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I couldn't really blame Rodrick for using a prerecorded track for the competition, because even if we had three MONTHS to practice, we never could've pulled it off. So everything was going great, and I thought we might actually have a shot at winning the whole thing. But then it all came crashing down. Halfway through the song, Bill stopped singing and started COUGHING. And Ward didn't know what to do, so he just tried to keep up as best he could.

其实我真不能怪罗德里克在比赛用预录音轨，因为就算给我们三个月时间练习，我们也绝对演不下来。 所以一开始一切都很顺利，我还觉得我们说不定真有机会拿下整场比赛的冠军。 可紧接着一切就全搞砸了。 歌曲唱到一半，比尔停下不唱了，开始不停咳嗽。 沃德不知道该怎么办，只能尽力硬着头皮往下跟。

That's when I realized that Rodrick had accidentally played the first version of the song they recorded, right after Bill got a guitar pick stuck in his windpipe. But it was too late to switch over to the GOOD version of the song. And when the sound of Bill drinking water came through the speakers, the crowd finally noticed something was off. BOOOOOO! It seemed like a good time to get out of there. But we couldn't leave the stage because someone was standing in our WAY.

这时候我才反应过来，罗德里克不小心放了他们最早录的那个版本，就是比尔被吉他拨片卡住气管之后录的那个。 但那时候再切到没问题的版本已经来不及了。 当喇叭里传出比尔喝水的声音时，观众终于察觉到不对劲了。 下去吧你！ 那时候我觉得赶紧开溜就对了。 可我们没法下台，因为有人挡在了我们的路上。

It was some guy wearing a suit and holding a manila envelope, which he handed to Rodrick. It turns out this guy was the lawyer from that trading card company, and he was there to officially deliver Rodrick the news that his company was taking Löded Diper to COURT. But then things got a whole lot WEIRDER, because the Hipp'O" Henry's security guard was suddenly onstage, and closing in FAST.

那是个穿西装的男人，手里拿着一个牛皮信封，他把信封递给了罗德里克。 原来这个人是那家集换卡公司的律师，他来这儿正式通知罗德里克，对方公司要把“超重尿布”乐队告上法庭。 可之后事情变得更诡异了，河马亨利餐厅的保安突然冲上舞台，飞快地朝这边逼近。

I just froze, because I didn't know if this guy was gonna arrest me or WHAT. But the security guard blew right past me and walked up to the lawyer, then started arguing with him about something. And a few seconds later, Sebastian Sleeves climbed out of the crowd to join in the conversation. I had NO idea what was going on. But when Warwick Sprinter appeared from backstage and started going at it with the other three, I finally put it all together. The four guys standing onstage were the original members of Metallichihuahua.

我整个人都僵住了，因为我不知道这个家伙是不是要抓我还是要干什么。 可那个保安直接从我身边走过去，走到律师面前，开始和他争论什么事情。 几秒钟之后，塞巴斯蒂安·斯利维斯从人群里挤出来，加入了他们的争论。 我完全搞不清楚状况。 可当沃里克·斯普林特从后台走出来，也加入另外三个人的争吵时，我终于把一切串起来了。 站在台上的四个人，就是金属吉娃娃乐队的创始成员。

And I guess they had a lot of things they needed to get off their chests, because it got really heated up there. But then the crowd realized what they were witnessing, which was the first Metallichihuahua reunion in twenty-five years. And everybody started going BANANAS. I think all the cheering took the members of Metallichinuahua off guard, because they stopped talking. And when the cheers got even LOUDER, the ex-bandmates knew what they had to do. So they grabbed our instruments and totally blew the ROOF off the place.

我猜他们确实有一肚子怨气要发泄，所以吵得特别激烈。 很快观众也反应过来他们在见证什么了——这是金属吉娃娃二十五年来的第一次重聚。 所有人都开始疯狂欢呼起来。 我觉得铺天盖地的欢呼打了金属吉娃娃成员一个措手不及，所以他们都停下不吵了。 欢呼声越来越大，这些前乐队成员知道他们该做什么了。 所以他们拿起我们的乐器，直接把这里的房顶都快掀翻了。

Metallichihuahua ripped through their greatest hits, and then they played an encore. And the only reason they didn't play a SECOND encore is because they had already smashed our instruments to bits.

金属吉娃娃一口气演奏了他们的热门金曲，之后还加演了一首。 他们没再加演第二首的唯一原因，就是我们的乐器已经被他们砸得稀碎了。