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On Monday morning, Katie's accident was big news in Ms. Barrow's classroom

周一早上，凯蒂的意外成了巴罗老师班上的大新闻。

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" The next thing I knew, she was falling through the air!" said Joy to the fourth graders

“我还没反应过来，她就已经从空中掉下去了！”乔伊对四年级的同学们说道。

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" Did she scream?" asked Laura

“她尖叫了吗？”劳拉问。

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Joy looked at Olivia." I don't remember

乔伊看了看奥利维亚。“我不记得了。

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Did she scream?"

她尖叫了吗？”

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" No, she didn't," said Olivia." She didn't even cry."

“不，她没有，”奥利维亚说，“她甚至都没哭。”

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" Dad picked her up, and Mom drove them to Dr. Howarth's office," said Joy

“爸爸抱起了她，妈妈开车送他们去了豪沃斯医生的诊所，”乔伊说。

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" Did she break her leg?" asked Larry

“她摔断腿了吗？”拉里问。

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" No, she twisted her ankle," said Joy

“没有，她扭伤了脚踝，”乔伊说。

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" She has a bandage from her toes almost to her knee

她从脚趾到差不多膝盖都缠上了绷带。

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And she has to put ice on her ankle."

而且她得在脚踝上冰敷。”

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" And she doesn't have to come to school for at least two days," said Olivia

“而且她至少两天不用来学校了，”奥利维亚说。

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She looked at Ms. Barrow

她看向巴罗老师。

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" I mean she doesn't get to come to school

“我的意思是她没机会来学校。

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She has to rest."

她必须休息。”

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" Did you fill up your cart with walnuts yesterday?" Ms. Barrow asked Joy

“你昨天把推车装满核桃了吗？”巴罗老师问乔伊。

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" Yes, I did. Then Dad and I took them to the nut-buying station

“是的，装满了。然后爸爸和我把它们送到核桃收购站。

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We had to — before the price dropped!"

我们不得不赶在——价格下跌之前卖掉！”

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Then Joy explained about the price falling from fifteen cents to thirteen cents

接着乔伊解释了价格从十五美分跌到十三美分的事。

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" Just when I had my money goal all figured out, the price changed," said Joy

“就在我刚刚把存钱目标都算好的时候，价格变了，”乔伊说。

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" That doesn't seem fair." She sighed

“这看起来不公平。”她叹了口气。

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" Mr. Ramirez at the nut-buying station — "

“核桃收购站的拉米雷斯先生——”

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" That's my dad," said Carlos

“那是我爸爸，”卡洛斯说。

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Joy continued." Mr. Ramirez said the price dropped because there are so many walnuts this year

乔伊继续说。“拉米雷斯先生说价格下跌是因为今年核桃太多了。”

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But I still don't understand it."

“但我还是不明白。”

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" I'll try to explain," said Ms. Barrow

“我来试着解释一下，”巴罗老师说。

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" You see, as Carlos's father said, there are a lot of walnuts this year

“你看，就像卡洛斯的爸爸说的，今年的核桃确实很多。”

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And the nut company knows there are plenty of nuts to keep their plant operating

“坚果公司知道有充足的坚果可以维持工厂运转。”

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But there are more nuts than people want

“但核桃的数量比人们想要的还多。”

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An increase in the supply — of cars or houses or anything — always causes the price to go down."

“供应增加——无论是汽车、房子还是任何东西——总是会导致价格下降。”

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Joy thought for a moment

乔伊思索了片刻。

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" In other years, when there aren't so many walnuts, will the nut company pay more?" she asked

“在其他年份，核桃没这么多的时候，坚果公司会多付钱吗？”她问道。

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" Yes," said Ms. Barrow

“是的，”巴罗老师说。

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" They'll pay more for walnuts so people will work harder and collect more."

“他们会提高核桃的收购价，这样人们才会更努力地去采摘、收集更多。”

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" Are you close to your goal?" Larry asked Joy

“你离目标近了吗？”拉里问乔伊。

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Joy opened her little notebook

乔伊打开她的小本子。

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" On Saturday, I made twenty-five dollars and fifty cents

“星期六，我赚了二十五美元五十美分。

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On Sunday, I made twenty-four dollars and forty-five cents."

星期天，我赚了二十四美元四十五美分。”

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" How much more does Joy need to reach her goal of one hundred dollars?" asked Ms. Barrow

“乔伊还需要多少钱才能达到一百美元的目标呢？”巴罗老师问道。

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The fourth graders worked on the problem." How much, Luke?"

四年级的学生们开始计算起来。“卢克，还差多少？”

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" Fifty dollars and five cents," answered Luke

“五十美元五美分，”卢克回答。

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" That is exactly right," said Joy

“完全正确，”乔伊说。

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" And that means I have to collect 385 more pounds of walnuts

“这意味着我还得再捡385磅核桃。”

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Then I can fix my fiddle."

然后我才能修我的小提琴。”

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After school that day, Olivia visited Katie

那天放学后，奥利维亚来看凯蒂。

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She sat on Joy's bed, across from Katie

她坐在乔伊的床上，在凯蒂对面。

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" See my bandage?" said Katie

“看到我的绷带了吗？”凯蒂说。

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" And my ice pack?

“还有我的冰袋？

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I have to keep my ankle elevated

我必须把脚踝抬高放着。

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That means I have to prop it up on these pillows."

也就是说我得用这些枕头把它垫起来。”

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" Does it hurt?" asked Olivia

“疼吗？”奥利维亚问。

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" A little bit," said Katie

“有一点点，”凯蒂说。

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" But the worst part is that I can't help Joy with her goal anymore."

“但最糟糕的是，我不能再帮乔伊实现她的目标了。”

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" What about the hayride?" said Olivia

“那干草车之旅呢？”奥利维亚说。

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" Will you be able to go?"

“你还能去吗？”

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" The hayride!" said Katie and hit her forehead with her hand

“干草车之旅！”凯蒂说着用手拍了一下脑门。

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" I almost forgot!

“我差点忘了！

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Can you bring me the calendar on my desk, please?

你能把我桌上的日历递给我吗？

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What day is today?"

今天几号？”

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" Monday," said Olivia

“星期一，”奥利维亚说。

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" I've got less than two weeks to get well," said Katie

“我养伤的时间不到两周了，”凯蒂说。

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She thought for a moment and then sighed

她想了一会儿，然后叹了口气。

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" But Joy has only one more weekend to collect nuts

“可乔伊只剩一个周末能捡核桃了。

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And she's lost her helper."

而且她没了帮手。”

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Joy's fiddle was lying on Joy's desk

乔伊的小提琴就放在她书桌上。

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Olivia touched the broken strings

奥利维亚摸了摸断了弦。

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Then she looked at Katie

然后她看向凯蒂。

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" I have an idea," she said." I'll be her helper!

“我有个主意，”她说，“我来当她的帮手！

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I'll come here Saturday morning and help Joy collect walnuts!"

我星期六早上过来，帮乔伊捡核桃！”