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Of course THAT meant going to the Old- Timey Ice Cream Parlour. I was getting a little sick of spending every night at Rodrick's work, and I think Grandpa was feeling the same way. He told Mom ice cream makes his gums hurt and he was gonna stay home this time around. I tried using the same excuse, but Mom was dead set on us going. When we got to the restaurant, though, Rodrick was nowhere to be found. The manager told Mom that Rodrick never showed up for work.

当然，这意味着要去老式冰淇淋店。 我有点厌倦了每天晚上都在罗德里克工作的地方，我想爷爷也有同样的感觉。 他告诉妈妈冰淇淋会让他牙床疼这次他要待在家里。 我试着用同样的借口，但妈妈坚决要我们去。 然而，当我们到达餐厅时，却找不到罗德里克。 经理告诉妈妈罗德里克没来上班。

That sent Mom into a PANIC, and we got back in the van to go look for him. We drove all over the place, and we finally found Rodrick walking along the side of the highway. When we pulled over, Rodrick got in the van and explained what happened. He said there was a traffic jam on the highway and he was gonna be late for work. So the got into the car-pool lane, where he could go a lot FASTER. But the rule for the car-pool lane is that you have to have at least TWO people in your vehicle.

这让妈妈陷入了恐慌，我们回到车里去找他。 我们开车到处找，最后发现罗德里克正沿着高速公路走着。 当我们靠边停车时，罗德里克上了车，解释了发生的事情。 他说高速路上塞车了，他上班要迟到了。 于是他进入了共用车道，在那里他可以走得快得多。 但合用车道的规定是，你的车里必须至少有两个人。

So Rodrick made it look like Old-Timey Tobias was sitting next to him in the passenger seat. Unfortunately, some eagle-eyed cop pulled him over. The cop wasn't amused and gave Rodrick a ticket for one hundred dollars. Then he found all sorts of things wrong with the van, like a broken taillight and an expired inspection sticker. After that, the cop had Rodrick's van towed and left him stranded on the side of the road. So Rodrick was a HUGE target for all the kids who were stuck in the traffic jam.

所以罗德里克让他看起来像以前的托拜厄斯坐在他旁边的副驾驶座上。 不幸的是，一个眼尖的警察把他拦了下来。 警察很不高兴，给了罗德里克一张100美元的罚单。 然后他发现那辆面包车出了各种各样的问题，比如尾灯坏了，检查贴纸过期了。 在那之后，警察把罗德里克的货车拖走，把他留在路边。 所以罗德里克是所有被困在交通堵塞中的孩子们的一个巨大的目标。

Mom told Dad to drive home so she could throw Rodrick's costume in the washing machine. But when we got to our street, there were cars parked up and down on both sides. There were even cars parked on our LAWN, which was pretty strange.

妈妈让爸爸开车回家，好把罗德里克的戏服扔进洗衣机。 但是当我们到达我们的街道时，两边都停满了汽车。 甚至有汽车停在我们的草坪上，这很奇怪。

We had to park the van at the bottom of the hill and walk up the street. When we finally got to our yard, you could hear loud music coming from the house. And when we opened the front door, there was a RAGING party going on inside. We had to push through the crowd to find Grandpa, who was out back in our old hot tub. And from the look of things, he was having the time of his LIFE.

我们只好把货车停在山脚下，然后沿街而上。 当我们终于到达院子时，你可以听到从房子里传来响亮的音乐声。 当我们打开前门时，里面正在举行一场激烈的派对。 我们不得不挤过人群去找爷爷，他正在我们的旧热水浴缸里。 从表面上看，他正在享受他一生中最快乐的时光。

Dad kicked everyone out of the house, which took FOREVER, mostly because no one was in a big hurry to leave. When everyone was gone, Dad lit into Grandpa for having a party.

爸爸把所有人都赶出了房子，这花了很长时间，主要是因为没有人急着离开。 大家都走了以后，爸爸责备爷爷开晚会。