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After Rodrick's band performed, they handed out the awards. Rodrick's band didn't win anything, but Harry Gilbertson walked away with the prize for "Best Musical Act." But you'll never guess who the Grand Prize Winner was: Rowley's babysitter, Leland. He won for his ventriloquist act, because the judges

罗德里克的乐队表演结束后，他们颁发了奖项。 罗德里克的乐队没有赢得任何奖项，但哈里·吉尔伯森（Harry Gilbertson）获得了“最佳音乐剧表演奖”。 但你绝对猜不到大奖得主是谁：罗利的保姆利兰。 他的腹语表演获奖，因为评委们

said it was "wholesome." I never thought I'd agree with Rodrick on anything, but I'm starting to wonder if maybe he was right about Leland being a nerd after all. After the show, Rodrick's band came back to our house to watch the videotape of their performance. They were all grumbling about how they got "robbed," and how the judges don't know the first thing about rock and roll. So their plan was to just mail the videotape off to some record labels and let their performance speak for itself. They all sat down in front of the TV and Rodrick put the tape in the machine. But it took about thirty

说它“有益健康”。我从没想过我会同意罗德里克的任何观点，但我开始怀疑，也许他说的利兰是个书呆子是对的。 演出结束后，罗德里克的乐队回到我们家看他们表演的录像带。 他们都在抱怨他们是如何被“抢劫”的，以及评委们对摇滚乐一无所知。 所以他们的计划是把录像带寄给一些唱片公司，让他们的表演为自己说话。 他们都坐在电视机前，罗德里克把磁带放进了机器里。 但它花了大约30分钟

seconds for everyone to realize the tape was worthless. You know how Rodrick asked Mom to videotape the show? Well, she did a pretty good job of filming, but she talked nonstop during the first two minutes. And the camera picked up every little comment she made. THAT SHIRT MAKES RODRICK'S ARMS LOOK SO SKINNY! Every time Bill stuck out his tongue and flicked it up and down like a rock star, you could hear Mom ring in with her opinion.

几秒钟后大家就意识到录像带毫无价值。 你知道罗德里克是怎么让妈妈录下节目的吗？ 嗯，她在拍摄上做得很好，但她在前两分钟里不停地说话。 摄像机拍下了她说的每一句话。 那件衬衫让罗德里克的胳膊看起来很瘦！每次比尔伸出舌头，像摇滚明星一样上下摆动，你都能听到妈妈的意见。

I DON'T LIKE THAT! In fact, the only time Mom stopped talking was when Rodrick did his drum solo. But during that part, the camera was shaking around so much that you couldn't even see anything. At first, Rodrick and his bandmates were really mad. But then one of them remembered that the school taped the Talent Show, and it's supposed to be on the local cable channel tomorrow night. I guess that means they'll all be coming back over to watch THAT. Thursday Well, things have gotten REALLY bad for me in the last few hours.

我不喜欢那样！事实上，妈妈唯一一次不说话是在罗德里克独奏鼓的时候。 但在这段时间里，摄像机摇晃得太厉害了，你什么都看不见。 起初，罗德里克和他的乐队成员真的很生气。 但后来他们中的一个记起了学校录下了才艺表演，明天晚上应该在当地有线电视频道播出。 我想这意味着他们都会回来看的。 嗯，在过去的几个小时里，我的情况变得非常糟糕。

Rodrick and his bandmates came over around 7:00 tonight to watch the Talent Show on TV. They sat through the whole three-hour show until their band came on. The school actually did a decent job of taping the performance, and things were looking pretty good up until Rodrick's drum solo. That's when Mom started dancing. And whoever was doing the filming zoomed right in on Mom, and kept the camera pointed at her for the rest of the song. That meant Rodrick didn't have ANYTHING he could send to record companies. And he was really mad about it, too. At first he was mad at Mom for messing things up. But Mom said that if Rodrick didn't want people to

罗德里克和他的乐队成员今晚七点左右过来看电视上的选秀节目。 他们坐着看了整整三个小时的演出，直到乐队出场。 实际上，学校在录制表演方面做得很好，在罗德里克的鼓独奏之前，一切看起来都很好。 从那时起，妈妈开始跳舞。 拍摄这首歌的人把镜头对准了妈妈，在接下来的歌里一直把镜头对准她。 这意味着罗德里克没有任何东西可以寄给唱片公司。 他也很生气。 起初，他对妈妈把事情搞得一团糟很生气。 但妈妈说如果罗德里克不想让别人知道

dance, he shouldn't play music. Then Rodrick turned on ME. He said this was all MY fault, because if I just taped the show like he asked me to, none of this would've happened. But I told him that maybe if he wasn't such a jerk, I would have done it for him. We started to yell at each other. Mom and Dad broke us up, and then they sent Rodrick down to his room and me up to mine. But a couple of hours later I went downstairs, and I ran into Rodrick in the kitchen. He was smiling, so I knew something was up. Rodrick told me my "secret was out." At first, I didn't know what he was talking about. But then I got it: He was talking about the thing that happened to me this summer.

跳舞，他不应该演奏音乐。 然后罗德里克把矛头指向了我。 他说这都是我的错，因为如果我按照他的要求录节目，这一切就不会发生了。 但我告诉他，如果他不是那么混蛋，我会帮他的。 我们开始对彼此大喊大叫。 爸妈拆散了我们，然后他们把罗德里克送到他的房间，把我送到我的房间。 但几个小时后我下楼，在厨房碰到了罗德里克。 他在笑，所以我知道有什么事发生了。 罗德里克说我的“秘密泄露了” 起初，我不知道他在说什么。 但后来我明白了：他说的是今年夏天发生在我身上的事。