039 乔伊的坏消息

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When Olivia arrived on Saturday, Katie was sitting on the front porch

周六奥莉维亚到的时候，凯蒂正坐在前门廊上。

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She was moving her foot in the air

她的脚在空中动着。

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" What are you doing?" asked Olivia

“你在做什么？”奥莉维亚问。

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" Check this out

“看这个。

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What does this spell?" said Katie

这拼出来是什么？”凯蒂说。

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Olivia's eyes followed Katie's toes as they moved through the air

奥莉维亚的目光追随着凯蒂的脚趾在空中移动。

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" That was an A," explained Katie

“那是个A，”凯蒂解释道。

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" This is a B. Watch carefully."

“这是个B。仔细看。”

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She moved her foot around some more

她又动了动脚。

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" Dr. Howarth says I have to write the alphabet several times each day

“豪沃思医生说我每天得写好几次字母表。

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If I do, my ankle will get strong

如果我这样做，我的脚踝就会强壮起来。

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Then I can go to the hayride on Friday."

这样我星期五就能去参加干草车之旅了。"

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" Great!" said Olivia." You keep writing

"太好了！"奥莉维亚说。"你继续写。

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I'll go pick up walnuts."

我去捡核桃。"

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" Don't let the ticks bite you!" said Katie. Olivia laughed

"别让蜱虫咬到你！"凯蒂说。奥莉维亚笑了。

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Joy had been collecting walnuts since after breakfast

乔伊从早餐后就在捡核桃。

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When she saw Olivia jogging up the hill, she ran to meet her

当她看到奥莉维亚跑上山坡时，她跑过去迎接她。

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" Here I am! Ready to help!" said Olivia

"我来了！准备好帮忙了！"奥莉维亚说。

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" Thank you!" Joy pulled her over to the cart

"谢谢你！"乔伊把她拉到推车旁。

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" There are a million walnuts under these trees," she said

"这些树下有数不清的核桃，"她说。

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" See how many I've picked up?

“看我捡了多少了？

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Dad says when the cart's full, we can go to the nut-buying station

爸爸说等推车满了，我们就能去坚果收购站了。

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Then we can fill it up again!"

然后我们又能再装满它！”

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" Let's see who can fill her bucket first!" said Olivia

“咱们比比谁先装满桶！”奥莉维亚说。

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She picked up two walnuts at once

她一下子捡起两个核桃。

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For several minutes, the only sound was the thud, thud, thud of walnuts dropping into buckets

接下来的几分钟里，只听见核桃掉进桶里的咚咚声。

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" Done!" said Joy." I win!"

“满了！”乔伊说，“我赢了！”

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" Let's do it again!" said Olivia

“再来一次！”奥莉维亚说。

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They emptied their buckets into the cart and started grabbing more walnuts. Thud, thud, thud

她们把桶里的核桃倒进推车，又开始捡更多核桃。咚、咚、咚。

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" Done!" cried Olivia." It's a tie!"

“满了！”奥莉维亚喊道，“平局！”

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The girls laughed

女孩们笑了起来。

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They were working, but it was fun!

她们在干活，但很有趣！

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As the morning sun rose higher, Joy moved closer to the woods

随着早晨的太阳越升越高，乔伊朝树林那边靠近了些。

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Olivia worked her way toward the pond, filling bucket after bucket

奥莉维亚朝着池塘的方向捡，装满了一桶又一桶。

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" The grass is kind of tall there," Joy called

“那边的草有点高，”乔伊喊道。

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" It's a good spot," said Olivia

“那是个好地方，”奥莉维亚说。

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" Lots of walnuts have rolled down here."

“好多核桃滚到这边来了。”

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" Just watch out," said Joy

“多留心，”乔伊说。

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" Watch out for what?" said Olivia

“留心什么？”奥莉维亚说。

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" Oh, poison ivy and stuff

“哦，毒藤之类的。

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Ticks. You know. Whatever."

蜱虫。你知道的。管他呢。”

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Olivia was picking up walnuts as fast as she could

奥莉维亚正以最快的速度捡着核桃。

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She filled her bucket quickly

她很快就装满了她的桶。

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" I'm going to set a new world record!" she said with a laugh

“我要创造新的世界纪录了！”她笑着说。

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Then she screamed

然后她尖叫起来。

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" A snake!" she yelled

“有蛇！”她大喊道。

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She tried to stand up, but she slipped back down into the grass

她试图站起来，但脚下一滑，又跌坐回草丛里。

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She screamed again

她又尖叫了一声。

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" It's just a black snake," called Joy

“只是一条黑蛇，”乔伊喊道。

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" There it goes

“它跑掉了。

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See? You scared it."

看到了吧？是你把它吓跑了。”

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" I scared the snake?" cried Olivia

“我把蛇吓跑了吗？”奥莉维亚喊道。

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She ran toward Joy

她朝乔伊跑了过去。

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Just then a strong breeze blew through the trees

就在这时，一阵强风吹过树林。

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A walnut fell on Olivia's toe

一颗核桃砸在了奥莉维亚的脚趾上。

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" Ouch!" she cried and looked up into the tree

“哎哟！”她叫了一声，抬头看向树上。

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A walnut fell right on her nose!

一颗核桃正好砸在了她的鼻子上！

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" Oh! That really hurt!"

“哦！那一下可真疼！”

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She rubbed her nose and screamed again

她揉了揉鼻子，又尖叫了一声。

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" My nose is bleeding!"

“我的鼻子流血了！”

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Soon Olivia was sitting beside Katie on the front porch

很快，奥莉维亚和凯蒂一起坐在了前门廊上。

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" Keep holding your nose for ten minutes," said Grandpa

“捏住鼻子，保持十分钟，”爷爷说。

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" And no more walnut collecting today," Mom said

“而且今天不能再捡核桃了，”妈妈说。

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" You shouldn't bend over for several hours."

“几个小时内你都不要弯腰。”

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" Another damaged walnut picker," said Katie

“又一个负伤的捡核桃工，”凯蒂说。

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Joy was heading back out for more walnuts when Dad's truck drove up the driveway

乔伊正要再出去捡核桃时，爸爸的卡车驶上了车道。

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Joy stopped and talked with him for a moment, and then continued toward the pond

乔伊停下脚步，和他聊了一小会儿，然后继续朝着池塘走去。

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Dad joined the rest of the family on the porch

爸爸来到门廊上，和其他家人待在一起。

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" Bad news for Joy," he said

“对乔伊来说是个坏消息，”他说。

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" This morning the nut company lowered the price again — to ten cents."

“今天早上，坚果公司又把价格降到了——十美分。”

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" Oh, poor Joy!" said Mom

“哦，可怜的乔伊！”妈妈说。

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Grandpa shook his head

爷爷摇了摇头。

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" She's running out of time," he said

“她的时间不多了，”他说。

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" Do you think she can still reach her goal?"

“你觉得她还能达成目标吗？”

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" I don't know," said Dad

“我不知道，”爸爸说。

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" Now she needs more than five hundred pounds."

“现在她需要超过五百磅了。”

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" Now she needs a lot more helpers," said Katie

“现在她需要更多的帮手了，”凯蒂说。

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Olivia pulled her cell phone out of her pocket

奥莉维亚从口袋里掏出手机。

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" Now we need to make some phone calls!"

“现在我们需要打几通电话了！”