，我还是首发守门员呢！"肖恩说着，这时教练也走了过来。

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Coach shook Sean's hand

教练握了握肖恩的手。

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" Sean, you demonstrated great leadership on Monday by asking me to talk with everyone about bullying

"肖恩，周一你请我跟大家谈谈霸凌的事，这展现了出色的领导力。

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It turns out you weren't the only one having issues with George."

原来不只是你一个人跟乔治有矛盾。"

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" Talking to an adult," Eliot thought with a smile

"得跟大人说，"艾略特微笑着想。

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" That's a brilliant strategy for dealing with bullies

"这真是个应对霸凌的绝妙策略。

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I wonder who thought of it."

会是谁想出来的呢。"

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" Teamwork is important, and one bully can hurt the whole team," Coach went on

"团队合作很重要，一个霸凌者就可能伤害整个团队，"教练继续说道。

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" I'm sorry I didn't know about the situation sooner

"很抱歉我没能更早地了解情况。

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We now have a strict no-bullying policy, thanks to you."

多亏了你，我们现在有了严格的反霸凌规定。"

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A few minutes later Eliot turned his car onto Main Street

几分钟后，艾略特把车拐上了主街。

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" Where are we going?" Sean asked

"我们要去哪儿？"肖恩问。

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" Back to Mickey's Sports," he said

"回米奇体育用品店，"他说。

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" To celebrate our victory, I'm going to buy you that green jersey!"

"为了庆祝咱们的胜利，我要把那件绿色球衣买给你！"