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A few of the motels had big signs that said they had "Color TV," which if you ask me is not anything to brag about in this day and age. Dad finally pulled over at a place with air- conditioning and a pool, which sounded pretty good to me, especially considering that I'd lost about five pounds in sweat sitting in the backseat. I haven't stayed in a whole lot of motels, but if I had to guess, I'd say we picked one on the lower end of the spectrum. The lobby smelled like mildew, and the carpet was covered in weird stains.

有几家汽车旅馆的大招牌上写着他们有“彩电”，如果你问我，在这个时代，这没什么可炫耀的。 爸爸最后把车停在了一个有空调和游泳池的地方，这对我来说听起来很不错，特别是考虑到我坐在后座上的汗水减掉了大约五磅。 我没住过多少汽车旅馆，但如果让我猜的话，我觉得我们选了一家比较低端的。 大厅里散发着霉味，地毯上布满了奇怪的污渍。

But everyone was too tired to get back in the car and look for another place to stay. We got the key to our room, and when we walked in it reeked of smoke. There were little holes in the comforter and pillows that I'm pretty sure were cigarette burns. Dad picked a towel off the floor, then dropped it because it was WET. Mom went back to the front desk and asked for a different room, but the clerk said the motel was full and that we'd gotten the last one.

但每个人都太累了，不想回到车里去找另一个地方住。 我们拿到了房间的钥匙，当我们走进去的时候，房间里充满了烟味。 被子和枕头上有小洞，我很确定是香烟烧的。 爸爸从地板上捡起一条毛巾，然后因为湿了而把它掉在地上。 妈妈回到前台，要求换一个房间，但店员说旅馆已经住满了，我们订了最后一个房间。

Mom told her in that case we were gonna leave and take our business to another motel. But the clerk told her there was a twenty-four-hour cancellation policy, so we couldn't get our money back. When Mom returned to the room, she said we were gonna have to try and make the best of a bad situation. Then she and Dad stripped the bed down to the bare mattress.

妈妈告诉她，那样的话我们就离开，把生意搬到另一家汽车旅馆。 但是店员告诉她有24小时的取消政策，所以我们拿不回钱了。 当妈妈回到房间时，她说我们要试着在糟糕的情况下做到最好。 然后她和爸爸把床扒光，只剩下光秃秃的床垫。

Believe it or not, Manny slept through ALL of this. Mom said that if he woke up now, he'd be awake all night, so she was just gonna let him sleep through till morning. Mom put Manny down in the middle of the sofa bed and pulled a blanket over him. The rest of us were really hungry, so we emptied out the groceries Rodrick bought. But it turned out he didn't buy ANYTHING on Mom's list.

信不信由你，曼尼一直在睡觉。 妈妈说如果他现在醒来，他会整晚都睡不着，所以她就让他睡到天亮。 妈妈把曼尼放在沙发床中间，拉了条毯子盖在他身上。 我们其余的人真的很饿，所以我们把罗德里克买的杂货都吃光了。 但结果他什么都没买。

Rodrick was supposed to get sandwich supplies, orange juice, and stuff like that, but he just got a bunch of things HE likes. CHEEZ CURLZ Mom was pretty upset that Rodrick didn't get a single thing on the list she gave him, but his excuse was that he couldn't read her handwriting. Mom told him it wasn't very smart to get cinnamon rolls and a frozen pizza, since those things needed an oven and we didn't HAVE one.

罗德里克本应该买三明治、橙汁之类的东西，但他只买了一堆他喜欢的东西。 妈妈很不高兴，因为罗德里克没有得到她给他的单子上的任何东西，但他的借口是他看不懂妈妈的笔迹。 妈妈告诉他，买肉桂卷和冷冻披萨不太明智，因为这些东西需要烤箱，而我们没有。

But Rodrick said we could MICROWAVE the pizza. Then he put it inside the microwave oven to prove it. At least, Rodrick THOUGHT it was a microwave. It was actually a SAFE. By the time he figured that out, the pizza was locked inside. Mom gave me what was left of her cash and said to go down to the vending machine to get the most nutritious stuff I could find.

但罗德里克说我们可以用微波炉加热披萨。 然后他把它放进微波炉来证明这一点。 至少，罗德里克认为那是一台微波炉。 它实际上是一个保险箱。等他发现的时候，披萨已经被锁在里面了。 妈妈把剩下的现金给了我，让我去自动售货机买些我能找到的最有营养的东西。