034 好消息坏消息

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Thud, thud, thud

砰，砰，砰。

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Katie wrapped her pillow around her ears

凯蒂用枕头捂住耳朵。

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" What's that noise?" she asked

"那是什么声音？"她问道。

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Joy rolled over in bed and looked up at the ceiling. Thud, thud

乔伊在床上翻了个身，抬头看着天花板。砰，砰。

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" Walnuts," Joy answered." Walnuts are falling on the roof again."

"核桃，"乔伊回答。"核桃又掉在屋顶上了。"

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" But I'm trying to sleep!" groaned Katie

"可我正想睡觉呢！"凯蒂呻吟道。

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" Sunday morning," mumbled Joy

"星期天早上，"乔伊咕哝道。

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Her eyes closed

她闭上了眼睛。

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Then they opened wide

然后猛地睁开了。

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" The fiddle!" she cried and threw back her covers

"小提琴！"她喊道，掀开了被子。

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" Grandpa and I are going to find the fiddle this morning!"

“爷爷和我今天早上要去找那把提琴！”

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Katie pulled her blanket over her head

凯蒂把毯子拉过头顶。

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Grandpa and Joy looked for the fiddle in the attic

爷爷和乔伊在阁楼里找小提琴。

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They looked in the spare-room closet

他们在客房的壁橱里找了。

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" Have you checked the cedar chests?" asked Mom

“你们检查过雪松木箱了吗？”妈妈问。

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They looked in the chests in Mom and Dad's room — still no luck

他们在爸爸妈妈房间的木箱里找了——还是没找到。

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Then Joy raised the lid on the chest at the end of the hall

然后乔伊掀开了走廊尽头那个箱子的盖子。

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Grandpa moved an old photo album and pulled out two faded quilts

爷爷移开一本旧相册，抽出了两条褪色的被子。

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" There it is!" cried Joy

“在那里！”乔伊喊道。

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Grandpa raised the black case from the chest and opened the lid

爷爷从箱子里拎出黑色的琴盒，打开了盖子。

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" Oh!" said Joy. She touched the worn wood and broken strings of the violin

“哦！”乔伊说，摸了摸小提琴磨损的木头和断掉的琴弦。

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" Poor old thing," she said

“可怜的老伙计。”她说。

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" This fiddle has played a lot of music," said Grandpa

“这把提琴拉过好多曲子呢。”爷爷说。

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He picked up a small wooden piece

他拿起一个小木片。

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" The bridge is bent," he said

“琴马弯了。”他说。

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He took out the bow

他取出琴弓。

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" Something's missing," said Joy, pointing to the ragged hairs on each end of the bow

“少了什么东西。”乔伊指着琴弓两端破破烂烂的弓毛说。

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She looked hopefully at her grandpa

她充满希望地看着爷爷。

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" What do you think?" she asked

“您觉得呢？”她问。

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" I think that this old fiddle is happy to see the light of day," he said

“我想这把老提琴很高兴能重见天日。”他说。

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" It just needs a few repairs

“它只需要稍微修理一下。

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While you are at school tomorrow, I'll take it to the music shop in Bates City

明天你上学的时候，我会把它拿到贝茨市的乐器店去。

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I'll find out about getting it fixed and ready to play again!"

我会问清楚怎么把它修好，让它能重新拉起来！”

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" Oh, thank you!" said Joy

“哦，谢谢你！”乔伊说。

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She threw her arms around Grandpa and gave him a big kiss

她张开双臂抱住爷爷，亲了他一大口。

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The next day, Joy could barely sit still in class

第二天，乔伊在课堂上几乎坐不住。

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When the last bell finally rang, Joy hurried to her bicycle

放学的铃声终于响起时，乔伊急忙跑向她的自行车。

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" Wait for me," called Katie

“等等我，”凯蒂喊道。

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But Joy was already flying down the road

但乔伊已经在路上飞驰而去了。

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By the time Katie got home, Joy had already disappeared

等凯蒂到家时，乔伊已经不见踪影了。

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Mom sat alone at the kitchen table, looking at the mail

妈妈一个人坐在厨房餐桌旁，正在看邮件。

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The violin case lay open on the table

小提琴盒敞开着放在桌子上。

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" Hi, Mom," said Katie

“嗨，妈妈，”凯蒂说。

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She dropped her backpack on the floor

她把书包丢在了地板上。

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" Hi, honey," said Mom." You've got mail."

“嗨，宝贝，”妈妈说，“有你的邮件。”

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Katie's eyes lit up." Mail? For me?"

凯蒂眼睛一亮。“邮件？给我的？”

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" For you and Joy," said Mom

“给你和乔伊的，”妈妈说。

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Katie ripped open the envelope

凯蒂一把撕开了信封。

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" Hey! What's this?"

“嘿！这是什么？”

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She held a card with autumn leaves on the front

她拿着一张正面印有秋叶的卡片。

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" You're invited," she read

“你被邀请了，”她念道。

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She opened the card

她打开了卡片。

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" A hayride," she said

“是坐干草车，”她说。

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" AJ is having a birthday hayride, and we're invited."

“AJ要办一个生日干草车派对，我们被邀请了。”

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Katie checked the calendar on the kitchen wall

凯蒂查看了厨房墙上的日历。

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" It's two weeks away. I'll tell Joy."

“还有两周。我会告诉乔伊。”

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" She's out in the garden talking to —," Mom began

“她正在外面花园里跟——，”妈妈刚开口。

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Just then Joy and Grandpa came through the back door

就在这时，乔伊和爷爷从后门走了进来。

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" Guess what," said Katie

“猜猜看有什么事，”凯蒂说。

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But she stopped when she saw Joy's face." What's wrong?"

但她看到乔伊的脸色时停住了。“怎么了？”

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" Joy has some bad news," Mom said to Katie

“乔伊有个坏消息，”妈妈对凯蒂说。

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" The fiddle needs more repair than we thought," said Grandpa

“这把小提琴需要修理的地方比我们想的要多，”爷爷说。

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" It will cost one hundred dollars," said Joy

“要花一百美元，”乔伊说。

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" Yikes!" said Katie." Now what?"

“哎呀！”凯蒂说。“那现在怎么办？”

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" We can't afford to get the fiddle fixed right now," said Joy

“我们现在付不起修小提琴的费用，”乔伊说。

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She looked at her mom

她看向妈妈。

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" I'll just have to wait a while."

“我只能再等一阵子了。”

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With a big sigh, Joy closed the violin case

乔伊重重地叹了口气，合上了小提琴盒。

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She picked it up and carried it up the stairs

她拿起琴盒，把它搬上了楼。

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Nobody said a word

没有人说一句话。

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Then Katie remembered the hayride

这时凯蒂想起了干草车派对。

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" Wait, Joy!" she yelled." There's good news too!"

“等等，乔伊！”她喊道。“也有好消息！”

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She ran upstairs after her sister

她追着姐姐跑上了楼。