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By the time the security agents got all the zip barriers reconnected, we ended up at the BACK of the line. And the family with the kid who caused all the trouble was at the RONT. Now Mom and Dad were REALLY stressed, because our flight was supposed to leave at any minute. Dad begged one of the security agents to let us go to the front, but he didn't seem too sympathetic. I thought we were going to miss our flight, so I didn't really see the point of going through security. But Dad said sometimes they leave the gate open until the last second, and we might still make it.

等安检人员重新接上所有的拉链栅栏时，我们终于排到了队伍的后面。 而惹出麻烦的那家人和孩子就在前线。 现在爸爸妈妈真的很紧张，因为我们的航班马上就要起飞了。 爸爸恳求一名保安让我们去前线，但他似乎不太同情我们。 我以为我们要错过航班了，所以我不觉得过安检有什么意义。 但是爸爸说有时候他们直到最后一秒才把大门打开，我们还是有可能成功的。

We finally got to the front of the line, and we put our bags on a conveyor belt. Then we took off our coats and shoes and put them into some plastic bins. Manny saw what the rest of us were doing, and he started taking off-HIS clothes, too. Luckily, Mom noticed in time and stopped him before he could go any further.

我们终于排到了队伍的前面，把行李放在传送带上。 然后我们脱下外套和鞋子，把它们放进一些塑料箱里。 曼尼看到我们其他人在做什么，他也开始脱衣服。 幸运的是，妈妈及时发现了，在他走得更远之前拦住了他。

Manny wasn't finished causing problems, though. Apparently, he thought the conveyor belt was some kind of RIDE, and he was really upset when he found out that it WASN'T. The people behind us were getting frustrated we weren't moving, but WE were being held up by the guy in front of us. He had to remove everything he had on that was metal, and it was taking him FOREVER.

不过曼尼还没制造完麻烦。 显然，他认为传送带是某种RIDE，当他发现它不是时，他真的很沮丧。 我们后面的人对我们不动感到沮丧，但我们被前面的人挡住了。 他必须把身上所有的金属都拿掉，这花了他很长时间。

Rodrick told me these machines can see through your CLOTHES, and then someone checks a screen to make sure you're not trying to sneak by with anything dangerous, All I can say is I wouldn't wanna be the person with THAT job. It turns out the X-ray machine that sees through your clothes is only for grown-ups, and kids go through a metal detector instead. Still, I wasn't gonna take any chances.

罗德里克告诉我，这些机器可以看穿你的衣服，然后有人检查屏幕，以确保你没有带着任何危险的东西偷偷溜过去。我只能说，我不想做那种工作。 事实证明，透视衣服的x光机只适用于成年人，而孩子们则需要通过金属探测器。 但我还是不想冒任何风险。

Once we got through security, we grabbed our stuff from the conveyor belt and took off. Our gate was down on the lower level, so we had to take the escalator. We couldn't even do THAT without causing a major problem. Manny's stuffed animal got stuck in the bottom of the escalator, and he had to press the Emergency Stop button so Mom could pull it free.

一过安检，我们就从传送带上拿了东西就走了。 我们的大门在较低的一层，所以我们不得不乘自动扶梯。 我们甚至不能在不引起大问题的情况下做到这一点。 曼尼的毛绒玩具被困在电梯底部了，他不得不按下紧急停止按钮，这样妈妈才能把它拉出来。

Dad checked his watch and said we might still make it, so we ran for our gate. But the gate was all the way at the other end of the terminal, and we knew we couldn't make it in time on foot. Just then, a cart for handicapped passengers came along, and Dad stopped it and asked the driver if we could hitch a ride. The rest of us got on board before she could say no.

爸爸看了看表，说我们可能还能赶到，于是我们朝大门跑去。 但是登机口在航站楼的另一端，我们知道我们不可能步行及时赶到。 就在这时，一辆残疾人专车开了过来，爸爸把车停了下来，问司机我们能不能搭个便车。 她还没来得及拒绝，我们其他人就同意了。