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Every time Mr. Litch called a huddle, Dad made me get off the bench and go join the rest of the team. Have you seen a game on TV and wondered what the benchwarmers were thinking when they stand in the huddle while the coach goes over the game plan? Well, now I can tell you firsthand. Once the sun went down, it got really cold. In fact, it got so cold Mackey Creavey and Manuel Gonzales went and got sleeping bags out of the Creaveys' car.

每次利奇先生叫大家开会，爸爸都让我从板凳上站起来，和其他人一起去。 你有没有在电视上看过一场比赛，当教练讲解比赛计划时，坐在替补席上的人挤在一起时，他们在想什么？ 现在我可以直接告诉你了。 太阳下山后，天气变得非常冷。 事实上，天气太冷了，麦基·克雷维和曼纽尔·冈萨雷斯从克雷维的车里拿了睡袋。

And Dad still wouldn't even let me go get my coat. During a timeout, we all joined the huddle. And when the coach got an eyeful of Mackey and Manuel, he told them they were excused and to go to the Creaveys' car for the rest of the game. So Mackey and Manuel got to sit in a heated suv, while I had to sit on a cold metal bench in my shorts. And I know for a fact that the Creaveys have a TV in their car, so I'm sure those guys were totally living it up in there.

爸爸还是不让我去拿外套。 休息时，我们都挤在一起。 当教练看到麦奇和曼努埃尔的时候，他告诉他们可以离开了，让他们到克里维家的车里去看剩下的比赛。 所以麦基和曼纽尔坐在一辆加热的suv里，而我只能穿着短裤坐在冰冷的金属长凳上。 而且我知道克利维家的车里有台电视，所以我敢肯定他们在车里过得很开心。

Monday I have definitely got to start keeping on top of my laundry. I've been out of clean underwear for about three days, so I've been wearing my bathing suit as a substitute. Today we had Phys Ed, and when we changed into our gym clothes, I totally forgot I was wearing my Speedo underneath.

星期一我一定要开始整理我的衣服了。 我已经三天没有干净的内衣了，所以我一直穿着泳衣代替。 今天我们有体育课，当我们换上运动服的时候，我完全忘了我里面穿的是速比涛。

It could have been a lot worse, though. I have a pair of Wonder Woman Underoos that I've never taken out of their wrapper, and this morning I was pretty tempted to wear them just because they were clean. Believe me, I didn't ask for the Wonder Woman Underoos, either. This past summer a few of my relatives asked Mom what I wanted for my birthday, and she told them I was really into comics and super heroes. So the Underoos were a gift from Uncle Charlie.

不过，情况可能会更糟。 我有一双神奇女侠的内衣，我从来没有把它们从包装里拿出来过，今天早上我很想穿上它们，就因为它们很干净。 相信我，我也没要神奇女侠内裤。 去年夏天，我的几个亲戚问妈妈我生日想要什么礼物，她告诉他们我非常喜欢漫画和超级英雄。 所以内裤是查理叔叔送的礼物。

We had another soccer game after school, but it's been getting a lot warmer lately, and I wasn't worried about the cold. At school, me, Mackey, and Manuel agreed we'd all bring some video games tonight, and for the first time we actually enjoyed ourselves at soccer. It didn't last long, though. Twenty minutes into the game, Mr. Litch called all three of us off the bench

放学后我们又踢了一场足球，但最近天气变得暖和多了，我并不担心冷。 在学校，我、麦基和曼努埃尔同意今晚都带些电子游戏，这是我们第一次真正享受足球。 然而，这并没有持续太久。 比赛开始20分钟，利奇先生把我们三个人都叫下了板凳

and told us to get on the field. CREAVEY! HEFFLEY! GONZALES! Apparently, some parent complained that their kid wasn't getting any playing time. so the Rec League made a rule that now every kid has to get in the game. Well, none of us had been paying any attention to the game, so when we got on the field, we didn't know what to do or where to stand. A couple of kids on our team told us the other team had a "free kick," and that we were supposed to stand shoulder to shoulder to make a shield to block it. I thought the guys on my team were joking, but it

让我们上场。 CREAVEY !HEFFLEY !冈萨雷斯!显然，一些家长抱怨他们的孩子没有任何玩耍的时间。 所以Rec联盟制定了一个规则，现在每个孩子都必须参加比赛。 嗯，我们都没有注意到比赛，所以当我们上场时，我们不知道该做什么，也不知道该站在哪里。 我们队的几个孩子告诉我们，对方有一个“任意球”，我们应该肩并肩站在一起做一个盾牌来阻挡它。 我以为我们队的人是在开玩笑，但是