045 成为领袖

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On Saturday morning Joy woke up at sunrise

星期六早上，乔伊在日出时就醒了。

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No one else was awake yet

其他人还没醒。

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She quietly pulled on her clothes and tiptoed downstairs

她悄悄地套上衣服，踮着脚尖下了楼。

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Last night she had made a to-do list

昨晚她列了一份待办事项清单。

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Today she was determined to finish everything on it

今天她决心完成清单上的每一件事。

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Her boots crunched on the icy grass as she walked into the yard

她走进院子时，靴子踩在结霜的草地上发出嘎吱嘎吱的声音。

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" One, two, three, four, five."

"一、二、三、四、五。"

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Joy counted the chickens that were waddling around nearby

乔伊数了数在附近摇摇摆摆走动的鸡。

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One was still missing

还少一只。

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" Poor things," she said, noticing that their water feeder had frozen over

"可怜的小家伙们，"她注意到水盆结冰了，便说道。

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She went to look for a stick to break up the ice

她去寻找一根棍子来破冰。

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Then Joy spotted something in the garden

然后乔伊在花园里看到了什么。

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" Hey! What are you doing over there?"

“嘿！你在那边干什么？”

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It was the missing chicken!

是那只失踪的鸡！

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Joy ran over and scooped up the chicken

乔伊跑过去，一把抱起那只鸡。

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" Good thing you're alive," she said, patting its head

“幸好你还活着，”她边说边拍了拍它的头。

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" It's dangerous to escape, you know."

“逃跑很危险，你知道的。”

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Joy put the chicken back in the coop

乔伊把鸡放回鸡舍。

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But she still had a mystery to solve

但她还有一个谜要解开。

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" How in the world did you get out?"

“你到底是怎么跑出来的？”

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She circled the fence, looking for a hole, but didn't find anything

她绕着栅栏转了一圈，想找个洞，但什么也没发现。

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Soon she heard Katie calling her for breakfast

很快，她听见凯蒂喊她吃早饭。

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While she ate, Joy told Mom and Katie about how she'd found the chicken

吃饭时，乔伊告诉了妈妈和凯蒂她是怎么找到那只鸡的。

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" Now I have to figure out how it escaped

“现在我得弄清楚它是怎么逃出去的。

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But first I'm going to work on my leader project

不过，我得先做我的领袖项目。

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Can I borrow your computer, Mom?"

妈妈，我能用一下你的电脑吗？”

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" Of course," Mom said

“当然可以，”妈妈说。

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" Oh, and I'll need all your cotton balls and some shoe polish, Mom," Katie announced

“哦，妈妈，我还需要你所有的棉球和一些鞋油，”凯蒂宣布。

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Mom stared at Katie

妈妈盯着凯蒂。

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" What on earth for?" she asked

“这到底是要干什么？”她问。

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" I'm going to make an Abraham Lincoln beard," said Katie

“我要做一个亚伯拉罕·林肯的胡子。”凯蒂说。

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" To wear for my presentation on Monday."

“星期一演讲的时候戴。”

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Mom laughed." I can't wait to see that!"

妈妈笑了。“真想看看！”

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After breakfast the girls got to work

早饭后，女孩们开始忙活起来。

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Katie sat on the kitchen floor to make her beard

凯蒂坐在厨房地板上做她的胡子。

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Joy stayed at the table, reading about leaders on the Internet

乔伊留在桌边，在网上阅读关于领袖的资料。

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Magoo sat by Joy's feet, sniffing at Katie's shoe polish

玛古蹲在乔伊脚边，嗅着凯蒂的鞋油。

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" Hey, Katie, what do you know about Harriet Tubman?" Joy asked

“嘿，凯蒂，你对哈丽特·塔布曼了解多少？”乔伊问。

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Katie put down a cotton ball

凯蒂放下一个棉花球。

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" Nothing. I've never heard of her! Who is she?"

“完全不了解。我从没听说过她！她是谁？”

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" She was a slave, back when there were slaves in America

“她曾是一名奴隶，那是美国还存在奴隶制的年代。

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And she was really smart

而且她非常聪明。

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So she escaped to freedom

于是她逃向了自由。

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Then she helped other slaves escape too

后来，她也帮助其他奴隶逃跑。

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She risked her life helping them travel north, all the way to Pennsylvania and Canada!" explained Joy

她冒着生命危险帮助他们一路向北，直到宾夕法尼亚和加拿大！”乔伊解释道。

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" She sounds brave," Katie said

“听起来她很勇敢。”凯蒂说。

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" She was," Joy said

“她确实很勇敢。”乔伊说。

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" She even worked for the Union army during the Civil War."

“她甚至在内战期间为北方联邦军队工作过。”

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Katie smiled." Hey! I wonder if she ever met Abraham Lincoln!"

凯蒂笑道：“嘿！我在想她有没有见过亚伯拉罕·林肯！”

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She held up a few dyed cotton balls to her chin

她把几个染色的棉花球举到自己的下巴前。

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" Hello, Harriet," she said in her best Abraham Lincoln voice

“你好，哈莉特，”她用最像亚伯拉罕·林肯的声音说道。

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" Would you like to fight for the Union army?"

“你愿意为联邦军队而战吗？”

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" I'm not a soldier, President Lincoln!

“我不是士兵，林肯总统！

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I'm a spy!" Joy cried

我是个间谍！”乔伊喊道。

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The girls burst into giggles

女孩们咯咯地笑起来。

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Just then the phone rang

就在这时，电话响了。

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" I'll get it!" Katie jumped up

“我去接！”凯蒂跳起来。

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" Hi, Olivia," she said." No, I'm not doing anything."

“嗨，奥利维亚，”她说，“不，我没什么事。”

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Joy raised her eyebrows at Katie's mess on the floor

乔伊看着凯蒂弄得地板一团糟，挑了挑眉。

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Sometimes it was amazing how different she and her sister were

有时她和妹妹如此不同，真令人惊讶。

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" YES," Katie said loudly

“是的，”凯蒂大声说。

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" Of course I want to practice ice skating turns!"

“我当然想练习冰上转弯！”

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She hung up the phone and tapped Joy's shoulder

她挂断电话，拍了拍乔伊的肩膀。

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" Put your books away

“把你的书收起来吧。

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Olivia's coming over

奥利维亚要过来。

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We're going ice skating," she said

我们要去滑冰。”她说。

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" Magoo, stop it!"

“玛古，别动！”

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Katie reached down and pulled a cotton ball from Magoo's mouth

凯蒂弯下腰，从玛古嘴里掏出一个棉花球。

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Joy glanced outside

乔伊向外瞥了一眼。

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She wanted to practice ice skating turns with Olivia and Katie

她想跟奥利维亚和凯蒂一起练习冰上转弯。

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But it wasn't on her to-do list

但这不在她的待办清单上。

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And she had finally gotten a great idea for her project

而且她终于有了项目的好点子。

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Joy cleared her throat

乔伊清了清嗓子。

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" I can't," she said

“我不行，”她说。

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" I've got a Harriet Tubman project to do!"

“我有个哈莉特·塔布曼项目要做！”