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This morning after I woke up, I lay in bed for a while trying to get back to sleep. Eventually, I just went downstairs and made myself some breakfast. There's nothing good on TV before 8:00 on a Saturday morning, so I decided to get some of my chores over

今天早上醒来后，我在床上躺了一会儿，试图重新入睡。 最后，我下楼给自己做了些早餐。 星期六早上8点之前没有什么好看的电视节目，所以我决定把我的一些家务做完

with. Me and Rodrick never have enough money to buy anything, so Mom has being paying us an allowance to do chores. One of my chores is dusting the dining room furniture, and that's what I was doing this morning when I heard a knock at the front door. I opened the door and was surprised to see Uncle Gary standing on the front steps. Dad came downstairs a minute later, and he didn't seem to be too happy to see his younger brother.

与。我和罗德里克从来没有足够的钱买任何东西，所以妈妈一直给我们零花钱让我们做家务。 我的一项家务是打扫餐厅的家具，今天早上我正在做这件事，突然听到有人敲门。 我打开门，惊讶地看到加里叔叔站在前面的台阶上。 一分钟后，爸爸下楼来了，他似乎不太高兴看到他的弟弟。

A few weeks back Uncle Gary called Dad and said he had a once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity and needed loan. Dad didn't want to give Uncle Gary any money, because Uncle Gary has a bad track record when it comes to paying people back. But mom told dad he should do it because Uncle Gary is his brother and family members should always felt each other out. Mum's always saying the same sort of thing to me and Roderick. I just hope I never need a kidney or something like that, because if Roderick is the guy I'm counting on to give it to me, I could be in trouble. Dad sent Uncle Gary the money, and we hadn't heard from him until today. After uncle Gary came inside the house, told us what happened. He said he met a guy in Boston who sold T-shirts on a street corner, and this guy told him that if he

几个星期前，加里叔叔打电话给爸爸，说他遇到了一个千载难逢的商机，需要贷款。 爸爸不想给加里叔叔一分钱，因为加里叔叔在还债方面有不好的记录。 但是妈妈告诉爸爸他应该这样做，因为加里叔叔是他的兄弟，家庭成员应该互相了解。 妈妈总是对我和罗德里克说同样的话。 我只希望我永远不需要肾脏之类的东西，因为如果罗德里克是我指望给我肾脏的人，我就有麻烦了。 爸爸把钱寄给了加里叔叔，直到今天我们才收到他的消息。 加里叔叔进屋后，告诉了我们发生了什么。 他说他在波士顿遇到一个在街角卖t恤的人，那个人告诉他，如果他

wanted to take over his business, he could make a bundle. So after he got the money from Dad, Uncle Gary bought up the guy's T-shirts. But what Uncle Gary didn't know was that the T-shirts at a typo on them, and by the time he noticed the problem, the guy was already gone.

想要接管他的生意，他可以大赚一笔。 所以在他从爸爸那里拿到钱后，加里叔叔买下了他的t恤。 但加里叔叔不知道的是，t恤上有一个打字错误，当他注意到这个问题时，那个人已经走了。

Uncle Gary told Dad he needs a place to stay until he can get on his feet again. Dad didn't seem too happy about that, but by then Mom was downstairs, and she told Uncle Gary he can stay as long as he needs. But when Mum saw the moving van in the driveway, she told Uncle Gary we didn't really have any room in our house for extra furniture. He said she didn't need to worry, because he didn't HAVE any furniture. The moving van was filled with boxes of T-shirts, which we spent the rest of the morning loading into our garage. I don't think Uncle Gary is giving up on selling them, either. He unloaded one on Roderick for three bucks, and I think Roderick feels like he got a steal.

加里叔叔告诉爸爸他需要一个地方住，直到他能重新站起来。 爸爸似乎不太高兴，但那时妈妈在楼下，她告诉加里叔叔，他想待多久就待多久。 但是，当妈妈看到车道上的搬家货车时，她告诉加里叔叔，我们家真的没有地方放额外的家具了。 他说她不用担心，因为他没有任何家具。 搬运车里装满了一箱箱的t恤，我们整个上午都在把它们装进车库。 我觉得加里叔叔也不会放弃卖掉它们。 他在罗德里克身上卖了三块钱，我觉得罗德里克觉得自己抢到了钱。

Monday Living with Uncle Gary hasn't been easy. On his first few nights in the house, the slept on an air mattress in Manny's room. But uncle Gary has these nightmares that wake him up in the middle of the night, and last Monday he had a really bad one. So now Uncle Gary is sleeping on the couch in the family room, and Manny's bed is in the middle of his room, away from the walls.

和加里叔叔一起生活并不容易。 刚搬进来的几个晚上，他睡在曼尼房间的充气床垫上。 但加里叔叔经常做噩梦，半夜把他吵醒，上周一他做了一个很糟糕的噩梦。 所以现在加里叔叔睡在家庭活动室的沙发上，曼尼的床在他房间的中间，远离墙壁。