043 鸡的谜团

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Joy flashed her light around the coop

乔伊用手电筒照了照鸡笼四周。

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She saw something in the mud

她在泥地里看到了什么。

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Were those chicken footprints or something else?

那是鸡的脚印还是别的什么？

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" Mom! Katie!" cried Joy, running into the kitchen

“妈妈！凯蒂！”乔伊跑进厨房喊道。

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" Someone — or something — is stealing our eggs!"

“有人——或者什么东西——在偷我们的鸡蛋！”

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" What? Someone is stealing our eggs?" cried Katie

“什么？有人在偷我们的鸡蛋？”凯蒂喊道。

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" I think so," said Joy

“我想是的，”乔伊说。

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" There are still no eggs in the henhouse

“鸡舍里还是没有鸡蛋。

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It doesn't make sense. And..." Joy lowered her voice

这说不通。而且……”乔伊压低了声音。

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" I found footprints."

“我发现了脚印。”

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Mom gasped. Katie's eyes grew wide

妈妈倒抽一口气。凯蒂眼睛瞪得大大的。

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" Whose footprints?" asked Katie

“谁的脚印？”凯蒂问。

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" I don't know. But they're small," said Joy

“不知道。但脚印很小。”乔伊说。

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" Like a cat's? Or a raccoon's?" asked Katie

“像猫的？还是浣熊的？”凯蒂问。

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" We need to investigate," said Mom

“我们得调查一下。”妈妈说。

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" The chickens could be in danger!" said Katie

“鸡可能有危险！”凯蒂说。

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" I'll call Grandpa

“我打给爷爷。

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He'll know what to do!" said Joy

他知道该怎么办！”乔伊说。

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" Yes, but it's pretty late," Mom said

“对，但已经很晚了。”妈妈说。

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" You can call tomorrow."

“你明天再打。”

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But Joy was already dialing

可乔伊已经在拨号了。

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" Please, Mom? This is important."

"求你了，妈妈？这事很重要。"

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A few seconds later, Joy frowned as she hung up the phone

几秒钟后，乔伊皱着眉头挂断了电话。

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" It went straight to Grandpa's voicemail so I didn't leave a message."

"直接转到爷爷的语音信箱了，所以我没有留言。"

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" See what happens tomorrow, honey," Mom said

"明天再看看情况吧，宝贝，"妈妈说。

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" You have more important things to worry about right now

"你现在有更重要的事要操心。

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Like your homework."

比如你的作业。"

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Joy sighed. She wasn't happy, but she'd have to wait

乔伊叹了口气。她不太高兴，但只好等着。

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The next morning Olivia met the twins by the front door of Boone Elementary

第二天早上，奥利维亚在布恩小学门口和双胞胎碰面。

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" I watched the best movie on Martin Luther King last night," she said

"我昨晚看了一部关于马丁·路德·金的特别棒的电影，"她说。

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" It really helped me with my project."

“它确实对我的项目帮助很大。”

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" These projects are fun, aren't they?" said Laura

“这些项目很有趣，不是吗？”劳拉说。

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" Are you living like Martin Luther King?"

“你像马丁·路德·金那样生活吗？”

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" I sure am!" said Olivia

“当然啦！”奥利维亚说。

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" Yesterday I tried a peaceful protest when my mom told me it was time for bed."

“昨天我妈妈叫我上床睡觉时，我尝试了一次和平抗议。”

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" Cool!" said Katie." What did you do?"

“酷！”凯蒂说。“你做了什么？”

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" I sat quietly in front of the TV and refused to move," said Olivia

“我安静地坐在电视机前，拒绝离开。”奥利维亚说。

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" Did it work?" Laura asked

“成功了吗？”劳拉问。

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" I got to watch 15 more minutes of TV

“我多看了15分钟电视。

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So I guess it did!" The girls laughed

所以我想是成功了！”女孩们笑了起来。

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" Good morning, fourth graders."

“早上好，四年级的同学们。”

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Ms. Olson greeted them as they walked into their classroom

当他们走进教室时，奥尔森老师向他们问好。

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" Ms. Barrow is sick today, so Mr. Curtis will be your teacher

“巴罗老师今天生病了，所以由柯蒂斯先生来给你们上课。

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Class, please say hello to Mr. Curtis."

同学们，请向柯蒂斯先生问好。”

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" Good morning, Mr. Curtis," the fourth graders said

“早上好，柯蒂斯先生。”四年级的同学们说道。

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" Good morning. Now, Ms. Barrow told me there are twins in this class

“早上好。嗯，巴罗老师告诉我这个班有一对双胞胎。

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Where are Katie and Joy Donovan?" Mr. Curtis looked at the girls." Who is who?"

凯蒂·多诺万和乔伊·多诺万在哪儿？”柯蒂斯先生看着两个女孩。“你们谁是凯蒂，谁是乔伊？”

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" I'm Katie," Katie spoke up

“我是凯蒂。”凯蒂大声说道。

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" No, she's lying. That's Katie!" Luke said, laughing

“不，她在说谎。她才是凯蒂！”卢克笑着说。

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He pointed at Joy

他指着乔伊。

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" Stop it, Luke!" Joy said angrily." I'm Joy!"

“别闹了，卢克！”乔伊生气地说，“我是乔伊！”

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" If you're Joy, then who is that?" Carlos said, pointing at Katie

“如果你是乔伊，那她是谁？”卡洛斯指着凯蒂说。

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Everyone laughed, except for Mr. Curtis

大家都笑了，除了柯蒂斯老师。

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" Please settle down," said the teacher with a frown

“请安静下来，”老师皱着眉头说。

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" Or I will have to ask Ms. Olson to come back."

“不然我就只好请奥尔森老师回来了。”

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After Mr. Curtis took attendance, the fourth graders had math

柯蒂斯老师点完名后，四年级的学生们开始上数学课。

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" Joy," Mr. Curtis said, looking at Katie

“乔伊，”柯蒂斯老师看着凯蒂说道。

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" What can you tell us about rounding six-digit numbers?"

“关于六位数的四舍五入，你能跟我们说些什么？”

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Katie stared down at her math book

凯蒂低头盯着数学书看。

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" Joy," Mr. Curtis repeated sternly

“乔伊，”柯蒂斯老师严厉地重复道。

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" You girls are making this very difficult."

“你们俩这样让我很难办。”

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Joy sighed. Ms. Barrow didn't have any trouble telling them apart

乔伊叹了口气。巴罗老师分辨她们可从来没问题。

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Why was it so hard for Mr. Curtis?

这对柯蒂斯老师来说怎么就这么难呢？

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" I know the answer." Larry raised his hand

“我知道答案。”拉里举起了手。

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" Yes, Larry," Mr. Curtis said

“好的，拉里，”柯蒂斯老师说。

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" It depends if you're rounding to the nearest hundred thousand, ten thousand, or thousand," Larry answered

“这取决于你是要四舍五入到十万位、万位，还是千位，”拉里回答道。

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While Larry kept talking, Katie wrote a note to her sister

拉里继续说着话，凯蒂给妹妹写了张纸条。

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It said: " A house divided against itself cannot stand..."–Abraham Lincoln

上面写着：“一栋分裂的房子是站不住脚的...”——亚伯拉罕·林肯。

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Another note followed

接着又是一张纸条。

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That means we have to stick together

意思是我们必须团结一致。

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Do not answer unless Mr. Curtis calls you by the right name!

除非柯蒂斯老师叫对了名字，否则别回答！

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When Joy looked up, Katie was making a sign with her hand

乔伊抬起头时，凯蒂正用手比划着一个手势。

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Joy recognized it right away — it was sign language for the word " twin."

乔伊立刻就认出来了——那是“双胞胎”这个词的手语。

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Joy grinned and then signed the word back at her sister

乔伊咧嘴一笑，也向姐姐回比了那个词。

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The Donovan twins were sticking together!

多诺万家的双胞胎要团结一致！