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126.A Failed Trip
126.失敗的旅行
"The whole trip is up in the air right now!
"這個時候整個旅行還沒定下來！
Mike is in the middle of fixing the roof, Davey is in the back playing with his buddies,
麥克正在修屋頂，戴維在后面和朋友們玩，
and little Megan never wanted to go in the first place!" mom complained to her friend, Betty.
而小梅甘根本就不想去！"母親向她的朋友貝蒂抱怨道。
"I thought the trip was in the bag! Oh, Betty, I'm sorry.
"我還以為旅行已經(jīng)確定下來了呢！噢，貝蒂，我很抱歉。
I know how much you were looking forward to going on a family vacation to Yellowstone.
我知道你是如何想和家人一起去黃石公園度假。
Any chance you can try again in the near future?"
近期你還有再試的機會嗎？"
"Who knows? In the course of living with this family anything can happen.
"誰知道呢？和這家人住在一起的時候，任何事情都有可能發(fā)生。
In the meantime I've learned to be ready for anything to fall through. I'll be fine in the long run!"
我同時也學會了隨時接受計劃告吹。從長遠來看我會沒事的！"
"At least you'll get to watch ER! Betty said, trying to encourage mom.
"至少你可以看《急診室》！"貝蒂鼓勵母親說。
"I read that it's going to be about how the whole hospital staff is in the midst of dying from a virus
"我從報紙上看到這是一出關(guān)于一家醫(yī)院全體醫(yī)護人員的故事。
when Dr. Carter discovers a cure in the nick of time!
他們正要死于一種病毒，這時卡特醫(yī)生在關(guān)鍵時刻找到了一種治療辦法！
He becomes a national television hero in the light of his discovery!"
由于他的發(fā)現(xiàn)，他成了全國的電視英雄！"
"That should be fim!" mom replied. "I can watch it in the back like usual.
"那一定很有意思！"母親回答說。"我可以像平時一樣在后面看。
The kids always have to watch The Simpson on the big TV when ER is on!"
播《急 診室》的時候孩子們總是要在大電視上看《辛普森一家》！"
But mom was in the dark about what was really going on.
但是母親不知道到底會演什么。
When she got up off the phone she looked around. Where was everyone? She asked herself.
她放下電話站起來的時候四處張望了一下。一個個都去哪兒啦？她問自己。
Then she looked in the front yard and they were all sitting in the car, ready to go and waiting for her.
然后她看了看前院，他們早已坐在車里準備走了，這時正在等她哩！
"Surprise!!!" They all yelled. In the context of that surprise, mom was happier than ever.
"驚喜！！！"他們齊聲喊道。在這種吃驚的情況下，母親高興極了。
In the case of Betty, she was in on the whole thing. Her job was to distract mom while the family got the car packed!
至于貝蒂，她參與了整件事情。她的工作是在全家打點行裝的時候轉(zhuǎn)移母親的注意力！
