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儿童英语读物 The Clue in the Recycling Bin CHAPTER 7 One Solution

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The next morning, the children had a plan. After breakfast they got on their bikes and pedaled to Tío’s Tacos. There they bought six bottles of Doo-Dah Tea: three mint-flavored and three raspberry-flavored.

When they reached the recycling center, they saw Ethan working in the same corner he had worked in before. Once again he was raking up leaves and grass clippings.

When Kayla saw the Aldens, she told them that the recycling center had been broken into again.

“This is so frustrating,” Kayla said. “There was no real damage except that the bags of leaves and grass clippings are all broken open. Thank goodness Ethan showed up to volunteer this morning.”

The children looked at one another and nodded their heads.

“We know who is breaking into the center and crushing the bags of leaves and grass clippings,” Jessie said to Kayla.

“You do?!” Kayla seemed surprised. “Who?”

“We think the person who’s doing it wants to tell you himself. And he will, very soon,” said Henry.

Kayla looked confused. “Well, okay,” she said.

Violet took two bottles of tea out of her bike basket. “Would you like a bottle of tea?” she asked Kayla.

“Oh yes,” said Kayla. “Thank you.”

And then, to the surprise of the children, Kayla chose a mint-flavored Doo-Dah Tea.

Kayla walked into her studio and the children stood by their bikes for a moment.

“Well,” said Jessie at last. “That’s a surprise.”

“Yes,” said Violet. “Yesterday Kayla drank raspberry-flavored tea, but today she chose mint.”

“Let’s offer Ethan the same choice,” said Henry.

The Aldens walked over to where Ethan was raking leaves and grass. They said hello and offered Ethan Doo-Dah Tea.

“No, thanks,” said Ethan.

“Kayla is upset,” Henry told him. “She’s worried about the fact that somebody is getting into the center and opening the bags of leaves and grass.”

Ethan shrugged1. “She shouldn’t be upset, not really. I’m here to clean everything up.”

“We would like to show you something,” Jessie said to Ethan. “Can you come outside with us for a few minutes?”

Ethan shrugged again, but he put his rake aside. “Sure,” he said.

The five of them walked through the gate of the recycling center. Henry led the way. They turned right, then right again.

“Stop,” said Henry. They had reached the place just outside the fence from where the bags of leaves and grass were stored.

“The ground is wet,” said Jessie. “We’re all leaving footprints.”

“So?” said Ethan.

Jessie pointed2 to footprints ahead of them. They were very fresh. The left and right prints were far apart from one another. Both the left and right prints pointed toward the fence.

“Somebody was here before us,” she said. “He left footprints, too.”

Ethan didn’t say anything.

“Look at your footprints,” said Henry to Ethan.

Ethan looked down.

“They match those footprints,” said Henry, pointing to the prints ahead of them.

Ethan didn’t say anything.

“We know what you’re doing,” Violet said softly.

Ethan shook his head. “Okay,” he said. “You’re right, those are my footprints. But I’m not really breaking into the recycling center.”

“Why are you jumping over the chain-link fence?” Henry asked.

“For fun,” said Ethan. “And for training. It’s fun and I can keep in shape. I take a running start, jump over the fence, and land on the soft bags of leaves and grass. Nobody knows I can do it except me! And every time I do it, I come in and clean up.”

“But when you land on the bags, they break open,” said Jessie. “Leaves and grass fall out, and the recycling center looks messy.”

“But I come in and clean everything up,” Ethan repeated.

“Your kind of fun upsets people,” said Violet. “It upsets Kayla because she thinks somebody wants the recycling center to fail.”

Ethan looked down at his feet. “Yeah,” he said, “I know it’s not right. But I was trying to make it right by cleaning up after myself.”

The children waited, giving Ethan a chance.

Finally Ethan spoke3. “I’ll stop doing it,” he said. “I guess I have to tell Kayla.”

“We’ll go with you if you want,” said Jessie.

When they walked into Kayla’s studio, Henry noticed that she was busy with a soldering4 torch.

Kayla set the soldering torch aside and removed the magnifying lens she wore on a headband.

“I’m sorry,” Ethan said to her. “I won’t do it again.”

Kayla looked confused. “Huh?” she said.

“I’ve been jumping over the fence and landing on the bags of leaves and grass clippings,” said Ethan. “I’m sorry.”

Kayla just stared at him.

“I came in and cleaned up each time I did it,” Ethan explained.

“Yes,” said Kayla at last. “But all those opened trash bags upset me. I thought somebody didn’t like me. I thought they didn’t like the recycling center.”

“I’m sorry,” said Ethan. “I won’t do it again.”

“But what upsets me even more is that you tipped over the Other Stuff Dumpster,” Kayla said. She frowned at Ethan. “You didn’t help clean that up.”

Ethan looked shocked. “But I didn’t do that!” he shouted. “I didn’t turn over the Dumpster!”

“Ethan is telling the truth,” said Jessie. “He didn’t turn over the Dumpster.”

Kayla frowned. “You mean to say that two people have been breaking into the recycling center?”

“Yes,” said Henry. “And the break-ins aren’t the only crime to solve.”

“They aren’t?” asked Kayla. “What else is there?”

Jessie spoke. “Somebody robbed Jonah’s Jewelry5 Store three weeks ago. They stole a bag of diamonds.”

“Diamonds?” Kayla seemed nervous. “I don’t know anything about diamonds.”

Jessie thought Kayla’s comment was strange. Nobody is accusing her of taking the diamonds, thought Jessie. Why does she act guilty?

“We think that the diamond theft and the second break-in here might be connected,” Jessie explained.

“No,” said Kayla, standing6 up. “That’s ridiculous. There’s no connection between the robbery and the recycling center.”

The Aldens and Ethan watched as Kayla shoved all her pieces of metal and sparkling glass into a drawer. Then she shut the drawer and locked it.

“You kids might be able to figure out who turned over the Other Stuff Dumpster,” she said. “I hope you do. But you won’t be able to solve who stole the diamonds.”

“We will solve it,” said Henry.

“No,” said Kayla. “If the police haven’t solved it, you won’t, either.”

The children turned to leave, but Kayla stopped them. “Wait,” she said. “This morning I found something in the Other Stuff bin7: something just for Violet.”

Kayla rummaged8 around under one of her benches, then pulled out something wrapped in plastic. Kayla removed the plastic and thechildren saw a large piece of beautiful purple cloth.

Kayla handed the cloth to Violet. “Somebody left this brand new cloth in the Other Stuff bin.”

Violet held the cloth, which shimmered9 with flecks10 of gold. She saw that there were thin gold-colored threads woven through the cloth. “It’s so pretty,” said Violet. The cloth felt very soft and smooth in her hands.

Violet smiled. “Thank you,” she said. “I don’t see how anybody could give away something purple.”


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1 shrugged 497904474a48f991a3d1961b0476ebce     
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀,什么也没说。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
3 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
4 soldering 308a46b7e24a05d677a12004923dc03d     
n.软焊;锡焊;低温焊接;热焊接v.(使)焊接,焊合( solder的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Care must be exercised in attaching the lead wires to the soldering tabs. 在往接线片上焊导线时必须非常小心。 来自辞典例句
  • I suggest posing me with a soldering wand over my head like a sword. 我想让自己这样像把剑一样把电焊杆举过头顶。 来自电影对白
5 jewelry 0auz1     
n.(jewllery)(总称)珠宝
参考例句:
  • The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
  • Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。
6 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
7 bin yR2yz     
n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
参考例句:
  • He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
  • He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
8 rummaged c663802f2e8e229431fff6cdb444b548     
翻找,搜寻( rummage的过去式和过去分词 ); 已经海关检查
参考例句:
  • I rummaged through all the boxes but still could not find it. 几个箱子都翻腾遍了也没有找到。
  • The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods. 海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。
9 shimmered 7b85656359fe70119e38fa62825e4f8b     
v.闪闪发光,发微光( shimmer的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The sea shimmered in the sunlight. 阳光下海水闪烁着微光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A heat haze shimmered above the fields. 田野上方微微闪烁着一层热气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 flecks c7d86ea41777cc9990756f19aa9c3f69     
n.斑点,小点( fleck的名词复数 );癍
参考例句:
  • His hair was dark, with flecks of grey. 他的黑发间有缕缕银丝。
  • I got a few flecks of paint on the window when I was painting the frames. 我在漆窗框时,在窗户上洒了几点油漆。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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