30 Chapter 30

Chapter 30 "We'll just play one bookshelf," said Kyle. "Because we're a team now, right, bro?" said Miguel. "Right. Plus, we don't have all day." "Well," said Akimi, "technically we do. In fact, we have the rest of today and tomorrow till noon." "We've got like nineteen hours left," said Miguel. "But Charles and the others," said Sierra. "They could beat us."

“我们只玩一个书架，”凯尔说。 “因为我们现在是一个团队，对吧，兄弟?”米格尔说。 “对了。另外，我们没有一整天的时间。” “嗯，”明美说，“严格来说，我们有。 事实上，我们今天剩下的时间和明天的时间到中午。” “我们大概还有19个小时，”米格尔说。 “但是查尔斯和其他人，”西拉说。 “他们可以打败我们。”

"Right," said Kyle. "After all, he is a Chiltington. And according to Sir Charles, they never lose. Miguel, you're the newest member of the team. You spin first." Miguel rubbed his hands together. Limbered up his fingers. Practiced flicking his index finger off his thumb. Made sure he had a good snap and follow-through. "Would you hurry up and spin before my brain explodes?" pleaded Akimi. "No problem." Miguel flicked the plastic pointer. It whirled around the cardboard square decorated with a sunburst of ten colorful triangles. "Boo-yah! The triple zeros. General Knowledge." "Um, that's not so great," said Kyle. "How come?" "You get to move zero spaces." "Oh. Bummer." Akimi shot up her hand. "Yes?" said Kyle. "Do we really have to spin and count spaces and all that junk? We have a deadline. Clocks everywhere are ticking against us."

“好的，”凯尔说。“毕竟，他是奇廷顿家的人。 根据查尔斯爵士的说法，他们从不输。 米格尔，你是团队的新成员。 你先纺纱。”米格尔搓了搓双手。 使他的手指活动起来。练习把食指从大拇指上弹开。 确保他有一个很好的扣球和跟进。 “在我的脑袋爆炸之前，你能快点转吗?”明美恳求道。 “没问题。”米格尔轻轻弹了弹塑料指针。 它绕着纸板广场旋转，纸板上装饰着十个彩色的三角形。 “Boo-yah !三个零。 一般知识。”“嗯，这不是很好，”凯尔说。 “怎么?”“你不能移动任何空间。” “哦。游手好闲的人。”明美举起手。 “什么事?”凯尔说。“我们真的需要旋转、计算空间和所有那些垃圾吗?” 我们有截止日期。各地的时钟都在滴答作响。”

"Maybe we can just pull a pink card," suggested Sierra. "It's really not how you play the game," said Kyle. "Um, we're not really playing this game, Kyle," said Akimi. "We're playing the other one. The Big Game. The one with the ginormous prize." "I have to agree with Akimi," said Miguel. "Fine," said Kyle. "It's against the rules, but pull a pink card." "You sure, bro?" "Just pull a pink!" Miguel quickly sorted the new deck into ten stacks of different colors. He pulled the pink on the top of its pile. "Hmmm. These are different from the regular cards." He turned it over and showed it to the group. 0 + 27 + 0.4 = ???? "Easy-peasy," said Akimi. "The answer is twenty-seven-point-four, because the zero doesn't change the sum." "Not in math," said Miguel. "But this isn't math. This is the Dewey decimal system and

“也许我们可以拿出一张粉红色的卡片，”塞拉建议道。 “这真的不是你玩游戏的方式，”凯尔说。 “嗯，我们不是在玩这个游戏，凯尔，”Akimi说。 “我们正在玩另一个。 大比赛。就是拿大奖的那个。” 米格尔说:“我不得不同意明美的观点。” “好吧，”凯尔说。“这是违反规则的，但请抽一张粉红色的牌。” “你确定吗，兄弟?”“就拉一个粉色的!”米格尔很快把这副新牌分成了十摞不同颜色的牌。 他把粉红色的放在那堆东西的最上面。 “嗯。这些和普通的卡不一样。” 他把它翻过来给大家看。 0 + 27 + 0.4 = ????“易如反掌，”明美说。 “答案是274，因为零不会改变总和。” “数学不行，”米格尔说。 “但这不是数学。这是杜威十进制

there's always three numbers to the left of the decimal point." "We need to find a book with the call number 027.4," added Sierra. "Fine," said Akimi. "But I guarantee you it isn't a math book!" The team made their way around the balcony circling the Dewey decimal doors. "Here we go," said Miguel. He slid his library card into a reader on a door labeled "000s." "Okay," said Miguel, "in here we're gonna find General Knowledge. Almanacs, encyclopedias, bibliographies, books about library science …" "It's a science?" said Akimi. "Where do they keep the chemicals?" "In the library paste," joked Sierra, who was loosening up. She hadn't read one page of a book in hours. "Found it," said Miguel, reaching up to pull a book off a shelf. "027.4. Man, it's old. Look how yellow the pages are."

小数点左边总是有三个数字。” “我们需要找到一本书号为027.4的书，”塞拉补充道。 “很好，”明美说。“但我向你保证，这不是一本数学书!”队员们绕着杜威十进制门的阳台走了一圈。 “我们走吧，”米格尔说。 他把借书证塞进门上标着“000”的读卡器里。 “好吧，”米格尔说，“在这里，我们会找到通用知识。 年鉴、百科全书、参考书目、图书馆学方面的书……”“这是一门科学?”明美说。 “他们把化学药品放在哪里?”“在图书馆的浆糊里，”正在放松的塞拉开玩笑说。 她已经好几个小时没读一页书了。 “找到了，”米格尔说着，伸手从书架上取下一本书。 “027.4。天啊，太旧了。看这几页都黄了。”

"So what's the antique's title?" asked Akimi. "Get to Know Your Local Library by Amy Alessio and Erin Downey." Miguel held the book so everybody could see the cover. It was illustrated with a cartoonylooking detective in a checkered hat who was holding up a magnifying glass to examine books on a shelf. "Looks like a library guide for kids," said Miguel, opening the cover to read one of the inside pages. "First publication was way back in 1952." He flipped through a few pages. "It explains the Dewey decimal system. Contains a glossary of library terms. A brief history of libraries …" He reached the back of the book. "Awesome." "What?" asked Kyle as he and the others moved closer to see what Miguel had found. "It's an old-fashioned book slip. From the Alexandriaville Public Library." "The one they tore down?" "Yep. And this card, tucked into a sleeve glued to the back cover, comes from the olden days

“那么这个古董的名字是什么?”明美问。 《了解你当地的图书馆》艾米·阿莱西奥和艾琳·唐尼著 米格尔拿着书，好让每个人都能看到封面。 上面画着一位戴着格子帽的卡通侦探，他正拿着放大镜检查书架上的书。 “看起来像是给孩子们看的图书馆指南，”米格尔说，打开封面读其中一页内页。 “早在1952年就首次出版了。” 他翻了几页。 它解释了杜威十进制。 包含库术语的词汇表。 图书馆简史……”他把手伸到书的后面。 “酷毙了”。“什么?”凯尔问，他和其他人走近米格尔，想看看他发现了什么。 “这是一张老式的借书单。 从亚历山大公共图书馆。” “就是他们拆了的那个?”“是的。 这张卡，夹在粘在封底上的套筒里，来自过去

when they used to stamp the date the book was due on a grid and you had to fill in your name under 'issued to.'" "And?" "Look who checked this book out on 26 May '64!" Kyle and the others looked. "Luigi Lemoncello!" Down on the first floor, Charles used his library card to open the door to Community Meeting Room A. "Who is to have access to this room?" cooed a soothing voice from the ceiling. "Me and my teammates," said Charles. "Andrew Peckleman and Haley Daley." "Thank you. Please have ANDREW PECKLEMAN and HALEY DALEY swipe their cards through the reader now." Both of them did. "Thank you. Entrance to Community Meeting Room A will be limited to those approved by the

以前他们会在网格上盖上书的到期日期，你必须在“发行人”下面填上你的名字。”“然后呢?”“看看是谁在1964年5月26日借走了这本书!”凯尔和其他人看了看。 “路易吉Lemoncello !”在一楼，查尔斯用他的借书证打开了社区会议室A的门。 “谁可以进入这个房间?”天花板上传来一个安抚的声音。 “我和我的队友们，”查尔斯说。 "安德鲁·佩克曼和海莉·戴利。" “谢谢。请让安德鲁·佩克曼和哈利·戴利现在通过读卡器刷卡。” 他们俩都这么做了。“谢谢。 社区会议室A的入口将被限制在经委员会批准的