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CHAPTER 14 AND NOW, A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR... As the week progressed, George and Harold got more and more swamped with homework. They stayed up later and later each night and got sicker and sicker. "Let's take a break and watch some TV," said George one morning, as he wiped his nose. "OK," said Harold, with a sneeze.

第14章，现在有请我们的赞助人…… 随着时间的推移，乔治和哈罗德的家庭作业越来越多。 他们每晚睡得越来越晚，病得越来越重。 “我们休息一下，看会儿电视吧，”一天早上乔治擦鼻子说。 “好吧。”哈罗德说，打了个喷嚏。

George turned on the TV and flipped through the channels. Suddenly, he saw a familiar face. "HEY!" shouted Harold. "That's Mr. Meaner!" "What's HE doing on TV?" cried George. He turned up the volume, and the two boys watched Mr. Meaner's commercial in horror.

乔治打开电视，翻看频道。 突然，他看到了一张熟悉的面孔。 “嘿！”哈罗德喊道。“那是米纳先生！”“他在电视上干什么？”乔治叫道。 他把音量调大，两个男孩惊恐地看着米纳先生的广告。

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"I KNEW something was wrong," said Harold, "but it looks even worse than I'd imagined!" "We'd better go to school and get to the bottom of this!" said George. "But we're sick," cried Harold. "I can't even breathe through my nose!" "Me neither," said George. "But a kid's gotta do what a kid's gotta do!"

“我就知道出事了，”哈罗德说，“但看起来比我想象的还要糟！”“我们最好去学校，把这件事搞清楚！”乔治说。 “可我们病了。”哈罗德叫道。 “我甚至不能用鼻子呼吸！”“我也是。”乔治说。 “但孩子就该做孩子该做的事！”