27 Chapter 27

Chapter 27 Kyle wasn't worried when Dr. Zinchenko made her morning announcements at Olympia Village on day three of the games. "Today's two competitions will both be centered on books." Kyle knew Sierra Russell could handle anything bookish the game makers threw at her. "Today's your day to shine," he told her. "I'll do my best," said Sierra. When the bookmobiles arrived at the Lemoncello Library, the security guards, Clarence

第二十七章凯尔并不担心。 津琴科在奥运会第三天的奥林匹亚村做了晨间播报。 “今天的两场比赛都将以书籍为中心。” Kyle知道Sierra Russell可以处理游戏制作者扔给她的任何书卷气。 “今天是你大放异彩的日子，”他对她说。 “我会尽力的，”塞拉说。 当运书车到达莱蒙塞洛图书馆时，保安，克拉伦斯

and Clement, gave each team member a brand-new smartphone. "You will need it for today's first game," said Clarence. "But you get to keep it, too," added Clement. Sweet, thought Kyle. Even if his team lost this round, they'd all just scored some excellent swag. The eight teams were assigned work desks in the rotunda. Spectators crowded around the edge of the circular room. "Please access the Web browser on your phones," said Dr. Zinchenko from her position behind the central desk, "and go to Lemoncello. it." Kyle did. Then he helped Sierra do it, too. Miguel and Akimi were fine on their own. "Please enter game code one-zero-zero-two-four." All the players did. "Excellent," said Dr. Zinchenko.

和克莱门特，给了每个团队成员一部全新的智能手机。 “今天的第一场比赛你需要它，”克拉伦斯说。 “但你也可以留着它，”克莱门特补充说。 太好了，凯尔想。即使他的球队输掉了这一轮比赛，他们也都获得了一些很好的奖励。 八个小组在圆形大厅分配了办公桌。 观众围在圆形房间的边缘。 “请用你的手机访问网页浏览器。” 津琴科从她在中央办公桌后面的位置，“去找莱蒙切罗。 它。”凯尔。然后他也帮了西拉。 米格尔和阿基米自己过得很好。 "请输入游戏代码1-2-3。" 所有的球员都这么做了。“太好了。” Zinchenko。

Overhead, the Wonder Dome turned into a giant game screen reading "Welcome to the Battle of the Books." "Please enter your first and last names and, when you have done so, tap 'Join Game.' When you are all online, I, as the quizmaster, will show you a series of ten questions, each one with four possible answers. For each question, you will have ten seconds to make your selection on your phone screen. Lemoncello.it will instantaneously calculate your score based on correctness and speed of answering. It will then post a leaderboard for the top five players. In the event of a tie, the team with the most players in the top five will be awarded today's first medal, the Libris." Up on the Wonder Dome, thirty-two brightly colored names in a balloon font popped into view as the players finished tapping them into their phones. "Let us begin," said Dr. Zinchenko. "First question: In which book does a character bounce a pinecone off someone's head?"

头顶上，神奇穹顶变成了一个巨大的游戏屏幕，上面写着“欢迎来到书之战”。 “请输入你的姓和名，输入后点击‘加入游戏’。”当你们都在线时，我，作为测验主持人，将向你们展示一系列十个问题，每个问题有四个可能的答案。 对于每个问题，您将有十秒钟的时间在手机屏幕上做出选择。 Lemoncello。它会根据回答的正确性和速度即时计算出你的分数。 然后它会发布前五名玩家的排行榜。 如果出现平局，前五名中人数最多的球队将获得今天的第一枚奖牌——天秤座。” 在“奇迹巨蛋”上，32个颜色鲜艳的名字以气球字体出现在人们的视野中，玩家们在手机上输入完这些名字。 “我们开始吧，”津琴科博士说。 “第一个问题:哪本书里的人物会把松果从别人的头上弹下来?”

Tense, clock-ticking music throbbed out of the Rotunda Reading Room's hidden speakers. Four answers were displayed on the dome, each identified with a geometric shape. A square for Ungifted by Gordon Korman, a triangle for A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff, a hexagon for Twerp by Mark Goldblatt, and an oval for The Postcard by Tony Abbott. "The square," whispered Sierra. Kyle, Akimi, and Miguel didn't waste any time second-guessing her answer, because the countdown clock had already slid from ten seconds to five by the time they'd finished reading all the possible answers. A gong sounded when the timer hit zero. The red square for Ungifted lit up and was given a check mark as the correct answer. According to the scoreboard on the ceiling, thirty of the thirty-two players had answered correctly, including, of course, all four players from Ohio. "Way to go, Sierra!" said Kyle. "Question two," said Dr. Zinchenko. "The Watson family went to Birmingham, Alabama, in

从圆形大厅阅览室的隐藏扬声器里传出紧张、滴答作响的音乐。 圆顶上显示了四个答案，每个答案都有一个几何形状。 Gordon Korman的《Ungifted》是正方形，Lisa Graff的《A Tangle of Knots》是三角形，Mark Goldblatt的《Twerp》是六边形，Tony Abbott的《The明信片》是椭圆形。 “广场。”西拉低声说。 凯尔、阿基米和米格尔没有浪费任何时间猜测她的答案，因为当他们读完所有可能的答案时，倒计时钟已经从10秒滑到了5秒。 计时器敲到零时，锣响了。 “天赋异禀”的红色方格亮了起来，并被打上一个勾作为正确答案。 根据天花板上的记分牌，32名选手中有30人答对了，当然包括来自俄亥俄州的4名选手。 “干得好，塞拉!”凯尔说。 “第二个问题，”津琴科说。 沃森一家在1999年去了阿拉巴马州的伯明翰

1963. In what city did the Watson family actually live?" Four choices filled all the phone screens: Detroit, Kansas City, Kalamazoo, and Flint. "Flint," said Sierra. All the players on the hometown team tapped the oval icon for Flint. Sierra's answer, once again, was correct. "Boo-yah," said Kyle. Suddenly, Marjory Muldauer, two desks away, leapt up from her seat. "Dr. Zinchenko?" "Yes, Ms. Muldauer?" She pointed at Sierra. "That girl from Ohio is telling her teammates what answer to give." Trembling slightly, Sierra stood up, too. "Is that against the rules, Dr. Zinchenko?" Kyle stood up beside her. "Because you didn't say we couldn't help each other." "Yeah," said Miguel, standing up, too.

1963. 华生一家到底住在哪个城市?”四个选择填满了所有的电话屏幕:底特律、堪萨斯城、卡拉马祖和弗林特。 “弗林特，”西拉说。家乡球队的所有球员都轻敲了弗林特的椭圆形图标。 塞拉的回答再次正确。 “哎呀，”凯尔说。突然，隔着两张桌子的马乔里·穆尔道尔从座位上跳了起来。 “Zinchenko博士?”“是的,女士。 Muldauer ?”她指着塞拉。 “那个来自俄亥俄州的女孩正在告诉她的队友该给出什么答案。” 塞拉也微微颤抖着站了起来。 “这违反规定吗?” Zinchenko ?”凯尔站在她身边。 “因为你没说我们不能互相帮助。” “是啊，”米格尔说，也站了起来。

"What they said," added Akimi as she stood to join her teammates. "You are correct," said Dr. Zinchenko. "I did not specifically state that collaboration would be prohibited." "But it's cheating!" hollered Marjory. She whirled around and glared at Kyle. "This isn't flap-your-arms-and-do-the-chicken-dance, Kyle Keeley. This is serious. 'Battle of the Books' serious. Everybody on your team needs to know the material, inside and out." "I agree with Miss Muldauer," boomed Mr. Lemoncello. His huge face, looking weirdly warped around the edges, was now filling all the video screens under the dome. "As much as I love teamwork, for this game, you all need to fly solo, like Han in Star Wars, although he always had Chewbacca in the copilot seat. But that is neither here nor there, because it is in a galaxy far, far away. Play on, Olympians. And henceforth, there shall be no consultation amongst teammates. Kindly keep your eyes on your own phone." The Battle of the Books continued.

“他们说了什么，”明美站起来加入队友时补充道。 “你说得对。” Zinchenko。“我并没有明确表示会禁止合作。” “可这是作弊啊!” 她转过身，怒视着凯尔。 “这不是拍着胳膊跳小鸡舞，凯尔·基利。 这很严重。“书之战”是严肃的。 团队中的每个人都需要彻底了解这些材料。” “我同意穆尔道尔小姐的看法，”莱蒙切罗先生大声说。 他那张巨大的脸，古怪地歪着，填满了穹顶下所有的电视屏幕。 “尽管我很喜欢团队合作，但在这个游戏中，你们都需要独自飞行，就像《星球大战》中的汉一样，尽管他总是让丘巴卡坐在副驾驶座位上。 但它既不在这里也不在那里，因为它在一个很远很远的星系里。 加油，奥运选手们。从今以后，队友之间不再有协商。 请把眼睛放在自己的手机上。” 书之战仍在继续。