2 Welcome to the Hotel Aoife

CHAPTER 2 Welcome to the Hotel Aoife It takes four hours to drive from Somers, where we live, to Los Angeles. I planned to write a bit in my book during the drive, but right when I pulled out my notebook, there was a bump in the road, and I accidentally knocked into the cake box. "Everything okay back there?" Mom asked. "Yes," Penny and I said at the same time. "Jinx!" I cried.

第二章 欢迎来到Aoife酒店 从我们住的萨默斯开车到洛杉矶要四个小时。 我本来打算开车的时候在本子上写点东西，可我刚掏出笔记本，路上颠了一下，我一不小心撞到了蛋糕盒。 “后面一切都还好吧？” 妈妈问道。 “嗯。”佩妮和我异口同声地回答。 “谁先说话谁是笨蛋！” 我喊了出来。

"Hey, Stella," Penny said. "You can't talk," I reminded her. "Not until I say your name backwards." "But I have to ask you something really, REALLY important." "Let her talk," Dad said. "Otherwise it will be an even longer ride." "Batts Jane Penelope," I said. "Let's play I Spy," Penny said. "We can't," I told her. "The cake box is too tall between us, so we can't see the same things." "How much longer will this ride be?" Penny asked. "A bit longer," Mom said. "When we get to the hotel, will we get to meet Lia right away?" I asked. "I'm not sure," Mom said. "We're running on the late side already."

“嘿，斯特拉。”佩妮开口说。 “你不能说话哦。”我提醒她。 “要等我把你的名字倒着念出来才行。” “可我有件特别特别重要的事要问你嘛。” “让她说话吧。”爸爸说。 “不然这趟路会更难熬的。” “佩内洛普·简·巴茨。”我念出了她的倒序名字。 “我们玩‘我 Spy’游戏吧！”佩妮提议。 “玩不了。”我告诉她。 “我们中间的蛋糕盒太高了，我们看不到一样的东西。” “还有多久才能到呀？” 佩妮问道。 “还得一会儿。”妈妈说。 “我们到酒店之后，能马上见到莉娅吗？” 我问。 “不好说哦。”妈妈回答。 “我们现在已经有点晚了。”

It had taken awhile for Mom to give Mrs. Miller all the instructions for taking care of Marco. Then Penny and I had to give her instructions for taking care of Fudge and Penny Jr. Those are our fish, and Mrs. Miller was taking care of them, too.

妈妈刚才花了好长时间跟米勒太太交代照顾马可的所有注意事项。 然后我和佩妮又得跟她交代怎么照顾福吉和小佩妮。 它们是我们养的鱼，米勒太太也会一起照顾它们。

"We have to check in and we'll want to drop everything in the room and do a quick washup, and then it's off to the rehearsal dinner," Mom said. "But you'll definitely see Lia there." "We have to rehearse eating dinner?" Penny asked. "No, that's just what it's called," Mom said. "But we're really rehearsing the wedding part of things." "We get to practice being flower girls?" Penny cried. "That's so cool! It's like a play!" "It is cool," said Dad. "Now how about a different car game? Geography?" But Penny didn't want to play that game because she thinks it's too hard. Mom and Dad started talking about grown-up things. After awhile I closed my eyes, not because I was really tired, but because there wasn't anything

“我们得先办理入住，把所有东西放到房间里，快速洗漱一下，然后就要去彩排晚宴了。”妈妈说。 “不过你们肯定能在那儿见到莉娅的。” “我们要练习吃晚餐吗？” 佩妮问道。 “不是哦，只是叫这个名字而已。”妈妈说。 “我们其实是要彩排婚礼的相关流程。” “我们要练习当花童吗？” 佩妮兴奋地喊了起来。 “太酷了！ 就像演戏一样！” “确实很酷。”爸爸说。 “现在我们玩个别的车上游戏怎么样？ 地理问答？” 可佩妮不想玩那个，因为她觉得太难了。 爸爸妈妈开始聊起了大人的话题。 过了一会儿我闭上了眼睛，不是因为我真的累了，而是实在没什么

else to do. I must have fallen asleep, because I didn't wake up until Dad said, "Girls, we're here." We pulled into a circular driveway and we were met at the curb by a man in a navy suit. I knew his name right away, Lawrence, because it was stitched just above the pocket on his blazer. He said, "Welcome to the Hotel Aoife!" pronouncing it differently than I expected. Like this: A-fee. Then he took our bags and put them on a rolling cart, so we wouldn't have to carry them. "Come," Mom said. "What about our car?" I asked. "They'll park it for us," she told me. "It's called valet." That was the first amazing thing about the hotel. There were a whole lot more. Inside the lobby, other people were

别的事可做。 我肯定是睡着了，因为直到爸爸喊“姑娘们，我们到啦”我才醒过来。 我们开进了一条环形车道，路边有个穿藏青色西装的男人过来迎接我们。 我一下子就知道他叫劳伦斯，因为他西装外套的口袋上方就绣着这个名字。 他说：“欢迎来到Aoife酒店！” 发音和我之前想的不一样。 是这么读的：A-fee。 然后他拿过我们的行李，放到了推车上，这样我们就不用自己拎了。 “走吧。”妈妈说。 “我们的车怎么办呀？” 我问。 “他们会帮我们停好的。”她告诉我。 “这叫代客泊车服务。” 这是酒店第一个让我觉得特别棒的地方。 后面还有超多惊喜呢。 大堂里，其他的人都