9 Chapter 9

Chapter 9 Dr. Zinchenko went to work with her book- and game-loving librarian colleagues in all fifty states. The country was divided up into seven regions: Midwest, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Southwest, Mountain, and Pacific. Since the Library Olympics would be held to see if any team could dethrone the stars of Mr. Lemoncello's holiday commercials, only children in middle school, like the four members of Team Kyle, were allowed to participate. Throughout January and February, thousands of eager contestants flocked to their local libraries

津琴科博士和她在全美50个州的爱好读书和游戏的图书管理员同事们一起工作。 全国分为七个地区:中西部、东北部、大西洋中部、东南部、西南部、山区和太平洋地区。 由于图书馆奥林匹克的举办是为了看是否有哪支球队能让莱蒙塞罗的假日广告明星们黯然失色，所以只有像凯尔队的四名成员这样的中学生才被允许参加。 整个1月和2月，数千名热切的参赛者涌向当地图书馆

to play the same kind of Dewey decimal scavenger-hunt game that had been at the heart of the Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library game. In Decatur, Georgia, a girl named Diane Capriola advanced to the Southeast semifinals when she worked her way out of an Atlanta– Fulton County public library before anybody else by solving a riddle: "What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?" "The answer, of course, is the letter 'M,' " Diane told local TV reporters. "So, I went to the reference section, opened up the 'M' encyclopedia, and—ta-da—there was a key to the back door tucked inside! When I stepped out to the sidewalk, the librarians were waiting with balloons and cake. It was easy-peasy." In California, a boy named Pranav Pillai became a finalist for the Pacific team after he correctly deciphered that 683.3, the Dewey decimal code for Louie the Locksmith's Big Book of Padlocks, Dead Bolts, and Tumblers, was also

玩杜威十进制的寻宝游戏，这是《逃离莱蒙塞洛先生的图书馆》游戏的核心。 在乔治亚州的迪凯特，一个名叫黛安·卡普里奥拉的女孩在亚特兰大-富尔顿县的一家公共图书馆里率先破解了一个谜题，进入了东南半决赛。这个谜题是:“什么东西每分钟发生一次，每一刻发生两次，但一千年都不会发生?”“答案当然是字母‘M’，”黛安对当地电视台记者说。 “所以，我去了参考书区，打开了‘M’百科全书，然后——砰————里面藏着一把后门的钥匙!”当我走到人行道上时，图书管理员们正拿着气球和蛋糕等着我。 这很容易。”在加利福尼亚，一个名叫普拉纳夫·皮莱的男孩在正确破译了683.3之后，成为了太平洋队的决赛选手，683.3是锁匠路易的挂锁、死闩和不倒子大书的杜威十进制代码

the combination for the lock securing the exit of the Los Altos Public Library: 6-R, 8-L, 3-R, 3-L. But the player librarians all over the country were raving about most was Marjory Muldauer from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. A gangly seventh grader, a foot taller than any of her competitors, Marjory Muldauer had memorized the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system before she entered preschool. The books in her bedroom were all organized by numbered codes. So were the spices in her mother's kitchen cabinets. And the baby food jars filled with nuts and bolts in her father's garage. Marjory liked organizing things. She knew her way around a library better than the robotic carts in Mr. Lemoncello's library. She read six books a day and could do two crossword puzzles at once—with a ballpoint pen. "I'm glad that Mr. Lemoncello read my several letters and launched these Library Olympics," Marjory told a reporter from her hometown newspaper. "I could really use that college scholarship he's giving away. I'm also

洛斯阿尔托斯公共图书馆出口锁的组合:6-R, 8-L, 3-R, 3-L。 但全国图书管理员最推崇的球员是来自密歇根州布卢姆菲尔德山的马乔里·穆尔道尔。 马乔里·穆尔道尔(Marjory Muldauer)是一个身材瘦长的七年级学生，比她的任何一个竞争对手都高一英尺。在进入幼儿园之前，她就已经记住了杜威十进制的十个类别。 她卧室里的书都是按编号排列的。 她母亲厨房橱柜里的香料也是如此。 还有她父亲车库里装满坚果和螺栓的婴儿食品罐。 玛乔丽喜欢整理东西。 她比莱蒙切罗图书馆里的机器人手推车更熟悉图书馆的路数。 她每天读六本书，可以用一支圆珠笔同时做两个填字游戏。 “我很高兴莱蒙塞罗先生读了我的几封信，并发起了这些图书馆奥运会，”马乔里对家乡报纸的一名记者说。 “我真的很需要他给我的大学奖学金。 我也

glad that the libraries where I've competed thus far have based their scavenger hunts on good old-fashioned research techniques. It's too bad that so many of the kids who signed up for the competition see these games as some kind of party." "What do you mean?" asked the reporter. "Mr. Lemoncello insists that everybody be given balloons and cake. Cake has no place in a library. Frosting is sticky. Sticky fingers damage books." "But Mr. Lemoncello is also a great lover of libraries." "Is he?" said Marjory skeptically. "I don't think Mr. Lemoncello loves libraries qua libraries." "Huh?" said the reporter. "What does 'qua' mean?" " 'As.' It's Latin. Mr. Lemoncello does not love libraries as libraries. He thinks they need to be tricked out with gadgets and gizmos and holographic displays. That library in Ohio reminds me of Disneyland with a few books. I think Mr.

很高兴我竞争过的图书馆的寻宝游戏都是基于老式的研究技术。 太糟糕了，很多报名参加比赛的孩子都把这些游戏当成了某种派对。” “你是什么意思?”记者问。 莱蒙切罗先生坚持要给每个人发气球和蛋糕。 图书馆里没有蛋糕的容身之地。 糖霜很粘。粘手会损坏书。” “但莱蒙切罗先生也是图书馆的狂热爱好者。” “是吗?”玛乔里怀疑地问。 “我不认为莱蒙切罗先生喜欢图书馆本身。” “嗯?”记者说。“‘qua’是什么意思?”“‘。’这是拉丁文。 莱蒙切罗先生并不喜欢图书馆本身。 他认为他们需要用小玩意和全息显示器来装饰。 俄亥俄州的图书馆有几本书，让我想起了迪斯尼乐园。 我想。

Lemoncello is seriously immature. He probably still believes in three-nine-eight-point-two." "Huh?" The reporter was confused again. "Three-nine-eight-point-two!" said Marjory. "It's the Dewey decimal number for fairy tales." The reporter just nodded and closed her notepad. Marjory Muldauer had that effect on people. "Wait," Marjory told the reporter. "I'm not finished. Be sure you write this down: Kyle Keeley? You don't stand a chance in France!"

莱蒙塞洛真的不成熟。 他可能仍然相信三九八二。” “嗯?”记者又被弄糊涂了。 “三九八点二!”玛乔丽说。 “这是杜威童话的十进制数。” 记者只是点了点头，合上了笔记本。 玛乔丽·穆尔道尔对人有这种影响。 “等等，”马乔里对记者说。 “我还没说完。记得记下来，凯尔·基利? 你在法国是没有机会的!”