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Chapter One : Diving Under第一章：下潜This was too much. I planted myself and was about to tell her to get lost when the weirdest thing happened. I was making this big

windmillmotion to break away from her, but somehow on the downswing my hand wound up tangling into hers. I couldnt believe it. There I was, holding the mud monkeys hand!

这太过分了我停下脚步，想告诉她快滚开，这时却发生了最最诡异的事情我抡起胳膊想摆脱她，可是手臂落下来的时候却变成了挽着她的姿势我简直不敢相信，我竟然挽了这只“泥猴”的手!windmill 风车，风力发电机。

downswing  [ˈdaʊnˌswɪŋ] n. 下降趋势；向下摆动；衰落tangle [ˈtæŋɡəl] n. 乱糟糟的一堆, 混乱；         vt. & vi. (使)缠结, (使)乱作一团

I tried to shake her off, but she just clamped on tight and yanked me along, saying, “Cmon!” My mom came out of the house and immediately got the worlds

sappiest look on her face. “Well, hello,” she says to Juli.我想甩开她，但她把我的手攥得紧紧的，拉着我说：“来吧!”我妈妈从屋里走出来，立刻摆出了一副最糟糕的傻笑着的表情，“嗨，你好!”她跟朱莉打招呼。

clamp  vt. 夹紧，固定住；n. 夹钳，螺丝钳Cmon!=come on！sappy [ˈsæpɪ] adj. 精力充沛的；愚笨的,傻里傻气的“Hi!”“你好!”Im still trying to pull free, but the girls got me in a death grip. My moms grinning, looking at our hands and my fiery red face. “And whats your name, honey?”

我还在挣扎着想摆脱她，但她死死地拽着我看到我们握在一起的手，还有我又红又热的脸，妈妈笑了，“你叫什么名字，亲爱的?”“Julianna Baker. I live right over there,” she says, pointing with her unoccupied hand.。

“朱莉安娜•贝克我家就住在那儿”她用那只空着的手指点着“Well, I see youve met my son,” she says, still grinning away.“哦，我想你已经认识我儿子了。

”妈妈还在笑着“Uh-huh!”“是的!”Finally I break free and do the only manly thing available when youre seven years old — I dive behind my mother.

我终于挣脱出来，做了一件七岁男孩唯一能做的充满男子汉气概的事——我躲到了妈妈身后Mom puts her arm around me and says, “Bryce, honey, why dont you show Julianna around the house?”。

妈妈用手臂环着我，“布莱斯，亲爱的，你是不是应该请朱莉安娜参观一下我们的新家?”I flash her help and warning signals with every part of my body, but shes not receiving. Then she shakes me off and says, “Go on.”

我用尽全身的力气向妈妈发出警告，可是她完全没有察觉她推着我说：“去吧”Juli wouldve tramped right in if my mother hadnt noticed her shoes and told her to take them off. And after those were off, my mom told her that her dirty socks had to go, too. Juli wasnt embarrassed. Not a bit. She just peeled them off and left them in a crusty heap on our porch.。

朱莉没有马上被允许进入房间，因为妈妈注意到那双脏鞋并且要求她脱下来等她脱下鞋子，妈妈又说她的脏袜子也不许穿进屋里朱莉全然没觉得尴尬，一点儿也不她只是拽下袜子，随手扔在我家门廊里tramp  vi. 流浪；践踏，踩；脚步沉重地行走。

n. 流浪者；沉重的脚步声；徒步旅行vt. 践踏，踩；走过I didnt exactly give her a tour. I locked myself in the bathroom instead. And after about ten minutes of yelling back at her that no, I wasnt coming out anytime soon, things got quiet out in the hall. Another ten minutes went by before I got the nerve to peek out the door.

我没有认真地带她参观，而是把自己反锁在厕所里我冲她叫喊了将近十分钟的“不，我决不出来”之后，客厅里终于安静下来又过了十分钟，我鼓足勇气从门缝里往外看去No Juli.没看到朱莉I snuck out and looked around, and yes! She was gone. Not a very sophisticated

ditch, but hey, I was only seven.我蹑手蹑脚地走出来，看了一圈，没错，她走了!这一手不算太高明，但我毕竟才七岁嘛sneak的过去式和过去分词 sneak [sni:k] vi. 溜；鬼鬼祟祟做事；。

            向老师打小报告vt. 偷偷地做；偷偷取得n. 鬼鬼祟祟的人；    偷偷摸摸的行为；     告密者adj. 暗中进行的ditch  [ditʃ]vt. 在…上掘沟；把…开入沟里；丢弃

vi. 开沟；掘沟n. 沟渠；壕沟；最后的方法My troubles were far from over, though. Every day she came back, over and over again. “Can Bryce play?” I could hear her asking from my hiding place behind the couch. “Is he ready yet?” One time she even cut across the yard and looked through my window. I spotted her in the

nick of time and dove under my bed, but man, that right there tells you something about Juli Baker. Shes got no concept of personal space. No respect for privacy. The world is her playground, and watch out below — Julis on the

slide!不过，我的麻烦还远远没有结束她一次又一次地来找我，每天都来“布莱斯能出来玩吗?”我藏在沙发背后，听见她这样问道“他准备好了吗?”有一次她甚至穿过院子从窗户往里看我恰好观察到她的动向，马上潜伏到床底下。

不过朋友，我得告诉你一些关于朱莉安娜•贝克的事她完全不知道“私人空间”为何物，不尊重别人的隐私全世界都是朱莉的地盘，当心——她只会越来越过分!nick  vt. 刻痕于；挑毛病；用刻痕记n. 刻痕；缺口

slide   n. 滑动；幻灯片；滑梯；雪崩vi. 滑动；滑落；不知不觉陷入vt. 滑动；使滑动；悄悄地迅速放置Lucky for me, my dad was willing to run block. And he did it over and over again. He told her I was busy or sleeping or just plain gone. He was a lifesaver.

幸运的是，我爸爸希望保护我。他试了一次又一次，他告诉朱莉说我很忙，说我在睡觉，或者说我不在家。他真是我的大救星。文中图片来源于网络，如有侵权请联系删除。~END~

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