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There was a movie playing on a screen at the deep end of the pool, and whoever chose the film probably should've picked something that was a little more family-friendly. Mom wasn't even paying attention to what was going on in the pool. There were a bunch of activities in the grassy area, and she wanted us to participate in EVERYTHING.

泳池深水区的屏幕上正放着电影，选片的人真该挑个更适合全家观看的片子呀。 妈妈压根没留意泳池里发生的事。 草坪区有好多活动，妈妈想让我们每一项都参加！

We entered the balloon-popping relay as a family, but we came in last place since Manny didn't have enough body weight to burst the first balloon. Mom made Dad enter the beer belly contest, but he didn't even make it past the first round.

我们全家组队参加扎气球接力赛，结果拿了最后一名，因为曼尼体重不够，扎不破第一个气球。 妈妈拉爸爸去参加啤酒肚比赛，可爸爸连第一轮都没闯过去。

Manny entered a hot dog eating contest on his own, and I had no IDEA that boy could pack so much food away. Me and Rodrick competed in a dizzy stick relay race, where you had to spin round a baseball bat five times, then tag the next person on your team. But we were playing against two guys who had just finished the hot dog eating contest, so things got a little MESSY.

曼尼自己报名参加吃热狗大赛，我完全没想到这小子这么能装下这么多食物。 我和罗德里克参加转棒接力赛，规则是要握着棒球棒转五圈，再去碰下一个队友接力。 可我们的对手是刚比完吃热狗大赛的两个家伙，所以场面变得有点乱糟糟。

Mom tried to get me to enter a mother-son dance contest with her, but there wasn't enough money in the world to get me to agree to THAT. I entered the pie eating contest, because I thought I might actually WIN. But they held it at the same time as the belly flop contest, and my seat was the one closest to the pool.

妈妈想拉我和她参加母子舞蹈比赛，可给我多少钱我都不会答应这件事。 我报名了吃派大赛，因为我觉得我说不定真的能赢。 可它和肚皮跳水比赛同时举办，我的座位刚好离泳池最近。

Speaking of the belly flop contest, too many contestants got on the diving board at the same time, and it wasn't built to carry that much weight. After the party activities wrapped up, Mom talked us all into getting in the water for a quick family swim.

说到肚皮跳水比赛，太多选手同时挤上跳板，可跳板根本承受不了这么重的重量。 派对活动结束后，妈妈劝我们所有人都下水，来一场快速的家庭游泳。

The pool was crowded and nobody was really doing any swimming, anyway. It seemed like the only people having any fun were the ones on RAFTS. But the rafts were all taken, and it didn't look like anybody was willing to give one up. Then Mom spotted a giant empty inner tube in the middle of the pool. That thing was so big it must've been an AEROPLANE tyre or something. So we all swam out to it before someone else took it for themselves.

泳池里挤满了人，其实根本没人好好游泳。 看起来只有躺在浮筏上的人玩得最开心。 可所有浮筏都被抢走了，看样子没人愿意让出一个来。 接着妈妈在泳池中央发现了一个大大的空内胎泳圈。 那玩意儿太大了，搞不好是飞机轮胎改的呢。 所以我们赶在别人抢走它之前，立刻游了过去。