032 众手相牵

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When Katie came clunking into Ms. Barrow's classroom, everyone turned and stared

当凯蒂咔嗒咔嗒地走进巴罗老师的教室时，所有人都转过身盯着她。

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She was wearing Western boots, jeans, and a cowgirl hat

她穿着西部靴、牛仔裤，戴着一顶牛仔帽。

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She had tied a scarf around her neck

她在脖子上系了一条围巾。

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" Where's your lasso, partner?" asked Larry. Everyone laughed

“你的套索呢，搭档？”拉里问道。大家都笑了。

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Katie turned to Joy

凯蒂转向乔伊。

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" Get out the friendship meter," she said

“把友谊测量仪拿出来，”她说。

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" I think there's some teasing going on."

“我觉得有人在取笑我。”

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" It might be friendly teasing," said Joy with a smile

“可能是友好的玩笑，”乔伊笑着说。

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" Might be," said Katie

“也许吧，”凯蒂说。

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But she still didn't like it

但她还是不喜欢这样。

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After lunch Ms. Barrow told Katie it was time for her presentation

午餐后，巴罗老师告诉凯蒂该她做展示了。

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" Finally!" she thought, walking to the front of the room." Howdy, everyone."

“终于轮到我了！”她边想边走到教室前面。“大家好。”

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Then she asked the kids to think of different kinds of exercise

然后她请同学们想一想不同种类的运动。

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" You shout them out

“你们大声说出来。

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I'll write them on the board."

我会写在黑板上。”

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" Baseball," said Carlos

“棒球。”卡洛斯说。

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" Biking," said Laura

“骑自行车。”劳拉说。

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" Swimming," said Luke

“游泳。”卢克说。

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Katie wrote as fast as she could

凯蒂尽可能快地写着。

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" I'll help you write," offered Olivia and hopped up from her desk

“我来帮你写。”奥利维亚说着从座位上跳起来。

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" Olivia and Katie are becoming good friends," thought Joy

乔伊心想：“奥利维亚和凯蒂正在成为好朋友。”

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The boys and girls continued: basketball, rock climbing, skateboarding, tennis, hiking, running

男孩和女孩们继续说：篮球、攀岩、滑板、网球、徒步、跑步。

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Soon the whiteboard was covered

很快白板就写满了。

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" Nobody has mentioned my favorite kind of exercise — dancing!" said Katie

“没人提到我最喜欢的运动——跳舞！”凯蒂说。

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" Yuck," said Larry

“咦，”拉里说。

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" I've been studying muscles," Katie said to Larry

“我一直在研究肌肉，”凯蒂对拉里说。

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" It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown

“微笑要用17块肌肉，皱眉要用43块。

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So relax and SMILE!

所以放松点，微笑吧！

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Dancing is fun!

跳舞很有趣！

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Now let's push back the desks and square-dance!"

现在我们把桌子推开，跳方块舞吧！”

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Joy stepped to the front of the room

乔伊走到了教室前面。

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Luke and Carlos slowly followed her

卢克和卡洛斯慢慢地跟在她后面。

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" These are my helpers," said Katie

“这是我的帮手们。”凯蒂说。

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" We'll show you the basic steps

“我们会给大家演示基本舞步。

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And don't worry. Square dancing isn't hard

别担心，方块舞不难。

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" You'll do great," she whispered to Luke and Carlos

“你们会跳得很棒的。”她小声对卢克和卡洛斯说。

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She knew they weren't very happy about dancing in front of everyone

她知道他俩不太喜欢在大家面前跳舞。

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But they were good friends

但他们是很好的朋友。

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It was nice of them to help her

他们愿意帮忙真好。

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" First, honor your partner," Katie called out

“首先，向舞伴行礼。”凯蒂大声宣布。

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" Then circle left and circle right. Easy!"

“然后向左绕圈，再向右绕圈。很简单！”

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" We have to hold hands with the girls?" cried Larry

“我们得跟女生拉手？”拉里喊道。

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Katie pretended not to hear

凯蒂假装没听见。

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Katie and her helpers showed how to skip to the center and promenade

凯蒂和她的帮手示范了如何蹦跳着到中心，然后列队游走。

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They showed how to swing your partner

他们示范了怎样和舞伴转圈。

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" Just hook elbows and go!" said Joy

“勾住胳膊肘，转起来就行！”乔伊说。

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" That's it!" said Katie

“就是这样！”凯蒂说。

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" Who wants to try the first dance?

“谁想试跳第一支舞？

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Come on, Laura and Larry! Come on, Olivia!"

来来来，劳拉和拉里！奥利维亚，你也来！”

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Katie arranged eight dancers in a square

凯蒂把八位舞者安排成一个方形。

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" What about you?" Larry asked

“那你呢？”拉里问道。

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" Me?" said Katie." I'm the square-dance caller!"

“我吗？”凯蒂说，“我是方块舞发令员！”

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Then she started the music

然后她放起了音乐。

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" Honor your partner!" called Katie as the first notes played

“向舞伴行礼！”随着第一个音符响起，凯蒂喊道。

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" Circle left!" The eight dancers grabbed hands and started circling

“向左转圈！”八位舞者牵起手，开始转圈。

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All join hands and circle left

所有人都手拉手，向左转圈。

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All join hands and circle left

所有人都手拉手，向左转圈。

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All join hands and circle left

所有人都手拉手，向左转圈。

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Skip to my Lou, my darling

跳向我的露，亲爱的。

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" Good job! Now circle right!" called Katie

“跳得好！现在向右转圈！”凯蒂喊道。

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The other way back in the same old track

沿着原路返回，还是那条老路。

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The other way back in the same old track

沿着原路返回，还是那条老路。

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The other way back in the same old track

沿着原路返回，还是那条老路。

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Skip to my Lou, my darling

蹦蹦跳跳奔向我的路，亲爱的。

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" Now promenade!"

“现在，散步式转圈！”

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Skip, skip, skip to my Lou

蹦，蹦，蹦蹦跳跳奔向我的路。

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Skip, skip, skip to my Lou

蹦，蹦，蹦蹦跳跳奔向我的路。

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Skip, skip, skip to my Lou

蹦，蹦，蹦蹦跳跳奔向我的路。

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Skip to my Lou, my darling

蹦蹦跳跳奔向我的路，亲爱的。

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" Promenade back with an elbow swing!"

“手肘相扣，转着圈回来！”

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Turn it ' round and skip back home

转个圈，蹦跳着回家转。

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Turn it ' round and skip back home

转个圈，蹦跳着回家转。

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When you get home, swing your own

当你回到家，旋转你的舞伴。

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Skip to my Lou, my darling

蹦蹦跳跳奔向我的路，亲爱的。

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When the music stopped, everyone was laughing

音乐停止时，每个人都开怀大笑。

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" That was wonderful, Katie!" cried Ms. Barrow, clapping her hands

“太棒了，凯蒂！”巴罗老师拍着手喊道。

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" And Joy, you really know how to keep the beat!"

“还有乔伊，你真的很会打节拍！”

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" I think we need to try again," said Katie with a smile

“我觉得我们需要再来一次，”凯蒂笑着说。

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" Let's have two squares

“我们组两个方块队形。

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Anyone who hasn't danced, join in this time!"

刚才没跳的人，这次都加入进来！”

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The boys and girls scrambled into place

男孩女孩们争先恐后地站好位置。

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Katie put one arm around Luke and the other around Carlos

凯蒂一只胳膊搂着卢克，另一只搂着卡洛斯。

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" Thanks for helping, you guys

“谢谢你们帮忙，伙计们。

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You are the best friends anyone could ask for!"

你们真是求之即来的最好朋友！”