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Chapter 19 Kyle and Akimi hung back while Sierra and Miguel dug through the book bins with a couple dozen other eager Dewey decimal decoders. A short, scrappy kid from the Southeast team leapt into one of the rolling canvas containers and tossed out language books (the 400s) to his teammates. Marjory Muldauer simply stood next to the book heaps and pointed. "That one. That one. That one, too." "That's our first twelve!" said Miguel when he and Sierra filled the lowest shelf of the library

凯尔和阿基米在后面等着，西拉和米格尔和其他几十个热心的杜威十进制解码器在书箱里翻找。 一个来自东南队的矮个子、好斗的孩子跳进一个滚动的帆布容器，向他的队友们扔语言书(400分)。 马乔里·穆尔道尔只是站在一堆书旁边指着。 “这一个。那一个。那个也是。” “这是我们的第一个12个!”米格尔说，他和西拉把图书馆最底层的书架填满了

cart with their first two armloads of books. "Only two dozen more to go!" If somebody put a wrong book on a cart, the lady in the ceiling said, "Sorry, Northeast team," or "Sorry, Pacific team." Then she urged them to "please try again." Sierra and Miguel didn't make a single mistake. Neither did Marjory Muldauer. The guys from the Pacific and Northeast teams goofed up the most. They kept mixing up their 100s (philosophy and psychology) with their 200s (religion). "Go!" said Miguel, loading the thirty-sixth book about history and geography onto Team Kyle's cart. Kyle took off at the exact same second as the first relay racer for Marjory Muldauer's Midwest team. The front left wheel on Kyle's rumbling three-tiered wagon was wobbly. Like a grocery cart with a squished grape stuck to one of its tires. The whole library cart was shimmying.

他们带着头两臂的书。 “还有二十几只呢!”如果有人把错的书放在推车上，天花板上的女士会说:“对不起，东北队”或“对不起，太平洋队”。 然后她敦促他们“请再试一次”。 西拉和米格尔没有犯任何错误。 玛乔丽·穆尔道尔也没有。 来自太平洋队和东北队的家伙出错最多。 他们总是把100岁(哲学和心理学)和200岁(宗教)混在一起。 “走!”米格尔说着，把第36本关于历史和地理的书装上了凯尔队的手推车。 凯尔和玛乔丽·穆尔道尔中西部队的第一名接力赛选手同时起跑。 凯尔那辆隆隆作响的三层旅行车的左前轮摇摇晃晃。 就像一辆被压扁的葡萄粘在轮胎上的购物车。 整个图书馆的推车都在摇晃。

But he didn't slow down. After he passed through the tunnel behind the fiction shelves and hit the doors to the 300s room, he was in the lead. He aimed for the inside railing, figuring the tighter the circle he ran, the faster he'd complete his lap. Pranav Pillai from the Pacific team came tearing up on his left. They must've sorted out their confusion about the 100s and 200s faster than Kyle had thought they would. Then Pillai did something absolutely amazing. He twirled around in place—while running. He moved his hands over each other and behind his back as he executed a total 360-degree rotation. Kyle had to slow down a little to nod and give the guy some props. "Later, dude!" Pillai hollered as he flew past Kyle. He swerved inside to hug the balcony railing that Kyle had wanted to hug.

但他并没有放慢脚步。当他穿过小说书架后面的隧道，撞到300号房间的门时，他处于领先地位。 他瞄准了里面的栏杆，想着他跑得越紧，跑完一圈就越快。 太平洋队的普拉纳夫·皮莱泪流满面地从他左边走过来。 他们肯定比凯尔想象的更快地理清了100和200的混乱。 然后皮莱做了一件非常惊人的事情。 他一边跑一边原地打转。 当他完成360度的旋转时，他的双手在彼此身上和背后移动。 凯尔不得不放慢脚步，点了点头，给了那家伙一些道具。 “后来,老兄!”皮莱从凯尔身边飞过时喊道。 他急转弯进去拥抱阳台栏杆，凯尔本来想拥抱的。

That's when Kyle remembered that to make the Pacific team, you had to pass the West Coast librarian's final test: a synchronized library-cart drill. The California, Oregon, and Washington State kids weren't pros, but they were definitely the best library-cart handlers in the building. By the time Kyle completed his circuit around the balcony and reached the 000s door to hand off the cart to Miguel, the Pacific team's second runner, Kathy Narramore from Oregon, was already four doors ahead of him. When she saw a crimp in the carpet, she did a front flip over the rolling buggy so she could pull it behind her for a while before she did a somersaulting backflip so she could push it again. Meanwhile, Miguel hit the bump and sent a stack of books tumbling off the cart's slanted shelves. By the time Miguel finally reloaded the cart, pushed it around the balcony, and handed it off to Sierra, the Pacific team's fourth and final runner was ready to lap her.

这时凯尔想起，要想进入太平洋队，你必须通过西海岸图书管理员的最后一项测试:同步图书馆推车训练。 加州、俄勒冈和华盛顿州的孩子们不是专业的，但他们绝对是大楼里最好的图书馆推车手。 当凯尔绕着阳台跑完一圈，走到第000号门把手推车交给米格尔时，太平洋队的第二名选手、来自俄勒冈州的凯西·纳拉莫尔(Kathy Narramore)已经领先他四个门了。 当她看到地毯上有一处褶皱时，她把小车前空翻了一个跟头，这样她就可以把小车拖到身后一会儿，然后再翻一个跟头，这样她就可以再推小车了。 与此同时，米格尔撞到了颠簸的地方，一摞书从倾斜的书架上滚了下来。 当米格尔最终重新装好购物车，推着它绕过阳台，递给塞拉时，太平洋队的第四名也是最后一名选手已经准备好超越她了。

Sierra made it as far as the 500s door when the Pacific team's closer sprinted across the finish line. Akimi never even got into the race. The Hometown Heroes had lost. The Pacific team took the first medal of the duodecimalthon. "Congratulations on your Gold medal," said Dr. Zinchenko as she draped a ribboned medallion over each of the winning team members' heads. "No worries," said Kyle, trying to buck up his teammates, even though he was starting to have those "champions become chumps" feelings again. "We'll take the next one." "Definitely," said Miguel. "Unless," said Akimi, "it involves running with a rolling suitcase." During the lunch break, the Pacific team kids did interviews with NPR, PBS, and the Book Network.

当太平洋队的队员冲过终点线时，塞拉跑到了500米的门口。 Akimi甚至没有参加比赛。 家乡英雄队输了。 太平洋队获得了十二小时耐力赛的第一枚奖牌。 “祝贺你获得金牌。” 津琴科说，她在每个获胜队员的头上挂了一个丝带奖章。 “别担心，”凯尔说，试图让队友们振作起来，尽管他又开始有那种“冠军变成笨蛋”的感觉了。 “我们坐下一班。” “当然，”米格尔说。 “除非，”明美说，“它需要拎着一个滚动的手提箱跑。” 午休时，太平洋队的孩子们接受了美国国家公共电台、美国公共广播公司和图书网络的采访。

"That used to be us," groused Akimi. "Come on," said Kyle. "You didn't think we'd win every single game, did you?" "No. I didn't think it. But I was kind of counting on it anyway." "My bad," said Miguel. "I lost all that time when I hit that bump." Kyle glanced at Sierra. She had a smile on her face. Because she was reading again, and apparently, The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm was a very amusing book. At two p.m., all eight teams were once again summoned to the second floor. The library carts, each one still loaded down with three dozen books, were parked, once again, in front of the 000s door. "Great," muttered Akimi. "A rematch." "Teams," said Dr. Zinchenko, "it is now time for our second contest. In game number two, you must put all of your books back on the shelves in

“我们以前就是这样，”明美抱怨道。 “来吧，”凯尔说。“你不会认为我们每场比赛都能赢吧?”“没有。 我没想到。但我还是有点指望它。” “我的错，”米格尔说。“当我撞到那个肿块时，我失去了所有的时间。” 凯尔瞥了西拉一眼。她脸上带着微笑。 因为她又读了一遍，显然是詹尼弗·L·劳伦斯的《第十四条金鱼》。 《霍尔姆》是一本非常有趣的书。 下午两点，所有八个小组再次被召集到二楼。 每辆图书馆的车仍然载着三十多本书，又一次停在了图书馆的大门前。 “太好了。”明美咕哝着。“重赛”。 “各队，”津琴科博士说，“现在是我们第二次比赛的时候了。 在游戏二中，你必须把所有的书放回书架上