37 Chapter 37

Chapter 37 "Ever wonder if this could reek any worse?" said Akimi. "Because it couldn't." "Yo, none of us pulled a Clunker Card," groused Miguel. "That means somebody on Charles's team did it." "Akimi and Miguel are right, Kyle," said Sierra. "This really isn't fair." "I know," was all Kyle could say. "But it's like in Mr. Lemoncello's Family Frenzy, where one player pulls the Orthodontist card and everybody

第三十七章“你有没有想过这里还会有更难闻的味道?”明美说。 “因为它不能。”米格尔抱怨道:“哎，我们谁也没拿过旧车卡。” “这说明是查尔斯团队里的人干的。” “Akimi和Miguel是对的，Kyle，”Sierra说。 “这真的不公平。”“我知道。”凯尔只能说。 “但这就像莱蒙切罗先生的《疯狂家庭》一样，一个玩家拿出正畸医生牌，所有人

has to move back seven spaces to buy their kids braces." Kyle and his teammates were back in Community Meeting Room B. They'd been staring at the clue board, wondering what a wailing blackbird had to do with Willy Wonka and the Ten Commandments—not to mention that long list of books and all the statues—when the voice in the ceiling made its announcement about the Dewey decimal doors being locked for fourteen hours. "Well, Mr. Lemoncello better have a good reason," said Akimi. "Oh, I do," said Mr. Lemoncello. His face appeared on one of the meeting room walls, which was really a giant plasma-screen video monitor. "Team Kyle is not being penalized for Team Charles's blunder," he said. "Far from it. In fact, you are being rewarded." Akimi arched her eyebrows in disbelief. "Really? How?" "The other team's penalty gives you a wrinkle in time."

为了给孩子买牙套，他们不得不后退七个空间。” 凯尔和他的队友回到了社区会议室B。 他们正盯着提示板，想知道一只哀鸣的画眉鸟与威利·旺卡和《十诫》有什么关系——更不用说那一长串书和所有的雕像了——这时天花板上的声音宣布杜威十进制的门被锁了十四个小时。 “好吧，莱蒙切罗先生最好有个充分的理由，”明米说。 “哦，我知道，”莱蒙切罗先生说。 他的脸出现在会议室的一面墙上，那实际上是一个巨大的等离子电视显示器。 “凯尔队不会因为查尔斯队的失误而受到惩罚，”他说。 “远非如此。事实上，你得到了奖励。” 明美难以置信地拱起眉毛。 “真的吗?如何?”“对方队的点球给了你时间上的皱纹。”

"A wrinkle in time?" said Kyle. "Is that a clue?" "No. It's a book. And sometimes, Kyle, a book is just a book. But thanks to the Clunker Card, you have the gift of wrinkled time to seek clues outside the ten Dewey decimal rooms. Speaking of Time, a magazine available in our periodicals section, it's dinnertime!" "So the game is basically suspended until ten o'clock tomorrow?" said Kyle. "Well, Kyle, that's up to you. You can use this time as a bonus, to think, read, and explore. Or you can run upstairs and play video games all night long. The choice is yours." "We want to win this game," said Kyle. His teammates nodded in agreement. "Wondermous!" said Mr. Lemoncello. "Keep working the puzzle but try to avoid Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler's files. They're all mixed up. And before you turn in this evening, you might want to spend some time curled up with a good book." "Um, they just said the book rooms are locked," said Akimi. "The nice lady in the ceiling was only talking about the ten Dewey decimal rooms. There is

“时间上的皱纹?”凯尔说。 “这是一条线索吗?”“没有。这是一本书。 凯尔，有时候，书就是书。 但多亏了旧车卡，你有了皱巴巴的时间来寻找十个杜威十进制房间外的线索。 说到《时代》，我们的期刊区有一本杂志，现在是晚饭时间!”“所以比赛基本上要暂停到明天10点?”凯尔说。 “好吧，凯尔，这取决于你。 你可以利用这段时间来思考、阅读和探索。 或者你可以跑到楼上，整晚玩电子游戏。 选择权在你。”“我们想赢得这场比赛，”凯尔说。 他的队友点头表示同意。 “太棒了!”莱蒙切罗先生说。 “继续做这个谜题，但要尽量避开巴兹尔? Frankweiler的文件。它们都混在一起了。 在你今晚上床睡觉之前，你可能想花点时间蜷缩起来读一本好书。” “嗯，他们只是说图书室是锁着的，”明美说。 “天花板上那位和蔼的女士只是在谈论那十个杜威十进制的房间。 有

plenty of first-class fiction in the Rotunda Reading Room. Dr. Zinchenko has even selected seven books specifically for our seven remaining contestants. After dinner, you'll find those books on her desk." When he said that, Mr. Lemoncello started winking. "I think you'll find the books to be very enlightening. Inspirational, even." And then he winked some more. "And now, I must return to my side of the mountain. See you in the morning, children! I have great expectations for you all!" Mr. Lemoncello's image disappeared from the wall. "Okay," said Akimi, "from the way Mr. Lemoncello was just winking, either somebody kicked a bucket of sand in his face or our recommended reading list is another clue." On the other side of the rotunda, Charles huddled with Andrew in Meeting Room A.

圆形大厅阅览室里有许多一流的小说。 津琴科博士甚至专门为剩下的七位选手挑选了七本书。 晚饭后，你会在她的桌子上找到那些书。” 当他这么说的时候，莱蒙切罗开始眨眼。 “我想你会发现这些书很有启发性。 鼓舞人心的。”然后他又眨了眨眼睛。 “现在，我必须回到我这边的山了。 孩子们，明天早上见!我对你们寄予厚望!”莱蒙塞罗先生的画像从墙上消失了。 “好吧，”阿基米说，“从莱蒙切罗先生刚才眨眼的样子来看，要么是有人把一桶沙子踢到他脸上，要么是我们的推荐书目是另一个线索。” 在圆形大厅的另一边，查尔斯和安德鲁在A会议室里聚在一起。

"I don't trust Haley," he said. "Why not?" Charles placed his hand on Andrew's shoulder. "Well, my friend, I'm not sure if I should tell you this, but Haley told me she didn't think you were 'handsome enough' to appear in Mr. Lemoncello's holiday commercials with us when we win." "Because of my glasses?" Charles bit his lip. Nodded. "Of course, I totally disagree." "I see," said Andrew, his ears burning bright red. "Then she doesn't get to see what we found in that Anne of Green Gables book." "Very well, Andrew. If that's how you want to play it." "You bet I do." "Fine. Let's go see what's for dinner. I'm starving." When Charles and Andrew entered the café, the Keeley team was already inside, filling their trays. "Hey, way to go, Charles!" joked Miguel Fernandez. "You guys pulled a Clunker Card?" "Indeed we did. However, not even that bit of bad luck can derail our juggernaut!"

“我不信任黑利，”他说。 “为什么不?”查尔斯把手放在安德鲁的肩上。 “好吧，我的朋友，我不确定我是否应该告诉你，但海莉告诉我，她认为你不够帅，不能在我们获胜后和莱蒙塞罗先生一起出演节日广告。” “因为我的眼镜?”查尔斯咬着嘴唇。 点了点头。“当然，我完全不同意。” “我明白了。”安德鲁说，他的耳朵烧得通红。 “那么她就不会看到我们在《绿山墙的安妮》这本书中发现的东西了。” “很好，安德鲁。如果你想这么玩的话。” “我当然知道。”“很好。我们去看看晚餐吃什么吧。 我饿死了。”当查尔斯和安德鲁走进咖啡馆时，基利团队已经在里面装满了他们的托盘。 米格尔·费尔南德斯开玩笑说:“嘿，干得好，查尔斯!” “你们拿了一张旧车卡?”“的确是这样。 然而，即使是一点点坏运气也不会破坏我们的强大!”

"Huh?" said Akimi. "He means we're still gonna win!" said Andrew. Charles and Andrew crossed to the far side of the room to join Haley, who was sitting in a corner. "You guys find any clues this afternoon?" she asked. "Sadly, no," said Charles. "All we found was that door-locking penalty," said Andrew, who could lie almost as well as Charles. "How about you, Haley?" Charles asked. "Find anything interesting?" "Nope. Nada." Then she yawned and finished her dinner. "I think I'll head upstairs and sack out." "Really? It's only eight-forty-eight." "I know. But I'm totally pooped." She yawned again. "Plus, I want to be up bright and early, before the Dewey decimal doors reopen. We have more clues to find. See you guys tomorrow. Unless we have more team business to discuss?" "No. Nothing."

“嗯?”明美说。“他的意思是我们还是会赢!”安德鲁说。 查尔斯和安德鲁走到房间的另一边，去找坐在角落里的哈利。 “你们今天下午发现什么线索了吗?”她问。 “很遗憾，没有，”查尔斯说。 “我们只发现了门锁的惩罚，”安德鲁说，他几乎和查尔斯一样会撒谎。 “你呢，哈利?”查尔斯问。 “有什么有趣的吗?”“不。 没有什么结果。”然后她打了个哈欠，吃完了晚饭。 “我想我要上楼睡觉了。” “真的吗?现在才8点48分。” “我知道。但我真的累坏了。” 她又打了个哈欠。“另外，我想早点起床，赶在杜威十进制的大门重新打开之前。 我们还有更多线索要找。 明天见。除非我们有更多的团队事务要讨论?”“没有。 没什么。”