Chapter 9

Chapter 9 WHERE'S THE REFEREE? BECAUSE THAT FASHION IS TOTALLY OUT OF BOUNDS! Basketball was taking more and more of Po's time. Po played on a mixed ability team. That meant every player on his team used a wheelchair during practice and games, even though some of his teammates didn't use wheelchairs otherwise. Woodsword was one of several schools in the state with a mixed ability team, so Po got to travel to nearby cities for weekend games. Po liked being on a team. In fact, he was the star player. But it didn't leave much time for trying other things. He worried that he would let

第九章裁判在哪里？ 因为那种时尚完全是越界的！篮球占用了阿宝越来越多的时间。 阿宝在一个混合能力队打球。 这意味着他的球队的每个球员在训练和比赛中都使用轮椅，即使他的一些队友在其他情况下不使用轮椅。 Woodsword是该州拥有混合能力队的几所学校之一，所以阿宝可以去附近的城市参加周末的比赛。 阿宝喜欢团队合作。事实上，他是明星球员。 但没有多少时间去尝试其他事情。 他担心他会让

his teammates down if he took time away from basketball to be in the school play, or run for class president, or— SWOOSH! Po sank another basket from the three-point line. His teammates all cheered, and Po forgot his worries for a moment. He was happy to be right where he was. Practice ended a few minutes later. Po checked the time and saw that it was once again too late to join the Minecraft

如果他从篮球中抽出时间去参加学校的演出，或者竞选班长，或者——嗖！阿宝又在三分线投进了一个篮筐。 他的队友们都欢呼起来，阿宝暂时忘记了他的烦恼。 他很高兴能待在这里。 几分钟后练习结束了。 阿宝查看了一下时间，发现加入Minecraft又太晚了

crew. They would all have disconnected by the time he got to the lab. But if he hurried, he might get to hear about what he'd missed. Po looked over at his teammate Ricky. A flash of color caught Po's eye. Ricky was wearing a necklace. That wasn't too unusual. While nobody was allowed to wear jewelry during a game, the rules were less strict at practice. But Po could swear he'd seen the necklace before. Not in a jewelry case… but in an aquarium. "Hey, Ricky," he said. "Where'd you get that necklace?" Ricky smiled. "You like it?" "Sure," Po said, starting to get a bad feeling.

船员。等他到实验室的时候就都断网了。 但如果他抓紧时间，他可能会听到他错过了什么。 阿宝看着他的队友里基。 一道闪光吸引了阿宝的目光。 里奇戴着一条项链。 这并不罕见。虽然在比赛中任何人都不允许佩戴首饰，但在练习中规则就没那么严格了。 但阿宝发誓他以前见过这条项链。 不是在珠宝盒里，而是在水族馆里。 “嘿，瑞奇，”他说。“你从哪儿弄来的那条项链？”瑞奇笑了。 “你喜欢吗？”“当然，”阿宝说，开始有一种不好的感觉。

"But… that's coral, isn't it?" "It sure is," Ricky said. "I'm from Puerto Rico, so it's like a little piece of home. I bought it from a kid in my math class." Po frowned. He couldn't be sure, but it looked just like a piece of coral from Doc's experiment. But why would anyone sell off a piece of their science project? He wanted to ask for the seller's name. But their conversation had drawn attention. Several of their

“可是……那是珊瑚，是不是？”“当然是，”里基说。 “我来自波多黎各，所以它就像家的一小部分。 我从数学课上的一个孩子那里买的。” 阿宝皱起了眉头。他不能确定，但它看起来就像博士实验中的一块珊瑚。 但为什么会有人卖掉自己科学项目的一部分呢？ 他想问一下卖家的名字。 但他们的谈话引起了人们的注意。 他们中的一些人

teammates came over to admire Ricky's jewelry. "Looks good, Rick," said one of them. "It'd look better on me!" said another. "I can hook you guys up," Ricky said. "Maybe we can get a team discount." Po's stomach soured. He was pretty sure that plucking coral from seawater and putting it on a string wasn't good for the environment. He tried to say so. But he was totally drowned out by the team's excitement.

队友们过来欣赏里基的珠宝。 “看起来不错，瑞克。”其中一个说。 “我穿起来会更好看！”另一个说。 “我可以帮你们牵线，”里奇说。 “也许我们可以获得团队折扣。” 阿宝的胃酸了。他很确定把珊瑚从海水中拔出来挂在绳子上对环境不好。 他试着这么说。但他完全被球队的兴奋淹没了。