4 CLAIRE’S EQUIPMENT

CHAPTER 4 CLAIRE'S EQUIPMENT What ghost-hunting equipment?" Kaz asked, once he and Cosmo were safely inside Claire's water bottle and on their way back to the library. "What equipment do you have? And how are you going to use it to find David's ghost?" "The thing is," Claire said as she looked both ways, then crossed a street, "I don't think David thinks I can solve this case." Kaz wasn't so sure they could solve this case, either. Not if the ghosts didn't want to come out from hiding.

第四章克莱尔的装备什么捉鬼装备？”卡兹问道，当他和科斯莫安全进入克莱尔的水瓶并返回图书馆时。 “你有什么装备？” 你打算怎么用它来找到大卫的鬼魂呢？”“问题是，”克莱尔一边向两边看了看，一边说，然后过了马路，“我觉得大卫认为我解决不了这个案子。” 卡兹也不确定他们能不能破案。 如果鬼魂不想从躲藏的地方出来，就不会。

"And he's right about equipment," Claire went on. "All the ghost hunters on TV have stuff to help them find ghosts. Remember, Mrs. Beesley asked about that, too, when she hired us to find the ghost in her attic. I don't need any equipment to find ghosts. But I might need it so people think I can find ghosts." "What kind of equipment?" Kaz asked. Claire shrugged. "I don't know yet." Kaz hoped that whatever she came up with didn't scare the ghosts at David's house and make them even less likely to come out of hiding. Later that night, after Claire and Grandma Karen had eaten dinner, Claire searched the library basement for "ghost-hunting equipment." She picked up a round glass object with a handle and held it to her left eye. It made her eye look really big. "What is that?" Kaz wafted closer. He'd never seen such a thing before.

“他对设备的看法是对的，”克莱尔接着说。 “电视上所有的捉鬼人都有帮助他们找到鬼魂的东西。 记得吗，比斯利太太雇我们去阁楼找鬼魂的时候，也问过这个问题。 我不需要任何设备就能找到鬼魂。 但我可能需要它，这样人们就会认为我能找到鬼魂。” “什么样的设备？”Kaz问道。 克莱儿耸耸肩。“我还不知道。” 卡兹希望不管她想出了什么，都不要吓到大卫家的鬼魂，让他们更不可能从躲藏的地方出来。 那天晚上，克莱尔和卡伦奶奶吃完晚饭后，克莱尔在图书馆的地下室里寻找“捉鬼设备”。 她拿起一个带把手的圆形玻璃物体，凑近左眼。 这让她的眼睛看起来很大。 “那是什么？”卡兹飘近了。 他以前从未见过这样的东西。

"A magnifying glass?" Beckett raised an eyebrow. "No one's going to believe a simple magnifying glass will help you find ghosts." Claire scowled and put it back in the box. "Why not?" Kaz asked. "It makes things bigger. So it should help you see things you wouldn't otherwise see." "Things like ghosts?" Beckett snorted. He shook his head. "I don't think so." Claire stepped over a box of old books and reached for another object. This thing covered both of her eyes. "Binoculars?" Beckett asked. "What are binoculars?" Kaz asked. He hovered in front of Claire. All he saw from this end was two dark circles. "They're like magnifying glasses, only they help you see things that are far away," Claire explained. "People use them to watch birds and stuff."

“放大镜？”贝克特扬起了眉毛。 “没人会相信一个简单的放大镜能帮你找到鬼。” 克莱尔皱起眉头，把它放回盒子里。 “为什么不?”Kaz问道。“它让事情变得更大。 所以它应该能帮助你看到你平时看不到的东西。” “像鬼一样的东西？”贝克特哼了一声。 他摇了摇头。“我不这么认为。” 克莱尔跨过一盒旧书，伸手去拿另一件东西。 这东西遮住了她的双眼。 “双筒望远镜?”贝克特问道。 “双筒望远镜是什么？”Kaz问道。 他在克莱尔面前盘旋。 他从这边只看到两个黑眼圈。 克莱尔解释说：“它们就像放大镜，只是它们能帮助你看到远处的东西。” “人们用它们来观察鸟类和其他东西。”

"That's an even worse idea than the magnifying glass!" Beckett said. "Yeah, you're probably right," Claire said as she returned the binoculars to the shelf. Kaz scanned the boxes on the rest of the shelves while Beckett followed Claire to the other side of the basement. "There's really no such thing as ghost-hunting

“这是一个比放大镜更糟糕的主意！”贝克特说。 “是的，你可能是对的。”克莱尔一边说一边把望远镜放回架子上。 卡兹浏览了一下架子上的其他盒子，贝克特跟着克莱尔走到了地下室的另一边。 “真的没有捉鬼这种事

equipment, you know," Beckett said. "A solid either sees ghosts or she doesn't—" "Don't call us solids!" Claire said. Kaz knew Claire didn't like that word, so he tried not to use it around her. But Beckett seemed to use the word as often as he could. "How about this?" Kaz reached for a— Actually, he had no idea what it was. He just hoped he could pick it up. Concentrate... concentrate... concentrate..., he told himself. He managed to raise the heavy, solid object a couple of inches above the box. But he could only hold on to it for a few seconds before it slipped through his hands and dropped back into the box.

设备，你知道，”贝克特说。 “实体要么看见鬼，要么看不见——”“别叫我们实体！”克莱尔说。 卡兹知道克莱尔不喜欢这个词，所以他尽量不在她面前用这个词。 但贝克特似乎尽可能多地使用这个词。 “这个怎么样？”卡兹伸手去拿——实际上，他根本不知道那是什么。 他只是希望自己能捡起来。 集中精力……集中精力…… 集中精力……他对自己说。 他设法把这个沉重而坚实的东西举到箱子上方几英寸的地方。 但他只抓住了几秒钟，它就从他的手中滑了出去，又掉回了盒子里。

Claire came over to see what Kaz had. "A mini vacuum?" she said as she picked it up and turned it all around. "Maybe. If it's charged." "Really?" Beckett arched his eyebrows. "Maybe," Claire said again, scanning the boxes on the shelves. She set the mini vacuum on the floor and reached for a box labeled ELECTRONICS. She pulled a long wire out of the box, then went back to get the magnifying glass. Finally she

克莱尔过来看卡兹有什么。 “迷你吸尘器？”她一边说一边拿起它，把它翻过来。 “也许。如果它是带电的。”“真的吗?”贝克特扬起眉毛。 “也许吧。”克莱尔又说了一遍，扫了一眼架子上的盒子。 她把迷你吸尘器放在地板上，伸手去拿一个标有“电子”的盒子。 她从盒子里抽出一根长电线，然后回去拿放大镜。 最后,她