Chapter 18

CHAPTER 18 Merle whooped as Michael leaned into the turn. "Faster!" "Shhhhh!" Pearl said. "No one can hear me, Pearl! The music's too loud!" Merle answered. Justin and Sadie caught up to Michael. "Great job on your test, Michael!" Sadie said. Justin gave him a high five. "It was hard work, but worth it," Michael replied. "So, what are we gonna do now that your mom knows about the squirrels?" Justin asked.

第十八章当迈克尔俯身转弯时，莫尔叫了起来。 “快!”“嘘!”珍珠说。 “没人能听见我说话，珠儿！”音乐太吵了！”默尔回答。 贾斯汀和赛迪追上了迈克尔。 “考得很好，迈克尔！”赛迪说。 贾斯汀跟他击掌。 “工作很辛苦，但很值得，”迈克尔回答。 “那么，现在你妈妈知道松鼠的事了，我们该怎么办？”贾斯汀问。

"I don't know," Michael said. "I guess I'll find out tonight." He didn't want to think about it. "Okay, skaters... it's time for a couples' skate!" the DJ announced as the music transitioned to a slow, romantic song. "Oh, this is lovely," Pearl said. "Michael, can you stay on the floor so Merle and I can have this skate?" "By myself?" Michael asked. "I can't couples' skate by myself!" "I'll stay with you," Sadie offered, reaching out her hand. "Ummm..." Michael stammered. "Great!" Pearl exclaimed. Michael, completely caught off guard, was too confused to take Sadie by the hand, something that all the other couple skaters (including Merle and Pearl) did. Instead, the two fifth-graders skated awkwardly next to each other to an Air Supply song. As they rounded the bottom of the rink, passing the Skee-Ball machines, Sadie broke the uncomfortable silence. "Hey, Michael, it's that guy from your neighborhood!" Michael looked over to see the man in the suit and sunglasses who they'd seen earlier walking his dog. He looked so familiar, but from where? "Oh yeah!" Michael suddenly recalled. "That's the guy from the airport. What's he doing here?"

“我不知道，”迈克尔说。 “我想今晚我就知道了。” 他不想去想这件事。 “好吧,选手……现在是情侣滑板的时候了！”DJ宣布，音乐转到缓慢而浪漫的歌曲。 “哦，这太可爱了，”珠儿说。 “迈克尔，你能站在地板上吗？这样我和莫尔就可以滑冰了。”“我自己?”迈克尔问道。 “我不能自己溜冰！”“我陪着你，”赛迪伸出手说。 “嗯……”迈克尔结结巴巴地说。 “太好了!”珍珠喊道。迈克尔完全措手不及，他太困惑了，没有拉住赛迪的手，而其他双人滑冰选手（包括梅尔和珀尔）都这样做了。 取而代之的是，这两个五年级的学生尴尬地伴着Air Supply的歌曲并排溜冰。 当他们绕过溜冰场底部，经过滑雪球机时，赛迪打破了令人不安的沉默。 “嘿，迈克尔，是你邻居那个家伙！”迈克尔看了看那个穿着西装，戴着墨镜的男人，他们之前看到他在遛狗。 他看起来很眼熟，但从哪里来的？ “噢,是的!”迈克尔突然回忆起来。 “那是机场来的那个人。 他在这儿干什么？”