Chapter 13

Chapter 13 Crisis Management crisis management (crisis management) n. Special or extraordinary methods and procedures used when a business is in danger of failing. "Sucker!" "Oh, man. You were schooled!" "Pre-school, baby!" For the third time that afternoon, Scott Spencer had gotten the drop on Evan, dribbling around him and then hitting the easy lay-up. So the guys were giving him the business, even the ones on his own team. It was Evan, Paul, and Ryan against Kevin Toomey, Malik Lewis, and Scott. Evan wished that Scott hadn't shown up, but he had, and they needed

第十三章危机管理危机管理（Crisis Management） 在企业面临倒闭危险时所采用的特殊或特别的方法和程序。 “笨蛋!”“哦,人。你受过教育！”“学前,宝贝!”那天下午，斯科特·斯宾塞第三次抢到埃文，绕着他运球，然后轻松上篮。 所以那些人都在给他生意，甚至是他自己团队里的人。 是埃文、保罗和瑞恩对阵凯文·图米、马利克·刘易斯和斯科特。 埃文希望斯科特没有出现，但他出现了，而他们需要

the sixth guy for three-on-three since Jack had gone home to ask his mom if they could all swim at his house. So what was Evan supposed to say? Anyway, Evan was three times the ball handler that Scott was and everyone knew it. So it was all in fun. But it didn't feel like much fun to Evan. "What's up, man?" Paul asked. Evan dribbled the ball back and forth, left hand, right hand, and then through his legs. "Hey, it's hot," he said. "Yeah, it's hot for all of us," said Paul. "Get your game on, dude." But Evan couldn't get his moves right. He was a half-step behind himself. And every time he moved, the envelope slapped against his thigh like a reprimand. "Speaking of hot," said Ryan. Everyone turned to look. Jack was coming up the path, running at a dead-dog pace. "Oh, please, God," said Paul. "Let her say yes."

自从杰克回家问他妈妈他们是否都能在他家游泳以来，他已经是第六个玩三对三的人了。 那埃文该说什么？ 不管怎样，埃文的持球能力是斯科特的三倍，大家都知道这一点。 所以这一切都很有趣。但埃文觉得不怎么好玩。 “怎么了，伙计？”保罗问。 埃文前后运球，左手，右手，然后通过他的腿。 “嘿，好热啊，”他说。“是的，对我们所有人来说都很热，”保罗说。 “打起精神来，伙计。”但埃文的动作不太对劲。 他落后了半步。 他每动一下，信封就啪地一声打在他的大腿上，像是在训斥他。 “说到热，”瑞恩说。 大家都转过头去看。杰克正以狗一般的速度沿着小路跑过来。 “哦，上帝啊，”保罗说。 “让她答应吧。”

As soon as he was in range, Jack shouted, "She said yes!" "What's up?" asked Scott. "Jack asked his mom if we could all go swimming in his pool," Kevin said. "Hey, Jack," shouted Scott. "Can I come, too?" "Yeah, sure," said Jack, who'd stopped running toward them and was waiting for them to join him on the path. Oh, great, thought Evan. But he wasn't about to turn down a dunk in a pool just because Scott Spencer would be there. Nobody wanted to go home for suits and towels. Kevin, Malik, and Ryan were wearing basketball shorts anyway, so they could swim in those. "We've got enough suits at the house," said Jack. "My mom saves all our old ones." At the house, Evan changed into one of Jack's suits. He wrapped up his underwear and shirt inside his shorts and put the bundle of clothes on the end of Jack's bed next to all the other guys' piled-up clothes.

一进入射程，杰克就喊道：“她答应了！”“怎么了？”斯科特问。 “杰克问他妈妈我们能不能都去他的游泳池游泳，”凯文说。 “嘿，杰克，”斯科特喊道。 “我也能来吗？”“是啊，当然可以。”杰克说，他已经停止向他们跑去，正等着他们在小路上和他会合。 哦，太好了，埃文想。但他不会因为斯科特·斯宾塞会在场就拒绝在泳池里灌篮。 没人想回家拿西装和毛巾。 凯文，马利克和瑞恩都穿着篮球短裤，所以他们可以穿着游泳。 “我们家里有足够多的西装，”杰克说。 “我妈妈保存了我们所有的旧的。” 在家里，埃文换上了杰克的一套西装。 他把内衣和衬衫裹在短裤里，把那捆衣服放在杰克的床尾，紧挨着其他人堆积的衣服。

It felt good to drop the heavy shorts with the envelope stuffed in the pocket. Then, just to be sure, he put his shoes on top of his pile of clothes. He didn't want anything happening to that money. They played pool basketball all afternoon, even though the teams were uneven. Mrs. Bagdasarian brought out drinks and cookies and chips and sliced- up watermelon. Every time one of them went into the house to use the bathroom, she shouted, "Dry off before you come in!" but she did it in a nice way. Then, just when Evan thought the afternoon couldn't get any better, it did. Scott had gone into the house to go to the bathroom. A few minutes later he came out dressed, his hair still dripping down his back. "I gotta go," he said, jamming his foot into his sneaker. "Did your mom call?" asked Ryan. "Nope, I just gotta go," he said. "See ya." He ran out the gate. "Great," shouted Evan. "Now the teams are even." And they went back to playing pool hoops.

放下沉重的短裤，口袋里塞着信封，感觉真好。 然后，为了万无一失，他把鞋子放在那堆衣服上面。 他不想让那笔钱出事。 他们整个下午都在打台球，尽管队伍参差不齐。 Bagdasarian太太拿出饮料、饼干、薯片和切好的西瓜。 每次他们中的一个进屋去上厕所，她都会喊：“进来之前先把身上擦干！”但她总是用一种很好的方式。 然后，就在埃文觉得这个下午不能再好了的时候，它真的好了。 斯科特进屋去上厕所了。 几分钟后，他穿好衣服出来了，他的头发仍然从背上滴下来。 “我得走了，”他说着，把脚塞进了运动鞋里。 “你妈妈打电话来了吗？”瑞恩问。 “不，我得走了，”他说。 “再见。”他跑出了大门。 “太好了，”埃文喊道。“现在两队势均力敌。” 然后他们又回去打台球了。

Evan didn't think about Scott Spencer for the rest of the afternoon. He didn't think about Scott Spencer until he went into Jack's bedroom to change back into his clothes and noticed that his shoes were on the floor and his shorts weren't folded up.

整个下午埃文都没去想斯科特·斯宾塞。 他没有想到斯科特·斯宾塞，直到他走进杰克的卧室换回衣服，才注意到他的鞋子在地板上，短裤也没有叠起来。