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A handful of people who showed up had some musical talent, but none of them were a good fit for Löded Diper's style of music. And unless Rodrick's gonna start writing songs that feature harmonicas and glockenspiels, he's probably gonna have to keep looking. But the slot Rodrick was MOST worried about filling was the lead singer position, because there aren't a lot of people out there who can hit the high notes on "Explöded Diper" and the low ones on "Down the Drain. Löded Diper's not the ONLY band looking for a new lead singer, though.

赶来试音的寥寥几人确实有些音乐天赋，但全都不符合勒德迪伯乐队的音乐风格 而且除非罗德里克开始创作带口琴和钟琴的歌曲，不然他估计还得接着找人 不过罗德里克最发愁的其实是主唱空位，因为没几个人既能唱出《爆炸迪伯》的高音，又能唱出《穷途末路》的低音 不过，找新主唱的乐队可不只勒德迪伯一支

Word got around that the lead singer of Stank blew out his vocal cords during one of their shows, so now they're scrambling to find a replacement, too. And from their flyers, it looks like they're willing to offer people a lot more than a few slices of pizza to come out and audition. STANK WANTS YOU! SEEKING SKILLED LEAD VOCALIST $50 PER AUDITION CITY ARMORY SAT. 8-17 P.M.

消息传开，臭臭乐队的主唱在演出时唱坏了声带，所以他们现在也急着找替补 从传单就能看出，为了召人试音，他们开出的报酬可比几片披萨丰厚多了 臭臭需要你！ 诚聘实力主唱 每次试薪五十美元 城市军械库 周六 八点至十七点

APRIL Wednesday Well, it didn't take long for Stank to find their new lead singer. And I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised by who it was. The only thing that DID surprise me was what they had to do to get their guy. Because from the look of their new poster, I'm guessing Bill and Becky came as a packaged deal. BILL STANK

四月 星期三 你看，臭臭乐队没花多久就找到新主唱了 说真的，这个人选其实我不该觉得太意外 唯一真正让我吃惊的，是他们为了挖到这个人的操作 看他们新贴的海报，我猜比尔和贝基是打包绑定来的 比尔 臭臭

Now that Bill is a member of Stank, Rodrick is even more obsessed with winning the competition. And I think he'd do just about anything to walk away with first prize. The problem is, he still hasn't found anyone to take the place of his old band members. So he's moved on to plan B, which unfortunately involves ME. Well, not JUST me. Drew's brother and Rodrick's friend Ward are part of the plan, too. Even though none of us have any musical talent, Rodrick thinks he can train us to play "Diper Överlöde" in time for the competition. But three days into rehearsals, it's not looking so good.

如今比尔已经成了臭臭乐队的成员 罗德里克对赢下比赛的执念变得更深了 我看他为了拿头奖，什么事都干得出来 可问题是，他到现在都还没找到人补上旧乐队成员的空位 所以他启动了B计划，不幸的是，我也被拉进去了 呃，要加入的还不只有我 德鲁的哥哥和罗德里克的朋友沃德也加入了这个计划 虽然我们三个全都没音乐天赋，可罗德里克相信他能赶在比赛前把我们训练好，搞定《迪伯超载》 可排练都进行三天了，情况看起来一点都不妙

Rodrick says that in a rock "n'roll band, it's 20% talent and 80% ATTITUDE. So he's been trying to teach the three of us how to look like we belong onstage. NO NO NO! Mom even bought us outfits for the show, which I guarantee none of us will be wearing. So at this point I'm praying Rodrick comes up with a plan Cand that I'm not a part of it.

罗德里克说，摇滚乐队里，天赋只占百分之二十，态度才占百分之八十 所以他一直在教我们三个，怎么在台上看起来像那么回事 不对不对不对！ 妈妈还给我们买了演出服，不过我敢打包票我们没人会穿 所以事到如今，我一直在祈祷罗德里克能想出新计划，而且别把我算进去

Saturday When I woke up this morning, the first thing I remembered was that it was the day of the Battle of the Bands. I had already decided I didn't want to be involved, and my goal was to be as far away as possible when the competition started. But Rodrick must've sensed that I was gonna get cold feet, and he wouldn't let me squirm out of it.

周六 我今早一睁眼，第一件事就反应过来，今天是乐队大战比赛的日子 我早就打定主意不想掺和，我的目标是比赛开始时，我能躲得越远越好 可罗德里克肯定料到我要临阵退缩，说什么都不让我溜掉