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Apparently we're in the middle of a BLIZZARD. Rowley actually called last night to tell me we were supposed to get a ton of snow, but I didn't believe him. Every year around this time, Rowley calls to tell me there's a huge snowstorm coming, and he's always wrong. His family taped one of those holiday specials a few years ago, and the night they recorded it a "severe weather" warning was on the bottom of the screen. So now the weather warning is a permanent part of the recording.

显然我们正处在暴风雪中。 罗利昨晚打电话跟我说我们会有一大堆雪，但我不相信他。 每年这个时候，罗利都会打电话告诉我有一场大暴风雪要来了，但他总是错的。 几年前，他的家人录制了一个假日特辑，录制当晚，屏幕底部出现了“恶劣天气”警告。 所以现在天气预报是录音的永久部分。

Every time Rowley watches that holiday special, he calls me up and tells me a blizzard is coming. I used to fall for it, but I stopped believing him after he called me in a panic when he watched the special over summer vacation. So it looks like we're snowed in. Ordinarily I would be really happy to be stuck in the house, because it would give me a good excuse to play Net Kritterz all day long. But my account is locked thanks to Manny. A few days ago Mom decided it would be a good idea

每次罗利看那个节日特别节目，他都会给我打电话，告诉我暴风雪就要来了。 我曾经信以为真，但在他暑假看特辑时惊慌失措地给我打电话后，我就不再相信他了。 看来我们被大雪困住了。 通常我会很高兴被困在房子里，因为这给了我一个很好的借口整天玩Net Kritterz。 但多亏了曼尼，我的账户被锁了。 几天前，妈妈觉得这是个好主意

to teach Manny how to use the computer, so she let him play on my Net Kritterz account while I was at school. By the time I got home, Manny traded in everything I ever earned in the game for tokens and then blew all of them in the Kritterz Kasino. And the worst part is that Manny somehow figured out how to change my PASSWORD, so now I can't even play the game and earn my stuff back. For the past few days I've been getting e-mails from Net Kritterz telling me I need to get back on the site, but there's nothing I can do about it. And if something doesn't change soon, I don't think my Chihuahua is gonna make it.

教曼尼怎么用电脑，所以她让他在我上学的时候用我的Net Kritterz账号玩。 我到家的时候，曼尼把我在游戏中赚到的所有钱都换成了代币，然后在克里特兹卡西诺把它们都花光了。 最糟糕的是，曼尼不知怎么弄到了我的密码，所以现在我甚至不能玩游戏，也不能拿回我的东西。 在过去的几天里，我一直收到奈特·克里特兹的电子邮件，让我回到网站上，但我对此无能为力。 如果不尽快做出改变，我觉得我的吉娃娃活不下去了。

TO: Heffley, Gregory FROM: Net Kritterz SUBJECT: SOS! Dear Gregory- GREGORY'S LITTLE FRIEND misses you! Purchase more tokens for your virtual pet before it's too late! This isn't the only password Manny has changed, either. He figured out how to mess with the settings on our TV and changed the "parental lock" feature. The parental lock thing is supposed to allow parents to control what their kids can watch, but Manny changed the settings so that the only shows we can watch are HIS favorites. And he won't give up the password, no matter how much we try to bribe him.

致：赫夫利，格里高利来自：Net kriterz主题：SOS！亲爱的格雷戈里——格雷戈里的小朋友想念你！为你的虚拟宠物购买更多的代币，否则就太晚了！这也不是曼尼唯一改过的密码。 他想出了如何搞乱我们电视的设置，改变了“家长锁定”功能。 家长锁本来是为了让父母控制孩子能看什么，但曼尼改变了设置，所以我们只能看他最喜欢的节目。 不管我们怎么贿赂他，他都不肯交出密码。

Luckily I can still play video games on the TV. But Mom just got this exercise game, and now she spends an hour a day using my system. When it got cold a few weeks ago, Mom said she wanted the whole family to use her exercise game so we'd stay active during the winter. I tried it out, but I don't really like to sweat while I'm playing video games. The problem is, the game keeps track of how much

幸运的是，我还可以在电视上玩电子游戏。 但是妈妈刚买了这个运动游戏，现在她每天花一个小时用我的系统。 几个星期前天气变冷的时候，妈妈说她想让全家人都玩她的运动游戏，这样我们就能在冬天保持活跃。 我试过了，但是我真的不喜欢在玩电子游戏的时候出汗。 但问题是，游戏会记录下这些数据

you exercise each day, so Mom was on my case about not using it. But then I figured out I could use the controller instead of my body, and within a few days I had all the high scores on the game. When Mom saw my high scores, she took it as a personal challenge to beat them. I feel like I should probably come clean and tell her I cheated, but she's already lost five pounds trying to get on the leaderboard, so I think I'll do her a favor and keep my mouth shut. Mom always says I need to spend less time on the couch and more time being active. But the way I see

你每天都锻炼，所以妈妈劝我不要用它。 但后来我发现我可以用控制器来代替我的身体，几天之内我就在游戏中获得了所有高分。 当妈妈看到我的高分，她把它作为一个个人的挑战，以击败他们。 我觉得我应该坦白告诉她我出轨了，但她为了进入排行榜已经瘦了五磅了，所以我想我还是帮她个忙，闭上我的嘴吧。 妈妈总是说我应该少呆在沙发上多运动。 但在我看来