10 Chapter 10

Chapter 10 "Andrew used to be your friend," Kyle said to Miguel. "Maybe you could talk him into taking my place." Kyle and Miguel were hanging out in the cafeteria, waiting for Sierra and Akimi to join them for their daily team meeting, something they'd been holding ever since Mr. Lemoncello announced his Library Olympics idea back in January. "No way, bro," said Miguel. "We need you." "No, you don't." "You're our leader. El capitán."

“安德鲁曾经是你的朋友，”凯尔对米格尔说。 “也许你可以说服他代替我。” 凯尔和米格尔在自助餐厅闲逛，等着塞拉和阿基米加入他们的每日团队会议，自从莱蒙塞罗先生在1月份宣布他的图书馆奥林匹克计划以来，他们就一直在举行会议。 “不可能，兄弟，”米格尔说。 “我们需要你。”“不，你不知道。” “你是我们的领袖。埃尔卡皮坦。”

"But I shouldn't be. Sure, I know how to play games. But I'm still not great at all the library stuff." "And I'm not very good at games," said Miguel. "And I haven't read half as many books as Sierra. And I'm nowhere near as clever as Akimi. The team needs all four of us, bro." "But have you seen some of these kids in the regional competitions? They're amazing." "Yeah. That girl Marjory up in Michigan sure knows her way around the stacks." "That's why you guys need Andrew Peckleman. He used to be your second-incommand on the library squad." "I already told you: Ever since he was booted out of the escape game, Andrew Peckleman does not like libraries. Besides, he can't practice with us after school, because he has a new job." "What kind of job?" asked Kyle. "He's working afternoons and weekends at the motel that opened up last month across from Liberty Park. Some distant relative that Andrew

“但我不应该。当然，我知道怎么玩游戏。 但我仍然不擅长所有图书馆的东西。” “我不太擅长游戏，”米格尔说。 “我读的书还没有塞拉的一半多。 而且我远不如秋美聪明。 球队需要我们四个人，兄弟。” “但你在地区比赛中见过这些孩子吗?” 他们真了不起。”“是啊。密歇根那个叫玛乔丽的女孩对书堆了如指掌。” “所以你们才需要安德鲁·佩克曼。 他以前是你图书馆班的二把手。” “我已经告诉过你了:自从安德鲁·佩克曼被踢出越狱游戏以来，他就不喜欢图书馆了。 此外，他放学后不能和我们一起练习了，因为他有一份新工作。” “什么样的工作?”凯尔问。 他下午和周末在自由公园对面上个月新开的汽车旅馆工作。 安德鲁的某个远房亲戚

and his parents didn't even know they had owns the place. A great-uncle-twice-removed or something. He hired Andrew." "Even though he's only twelve?" Miguel shrugged. "I guess when it's family, it's different." "What's Andrew do?" "Sweeps. Makes sure the ice machine isn't clogged. Fills the bird feeders." "Bird feeders?" "What can I say? Andrew's uncle must love birds. He even named his motel the Blue Jay Extended Stay Lodge. Come on. Forget Andrew. We're counting on you." That was the problem. Kyle didn't want to let his friends down. And he'd read Marjory Muldauer's interview with her hometown newspaper online. She was gunning for Kyle. Kyle so wished he could switch places with Andrew, even if it meant sweeping up birdseed.

他的父母甚至不知道他们拥有这个地方。 一个离世两次的叔祖父之类的。 他雇佣了安德鲁。”“尽管他只有十二岁?”米格尔耸耸肩。 “我想如果是家人，情况就不一样了。” “安德鲁在做什么?”“清洁工。 确保制冰机没有堵塞。 填满了喂鸟器。”“鸟食?”“我能说什么呢?” 安德鲁的叔叔一定很喜欢鸟。 他甚至把自己的汽车旅馆命名为蓝鸦长宿旅馆。 来吧。忘记安德鲁。我们就指望你了。” 这就是问题所在。凯尔不想让他的朋友失望。 他在网上看到了玛乔丽·穆尔道尔接受家乡报纸采访的文章。 她是冲着凯尔来的。凯尔非常希望他能和安德鲁交换位置，即使这意味着要清扫鸟食。

He hadn't told any of his teammates, but in the six weeks since Mr. Lemoncello had announced his Library Olympic Games, Kyle felt a nervous fluttering in his stomach every time he played a board game against his brothers or fielded a riddle tossed at him by a school bus driver. The pressure was intense. Especially since Kyle had been on something of a losing streak—something else he hadn't told Miguel or Akimi or Sierra. He hadn't beaten his brothers on family game night once since January. Kyle had even lost the home version of the Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library board game—to his mom. And Miguel had been playing with Kyle that time. True, Miguel had given Kyle some bad advice. (Flubber is the name of a Walt Disney movie starring Robin Williams, not a book by Judy Blume, which would be Blubber.) But Kyle was the one who had given the wrong answer. The first game in Mr. Lemoncello's library had been more like a scavenger hunt, something Kyle was good at. But these new Olympic Games

他没有告诉他的任何队友，但在莱蒙切罗先生宣布他要参加图书馆奥林匹克运动会后的六个星期里，凯尔每次和他的兄弟们玩棋盘游戏，或者回答校车司机抛给他的谜语时，他都会感到紧张不安。 压力是巨大的。尤其是自从凯尔经历了一场连败之后——还有一些他没有告诉米格尔、阿基米和塞拉的事情。 自1月份以来，他还没有在家庭游戏之夜打败过他的兄弟们。 凯尔甚至把家庭版的《逃离莱蒙切罗先生的图书馆》棋盘游戏输给了他的妈妈。 当时米格尔一直在和凯尔玩。 的确，米格尔给了凯尔一些不好的建议。 (这是一部由罗宾·威廉姆斯主演的迪士尼电影的名字，而不是朱迪·布鲁姆(Judy Blume)的一本书的名字。)但凯尔才是那个给出错误答案的人。 莱蒙切罗先生的图书馆里的第一个游戏更像是一种寻宝游戏，这是凯尔擅长的。 但是这些新的奥运会

were going to be about serious library topics, and Kyle would be playing against some serious library whiz kids. Akimi and Sierra came into the otherwise empty cafeteria. "Hey, guys," said Akimi. "Sorry we're late." "Akimi was teaching me how to play that new Lemoncello video game where you squish all the different-colored jelly beans with a sledgehammer," said Sierra. "I made it to level three." Kyle nodded. "Jujitsu Jelly Jam." He didn't mention that he'd already made it to level fifty-three. Friends didn't gloat to friends. "So what're we doing today?" asked Akimi. "More rebus puzzles? Dewey decimal drills?" "First things first," said Miguel, jerking his thumb at Kyle. "Our fearless leader here is getting cold feet." "Wha-hut?" said Akimi. "Kyle wants to quit." "I didn't say I want to quit, Miguel."

都是关于图书馆的严肃话题，凯尔将和一些严肃的图书馆神童比赛。 Akimi和Sierra走进空荡荡的自助餐厅。 “嘿，伙计们，”明美说。“对不起，我们迟到了。” 塞拉说:“Akimi教我如何玩新的《柠檬大提琴》(Lemoncello)电子游戏，你可以用大锤压扁所有不同颜色的果冻豆。” “我爬到了第三层。” 凯尔点点头。“柔道果酱。” 他没有提到他已经爬到了五十三层。 朋友不会对朋友幸灾乐祸。 “那我们今天做什么?”明美问。 “更多的谜题?”杜威十进制钻头?”“重要的事情先做，”米格尔说着，用拇指指了指凯尔。 “我们无畏的领袖临阵退缩了。” “什么——什么?”明美说。“凯尔想辞职。” “我没说我要辞职，米格尔。”

"Right. You just said you didn't want to be on the team anymore. That you wanted Andrew Peckleman to take your place." "Which," said Akimi, "basically means you want to quit." "I'm not a quitter," said Kyle. "Uh, yes, if you quit, you are," said Akimi. "Sierra, correct me if I'm wrong." "Sorry, Kyle," said Sierra. "That's the dictionary definition of 'quitter,' all right. 'A person who quits or gives up easily, especially in the face of some difficulty or danger.' " "Snap," said Miguel. "Sierra just gave you the four-two-three on quitters." Kyle was confused. "The what?" "The four-two-three," said Akimi. "That's where you can always find a dictionary of standard English in a library." "Oh," said Kyle. "Did not know that." "It was on last week's study sheet," said Miguel. "Right. Sorry. Guess I should've studied it."

“对了。你刚说你不想再待在队里了。 你想让安德鲁·佩克曼取代你的位置。” “这，”明美说，“基本上意味着你想辞职。” “我不是一个放弃的人，”凯尔说。 “嗯，是的，如果你辞职，你就是，”明美说。 “塞拉，如果我说错了，请纠正我。” “对不起，凯尔，”西拉说。 “这就是字典里对‘放弃者’的定义。 轻易放弃的人:轻易放弃或放弃的人，尤指在面对困难或危险时“啪，”米格尔说。 "塞拉刚给了你关于放弃者的423 " 凯尔很困惑。“什么?”“四二三，”明美说。 “在图书馆里，你总能找到一本标准英语词典。” “哦，”凯尔说。“我不知道。” 米格尔说:“这在上周的学习单上。” “对了。对不起。我想我应该研究一下。”