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But, when we pulled into the neighbourhood, everyone started to change their tune. The estate agent let our family in and showed us around the house, which was WAY nicer than ours. And the kitchen was even bigger than it looked in the PICTURES.

可当我们开车开进这片街区时，大家的态度一下子都变了。 房产中介带我们一家人进了屋，四处参观——这房子比我们现在的家好太多了。 就连厨房都比照片上看着还要大得多。

But what really got my attention was the SWIMMINSWIMMING POOL in the backyard. Rodrick and Manny must've spotted it before I did, because both of them were already out there by the time I got down the back stairs.

但真正吸引我目光的，是后院的游泳池。 罗德里克和曼尼肯定比我先发现它，我刚走下后楼梯，他俩早就已经在那儿了。

We've been trying to get Mom and Dad to put a pool in our backyard FOREVER. They always tell us that the hot tub is just as GOOD as a pool, but, believe me, it's not the same And this was an IN-GROUND pool. We actually had an above-ground pool when I was younger, but it didn't even last a WEEK.

我们缠了爸妈好多年，一直想让他们在后院修个游泳池。 他们总说按摩浴缸和游泳池一样棒，但相信我，那根本不是一回事 何况这还是个嵌入式大泳池呢。 我小时候家里确实有过一个支架泳池，结果它连一个星期都没撑过。

The estate agent showed us a few more features of the house, but she didn't NEED to because we were already SOLD. On our way home, everyone was SUPER excited. Rodrick said that he's gonna use the pool to do summer CONCERTS, and it'll be a totally crazy scene every Friday night.

中介还给我们介绍了房子的其他亮点，但根本没必要多说——我们早就一眼相中这儿了。 回家的路上，每个人都超级兴奋。 罗德里克说他要在泳池边办夏日演唱会，每个周五晚上都会疯玩一场。

I decided that I'm gonna CHARGE people to come and use our pool, but that I'll make exceptions for CERTAIN people. But Manny was the most excited of ALL. He's got big plans for the pool, too, and all I can say is, it's gonna take a lot of chocolate PUDDING.

我打算向用泳池的人收费，不过某些特殊的人可以例外。 不过曼尼才是所有人里最兴奋的。 他也对泳池有一大堆计划，我只能说，那得消耗好多好多巧克力布丁才行。

Monday We had another family meeting last night, and this was a BIG one. Everyone's on board with moving to the new house, so that's great. Mom told us not to TELL anyone yet, because we still have to sell OUR house so we can afford to buy the NEW one. It was a little hard for me to keep that information to MYSELF, though, and I figured there wouldn't be any harm in telling just ONE person. But maybe I should've told someone besides ROWLEY, because he didn't take the news too well.

周一 昨晚我们开了另一场家庭会议，这可是件天大的事。 所有人都同意搬去新房子，这可太棒了。 妈妈嘱咐我们先别告诉任何人，因为我们得先卖掉现在的房子，才买得起新房子。 不过要我把这个秘密藏在心里实在太难了，我觉得只告诉一个人肯定不会出问题。 可我当初真不该告诉罗利，因为听到消息后他一点都不开心。