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Saturday When we woke up in the morning, I figured we were in for a long day. Our flight wasn't until 8:00 p.m, and there was nothing to do at the airport. But at breakfast, Mom and Dad surprised us. They said we were gonna go BACK to the resort for the day. Mom and Dad had talked it over the night before, and neither one of them liked the way things had ended. They decided they wanted to have a "do over" and leave on a high note. Mom said the most important thing was that we get that family picture. She said she knew the PERFECT spot on the beach, and as soon as we got to the resort we were gonna head straight there.

当我们早上醒来的时候，我想我们要度过漫长的一天。 我们的航班要到晚上8点才起飞，在机场也没什么事可做。 但是在早餐的时候，爸爸妈妈给了我们一个惊喜。 他们说我们今天要回度假村。 妈妈和爸爸前一天晚上谈过这件事，他们谁也不喜欢事情以这种方式结束。 他们决定“重来一遍”，高调离开。 妈妈说最重要的是我们要拍全家福。 她说她知道海滩上最完美的地方，我们一到度假村就直接去那里。

I thought the whole thing was a crazy idea, because I didn't see how we were even gonna get past the front desk. But Dad said he had a plan, and he'd tell us what it was when we got there. We took the free shuttle back to the resort, and we watched that video again. I realized the reason everything looked so FUN was because they never showed any actual FAMILIES. When we got off the bus, Dad told us his master plan to sneak onto the property. And I gotta say, it wasn't really that impressive.

我觉得这整件事太疯狂了，因为我都不知道我们要怎么通过前台。 但爸爸说他有个计划，等我们到了他会告诉我们的。 我们乘坐免费班车回到度假村，又看了一遍那个视频。 我意识到一切看起来如此有趣的原因是因为他们从来没有展示任何真正的家庭。 我们下车后，爸爸告诉了我们他偷偷溜进房子的计划。 我得说，也没那么令人印象深刻。

But it actually WORKED. Once we got past the lobby, we went to the pool area. There wasn't anyone swimming, because they were still filling it. We quickly found out where everyone ELSE was— down at the beach. But it was so crowded, no one looked like they were having any FUN.

但它确实奏效了。一过大厅，我们就去了泳池区。 没有人在游泳，因为他们还在填水。 我们很快就找到了其他人都在哪里——在海滩下面。 但是太拥挤了，看起来没有人玩得开心。

Mom wanted to get the family picture, but she didn't want other people in the shot. So we went to the sand dunes, where nobody else would be in the background. But that's where we ran into Rodrick's girlfriend. I felt kind of BAD for Rodrick, ESPECIALLY after Mom asked the girl to take our picture with her camera.

妈妈想拍全家福，但她不想让其他人出现在照片里。 所以我们去了沙丘，那里没有其他人会成为背景。 但我们在那里遇到了罗德里克的女朋友。 我为罗德里克感到难过，尤其是在妈妈让那个女孩用她的相机给我们拍照之后。

I'm not sure we're gonna be able to use the photo as our Christmas card anyway, since Mom usually likes everyone to be SMILING in those. After the family picture was out of the way, we went back down to the beach. Rodrick was sulking, but the rest of us had FUN.

我不确定我们能不能用这张照片做圣诞贺卡，因为妈妈通常喜欢照片里的每个人都面带微笑。 全家福拍完后，我们又回到了海滩。 罗德里克在生闷气，但我们其他人玩得很开心。

We worked up an appetite, and we were ready to eat. The problem was, the security guard had taken our roomkeys when he kicked us out of the resort. So we couldn't actually PAY for anything. A family in one of the cabanas had some leftover pizza and fries. So we used what we learned from the birds and helped ourselves to some food. After that, Dad said we needed to start heading back. Mom wanted to get a few more pictures at the sand dunes before we left, so we went there.

我们食欲大开，准备吃饭了。 问题是，保安把我们赶出度假村时拿走了我们的房间钥匙。 所以我们实际上不能支付任何东西。 其中一个小屋里的一家人有一些吃剩的披萨和薯条。 所以我们利用从鸟类身上学到的东西，自己动手吃了一些食物。 在那之后，爸爸说我们得往回走了。 妈妈想在我们离开之前在沙丘上多拍几张照片，所以我们就去了那里。