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I had to get back in the van so I could help Dad with the rest of the bags. Ordinarily, that kind of thing would've been Rodrick's job, but since he was dressed for eighty-degree weather, he got out of it. He was lucky heDID, too. When we got to the gate for the economy lot, Dad couldn't reach the ticket from his window. So he made me get out of the car to grab it. Unfortunately, I didn't notice that there was a giant slush puddle on my side of the car until it was too late. After we parked, we rolled our bags to the nearest shuttle stop, which wasn't a lot of fun.

我必须回到货车里，这样我才能帮爸爸搬剩下的袋子。 通常情况下，这种事情是罗德里克的工作，但因为他穿着八十度的衣服，所以他没有这样做。 他也很幸运地做到了。当我们到达经济舱的登机口时，爸爸从窗口拿不到机票。 所以他让我下车去拿。 不幸的是，我没有注意到我这边有一个巨大的泥坑，直到为时已晚。 停车后，我们把行李推到最近的班车站，这并不好玩。

The sign said the shuttle bus to the main terminal came every ten minutes. But there was no room for us in the bus shelter, so we had to wait outside in the freezing cold. Twenty minutes went by without a bus, and Dad started getting really anxious about the time. He said we were just gonna have toWALK to the terminal, which was about a mile away.

指示牌上写着去总站的班车每十分钟一班。 但是候车亭里没有我们的位置，所以我们不得不在外面等着。 二十分钟过去了，公共汽车还没有来，爸爸开始担心时间了。 他说我们只能步行到大约一英里外的终点站。

I would've tried to convince Dad to wait a little longer, but my sock was starting to turn to ice, and I didn't wanna get frostbite. Sure enough, once we got about a hundred feet from the shelter, the shuttle bus pulled into the parking lot. We tried to get the driver to stop, but he just blew right by us. So we RAN to the shuttle stop, but we didn't make it back in time.

我本想说服爸爸再等一会儿，但我的袜子开始结冰了，我可不想被冻伤。 果然，当我们离避难所大约一百英尺的时候，班车停在了停车场。 我们试图让司机停车，但他从我们身边飞驰而过。 所以我们跑到太空梭站，但没能及时赶回来。

Now Dad was really worried about missing our flight. I told him maybe missing the flight wouldn't be the WORST thing to happen, but he didn't seem to be in the mood to hear what I had to say.

现在爸爸真的很担心错过我们的航班。 我告诉他也许错过航班并不是最糟糕的事情，但他似乎没有心情听我说什么。

By the time we got to the terminal, we were both soaking wet and miserable. So when a pickup truck almost hit us in the crosswalk, it made Dad REALLY mad, and he let the driver know. That just made the DRIVER mad, and he pulled his truck over and stepped out of his vehicle.

当我们到达终点站的时候，我们都湿透了，痛苦不堪。 所以，当一辆小货车在人行横道上差点撞到我们时，爸爸真的很生气，他告诉了司机。 这让司机很生气，他把卡车停在路边，下了车。

We didn't stick around long enough to talk things over with this guy. We ran in the opposite direction and blended in with some people standing on the sidewalk until the coast was clear. Dad told me I could learn a lesson from this, which was to never lose your temper and do something stupid. But I took away DIFFERENT lesson when Heffleys get in trouble, Heffley RUN. The rest of the family was waiting inside the entrance to the terminal. Mom wanted to know what took us so long, and Dad wanted to know why she hadn't gotten in line with Manny and Rodrick and held a place for us.

我们没能和他好好谈谈。 我们朝相反的方向跑去，和一些站在人行道上的人混在一起，直到人去人非。 爸爸告诉我，我可以从中吸取教训，那就是永远不要发脾气，不要做傻事。 但当赫夫利遇到麻烦时，我得到了不同的教训，赫夫利跑了。 全家人都在候机楼的入口处等着。 妈妈想知道为什么我们花了这么长时间，爸爸想知道为什么她没有和曼尼和罗德里克站在一起，给我们留个位置。