016 团队齐心

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The next morning at school, everyone was talking about the tornado

隔天早上在学校里，大家都在谈论那场龙卷风。

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" It went right over Willow Creek!" exclaimed Carlos." It was great!"

"它直接从柳溪上空经过了！"卡洛斯喊道。"太棒了！"

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" Oh, Carlos," said Katie, rolling her eyes

"哦，卡洛斯，"凯蒂翻了个白眼说道。

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" People aren't supposed to like tornados."

"大多数人都不应该喜欢龙卷风。"

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" Well, I do," said Carlos

"可我就喜欢，"卡洛斯说。

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" Tell me about your family tornado safety teams," Mr. Higgins said

"跟我说说你们家的龙卷风安全小队是怎么准备的，"希金斯老师说。

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" Did you all have a plan?"

"你们都有制定计划吗？"

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" Katie was our captain," said Joy, smiling at her sister

"凯蒂是我们的队长，"乔伊笑着看向妹妹说。

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" Everybody worked together," added Katie

"大家都齐心协力，"凯蒂补充道。

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" Mom and I made a first aid kit."

"妈妈和我准备了急救包。"

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" But luckily, we didn't need it," Joy said

“不过幸运的是，我们没用到它，”乔伊说。

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" And Joy found Jellybean after the storm!" Katie announced

“而且乔伊在暴风雨后找到了果冻豆！”凯蒂宣布。

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" Well, Dad and I did," said Joy shyly

“嗯，是爸爸和我找到的，”乔伊害羞地说。

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" My house doesn't have a cellar," said Carlos

“我家没有地窖，”卡洛斯说。

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" So we decided that a hallway would be the safest place

“所以我们决定走廊是最安全的地方。

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There are no windows there."

那里没有窗户。”

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" Flying glass can be dangerous during a tornado," said Mr. Higgins

“龙卷风时飞散的玻璃可能很危险，”希金斯先生说。

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" What about your family, Luke?"

“卢克，你家呢？”

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" He forgot to make a plan," tattled Katie

“他忘了做计划，”凯蒂告状说。

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Luke made a face at her

卢克朝她做了个鬼脸。

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" I was at the coffee shop when we heard the tornado warning," he said

"龙卷风警报响起时，我正在咖啡店里，"他说。

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" Mom gave everyone a free fried pie and took them to the basement."

"妈妈给每人发了一份免费炸馅饼，然后带大家去了地下室。"

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" My dad actually saw the tornado," said Larry Ferguson

"我爸爸真的看到了龙卷风，"拉里·弗格森说。

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" We all went down into the storm cellar

"我们都躲进了防风地窖。

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But just before Dad shut the door, he looked up

但就在爸爸关门前，他抬头看了一眼。

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The tornado was coming right across the field!

龙卷风正从田野那边席卷而来！

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Our barn went up in the air and crashed down hard

我们的谷仓飞上了天，又重重地砸了下来。

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It broke into a hundred pieces."

它碎成了上百片。"

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" Were there any cows in the barn?" asked Carlos

"谷仓里有牛吗？"卡洛斯问道。

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" No," said Larry," just my bicycle

"没有，"拉里说，"只有我的自行车。"

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We haven't found it yet."

我们还没找到它呢。”

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" Larry, I'm sorry to hear your barn was destroyed," said Mr. Higgins

“拉里，听说你的谷仓被毁了，我很难过，”希金斯先生说。

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The class nodded

全班同学点了点头。

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" Thank you," said Larry

“谢谢，”拉里说。

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" But our neighbors are coming over today

“不过我们的邻居们今天会过来。

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They're going to help Dad build a new barn."

他们要帮我爸爸建一个新谷仓。”

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" That's great," said Mr. Higgins

“那太好了，”希金斯先生说。

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" It's a big help when people work together."

“人们齐心协力的时候，帮助就很大。”

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Then Mr. Higgins asked Larry what the tornado sounded like

然后希金斯先生问拉里，龙卷风听起来是什么声音。

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Larry thought for a moment

拉里想了一会儿。

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" It sounded like... like a..."

“听起来像……像……”

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" Like a train!" said Katie." Roar!"

“像火车！”凯蒂说，“轰隆隆！”

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" It even whistled like a train!" said Joy." Woo-woo!"

“它还像火车一样鸣笛呢！”乔伊说，“呜——呜！”

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" I think it sounded like a jet plane," said Carlos." Varoom!"

“我觉得听起来像喷气式飞机，”卡洛斯说，“轰——嗡！”

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" It made a noise," said Laura," like when we go fast in the car with the windows down. Whoosh!"

“它发出的声音，”劳拉说，“就像我们开着车窗把车开得飞快。呼——嗖！”

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" It was like a wild animal... a lion!" said Luke." Grr!"

“它就像一只野兽……一头狮子！”卢克说，“吼——！”

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Everybody started making scary sounds

大家都开始发出吓人的声音。

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" TAKE COVER!" cried Katie

“快隐蔽！”凯蒂喊道。

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That made everybody laugh

这话惹得大家哄堂大笑。

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Suddenly Mr. Higgins waved his arms

突然，希金斯先生挥了挥手臂。

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" Quiet, please!" he called." Quiet!"

“请安静！”他喊道，“安静！”

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They heard a knock on the door, and Ms. Olson stepped into the classroom

他们听到敲门声，奥尔森女士走进了教室。

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She looked at Mr. Higgins

她看向希金斯先生。

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" I thought I heard a tornado as I came down the hall," she said

“我从走廊过来的时候，还以为听到了龙卷风的声音呢，”她说。

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Everybody laughed again, and Ms. Olson smiled

大家又笑了起来，奥尔森女士也笑了。

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" Mr. Higgins," she said

“希金斯先生，”她说。

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" The school yard is covered with tree branches that were blown down during the storm

“校园里到处都是暴风雨时被吹落的树枝。

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Would your class like to help clean up the playground?"

你们班愿意帮忙清理操场吗？”

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" Yes!" cried all the boys and girls." We'll help!"

“愿意！”所有的男生女生都喊道，“我们来帮忙！”

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So when recess came, Mr. Higgins led the class out to the playground

于是课间休息一到，希金斯先生就领着全班同学来到操场。

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They gathered all the branches into a big pile

他们把所有的树枝都聚集成一大堆。

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Mr. Higgins carried the heavy branches

希金斯先生搬运沉重的树枝。

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Laura helped Joy carry a big branch

劳拉帮乔伊一起抬一根大树枝。

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Carlos found one blue sneaker

卡洛斯找到了一只蓝色的运动鞋。

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Katie found a broken umbrella under the slide

凯蒂在滑梯下面发现了一把破雨伞。

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Then the kids stood in front of their mountain of tree limbs

然后，孩子们站在他们堆起的树枝山前面。

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Ms. Olson took a photo

奥尔森女士拍了张照片。

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The next day, she put the photo on the bulletin board in the hall

第二天，她把照片贴在了走廊的公告栏上。

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Under the photo, she pinned up big letters that spelled " TEAMWORK WORKS!"

在照片下面，她钉上了大大的字母，拼起来是“团队合作真管用！”