27 Chapter 27

Chapter 27 Excited by the sudden appearance of a second bonus card, Sierra read it out loud: " 'Two plus two can equal more than four. Put two and two together and you'll be closer than before.' " Akimi raised her hand. "Yes?" said Sierra. "You do realize that Miguel here isn't on our team?" "Oh. Right. Sorry." Miguel turned to Kyle. "You guys are a team?"

第27章突然出现的第二张奖励卡让西拉兴奋不已，她大声念了出来:“二加二大于四。 把事实和事实结合起来，你会比以前更接近。’”明美举起了手。 “什么事?”西拉说。“你知道米格尔不是我们队的吧?”“哦。 正确的。抱歉。”米格尔转向凯尔。 “你们是一个团队?”

"Yep. You want to join?" "Maybe. Not sure. Check back with me later, man." "No problem," said Kyle. He fist-thumped his chest. Miguel fist-thumped his. They were flashing each other peace signs when Sierra said, "I think this means we should all play together as a team. Remember what it says on the fountain down in the lobby: 'Knowledge not shared remains unknown.' " "Maybe," said Miguel. "Like I said—let me get back to you guys. I'm workin' on a few angles of my own. Flying solo." "Sure. No problem." Kyle was about to do the whole fist-chest-bump-peace-sign thing again when he had a brainstorm. "Miguel? Quick question. What's on your library card?" Miguel shrugged. "My name and the number one." "Anything else? Like on the back?" "Nothing really. Couple of books." "Two?" "Yeah." "What're their titles?"

“是的。你想加入吗?”“也许。 不确定。过会儿再来找我，伙计。” “没问题，”凯尔说。他用拳头捶打自己的胸膛。 米格尔重重地一拳。当塞拉说:“我认为这意味着我们应该作为一个团队一起比赛。” 记住大厅里喷泉上的那句话:“不分享的知识仍然未知。”“也许吧，”米格尔说。 “就像我说的，让我回到你们身边。 我也有自己的一些想法。 飞独奏。”“当然。没问题。” 凯尔正准备再做一次碰胸和平手势，突然他灵机一动。 “米格尔?快速的问题。你的借书证上有什么?”米格尔耸耸肩。 “我的名字和数字1。” “还有别的事吗?比如在背上?”“没什么。 几本书。”“两个?”“是的。” “他们的头衔是什么?”

Miguel bit his lip. "Don't want to say." "Because you think they might be clues?" "Not saying what I might or might not be thinking, bro." Kyle nodded. "There are two different books on the back of everybody's library cards," said Akimi, thinking out loud. " 'Put two and two together and you'll be closer than before.' The book titles are some sort of clue. My books are One—" "Um, Akimi?" Kyle shook his head. Nodded toward Miguel. "Right. Sorry. My bad." "Oh-kay, Miguel," said Kyle. "If and when you decide to team up with us, you can show us the two books on the back of your card; we'll all show you ours. We'll also split the prize four ways. Deal?" "Deal." "Come on, guys." Kyle gestured toward the exit. "Where are we going?" asked Sierra. Kyle dropped his voice. "The Electronic Learning Center."

米格尔咬着嘴唇。“我不想说。” “因为你认为它们可能是线索?”“不说我可能在想什么，也不说我可能没有在想什么，兄弟。” 凯尔点点头。“每个人的借书证背面都有两本不同的书，”明美自言自语地说。 “‘把事实和事实结合起来，你会比以前更亲密。’书名是某种线索。 我的书是一——”“嗯，阿基米?”凯尔摇了摇头。 朝米格尔点了点头。“对了。 对不起。我的坏。”“哦，好吧，米格尔，”凯尔说。 “如果你决定和我们合作，你可以把你卡片背面的两本书给我们看;我们都会给你看我们的。 我们还会把奖金分成四份。 交易?”“交易”。“来吧，伙计们。” 凯尔朝出口做了个手势。 “我们要去哪里?”西拉问。 凯尔压低了声音。“电子学习中心。”

"You want to play video games?" said Akimi. "Now? Seriously, Kyle, we may need to rethink your status as team captain." "I don't want to play video games. I want to check out the discard pile." "Huh?" "The cards the players who went home early dumped into that goldfish bowl!" "I'm comin' with you guys," said Miguel. "I've been thinking about those extra cards, too." "Fine," said Kyle. "Whatever." When they entered the game room, they saw Clarence, his arms folded across his chest geniestyle. He was standing guard in front of the discard pile. "May I help you?" he asked. "Um, yeah," said Kyle. "We want to check out the cards in the bowl." "Sorry," said Clarence. "You can't have them." "But," said Mr. Lemoncello, his face suddenly appearing on every video screen in the room, "you

“你想玩电子游戏吗?”明美说。 “现在?说真的，凯尔，我们可能需要重新考虑你作为队长的身份。” “我不想玩电子游戏。 我想看看那堆废品。” “嗯?”“那些早早回家的玩家把卡片扔进了金鱼缸!”“我和你们一起去，”米格尔说。 “我也一直在想那些额外的卡片。” “好吧，”凯尔说。“不管”。 当他们进入游戏室时，他们看到了克拉伦斯，他的双臂交叉在胸前，像天才一样。 他在垃圾堆前站岗。 “我能帮你吗?”他问。 “嗯，是的，”凯尔说。“我们想看看碗里的卡片。” “对不起，”克拉伦斯说。“你不能拥有他们。” “但是，”莱蒙切罗先生说，他的脸突然出现在房间里的每个视频屏幕上，“是你

can win them!" Dressed in a polka-dotted bow tie and snazzy jacket like a game show host, Mr. Lemoncello had one arm resting on a slender Plexiglas podium. Behind him, Dr. Zinchenko—all decked out in a sparkly red minidress—looked like the models that point at prizes on TV. "Are the four of you ready to play Let's Do a Deal?" When Mr. Lemoncello said that, he pushed a big red button in his podium. A prerecorded studio audience whistled, cheered, and applauded. "Um, what's Let's Do a Deal?" asked Kyle. "My first game to ever be turned into a TV show. Brought to you by lemon Pledge!" Dr. Zinchenko started singing: "Lemon Pledge, very pretty. Put the shine down, lemon good …" "Thank you, Dr. Z!" said Mr. Lemoncello, bopping the button to make the audience cheer again. "Now then, kids, here's the deal: Solve one simple picture puzzle and you four win the five library cards in the bowl." "And if we lose?" "Simple. Each of you loses his or her library card and adds it to the discard bowl for our next

能赢他们!”莱蒙切罗戴着圆点领结，穿着像游戏节目主持人一样时髦的夹克，一只手臂搭在一个细长的有机玻璃讲台上。 在他身后，津琴科博士穿着一件亮红色的迷你裙，看起来就像电视上指着奖品的模特。 “你们四个准备好玩‘我们做个交易’了吗?”莱蒙切罗说完这句话后，按下了讲台上的一个红色大按钮。 事先录好的演播室观众吹着口哨，欢呼着，鼓掌着。 “嗯，我们做个交易吧?”凯尔问。 “我的第一款游戏被拍成了电视剧。 lemon Pledge为您带来!”博士。 津琴科开始唱歌:“柠檬誓言，非常漂亮。 把灯放下，柠檬好……” 莱蒙切罗一边说，一边按下按钮，让观众再次欢呼起来。 “好了，孩子们，事情是这样的:解决一个简单的图片拼图，你们四个人就能赢得碗里的五张借书证。” “如果我们输了呢?”“简单。 你们每个人都丢了自己的借书证，把它丢到丢碗里，留给下一个借书证

lucky contestants to try and win." He banged the red button again. The audience cheered exactly the same way they cheered before. Kyle turned to the others. "What do you say, guys?" "Let's go for it," said Akimi. Sierra nodded. "Miguel?" "I'm in, bro." "You're joining our team?" "Absolutely." They knocked knuckles to seal the deal. Mr. Lemoncello must've whacked his button again, because the canned studio audience started cheering. Kyle wondered what the sound effects would be if he and his friends lost their library cards playing Let's Do a Deal. Probably groans. And weeping. Lots and lots of weeping.

幸运的参赛者尝试获胜。” 他又按了一下红色按钮。 观众们像以前一样欢呼起来。 凯尔转向其他人。 “你们说呢，伙计们?”“我们去吧，”明美说。 塞拉点点头。“米格尔?”“我加入，兄弟。” “你要加入我们的团队?”“绝对”。 他们互相击掌以达成协议。 莱蒙塞罗先生肯定又按下按钮了，因为演播室里的观众开始欢呼起来。 凯尔想知道，如果他和他的朋友们在玩“Let's Do a Deal”时弄丢了借书证，音响效果会是什么样子。 可能呻吟。和哭泣。 很多很多的哭泣。