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Chapter 14 The next day, when Kyle and his teammates were dropped off at Olympia Village by their parents, the motel was swarming with kids and chaperones. "Uh-oh," said Akimi. "They all have slick warm-up outfits." The seven other teams were decked out in brightly colored hoodies and sweatpants. Kyle and his friends were wearing jeans, sneakers, and mismatched jackets. So were their chaperones. "That's okay," said Sierra. "We're saving our uniforms for the parade of champions."

第二天，当凯尔和他的队友们被父母送到奥林匹亚村时，汽车旅馆里挤满了孩子和监护人。 “哦哦，”明美说。“他们都有漂亮的热身服。” 其他七支球队都穿着色彩鲜艳的卫衣和运动裤。 凯尔和他的朋友们穿着牛仔裤、运动鞋和不相配的夹克。 他们的监护人也是如此。“没关系，”西拉说。 “我们要把制服留到冠军游行时穿。”

"Check it out, you guys," said Miguel. "There's Andrew Peckleman." Their classmate marched briskly out of the hotel lobby wearing a bright blue sweatshirt and a Toronto Blue Jays baseball cap. "May I have your attention, please?" Andrew shouted through a bullhorn. "May I have your attention?" No one gave him any attention. All the kids from out of state and their chaperones kept gabbing and giggling. "So when do we get to check out this Lemoncello Library?" said a boy with the kind of tough edge New Yorkers always have in movies. "I sure do want to ride one of those hover ladders," said a girl who sounded like she might be from Alabama or Louisiana. "Dude," said a kid from California, "I'm heading straight to the Electronic Learning Center so I can half-pipe the craters on the moon." Andrew tried again. His bullhorn squealed with feedback. "WILL YOU STUPID PEOPLE

“你们看看，”米格尔说。 “那是安德鲁·佩克曼。” 他们的同学穿着一件亮蓝色的运动衫，戴着多伦多蓝鸟队的棒球帽，轻快地走出酒店大堂。 “请大家注意一下，好吗?”安德鲁通过扩音器喊道。 “请大家注意一下好吗?”没有人注意到他。 所有来自其他州的孩子和他们的监护人一直在叽叽喳喳地笑。 “那我们什么时候能去莱蒙塞罗图书馆借阅呢?”一个带着纽约人在电影里常有的那种强硬的神情的男孩说。 “我真的很想坐那种悬停梯子，”一个女孩说，听起来像是来自阿拉巴马州或路易斯安那州。 “老兄，”一个来自加利福尼亚的孩子说，“我要直接去电子学习中心，这样我就可以在月球上的环形山上溜达了。” 安德鲁又试了一次。他的扩音器发出刺耳的反馈声。 你们这些愚蠢的人

PLEASE SHUT UP?" Every single Library Olympian glared at him. "Thank you. Um, now, here with a few words about the motel is my boss and, uh, great-uncle-twice-removed, Mr. Woodrow 'Woody' Peckleman." A skinny bald man—who sort of resembled a plucked chicken in a bright blue suit—strutted out the lobby door. He had a very pointy nose that looked like a beak. He twitched and fidgeted and squinted in the sunshine. Kyle half expected him to start scratching the toe of his shoe at the dirt, searching for chicken feed. "Welcome," said Mr. Peckleman, with a voice even more nasal than Andrew's. "The Blue Jay Extended Stay Lodge—also known, this week, as Olympia Village—is, as you may have noticed, my personal bird sanctuary. Please enjoy our feathered friends' colorful, song-filled company and merry antics." He gestured toward a nearby bird feeder. "But, please, do not feed the squirrels. Squirrels are nothing but thieving rodents. Rats with fluffy tails."

请你闭嘴好吗?”每一个图书馆奥林匹亚人都怒视着他。 “谢谢。嗯，现在，我的老板，呃，离过两次家的叔祖父伍德罗·‘伍迪’·佩克曼先生在这里对汽车旅馆说几句话。” 一个瘦骨嶙峋的秃顶男人昂首阔步地走出大厅的门，他穿着亮蓝色的西装，有点像一只拔了毛的鸡。 他有一个尖尖的鼻子，看起来像鸟嘴。 他在阳光下抽搐着，坐立不安，眯着眼睛。 凯尔还以为他会开始在泥土上挠脚趾头，寻找鸡饲料。 “欢迎。”佩克曼先生说，他的鼻音比安德鲁的还要重。 你可能已经注意到，蓝冠鸦长住小屋——本周也被称为奥林匹亚村——是我个人的鸟类保护区。 请欣赏我们的羽毛朋友们色彩缤纷、充满歌声的陪伴和快乐的滑稽动作。” 他指了指附近的一个喂鸟器。 “但是，请不要喂松鼠。 松鼠只不过是偷东西的啮齿动物。 尾巴毛茸茸的老鼠。”

Oh-kay, Kyle thought. Andrew's great-uncle is a little nutty. "Also," Mr. Peckleman continued, "you are free to enjoy the brand-new Lemoncello video arcade machines recently installed in the motel's game room, right off the lobby. There is no charge for any of these games." "Woo-hoo," cried Kyle. Now everybody in the crowd turned to gawk at him. Right. Kyle figured his competition was more into books and libraries than video games. He felt as out of place as he'd known he would. "That's okay," whispered Akimi. "I'll play Dragon Bop Bubble Pop with you." "Me too," added Sierra. "Ditto," tossed in Miguel. "Thanks, you guys." Suddenly, an old-fashioned horn went AHOOGA. Kyle looked at the motel entrance.

好吧，凯尔想。安德鲁的叔祖父有点神经质。 “此外，”佩克曼继续说道，“你还可以免费享受最近安装在汽车旅馆游戏室里的全新柠檬大提琴(Lemoncello)游戏机，就在大厅旁边。 这些游戏都是免费的。” “哇呜，”凯尔叫道。现在人群中的每个人都转过头来呆呆地看着他。 正确的。凯尔认为他的竞争对手更喜欢书籍和图书馆，而不是电子游戏。 他感到和他知道的一样格格不入。 “没关系，”明美小声说。 “我要和你一起玩龙珠泡泡舞。” “我也是。”西拉补充道。“我也是，”米格尔插嘴说。 “谢谢你们。”突然，一个老式的喇叭发出了“嗬嗬”的声音。 凯尔看着汽车旅馆的入口。

A car resembling a pouncing cat, with glowing green eyeballs for headlights, had just eased off the highway and pulled into the parking lot. "The cat is one of the tokens from that board game," said Sierra, who had been studying Lemoncello games the way Kyle had been studying libraries and books. "Family Frenzy!" "Correctamundo," said Akimi. The cat car was followed by eight Winnebago-sized vehicles, their sides covered with vinyl graphics designed to make them look like bookshelves on wheels. "And check those out," said Miguel as the vehicles gracefully glided into a reserved row of angled parking spaces. The catmobile's paw door swung up, and out stepped Dr. Yanina Zinchenko, wearing a blazing-red flight suit. She strode through the crowd and politely took the bullhorn from Mr. Peckleman. "Welcome, everybody, to Ohio and Olympia Village," she said. "Kindly report to the bookmobile with your region's name affixed to its

一辆像一只猛扑过来的猫一样的汽车，前灯是发光的绿色眼球，刚刚从高速公路上缓缓驶出，驶入停车场。 “这只猫是那个棋盘游戏的标志之一，”Sierra说，他一直在研究Lemoncello游戏，就像Kyle研究图书馆和书籍一样。 “家庭疯狂!”“正确，”明米说。 后面跟着八辆温尼巴戈大小的汽车，它们的侧面覆盖着乙烯基图形，使它们看起来像带轮子的书架。 “看看那些，”米格尔说，两辆车优雅地驶入一排预留的倾斜停车位。 猫车的前爪门打开了，从里面走了出来。 亚尼娜·津琴科，身穿火红色飞行服。 她大步穿过人群，礼貌地从佩克曼先生手中接过扩音器。 她说:“欢迎大家来到俄亥俄州和奥林匹亚村。 “请将您所在地区的名称附在图书流动处。

side. Our library staff will give each of you a welcome packet containing the card key for your room, meal tickets, and information about this week's exciting events. The bookmobiles will be at your disposal throughout the games. They will take you wherever you need to go. They are also filled with books to make your commute more enjoyable. The opening ceremonies for the games of the first Library Olympiad will be held this evening, here at Olympia Village. Start time is eight p.m. There will be fireworks. And cake. Also balloons. So please, settle in, freshen up, and get ready for an exciting week." Everyone applauded. Dr. Zinchenko clicked her heels and bowed. Two smiling Lemoncello Library staffers in yellow jumpsuits with ID badges lanyarded around their necks emerged from each of the eight bookmobiles with stacks of manila envelopes. "Let's go get our room assignments," said Mrs. Yunghans, the middle school librarian. Mr. Colby Sharp, one of the middle school's ELA teachers, would be Team Kyle's other chaperone.

的一面。我们的图书馆工作人员会给你们每个人一个欢迎包，里面有房间的钥匙、饭票和本周精彩活动的信息。 在整个比赛过程中，移动图书馆将随时为您服务。 他们会带你去任何你需要去的地方。 它们也装满了书，让你的通勤更愉快。 第一届图书馆奥林匹克竞赛的开幕式将于今晚在奥运亚村举行。 开始时间是晚上8点。会有烟火。 和蛋糕。气球。所以，请安顿下来，梳洗一下，为激动人心的一周做好准备。” 每个人都鼓掌。津琴科医生咔哒一下脚跟，鞠了一躬。 莱蒙塞洛图书馆的两名工作人员穿着黄色连体衣，脖子上挂着身份证，面带微笑，从8个流动图书室里出来，手里拿着一叠马尼拉纸信封。 “我们去拿房间分配吧，”中学图书管理员杨汉斯太太说。 科尔比·夏普(Colby Sharp)先生是中学的ELA老师之一，他将是凯尔队的另一位监护人。