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Chapter 28 "We're still tied for first place," Kyle reminded Sierra. Sierra lowered her eyes. "But I let you guys down." "Not really," said Akimi. "Did you see any of us winning that last game? I thought the cockroach book was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, because they eat Cockroach Clusters at Honeydukes." "We'll win the next medal," said Miguel. "You'll see."

“我们还是并列第一，”凯尔提醒塞拉。 西拉垂下眼睛。“但是我让你们失望了。” “不完全是，”明美说。“你看到我们中谁赢了最后一场比赛吗?” 我以为那本关于蟑螂的书是《哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》，因为蜂蜜公爵餐厅吃蟑螂串。” “我们会赢得下一枚奖牌的，”米格尔说。 “你会看到的。”

"Moving on to game six," said Dr. Zinchenko, still stationed behind the circular librarian's desk at the center of the room. "Please focus your eyes on the area between the lobby archway and the entrance to the Children's Room." Clarence and Clement came into the rotunda to clear a path. Spectators gladly moved out of their way. The musclemen were both pretty ginormous. "Players?" said Dr. Zinchenko. "This will be another solo competition. Please pick one player to represent your team. A parade of costumed characters as well as stagehands carrying props will soon march from the lobby, promenade along the back wall, and exit into the Children's Room. Your chosen player will assemble the characters and props into titles of famous children's books. The player who can correctly figure out the titles and identify their authors the fastest will win our sixth medal, the 'I Did It!' " "I played a mix-and-match game like this once in a magazine," said Miguel.

“接下来是第六场比赛。” 津琴科仍然站在房间中央的圆形图书管理员的桌子后面。 “请注意大厅拱门和儿童房入口之间的区域。” 克拉伦斯和克莱门特走进圆形大厅，清理出一条路。 观众们高兴地让开了。 这两个肌肉男都非常魁梧。 “玩家?”津琴科博士说。 “这将是另一场单人比赛。 请选出一名队员代表你们队。 一群穿着戏服的角色和舞台工作人员很快就会从大厅出发，沿着后墙散步，然后进入儿童室。 你选择的玩家将把角色和道具组装成著名儿童书籍的标题。 能够以最快的速度猜出标题并找出作者的玩家将赢得我们的第六个奖牌——“我做到了!”米格尔说:“我曾经在一本杂志上玩过这样的混搭游戏。

"Good," said Sierra. "You should be our player for this round." "No way. You fall off a horse, what do you do?" "Bruise your butt?" said Akimi. "No," said Kyle with a laugh. "You climb right back into the saddle." Miguel agreed. "This is your saddle, Sierra." "I don't want to lose another game…." "You won't," said Kyle. "You're our number one bookworm. In a good way." "Not in the icky insect-that-bores-through-paper way," added Akimi. "Thanks," said Sierra. "I think." "Let the title parade begin!" commanded Dr. Zin-chenko. A recorded brass band struck up a Sousa march as a bizarre assortment of costumed characters and prop carriers strolled out of the lobby, around the edge of the circular room, and into the Children's Room.

“很好，”西拉说。“你应该成为我们这一轮的球员。” “没门。如果你从马上掉下来，你该怎么办?”“屁股受伤了?”明美说。 “不，”凯尔笑着说。 “你爬回马鞍上。” 米格尔同意了。“这是你的马鞍，西拉。” “我不想再输一场了....” “你不会的，”凯尔说。“你是我们的头号书虫。 以一种好的方式。”Akimi补充说:“不是那种讨厌的昆虫把纸钻穿的方式。” “谢谢，”西拉说。“我认为”。 “让头衔游行开始吧!” Zin-chenko。一个录制好的铜管乐队奏起了索萨进行曲，一群穿着奇装异服的人物和道具搬运工走出大厅，绕过圆形房间的边缘，进入儿童室。

Kyle couldn't make any sense of what he saw: A white knight. Two stagehands rolling a chest of drawers on wheels. A knitter working on a very long Christmas stocking that dragged behind her on the floor. A plate of eggs colored green. A girl carrying a shiny purple purse. An actress dressed up like a witch. A boy dressed like a poor orphan in one of Charles Dickens's novels, carrying the letter "E." Three waddling actors in penguin costumes. A bouquet of daylilies. An actor wearing a lion costume. A slice of ham on a plate. A man pushing a popcorn cart. A paper moon. And finally, one of the Alexandriaville reference librarians, Mrs. Maria Simon, carrying a crumpled copy of Time magazine.

凯尔无法理解他所看到的:一个白衣骑士。 两个舞台工作人员用轮子推着抽屉柜。 一个编织工正在织一只长长的圣诞袜，这只袜子拖在她身后的地板上。 一盘绿色的鸡蛋。 一个女孩提着一个闪亮的紫色钱包。 一个女演员打扮成女巫。 在查尔斯·狄更斯的小说中，一个男孩打扮得像个可怜的孤儿，手里拿着字母“e”。 三个穿着企鹅装摇摇摆摆的演员。 一束黄花菜。穿着狮子服装的演员。 盘子里的一片火腿。 一个推着爆米花车的男人。 纸月亮。最后，亚历山大维尔的一位参考图书管理员，玛丽亚·西蒙夫人，拿着一本皱巴巴的《时代》杂志。

"Oh-kay," said Kyle. "That was kind of random." "No," said Sierra, her confidence returning. "It's pretty easy. You just have to put the pieces together. I can do this." "Good," said Akimi. "Because I sure can't. All I got was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss." "What?" said Kyle. "How?" "Yo," said Miguel. "One dude had a plate of green eggs, another had a slice of ham?" "Oh. Right." One by one, the teams sent a player into the Children's Room. When it was Sierra's turn, she went in and quickly came out with her list of book titles and authors: 1. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 2. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 3. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

“哦，好吧，”凯尔说。“这有点随机。” “不，”西拉说，她的信心又回来了。 “这很简单。你只需要把碎片拼凑起来。 我能做到。”“很好，”明美说。 “因为我确实不能。我得到的只有绿鸡蛋和火腿。 苏斯。”“什么?”凯尔说。 “如何?”“哟，”米格尔说。“一个人吃了一盘绿鸡蛋，另一个人吃了一片火腿?”“哦。 对的。”各队一个接一个地派一名队员进入儿童活动室。 轮到塞拉的时候，她走了进去，很快就拿出了书名和作者的名单。 《晚安，月亮》作者:玛格丽特·怀斯·布朗 苏斯博士的《绿鸡蛋和火腿》 凯文·汉克斯的莉莉紫色塑料钱包

4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis 5. Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater 6. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren 7. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle "Whoa," said Akimi. "Wait a second. How'd you get 'Pippi Longstocking'? I remember the lady knitting the 'long stocking,' but how'd you get the 'Pippi' part?" "Easy," said Sierra. "The Dickensian orphan boy was Pip from Great Expectations, and he was carrying the letter 'E,' making him Pip-E or, you know, Pippi." "Brilliant," said Miguel. "I would've missed that one. I might've missed Mr. Popper, too. He was the guy pushing the popcorn wagon, right?" Sierra nodded. "And, of course, Mrs. Simon with the crumpled copy of Time magazine was A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle."

4. 《狮子、女巫和魔衣橱》 S.刘易斯《波普尔先生的企鹅》，理查德和弗洛伦斯·阿特沃特著。 皮皮长袜作者:阿斯特丽德·林格伦 “哇，”阿基米说。 “等一下。“长袜子皮皮”是怎么来的? 我记得那位女士织了‘长袜子’，但你是怎么得到‘皮皮’这个角色的?”“简单，”西拉说。 “狄更斯笔下的孤儿男孩是《远大前程》里的皮普，他带着字母‘E’，所以叫他皮普-E，或者，你知道，皮皮。” “太棒了，”米格尔说。“我会错过那个。 我可能也错过了波普尔先生。 他就是那个推爆米花车的人，对吧?”塞拉点点头。 “当然，西蒙太太拿着那本皱巴巴的《时代》杂志，是玛德琳·恩格尔的《时间的皱纹》。”