036 核桃收集者

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Thud, thud, thud

咚，咚，咚。

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Joy smiled, opened her eyes, and sat up in bed

乔伊微笑着，睁开眼睛，从床上坐了起来。

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" Today is Saturday, and the walnuts are falling!" she cried

“今天是星期六，核桃都在往下掉呢！”她喊道。

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" What time is it?" asked Katie

“几点了？”凯蒂问。

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" Time to rise and shine," said Joy

“该起床精神一下了。”乔伊说。

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She jumped out of bed and ran to her desk

她跳下床，跑到书桌前。

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" Last night I did some figuring."

“昨晚我算了算。”

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She opened a small notebook

她打开一个小笔记本。

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" I need one hundred dollars, right?

“我需要一百美元，对吧？

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And the nut-buying station will pay fifteen cents for each pound of walnuts

核桃收购站每磅核桃会付十五美分。”

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So I need to collect almost seven hundred pounds!"

所以我得收集差不多七百磅才行！

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Katie gave her sister a funny look

凯蒂古怪地看了姐姐一眼。

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" How did you figure that out?"

“你是怎么算出来的？”

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" Dad helped me," said Joy." But listen, I'm not done

“爸爸帮我的，”乔伊说，“不过听着，我还没说完。

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Mom says I have to do my homework on school nights

妈妈说上学日的晚上我必须做作业。

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So I have two weekends before the nut-buying station closes

所以核桃收购站关门之前，我还有两个周末。

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Two weekends — only four days to meet my goal!"

两个周末——只有四天时间来达成我的目标！”

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" Wow!" said Katie, jumping out of bed

“哇！”凯蒂说着，从床上跳了起来。

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" We'd better get busy!"

“我们最好赶紧忙起来！”

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" We?" said Joy

“我们？” 乔伊说。

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" Sure! I'll help," said Katie

“没问题！我来帮忙，”凯蒂说。

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" That's what a twin sister is for!"

“双胞胎姐妹不就是这样嘛！”

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" Really? That's great, Katie! Thanks." Joy smiled

“真的吗？太好了，凯蒂！谢谢。”乔伊笑了。

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After breakfast Katie and Joy stepped out into the front yard wearing old jeans and sweatshirts

早饭后，凯蒂和乔伊穿着旧牛仔裤和运动衫，走到前院。

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" A perfect day for walnuts!" said Joy." Look at them!"

“真是个捡核桃的好日子！”乔伊说，“看看这些核桃！”

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The ground under the trees was covered with walnuts in their green hulls

树下的地上铺满了带着绿色外壳的核桃。

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Grandpa and Magoo came down the driveway with the garden cart

爷爷和马古推着园艺小推车，沿车道走了过来。

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Grandpa lifted two big buckets out of the cart

爷爷从推车里拎出两个大桶。

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" Here you go," he said

“给你们，”他说。

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" I'll see you two at lunch!"

“午饭时见啦！”

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The girls pulled on their work gloves

女孩们戴上工作手套。

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Joy picked up a walnut and threw it in her bucket

乔伊捡起一颗核桃，扔进她的桶里。

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" That's one!" Joy said

"一颗！" 乔伊说。

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Katie tossed a walnut in her bucket." That's two!"

凯蒂往自己桶里扔了一颗核桃。"两颗！"

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The twins emptied buckets of walnuts into the cart all morning

整个上午，双胞胎姐妹把一桶桶的核桃倒进推车里。

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By lunchtime the cart was half full

到午饭时，推车已经装了一半。

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By three o'clock the ground under the first tree was clear

到三点钟时，第一棵树下的地面清理干净了。

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Joy poured her last bucket into the cart

乔伊把最后一桶倒进推车里。

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" It's full!" she shouted

"满啦！" 她喊道。

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Then she ran toward the house

然后她朝房子跑去。

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" Dad! The cart is full!"

“爸爸！推车满了！”

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Joy and Katie watched eagerly as Dad hitched the cart to the car

乔伊和凯蒂急切地看着爸爸把推车挂到汽车上。

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Then Katie got in the backseat, and Joy jumped in the front with Dad

然后凯蒂坐进后座，乔伊跳上前座和爸爸一起。

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They drove out onto Blackberry Road, with the cart bouncing along behind

他们开上黑莓路，推车在后面颠簸着跟着。

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When they got to the recycling center, Dad backed the cart up to the hulling machine

到了回收站，爸爸把推车倒到脱壳机旁。

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The twins hopped out of the car

双胞胎跳下车。

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" Who collected all these nuts?" asked Mr. Ramirez

“这些核桃都是谁捡的？”拉米雷斯先生问道。

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" Joy and I did," said Katie." But they're Joy's nuts."

“乔伊和我捡的，”凯蒂说，“但核桃是乔伊的。”

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" I'm going to use the money I earn to fix my great-grandma's fiddle," said Joy

“我要用挣的钱修我太奶奶的小提琴，”乔伊说。

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Dad started shoveling walnuts into the bin, and Mr. Ramirez turned on the huller

爸爸开始把核桃铲进料斗，拉米雷斯先生启动了脱壳机。

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" It's so noisy!" cried Katie

“好吵啊！”凯蒂喊道。

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The girls covered their ears and watched the nuts being lifted into the huller

女孩们捂住耳朵，看着核桃被送进脱壳机。

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Then they ran around the machine and saw the walnuts shoot out into a big bag

然后她们跑到机器另一边，看见核桃喷射进一个大袋子里。

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The green hulls were gone

绿色的外壳都没了。

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When the first bag got full, Mr. Ramirez put another bag in its place

第一袋装满后，拉米雷斯先生换上了另一个袋子。

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The second bag filled up and then a third

第二袋装满了，接着是第三袋。

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When the fourth bag was almost half full, the hulling went silent

第四袋快装到一半时，脱壳机安静了下来。

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" That's all?" said Joy

“就这些？”乔伊说。

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" The whole cart fits into four bags?"

“整整一车就装成四袋？”

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" Let's weigh them and see how you did," said Mr. Ramirez

“咱们称一下，看看你们收获如何，”拉米雷斯先生说。

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He peered at the numbers on the scale

他仔细看了看秤上的数字。

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" That's 170 pounds

“总共170磅。

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So fifteen cents for each pound — that's twenty-five dollars and fifty cents."

每磅十五美分——那就是二十五美元五十美分。”

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" YIPPEE!" cheered Joy

“耶！”乔伊欢呼起来。

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" I'm glad you brought your walnuts in early," said Mr. Ramirez

“我很高兴你们早早就把核桃送来了，”拉米雷斯先生说。

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" On Monday morning the price drops to thirteen cents."

“周一早上价格就降到十三美分了。”

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" What? Oh no!" cried Joy

“什么？噢，不！”乔伊叫道。