027 旋转舞伴

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That night after dinner, Mom washed the dishes and Joy dried them

那天晚饭后，妈妈洗碗，乔伊擦碗。

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" My report will be about building friendships

“我的报告会讲如何建立友谊。”

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I've already read my section of the book and looked up the topic on the Internet," Joy explained to her family

“我已经读了我那部分书，还在网上查了资料，”乔伊向家人解释道。

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" Katie's topic is exercise."

“凯蒂的题目是运动。”

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Katie was looking at her Be Healthy! book

凯蒂正在看她那本《保持健康！》的书。

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" I haven't read my section yet

“我还没读我那部分。”

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But I already know why exercise is good for us

但我已经知道为什么运动对我们有好处。

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I just have to use my imagination, like Ms. Barrow said, to make my report interesting and fun."

我只要发挥想象力，就像巴罗老师说的，让我的报告有趣好玩就行了。”

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" You should get the whole class to exercise together," said Joy

“你应该让全班一起运动，”乔伊说。

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" That's a good idea," said Dad

“这主意不错，”爸爸说。

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" What kind of exercise?" asked Katie

“什么样的运动？”凯蒂问。

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" Jumping jacks?" Joy sprang back from the sink and began doing jumping jacks

“跳爆竹？”乔伊从水槽边跳开，开始做跳爆竹动作。

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Mom grabbed a mug from her hand

妈妈从她手里拿过一个杯子。

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" Don't break the dishes!"

“别把盘子打碎了！”

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" That definitely won't work for my report," said Katie

“这个肯定不适合我的报告。”凯蒂说。

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" What about you, Grandpa?

“你呢，外公？

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" I get my exercise when I work in the garden and clean the house," said Grandpa

“我在花园干活和打扫房子的时候就在锻炼。”外公说。

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" If kids just did their chores, they'd be healthy enough."

“孩子们只要做做家务，就能足够健康了。”

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" Be serious, Grandpa," said Katie

“说正经的，外公。”凯蒂说。

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" I am serious!"

“我很正经啊！”

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" Dad?" said Katie

“爸爸？”凯蒂说。

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" You kids could run a race," Dad suggested

“你们可以赛跑，”爸爸建议道。

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" How about dancing?" said Joy

“跳舞怎么样？”乔伊说。

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" The polka!" said Grandpa

“波尔卡舞！”爷爷说。

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He grabbed Joy, and they went flying around the kitchen

他一把抓住乔伊，两人在厨房里飞舞旋转起来。

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" I'm getting dizzy, Grandpa!" Joy laughed

“我快转晕了，爷爷！”乔伊大笑起来。

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" How about square dancing?" said Dad

“方块舞怎么样？”爸爸说。

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" Swing your partner!" he called

“转动你的舞伴！”他喊道。

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He hooked his elbow through Joy's and swung her around in a circle

他用胳膊肘钩住乔伊的胳膊，带着她原地转了一圈。

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" I think we have some square-dancing music at the library," said Mom

“我记得图书馆里有一些方块舞音乐，”妈妈说。

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" This might be kind of fun — and funny!" said Katie

“这可能挺好玩的——也挺滑稽的！”凯蒂说。

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She thought for a moment

她想了想。

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" I'll have to show the steps to the class

“我得给全班展示一下舞步。

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Will you help, Joy?"

你愿意帮我吗，乔伊？”

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" Sure!"

“当然可以！”

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" And tomorrow I'll ask Carlos and Luke..."

“明天我再问问卡洛斯和卢克……”

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Katie groaned and slapped her forehead

凯蒂呻吟了一声，拍了拍脑门。

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" Rats! I almost forgot!

“真糟糕！我差点忘了！

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I'm mad at Luke."

我在生卢克的气呢。”

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" You'll have to forgive him," said Joy

“你得原谅他才行。”乔伊说。

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The next morning, Joy spotted Luke and Carlos

第二天早上，乔伊看见了卢克和卡洛斯。

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" They're talking to Olivia as usual," muttered Katie

“他们像往常一样在和奥利维亚说话，”凯蒂咕哝道。

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Olivia turned toward the twins

奥利维亚转向双胞胎。

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" I brought you a present," she said

“我给你们带了礼物，”她说。

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" An ' ALOHA ' pencil from Hawaii."

“一支来自夏威夷的‘ALOHA’铅笔。”

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She handed Katie and Joy each a bright pink pencil

她递给凯蒂和乔伊每人一支亮粉色的铅笔。

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" Thanks!" said Joy

“谢谢！”乔伊说。

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Katie thanked her too

凯蒂也向她道了谢。

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" Guess what ' aloha ' means," said Carlos

“猜猜‘aloha’是什么意思，”卡洛斯说。

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" It means hello, right?" said Joy

“是‘你好’的意思，对吧？”乔伊说。

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" Yep," said Olivia." But it also means good-bye!"

“没错，”奥利维亚说，“但它也是再见的意思！”

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" That's weird," Katie couldn't help saying

“真奇怪，”凯蒂忍不住说。

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Luke looked at her

卢克看向她。

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" Are you still mad at me?" he asked

“你还在生我的气吗？”他问。

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" No," said Katie." In fact, I'm even going to let you help with my exercise report. Interested?"

“不，”凯蒂说，“其实，我还打算让你帮忙完成我的运动报告。有兴趣吗？”

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" Sure," said Luke

“当然，”卢克说。

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" If you're looking for guys who are good at sports, you've come to the right place."

“如果你在找擅长运动的人，那你来对地方了。”

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" What about you, Carlos?" said Katie

“你呢，卡洛斯？”凯蒂说。

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" Yeah, I'll help." Carlos bent his arm and felt his muscle

“好，我帮忙。”卡洛斯弯起手臂，摸了摸自己的肌肉。

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" We could do some push-ups."

“我们可以做几个俯卧撑。”

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" No, I decided against push-ups," said Katie

“不，我已经决定不做俯卧撑了，”凯蒂说。

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" I need your help with square dancing."

“我需要你们帮忙跳方块舞。”

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" SQUARE DANCING!" roared Luke and Carlos

“方块舞！”卢克和卡洛斯吼道。

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" No way!" said Carlos

“没门！”卡洛斯说。

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" No square dancing!" said Luke." No dancing of any kind!"

“不跳方块舞！”卢克说。“什么舞都不跳！”

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" Sorry. It's too late to back out," said Katie

“抱歉。现在退出太晚了，”凯蒂说。

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" You already agreed."

“你们已经答应了。”

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" But we don't know how to square-dance, do we, Luke?"

“但我们不会跳方块舞啊，对吧卢克？”

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" No problem," said Katie

“没问题，”凯蒂说。

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" We're going to practice at my house on Saturday."

“我们星期六在我家练习。”

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" That sounds like fun!" said Olivia

“听起来很好玩！”奥利维亚说。

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Katie blinked." Does Olivia think I'm including her too?" she wondered

凯蒂眨了眨眼。“奥利维亚是不是以为我也算上她了？”她想。

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" Er... I only need four people," she said quickly

“呃……我只需要四个人，”她赶紧说。

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" Two boys and two girls — Luke, Carlos, Joy, and me

“两个男生和两个女生——卢克、卡洛斯、乔伊和我。

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We'll teach the steps to the rest of the class."

我们会把舞步教给班上的其他人。”

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" Oh," said Olivia, looking down

“哦，”奥利维亚说着低下了头。

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Joy looked down too

乔伊也低下了头。

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She wanted to invite Olivia, but she knew she couldn't

她想邀请奥利维亚，但她知道自己不能。

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It was Katie's project

这是凯蒂的项目。

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Katie turned back to the others

凯蒂转向其他人。

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" So we're all set," she said

“那么就这么定了，”她说。

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" Don't forget — Saturday afternoon at one o'clock

“别忘了——星期六下午一点。

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And don't forget your cowboy hats! HA!"

别忘了戴你们的牛仔帽！哈！”