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Chapter 13 What happened next was extremely cool. A holographic image of a second librarian appeared beside Dr. Zinchenko at the center desk. She looked a little like Princess Leia being beamed out of R2-D2 in Star Wars. Except she had an old-fashioned bubble-top hairdo, cat's-eye glasses, and a tweed jacket with patches on the elbows. "Here to present our official library lock-in rules," said Dr. Zinchenko, "is Mrs. Gail Tobin, head librarian of the Alexandriaville Public

接下来发生的事情非常酷。 另一位图书管理员的全息图像出现在Dr。 津琴科在中间的桌子。 她看起来有点像《星球大战》中从R2-D2中被传送出来的莱娅公主。 只不过她留着老式的泡泡顶发型，戴着猫眼眼镜，穿着一件肘部打补丁的粗花呢夹克。 “在这里介绍我们的官方图书馆锁定规则，”博士说。 亚历山大维尔公共图书馆馆长盖尔·托宾夫人说

Library back in the 1960s, when Mr. Lemoncello was your age." Overhead, the Wonder Dome had shifted back to its ten Dewey decimal displays. "How old is she?" asked Sean Keegan. "She'd be a hundred and ten if she were still alive." "But she's dead and working here?" "Let's just say her spirit lives on in this hologram." "Mrs. Tobin's the one who helped Mr. Lemoncello so much," Kyle whispered to Akimi. "When he was a kid." "I know. Her hair looks like a beehive." Kyle shrugged. "From what I've seen on TV, the 1960s were generally weird." "Welcome, children, to the library of the future," said the flickering projection. "Dr. Zinchenko will now pass out Lemoncello Library floor plans—your map and guide to all that this extraordinary building has to offer. Your new library cards will grant you access to all rooms except the master control center—the red door you

那是20世纪60年代，莱蒙塞洛先生像你这么大的时候。” 头顶上的“奇迹圆顶”又换上了十位数的杜威十进制显示器。 “她多大了?”肖恩·基冈问道。 “如果她还活着，她已经110岁了。” “但她死了，还在这里工作?”“这么说吧，她的灵魂活在这个全息图里。” “托宾太太帮了莱蒙切罗先生那么多忙，”凯尔低声对阿基米说。 “他还是个孩子的时候。”“我知道。 她的头发看起来像个蜂巢。” 凯尔耸耸肩。“从我在电视上看到的情况来看，20世纪60年代通常都很奇怪。” “欢迎，孩子们，来到未来的图书馆，”闪烁的投影说。 津琴科博士现在将分发莱蒙切罗图书馆的平面图——你的地图和指南，让你了解这座非凡的建筑所提供的一切。 你的新借书证将允许你进入所有房间，除了主控制中心——你的红色门

passed on your way in—and, of course, Mr. Lemoncello's private suite on the third floor." Charles Chiltington dangled his golden key in front of his face. "I believe you need this to enter that." Mrs. Tobin ignored him. She was a hologram. That made it easier. "Security personnel are on duty twenty-four hours a day," she continued. "During your stay, all of your actions will be recorded by video cameras, as outlined in the consent agreements you and your parents signed earlier." "Are we going to be on a reality TV show?" asked Haley, smiling up at a tiny camera with a blinking red light. "It is a distinct possibility," said Dr. Zinchenko. "I like television," said the ghostly image of Mrs. Tobin. "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In is my favorite program. Returning to the rules. The use of personal electronic devices is strictly prohibited at all times during the lock-in." The security guard, Clarence, and a guy who looked like his identical twin brother entered the

在你进来的路上经过了，当然还有莱蒙塞罗先生在三楼的私人套房。” 查尔斯·齐廷顿把他的金钥匙在面前晃来晃去。 “我相信你需要这个来输入那个。” 托宾太太没理他。她是一个全息影像。 这就容易多了。“保安人员一天24小时值班，”她继续说。 “在您逗留期间，您的所有行为都将被摄像机记录下来，正如您和您的父母之前签署的同意协议所述。” “我们要上电视真人秀吗?”哈利笑着对着一个闪烁着红灯的小摄像机问道。 “这是一种明显的可能性。” Zinchenko。“我喜欢看电视，”托宾夫人的幽灵形象说。 “罗文和马丁的大笑是我最喜欢的节目。 回到规则上来。在禁闭期间，严禁使用个人电子设备。” 保安克拉伦斯和一个长得像他双胞胎兄弟的人进了

rotunda, each of them carrying an aluminum attaché case. "Kindly deposit all cell phones, iPods, and iPads in the receptacles provided by our security guards, Clarence and Clement. Your devices will be safely stored for the duration of your stay and will be returned to you at the conclusion of our activities. Also, you may use the desktop pad computers in this room to comb through our card catalog and conduct Internet research. However, these devices cannot send or receive email or text messages—whatever those might be. Remember, I retired in 1973. We still used carbon paper. And now Dr. Zinchenko will walk you through the floor plan." Everybody unfolded their map pamphlets. "As you can see," said Dr. Zinchenko, "fiction titles are located here in the reading room. The Children's Enrichment Room, with soundproof walls, is over there. Two fully equipped community meeting rooms as well as the Book Nook Café—behind those windows where the curtains are drawn—are also located on this floor. Upstairs on two, you will find ten numbered

圆形大厅，每个人都带着一个铝制的附件箱。 “请将所有手机、ipod和ipad放在我们的保安克拉伦斯和克莱门特提供的容器里。 在您逗留期间，您的设备将被安全保管，并在活动结束时归还给您。 此外，您可以使用本房间的台式平板电脑来梳理我们的卡片目录和进行互联网研究。 然而，这些设备不能发送或接收电子邮件或短信——不管这些是什么。 记住，我1973年就退休了。 我们仍然使用复写纸。 现在津琴科医生会带你看一下平面图。” 每个人都打开他们的地图小册子。 “正如你所看到的。” 津琴科说:“小说书名就在阅览室里。 有隔音墙的儿童活动室在那边。 两间设备齐全的社区会议室和Book Nook咖啡厅也位于这一层，在窗帘拉上的窗户后面。 楼上2号，你会发现10号

doors, each leading into a chamber filled with books, information, and, well, displays related to its corresponding Dewey decimal category." Kyle raised his hand. "Yes?" "Where's the Electronic Learning Center?" Dr. Zinchenko grinned. "Upstairs on the third floor, where you will also find the Board Room, the Art and Artifacts Room, the IMAX theater, the Lemoncello-abilia Room, the—" "Can we go upstairs and play?" asked Bridgette Wadge. "I want to try out the space shuttle simulator." "I want to learn how to drive a car!" said Sean Keegan. "A race car!" "I want to conquer the world with Alexander the Great!" said Yasmeen Smith-Snyder. Apparently, everybody was doing what Kyle had already done: checking out the "Available Educational Gameware" listed on the back of the floor plan. "Early access to the Electronic Learning Center will be tonight's second prize," said Dr. Zinchenko. "To win it, you must use the library's

每扇门都通向一个房间，里面装满了书籍、信息，以及与杜威十进制分类相关的展品。” 凯尔举起了手。“是吗?”“电子学习中心在哪里?”博士。 Zinchenko咧嘴一笑。“在楼上的三楼，你还可以找到董事会室、艺术和文物室、IMAX影院、柠檬大提琴室，还有——”“我们能上楼去玩吗?”布里奇特·韦奇问。 “我想试试航天飞机模拟器。” “我想学开车!”肖恩·基冈说。 “一辆赛车!”“我想和亚历山大大帝一起征服世界!”Yasmeen Smith-Snyder说。 显然，每个人都在做凯尔已经做过的事情:查看平面图背面列出的“可用教育游戏工具”。 “提前进入电子学习中心将是今晚的第二件事，”Dr。 Zinchenko。“要赢得它，你必须使用图书馆的

resources to find dessert, which we have hidden somewhere in the building. Whoever does the research and locates the goodies first will also be the first one allowed into the Electronic Learning Center. So use your wits and use your library. Go find dessert!" Everybody raced around the room and sat down at separate desks to start tapping on the glass computer pads. Well, everybody except Sierra Russell. She spent like two seconds swiping her fingers across a screen, wrote something down with a stubby pencil on a slip of paper, then wandered off to inspect the three-story-tall curved bookcases lining the walls at the back half of the rotunda. Kyle watched as she stepped onto a slightly elevated platform with handles like you'd see on your grandmother's walker. It even had a basket attached to the front. "Dr. Zinchenko?" "Yes, Ms. Russell?" "Is this safe? Because the book I want is all the way up at the top."

找到甜点的资源，我们藏在大楼里的某个地方。 谁先做了调查并找到了好东西，谁就可以第一个进入电子学习中心。 所以用你的智慧和图书馆。 去找甜点吧!”每个人都在房间里跑来跑去，在不同的桌子旁坐下，开始敲击玻璃电脑板。 好吧，除了塞拉·拉塞尔。 她花了大约两秒钟的时间用手指在屏幕上滑动，用粗短的铅笔在一张纸条上写了些什么，然后溜达去查看圆形大厅后半部墙上排列着的三层楼高的弧形书架。 凯尔看着她走上一个略高的平台，平台上的把手就像你祖母的学步车上看到的那样。 它的前面甚至连了一个篮子。 “Zinchenko博士?”“是的,女士。 罗素?”“这安全吗?”因为我想要的书在最上面。”