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I found out the reason Mom took us to the water park today: It was half-price for families. Unfortunately, it looked like just about every family in the state was there, too. When we got through the gates, Mom rented a stroller for Manny. I convinced her to spend a little more money and rent a double stroller, because I knew it was gonna be a long day and I wanted to conserve my energy.

我知道妈妈今天带我们去水上乐园的原因了：家庭半价。 不幸的是，看起来该州的每个家庭都在那里。 我们进门的时候，妈妈给曼尼租了一辆婴儿车。 我说服她多花点钱，租了一辆双人婴儿车，因为我知道这一天会很累，我想节省体力。

Mom parked the stroller near the wave pool, which was so crowded you could barely even see the water. After we put on our sunscreen and found a place to sit, I felt a few raindrops, and then I heard thunder. Then an announcement came over the loudspeaker. DUE TO LIGHTNING, THE SLIPSLIDE WATER PARK IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR COMING, AND HAVE A NICE DAY. Everyone hit the exits and got in their cars. But with all the people trying to leave at the exact same time,

妈妈把婴儿车停在波浪池附近，那里挤得你几乎看不到水。 我们涂了防晒霜，找了个地方坐了下来，我感觉到了几滴雨，然后我听到了雷声。 接着，扩音器里传来了一则通告。 由于雷击，滑梯水上乐园现已关闭。 谢谢您的光临，祝您有愉快的一天。 每个人都离开出口，钻进自己的车里。 但所有人都想在同一时间离开，

it was a total traffic jam. Manny tried to entertain everyone by telling jokes. At first Mom and Dad were encouraging him. KNOCK KNOCK. WHO'S THERE? YOUR UNDERWEAR. GOOD ONE, MANNY! But after a while, Manny's jokes didn't even make sense.

交通完全堵塞了。 曼尼试图通过讲笑话来逗大家开心。 起初，爸爸妈妈还在鼓励他。 敲打敲打。谁在那里？你的内衣。 干得好，曼尼！但过了一段时间，曼尼的笑话就没意义了。

ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE. FIVE NAMED CLIVE. We were low on gas, so we had to turn off the air conditioner and wait for the parking lot to clear up. Mom said she had a headache, and she went to the back to lie down. An hour later traffic finally thinned out, and we got onto the highway. We stopped for gas, and about forty-five minutes later we were home. Dad told me to wake Mom up, but when I looked in the back of the station wagon, Mom wasn't there.

一二三四五。五个叫克莱夫。 我们的汽油不多了，所以我们不得不关掉空调，等着停车场放晴。 妈妈说她头疼，就去后面躺下。 一小时后，车辆终于少了，我们上了高速公路。 我们停下来加油，大约45分钟后我们到家了。 爸爸让我叫醒妈妈，但当我往旅行车的后面看时，妈妈不在那里。

For a few minutes nobody knew where she went. Then we realized the only place she could be was at the gas station. She must've gotten out to use the bathroom when we stopped, and nobody noticed. Sure enough, that's where she was. We were glad to see her, but I don't think she was too happy to see US. OOPS. Mom didn't really say anything on the ride back. Something tells me she's had her fill of family togetherness for a while, and that's good, because I have, too. Sunday.

有那么几分钟，谁也不知道她去了哪里。 然后我们意识到她唯一可能去的地方就是加油站。 我们停车的时候她一定是出去上厕所了，没人注意到。 果然，她就在那里。 我们见到她很高兴，但我认为她见到我们不太高兴。 哦。回来的路上妈妈什么都没说。 直觉告诉我，她已经享受了一段时间的家庭团聚，这很好，因为我也享受过。 星期天。

I really wish we didn't go on that trip yesterday, because if we stayed home, my fish would still be alive. Before we left for our trip I fed my fish, and Mom said I should feed Rodrick's fish, too. Rodrick's fish was in a bowl on top of the refrigerator, and I'm pretty sure Rodrick hadn't fed his fish or cleaned the bowl once. I think Rodrick's fish was living off of the algae growing on the glass. When Mom saw Rodrick's bowl, she thought it was disgusting. So she took his fish and put it in my bowl.

我真希望我们昨天没有去旅行，因为如果我们呆在家里，我的鱼就还活着。 在我们出发旅行之前，我喂了我的鱼，妈妈说我也应该喂罗德里克的鱼。 罗德里克的鱼放在冰箱顶上的一个碗里，我很确定罗德里克一次也没喂过鱼，也没洗过碗。 我觉得罗德里克的鱼是靠玻璃上的藻类为生的。 当妈妈看到罗德里克的碗时，她觉得很恶心。 所以她把他的鱼放在我的碗里。