14 Chapter 14

Chapter 14 "How about we work together?" said Akimi when she sat down at Kyle's table. "Hmmm?" Kyle couldn't take his eyes off Sierra Russell. She had drifted up about twenty-five feet and was leaning against the railings of her floating platform, completely lost in a new book. "Hello? Earth to Kyle? Do you want somebody else to get first dibs on the Electronic Learning Center?" "No."

“我们一起工作怎么样?”明美在凯尔的桌旁坐下说。 “嗯?”凯尔目不转睛地盯着塞拉·拉塞尔。 她飘到了大约二十五英尺高的地方，靠在漂浮平台的栏杆上，完全沉浸在一本新书中。 “喂?地球到凯尔?你想让别人先进入电子学习中心吗?”“没有。”

"Then focus." "Okay. So how do we use our wits and the library to find dessert?" Akimi nodded toward Miguel, whose fingers were dancing across the screen of his desktop's tablet computer. "I think he's doing a search in the card catalog," whispered Akimi. "Why?" "It's how you find stuff in a library, Kyle." "I know that. But we're not looking for books about dessert. We need to find actual food." Andrew Peckleman stood up from his desk and sprinted up a wrought-iron spiral staircase leading to the second floor. Two seconds later, Charles Chiltington was sprinting up the staircase behind him. All the other players soon followed. Everybody was headed to the second floor and the Dewey decimal rooms. Miguel finally popped up from his desk and made a mad dash for the nearest staircase. "It's got to be up in the six hundreds, you guys," he called out to Kyle and Akimi.

“那么专注。”“好吧。那么，我们该如何利用智慧和图书馆来寻找甜点呢?”明美朝米格尔点了点头，米格尔的手指正在他台式平板电脑的屏幕上舞动。 “我想他是在卡片目录里搜索。”明美小声说。 “为什么?”“你在图书馆里就是这样找东西的，凯尔。” “我知道。但我们不是在找关于甜点的书。 我们需要找到真正的食物。” 安德鲁·佩克曼(Andrew Peckleman)从办公桌上站起来，快步走上通往二楼的锻铁螺旋楼梯。 两秒钟后，查尔斯·齐廷顿在他身后冲上楼梯。 其他球员很快也跟着走了。 所有人都朝二楼和杜威十进位室走去。 米格尔终于从桌子上跳了起来，疯狂地奔向最近的楼梯。 “你们这些家伙，肯定在六百英尺以上。”他对凯尔和阿基米喊道。

"Thanks," said Kyle. But he still didn't budge from his seat. "I guess the six hundreds is the Dewey decimal category where you find books about desserts," said Akimi. "Maybe we should …" "Wait a second," said Kyle. "Um, Kyle, in case you haven't noticed, you, me, and glider girl Sierra are the only ones still on this floor, and Sierra isn't really on the floor because she's floating." "Hang on, Akimi. I have an idea." Kyle pulled out his floor plan. "Dessert is probably hiding in plain sight. Just like the bonus codes in Squirrel Squad. Follow me." "Where to?" "The Book Nook Café. The one room in the library where, according to what Dr. Zinchenko told us back at the hotel, food and drinks are actually allowed." They strolled into the cozy café. "Whoo-hoo!" shouted Akimi. The walls were decorated with shelves of cookbooks but several tables were loaded down with trays of cookies, cakes, ice cream, and fruit!

“谢谢，”凯尔说。但他仍然没有离开他的座位。 Akimi说:“我猜这600本是杜威十进制分类法，在这里你可以找到关于甜点的书。” “也许我们应该……”“等一下，”凯尔说。 "凯尔，如果你没注意到，你，我，还有滑翔机女孩西拉是这层楼里唯一还在的人，而西拉并不是真的在地板上，因为她在漂浮" “等一下，秋美。我有个主意。” 凯尔拿出了他的平面图。 “甜点可能就藏在人们的眼皮底下。 就像《松鼠小队》中的奖励代码一样。 跟我来。”“去哪儿?”“Book Nook咖啡馆”。 图书馆里的一个房间，根据。 津琴科在酒店告诉我们，食物和饮料实际上是允许的。” 他们悠闲地走进舒适的咖啡馆。 “嗬嗬!”明美喊道。 墙上挂满了烹饪书的架子，但有几张桌子上摆满了托盘，上面放着饼干、蛋糕、冰淇淋和水果!

"That's why the curtains were closed behind the windows into the rotunda," said Akimi. "So we couldn't see all this food. Way to go, Kyle." Kyle did his best imitation of Charles Chiltington: "I'm a Keeley, Akimi. We never lose. Except, of course, when we don't win." After everyone had dessert, Kyle and Akimi were the first ones allowed to enter the Electronic Learning Center. Kyle flew the space shuttle, making an excellent landing on Mars before crashing into one of Saturn's moons. Akimi rode a horse with Paul Revere. Then Kyle learned how to drive a stickshift stock car on the Talladega racetrack while Akimi climbed into a tiny submarine to swim with sharks, dolphins, and sea turtles—all of which were projected on the glass walls of her undersea simulator. All the educational video games had 3-D visuals, digital surround sound, and something new that Mr. Lemoncello was developing for his

“这就是为什么窗帘被关在通往圆形大厅的窗户后面，”Akimi说。 “所以我们看不到所有的食物。 干得好，凯尔。”凯尔尽力模仿查尔斯·齐廷顿:“我是基利家的，阿基米。 我们从不输。当然，除非我们赢不了。” 大家吃完甜点后，Kyle和Akimi是第一个被允许进入电子学习中心的。 凯尔驾驶航天飞机，在撞上土星的一颗卫星之前，在火星上成功着陆。 Akimi和Paul Revere一起骑马。 然后，凯尔学会了如何在塔拉迪加赛道上驾驶一辆排挡汽车，而阿基米则爬进一艘小潜艇，与鲨鱼、海豚和海龟一起游泳——所有这些都投射在她的海底模拟器的玻璃墙上。 所有的教育视频游戏都有3d视觉效果、数字环绕立体声，以及莱蒙切罗正在为他的游戏开发的新东西

video games: smell-a-vision. When you sacked Rome with the Visigoths, you could smell the smoky scent of the burning city as well as the barbarians' b.o. After an hour, Dr. Zinchenko ushered everybody else into the Electronic Learning Center. They'd been watching George Washington debate George W. Bush (both were audioanimatronic dummies) in the "town square" at the center of the 900s room. At ten p.m. they all tromped into the IMAX theater, also on the third floor, to see a jukebox concert. 3-D images of the world's best musicians (living and dead) performed their hits "live." The best part was Mozart jamming with Metallica. Finally, around three in the morning, Clarence and his twin brother, Clement, came to escort the kids to their sleeping quarters. The boys would roll out their sleeping bags in the Children's Room, just off the rotunda; the girls would be upstairs on the third floor in the Board Room. Charles Chiltington would be luxuriating all alone in Mr. Lemoncello's private suite.

电子游戏:嗅觉视觉。 当你和西哥特人一起洗劫罗马时，你可以闻到燃烧城市的烟雾味以及野蛮人的气味。 一个小时后，津琴科博士带领大家进入了电子学习中心。 他们一直在看乔治·华盛顿和乔治·W·布什的辩论。 布什(两人都是听觉动画假人)在900号房间中央的“城市广场”上。 晚上十点，他们一起走进同样在三楼的IMAX影院，去看一场自动点唱机音乐会。 世界上最好的音乐家(活着的和死去的)的3d图像“现场”表演他们的热门歌曲。 最精彩的部分是莫扎特对金属乐队的即兴演奏。 终于，在凌晨三点左右，克拉伦斯和他的双胞胎兄弟克莱门特来护送孩子们到他们的卧室。 男孩们会在孩子们的房间里铺开睡袋，就在圆形大厅旁边;女孩们会在楼上三楼的董事会会议室里。 查尔斯·奇廷顿会在莱蒙切罗先生的私人套房里独自享受。

Exhausted from the excitement of the day—and crashing after eating way too much sugar—Kyle slept like a baby. He only woke up because he heard music. Loud, blaring music. The theme song from that boxing movie Rocky, his brother Mike's favorite. "Whazzat?" he mumbled, crawling out of his sleeping bag. Kyle glanced at his watch. It was eleven a.m. He figured the library lock-in was officially over and this was the group's wake-up call. The music kept blaring. "This is how they wake up astronauts," groaned Miguel. "Turn it off!" moaned Andrew Peckleman. Kyle slipped on his jeans and sneakers and staggered out into the giant reading room. "Dr. Zinchenko?" His voice echoed off the dome. No answer. "Clarence? Clement?" Nothing. The Rocky music got louder. Akimi leaned in from the third-floor balcony.

一天的兴奋使凯尔筋疲力尽，再加上吃了太多的糖，他睡得像个婴儿。 他只是因为听到音乐才醒来的。 响亮、刺耳的音乐。拳击电影《洛奇》的主题曲，他哥哥迈克的最爱。 “什么?”他咕哝着，从睡袋里爬了出来。 凯尔瞥了一眼手表。 这时是上午11点。他认为图书馆的禁闭正式结束了，这是给大家敲响的警钟。 音乐继续震耳欲聋。“他们就是这样叫醒宇航员的。”米格尔呻吟道。 “关掉它!”安德鲁·佩克曼呻吟道。 凯尔穿上牛仔裤和运动鞋，摇摇晃晃地走进巨大的阅览室。 “Zinchenko博士?”他的声音在穹顶上回响。 不回答。“克拉伦斯?克莱门特?”什么都没有。 洛基的音乐越来越响。 明美从三楼的阳台探出头来。