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Water Balloon War【译】水球大战【单词】balloon [buh-'loon][bə'luːn] n. 气球；球状物【单词】war [wawr][wɔː(r)] n. 战争；斗争
It was a hot day in Clarksville.【译】克拉克斯维尔的一天很热。【专有名词】Clarksville n. 克拉克斯维尔(在美国；西经 87º21' 北纬 36º31')
The children in the neighborhood were sweating, and wanted to do something refreshing.【译】附近的孩子们汗流浃背，想做点新鲜事。【单词】neighborhood 名词 ['ney-ber-hood]['neɪbəhʊd] n. 邻近；邻居；附近【单词】sweating 原型：sweat [swet][swet] v. (使)出汗
【单词】refreshing 原型：refresh [ri-'fresh][rɪ'freʃ] v. （使）恢复精神；提神；提醒
The pool was closed because they were building something new in it.【译】游泳池关闭了，因为里面正在建新东西。【单词】pool [pool][puːl] n. 水塘；游泳池【单词】building 原型：build [bild][bɪld] v. 建造；开发；创建；逐渐增强
They thought about what they could do to escape the heat, but they never could agree on doing the same thing.【译】他们在考虑怎样才能避免炎热，但他们始终不能同意做同样的事。【单词】escape [ih-'skeyp][ɪ'skeɪp] v. 逃跑；逃脱；逃避；被忘掉；泄露【单词】heat [heet][hiːt] n. 热度；热；热烈；激烈；发烧【单词】agree [uh-'gree][ə'ɡriː] v. 同意；赞成；承认；符合；一致
That's when Christopher Baker decided to go to the store.【译】就在那时克里斯托弗·贝克决定去商店。【单词】decided 原型：decide [dih-'sahyd][dɪ'saɪd] v. 决定；判断；断定【单词】store 名词 [stawr, stohr][stɔː] n. 商店；贮藏【专有名词】Christopher n. 克里斯多佛(男子名)【专有名词】Baker ['bey-ker]['beɪkə(r)] 贝克（姓氏）
He bought 10 bags of balloons, and went to his house to fill them up with water.【译】他买了10袋气球，然后去他家把它们装满水。【单词】bags 原型：bag [bag][bæɡ] n. 袋；袋状物；包；一袋的量【单词】fill [fil][fɪl] vt. 装满；弥漫；填充；担任
He invited his two best friends Joseph and Patrick to help him out.【译】他邀请了他的两个最好的朋友约瑟夫和帕特里克来帮助他。【单词】invited 原型：invite [in-'vahyt][ɪn'vaɪt] vt. 邀请；请求；招致；招待【专有名词】Joseph ['joh-zuh f, -suh f]['dʒəʊzɪf] n. 约瑟夫(男子名)【专有名词】Patrick n. 帕特里克(男子名)
By the time they finished, they had five buckets of water balloons.【译】当他们弄完时，他们有了五桶水气球。【单词】finished 原型：finish ['fin-ish]['fɪnɪʃ] v. 完成；结束；最后加工；用完、
【单词】buckets 原型：bucket ['buhk-it]['bʌkɪt] n. 【C】水桶；（机器上的）桶装物
They went outside with the buckets, put them in the center of Joseph's lawn, and started throwing them to the children in the neighborhood.【译】他们拿着水桶走到外面，把水桶放在约瑟夫的草坪中央，开始把水气球扔向附近的孩子们。【单词】center 名词 ['sen-ter]['sentə] n. 中心；集中点【单词】lawn 名词 [lawn][lɔːn] n. 草坪；草地【单词】throwing 原型：throw [throh][θrəʊ] v. 扔；投；掷；抛
At first, the other children were surprised, but then they wanted to get wetter.【译】一开始，其他孩子都很惊讶，但马上他们都想被弄得更湿。【短语】at first 首先、最初【单词】wetter [wet]['wetə] 形容词wet的比较级，“更湿”的意思
They all went to the store and bought some balloons for themselves.【译】他们都去商店给自己买了一些气球。
Christopher and his friends went back into the house to make more balloons.【译】克里斯托弗和他的朋友们又回到家里去弄更多的水气球。
When they get back outside, they got attacked with 10 different water balloons.【译】当他们回到外面的时候，他们遭到了10种不同水气球的攻击。【单词】attacked 原型：attack [uh-'tak][ə'tæk] n. 攻击；抨击 v. 攻击；抨击；发动攻击
Christopher and his friends started laughing when they realized where the other boys were.【译】当克里斯托弗和他的朋友们意识到其他男孩在哪里时，他们开始大笑起来。【单词】laughing 原型 laugh ['laf-ing, 'lah-fing]['lɑːfɪŋ] 笑【单词】realized 原型：realize ['ree-uh-lahyz]['riːəlaɪz] vt. 实现；了解；意识到
They decided to hide.【译】他们决定躲起来。【单词】hide [hahyd][haɪd] v. 藏；隐瞒；遮避
Christopher gave the orders to his friends.【译】克里斯托弗向他的朋友下达了“命令”。
He told Joseph to hide behind his dad's car; he told Patrick to hide behind his mom's car.【译】他让约瑟夫躲在他爸爸的车后面；他让帕特里克躲在他妈妈的车后面。
They each took four water balloons with them.【译】他们每人带了四个水气球。
Christopher told them to wait for his signal, and then they could throw the balloons.【译】克里斯托弗让他们等他的信号，然后他们可以扔出气球。【单词】signal 'sig-nl]['sɪɡnəl] n. 信号；标志
Christopher knew where three of the boys were hiding, so he went running and attacked them with five water balloons.【译】克里斯托弗知道三个男孩藏在哪里，所以他跑去用五个水气球袭击他们。
Christopher then ran back to the place where he was hiding, but the boys were coming after him.【译】然后克里斯托弗跑回他藏身的地方，但是孩子们正在追他。
Christopher yelled out, "Now!"【译】克里斯托弗喊道：“现在！”【单词】yelled 原型：yell [yel][jel] v. 大叫 n. 大喊
Joseph and Patrick came out of hiding and attacked the boys with their water balloons.【译】约瑟夫和帕特里克从隐蔽处出来，用水气球袭击了孩子们。【单词】hiding 原型：hide，在这里是隐藏处的意思
The boys went back.【译】孩子们回去了。
Christopher and his friends started laughing.【译】克里斯托弗和他的朋友们开始大笑起来。
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