Chapter 46

46 "What are we going to learn from all the medals?" asked Sierra as the bookmobile raced back to Olympia Village. "I don't know," said Kyle. "Maybe there's something etched on the back," suggested Miguel. "Maybe parts of a map, like in that movie National Treasure. And if you arrange all the medals correctly, it'll make a treasure map that will lead us to the secret hiding place for the missing books!" "Seriously?" said Akimi.

“我们能从这些奖牌中学到什么呢？”西拉在移动图书车飞奔回奥运亚村时问道。 “我不知道，”凯尔说。 “也许背后有什么蚀刻的东西，”米格尔建议道。 “也许是地图的一部分，就像电影《国家宝藏》里那样。 如果你把所有的奖章都排列好，它就会变成一张藏宝图，指引我们找到丢失的书的秘密藏身之处！”“真的吗？”明美说。

"Hey," said Kyle. "It's a possibility. We have to consider every angle." "Even the screwy ones?" "Yo," said Miguel, "we're talking about Luigi Lemoncello. Screwy is usually his first choice." "Do you think Marjory Muldauer is going to let us even look at the four medals she won?" asked Sierra. "No way," said Akimi. "If she finds out we're trying to win the twelfth game, even though there isn't any prize…" "Except saving Mr. Lemoncello's library," said Kyle. "A library that, by the way, Marjory Muldauer despises," added Miguel. "My point exactly," said Akimi. "She isn't going to play along with us, Kyle." "Well, we have to try. Mr. Lemoncello said we might need Marjory to 'win' this round. Not that we're actually going to win anything."

“嘿，”凯尔说。“这是一种可能性。 我们必须考虑到每一个角度。” “即使是那些古怪的？”“嘿，”米格尔说，“我们说的是路易吉·莱蒙切罗。 螺丝通常是他的第一选择。” “你认为马乔里·穆尔道尔会让我们看看她赢得的四枚奖牌吗？”塞拉问道。 “不可能，”明美说。“如果她发现我们试图赢得第十二局，尽管没有任何奖品……”“除了拯救莱蒙切罗先生的图书馆。”凯尔说。 “顺便说一句，马乔里·穆尔道尔瞧不起这个图书馆。”米格尔补充说。 “正是我的观点，”明美说。 “她不会跟我们合作的，凯尔。” “好吧，我们必须试试。莱蒙切罗说，我们可能需要马乔里来“赢”这一轮。 并不是说我们真的会赢得什么。”

When they reached Olympia Village, most of the other teams were hanging out in the dining area, scarfing down bacon and playing with the waffle machines. "Um, you guys," said Kyle, standing near the fireplace at one end of the room, "don't mean to interrupt your breakfasts, but we sort of need your help." "What for?" asked Elliott Schilpp, the kid from Maryland, who seemed to enjoy bacon as much as he enjoyed pizza. "Someone has been taking books out of the Lemoncello Library," said Akimi, "and not bringing them back." "Finding the missing books was supposed to be the twelfth game in the Library Olympics," explained Kyle. "So do we win an extra prize if we help you folks figure this thing out?" asked Angus Harper from Texas.

当他们到达奥林匹亚村时，大多数其他队伍都在用餐区闲逛，狼吞虎咽地吃着培根，玩着华夫饼机。 “嗯，伙计们，”凯尔站在房间一端的壁炉旁说，“我无意打扰你们吃早餐，但我们需要你们的帮助。” “为什么？”来自马里兰州的孩子埃利奥特·席尔普（Elliott Schilpp）问道，他似乎像喜欢披萨一样喜欢培根。 “有人一直把书从莱蒙塞洛图书馆拿走，”明美说，“而且不还回来。” “寻找丢失的书应该是图书馆奥林匹克的第十二场比赛，”凯尔解释说。 来自德克萨斯州的安格斯·哈珀（Angus Harper）问道：“如果我们帮助你们解决这个问题，我们会赢得额外的奖励吗？”

"Not really," said Akimi. "Neither will we. Mr. Lemoncello's basically canceled the whole Library Olympics dealio." "But we need to find them anyway," said Kyle. "Otherwise, Mr. Lemoncello is going to leave town and his awesomely incredible library will get turned into Mrs. Borington's Snoozeville Book Depository." "They'll bring in old-fashioned librarians to shush people," added Miguel. "Well, if we don't win anything extra by helping you guys," groused the guy from New York City, "why should we help? We've already scored our college scholarships." "Actually," said Kyle, "you will win something else if you help us do this thing." "Yeah? What?" "You'll all get to come back to Alexandriaville as often as you like and have fun doing research or learning junk about flying prehistoric reptiles or talking to famous holograms, like this amazing rocket scientist we met, or just reading a good book you found while

“不完全是，”明美说。“我们也不会。 莱蒙塞罗先生基本上取消了整个图书馆奥运会的交易。” “但我们无论如何都要找到他们，”凯尔说。 “否则，莱蒙切罗先生就会离开这座城市，他那了不起的图书馆就会变成波林顿夫人的史诺兹维尔书库。” 米格尔补充说：“他们会请来老式的图书管理员，让人们安静下来。” “好吧，如果我们不能通过帮助你们赢得任何额外的东西，”这个来自纽约的家伙抱怨道，“我们为什么要帮助你们？ 我们已经拿到了大学奖学金。” “事实上，”凯尔说，“如果你帮我们做这件事，你会赢得别的东西。” “是吗?什么?”“你们都可以随时回到亚历山德里维尔，做一些有趣的研究，或者学习一些关于史前爬行动物飞行的垃圾知识，或者和著名的全息图交谈，比如我们遇到的这位了不起的火箭科学家，或者只是读一本你在旅行中发现的好书

you were floating along and browsing the fiction wall in Mr. Lemoncello's amazingly incredible library." The whole room was quiet. There wasn't even a fork clink or a milk slurp. Finally, Angus stood up. "Sounds good to me." Stephanie Youngerman from the Mountain team was on her feet next. "What do you guys need?" "Ah, what the hey," said the kid from New York. "Sign me up." "Me too!" said Elliott Schilpp, his mouth full of bacon. "Thanks, you guys," said Kyle. "First we need to see everybody's medals. Including the ones the Midwest team won." "Oh, you mean the ones Marjory Muldauer said she won all by herself?" said a girl in a Wisconsin Badgers baseball cap. "Don't worry," said Margaret Miles, a chaperone for the Midwest team. "I made Marjory

你漂浮着，浏览着莱蒙塞罗先生那令人难以置信的图书馆里的小说墙。” 整个房间都很安静。甚至连叉子的撞击声和牛奶声都没有。 最后，安格斯站了起来。“听起来不错。” 山地队的斯蒂芬妮·扬格曼站了起来。 “你们需要什么？”“啊，怎么回事，”来自纽约的孩子说。 “帮我报名吧。”“我也是！”艾略特·席尔普说，嘴里塞满了培根。 “谢谢你们，”凯尔说。 “首先我们需要看看每个人的奖牌。 包括中西部队赢得的比赛。” “哦，你是说马乔里·穆尔道尔说她靠自己赢得的那些比赛吗？”一个戴着威斯康星獾队棒球帽的女孩说。 “别担心，”中西部团队的监护人玛格丽特·迈尔斯（Margaret Miles）说。 “玛乔丽是我做的

turn them over to me." "Is Marjory around?" asked Kyle. "She went for a walk with our other chaperone," said Ms. Miles. "Father Mike from Regis Catholic Middle School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They should be back soon." That's when Andrew Peckleman stepped into the dining room. "Kyle?" he said. "We need to talk."

把他们交给我。”“玛乔丽在吗？”凯尔问。 “她和我们的另一位监护人去散步了。” 英里。爱荷华州锡达拉皮兹市里吉斯天主教中学的迈克神父说。 他们应该很快就会回来。” 这时安德鲁·佩克曼走进了餐厅。 “凯尔？”他说。“我们需要谈谈。”