018 龙卷风小卫士

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The next morning, the Tornadoes met at the Donovans' tree house

第二天早上，龙卷风队在多诺万家的树屋集合。

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" We can find the oldest gravestone in the cemetery," said Laura

“我们可以在墓地里找到最古老的墓碑，”劳拉说。

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" But where will we find the oldest person?"

“但是我们去哪里找最年长的人呢？”

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" Maybe at the Willow Creek Senior Home," said Joy

“也许在柳溪养老院，”乔伊说。

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" Lots of old people live there."

“那里住着很多老人。”

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" We can get a calendar of community events at the library," said Carlos

“我们可以在图书馆拿到社区活动日历，”卡洛斯说。

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" But how will we find a town law?" asked Joy

“但是我们怎么找到镇上的法律呢？”乔伊问。

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She looked down at the list and frowned

她低头看着清单，皱起了眉头。

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" We have less than two weeks to find all this stuff."

“我们只有不到两周的时间来找齐这些东西。”

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" I can help!" said Manny

“我可以帮忙！”曼尼说。

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" No. You can't," said Carlos." You're a baby."

“不行。你不能去，”卡洛斯说，“你还是个小宝宝。”

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" He can count, right?" said Joy

“他会数数，对吧？”乔伊说。

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" We have to count stop signs, mailboxes, and streetlamps on Main Street."

“我们得数主街上的停车标志、邮箱和路灯。”

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" I can count to a hundred!" said Manny

“我能数到一百！”曼尼说。

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" Good enough," said Joy

“那就够了，”乔伊说。

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Just then a gray cloud drifted through the tree house. Laura coughed

就在这时，一团灰色的云飘进了树屋。劳拉咳嗽起来。

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Carlos sniffed the air

卡洛斯嗅了嗅空气。

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" I smell smoke," he said

“我闻到烟味了，”他说。

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The Tornadoes looked out of the tree house window

龙卷风队的孩子们朝树屋窗外看去。

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" Hey, Grandpa!" Joy yelled." What are you doing?"

“嘿，爷爷！”乔伊喊道，“你在做什么？”

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Grandpa looked up

爷爷抬头看了看。

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" Oh, hey, kids," he said

“哦，嘿，孩子们，”他说。

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" I'm just burning a few weeds."

“我只是在烧一些杂草。”

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He poked at his fire with a stick

他用一根棍子拨弄着火堆。

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A glowing leaf floated up and landed in dry grass

一片发光的叶子飘了起来，落到了干草上。

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A flame shot up

一团火苗猛地窜了起来。

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" Oops," said Grandpa and smashed the flame with his boot

“哎呀，”爷爷说着，用靴子踩灭了火苗。

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" There goes another one," said Carlos

“又来了一团，”卡洛斯说。

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Grandpa smashed another little flame

爷爷又踩灭了一小团火苗。

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" And there's one," said Joy. Grandpa stamped again

“又一团，”乔伊说。爷爷又踩了一脚。

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Suddenly there were little flames everywhere

忽地，到处都是小火苗。

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Grandpa was running in a panic, stamping his feet

爷爷慌里慌张地跑来跑去，不停地跺脚。

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" Uh-oh," said Manny

“哎呀，”曼尼说。

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The kids hurried down the tree house steps

孩子们赶紧爬下树屋的台阶。

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" Get a bucket from the back porch!" Grandpa yelled

“去后门廊拿个桶来！”爷爷喊道。

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The Tornadoes took off

龙卷风队拔腿就跑。

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But by the time they ran back up the hill, the fire was blazing

可等他们跑回山坡上时，火已经烧得旺旺的了。

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Smoke sailed into the sky

烟雾腾空而起。

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Grandpa grabbed the bucket and dipped it in the pond

爷爷一把抓过桶，浸到池塘里。

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He threw water on the fire, but the fire kept growing

他把水泼向大火，但火势仍在蔓延。

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Then they heard sirens

然后他们听到了警笛声。

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" Fire trucks!" shouted Carlos

“消防车！”卡洛斯喊道。

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The fire chief's truck was in front and the fire engine followed

消防队长的卡车在前，消防车紧随其后。

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They roared up the driveway and across the field

它们轰鸣着驶上车道，并穿过田野。

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Three firefighters jumped out and unrolled the fire hose

三名消防员跳下车，展开了消防水带。

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" Get back!" the fire chief called to Grandpa and the kids

“往后退！”消防队长对爷爷和孩子们喊道。

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Water whooshed out of the hose and onto the fire

水从水带中喷涌而出，浇在火上。

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Soon there was just a circle of wet, black grass where the fire had been

很快，着火的地方只剩下一圈湿漉漉的黑草。

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" What happened here?" asked the fire chief

“这里发生了什么事？”消防队长问道。

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Her name was Rita Carlson

她的名字叫丽塔·卡尔森。

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She had been a Willow Creek firefighter for 15 years

她在柳溪镇当了十五年的消防员。

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" Well," said Grandpa," I was just burning a few weeds

“唉，”爷爷说，“我刚才只是在烧些杂草。

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Then the fire went everywhere

然后火就烧得到处都是了。

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When the kids got here with the bucket — "

等孩子们提着水桶过来的时候—— ”

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Chief Carlson interrupted Grandpa

卡尔森队长打断了爷爷的话。

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" So you didn't have anything ready to control your fire?" she asked

“所以你当时没有任何准备来控制火势？”她问道。

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" I guess not," said Grandpa

“我看是没有，”爷爷说。

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The fire chief frowned

消防队长皱了皱眉。

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" May I see your burning permit, Mr. Donovan?"

“多诺万先生，我可以看一下您的用火许可证吗？”

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" Burning permit?" said Grandpa

“用火许可证？”爷爷说。

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Chief Carlson sighed

卡尔森队长叹了口气。

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" Mr. Donovan, Willow Creek's burning law requires you to get a burning permit before starting a fire

“多诺万先生，柳溪镇的用火法规规定，在生火之前必须取得用火许可证。

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You have broken that law."

您违反了这项法规。”

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" Hooray!" cried Joy

“太棒了！”乔伊欢呼道。

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Everyone stared at Joy

所有人都盯着乔伊看。

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" That's just what we're looking for!" she explained

“这正是我们要找的东西！”她解释说。

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" A law for our scavenger hunt!

“为我们寻宝游戏找的一条法规！

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Do you have a copy of the burning law, Chief Carlson?"

卡尔森队长，您有用火法规的副本吗？”

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" Oh! We need a list of fire-safety tips too," said Laura

“哦！我们还需要一份消防安全提示清单，”劳拉说。

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" No problem," said Chief Carlson

“没问题，”卡尔森队长说。

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" I have both of those things in my truck

“这两样东西我车上都有。

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And for you, Mr. Donovan, I have a fine."

至于您，多诺万先生，我有一张罚单。”

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Grandpa frowned. But the Tornadoes cheered

爷爷皱起了眉头。但龙卷风队的孩子们却欢呼起来。

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The fire trucks were just leaving when Katie came racing down Blackberry Road on her bike

消防车正要离开，这时凯蒂骑着自行车沿着黑莓路飞驰而来。

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" Here comes an Earthworm!" said Carlos

“一个蚯蚓队的人来了！”卡洛斯说。

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" Don't tell her what we found!"

“别告诉她我们找到了什么！”

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The Tornadoes laughed and put two check marks on their list

龙卷风队的孩子们大笑起来，然后在他们的清单上打了两个勾。