Chapter 36

36 Kyle watched Mr. Lemoncello halfheartedly award the Thank You medal to the Mountain team. But his mind drifted back to the hover ladder race. Marjory Muldauer had blocked him on purpose. She wasn't even trying to go for the book. Why'd she do that? he wondered. Why'd she want the Mountain team to win this round? "Hip, hip, hooray," said Mr. Lemoncello as he limply shook the winner's hand. "You won the tenth medal. Yippee, huzzah, and various other

凯尔看着莱蒙切罗先生半心半意地把感谢奖章颁发给山地队。 但他的思绪又回到了悬停梯子比赛上。 玛乔丽·穆尔道尔是故意挡住他的。 她根本没想去拿那本书。 她为什么要这么做？他想知道。 她为什么想让山地队赢这一轮？ “嗨，嗨，万岁，”莱蒙切罗一边说一边无力地握着获胜者的手。 “你赢得了第十枚奖牌。Yippee， huzzah和其他各种各样的

exclamations of glee. You were the first to reach the empty slot where the winning book should've been, which makes me want to sing, 'Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? An empty hole where a book ought to be.'" Mr. Lemoncello turned to face the crowd. "Thank you, Library Olympians and library lovers, for joining us here today. Come back tomorrow for the final two games of the first Library Olympics. Now go away! All of you! Go!" The crowd was stunned into silence. The control room crew quickly pumped show tunes through all the speakers under the dome to cover the awkward silence. The ten holographic statues ringing the rotunda turned into the Trapp Family Singers and Uncle Max from The Sound of Music. They waved cheerfully and sang, "So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye!" "That concludes today's competition," said the soothing lady's voice in the ceiling. "The score, after ten of the twelve games of the first Library Olympiad's duodecimalthon: Pacific,

欢呼雀跃。你是第一个到达应该放获奖书的空槽的，这让我想唱：“棕色的熊，棕色的熊，你看到了什么？” 一个本该放书的空洞。’”莱蒙切罗转身面对人群。 “感谢图书馆奥林匹克运动员和图书馆爱好者们今天来到这里。 明天回来观看第一届图书馆奥林匹克运动会的最后两场比赛。 现在走开！你们所有人！去吧!”人群被吓得鸦雀无声。 控制室的工作人员迅速通过穹顶下的所有扬声器播放节目，以掩盖尴尬的沉默。 环绕圆形大厅的十个全息雕像变成了特拉普家族歌手和《音乐之声》中的麦克斯叔叔。 他们高兴地挥手，唱着：“再见，再见，auf Wiedersehen，再见！”“今天的比赛到此结束，”天花板上传来女士安慰的声音。 “第一届图书馆奥林匹克竞赛十二场比赛中的十场比赛后的比分是：太平洋，

Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Mountain teams— one medal. The Midwest team and the Hometown Heroes—three medals." "So," said John Sazaklis, the anchor for the Book Network's live coverage of the games, "it seems we're looking at a battle of the bookworms between the two top teams. They're all tied up, three to three. And there are only two games left." "That's right," said his sidekick, renowned librarian Helen Burnham. "Of course, one of the four teams with a single medal could dazzle us all and sweep the final two competitions. It's still possible that this thing could end in a three-way tie." "Exciting." "You betcha, John. There's only one thing we know for certain. The South will not rise again. Both the Southeast and the Southwest teams have remained medal-less in these games. I'm afraid those kids have no chance at being declared Mr. Lemoncello's library champions." "Too bad. I really like their cowboy hats and NASCAR tracksuits."

东北队，中大西洋队和山地队，一枚奖牌。 中西部队和家乡英雄队获得了三枚奖牌。” “所以，”图书网络（Book Network）直播比赛的主持人约翰·萨扎克利斯（John Sazaklis）说，“看来我们看到的是两支顶级球队之间的书虫之战。 他们都被绑住了，三比三。 现在只剩下两场比赛了。” “没错，”他的助手、著名图书管理员海伦·伯纳姆说。 “当然，四支队伍中有一支获得一枚奖牌，可能会让我们所有人眼花缭乱，横扫最后两场比赛。 这件事仍有可能以三方平局告终。” “令人激动的”。“当然了，约翰。 只有一件事我们可以确定。 南方不会再次崛起。 东南队和西南队在这些比赛中都没有获得奖牌。 恐怕这些孩子没有机会成为莱蒙塞罗先生的图书馆冠军。” “太糟糕了。我真的很喜欢他们的牛仔帽和纳斯卡运动服。”