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But then I found out who I did have to wrestle, and I would have traded for Benny Wells in a heartbeat. Fregley was the only kid light enough to be in my weight class. And apparently Fregley was paying attention when Mr. Underwood was giving instructions, because he pinned me every which way you could imagine. I spent my seventh period getting way more familiar with Fregley than I ever wanted to be.

但当我发现我要和谁摔跤时，我会毫不犹豫地和本尼·威尔斯交换。 弗雷格利是我这个体重级别里唯一一个体重轻的孩子。 显然，当安德伍德先生下达指令时，弗雷格利注意到了，因为他用你能想到的各种方式来指责我。 我在第七节课上对弗雷格利的熟悉程度超出了我的想象。

Tuesday This wrestling unit has totally turned our school upside down. Now kids are wrestling in the hallways, in the classrooms, you name it. But the fifteen minutes after lunch where they let us outside is the worst. You can't walk five feet without tripping over a couple of kids going at it. I just try to keep my distance. And mark my words, one of these fools is going to roll right onto the Cheese and start the Cheese Touch all over again.

这个摔跤小组把我们学校搞得天翻地覆。 现在孩子们在走廊里，在教室里，你能想到的任何地方摔跤。 但是午饭后他们让我们出去的十五分钟是最糟糕的。 你走五英尺就会被几个小孩绊倒。 我只是尽量保持距离。 记住我的话，这些傻瓜中的一个会滚到奶酪上重新开始奶酪之触。

My other big problem is that I have to wrestle Fregley every single day. But this morning I realized something. If I can move out of Fregley's weight class, I won't have to wrestle him anymore. So today, I stuffed my clothes with a bunch of socks and shirts to get myself into the next weight class. But I was still too light to move up. I realized I was gonna have to gain weight for real. At first I thought I should just start loading up on junk food, but then I had a much better idea. I decided to gain my weight in muscle, not fat.

我的另一个大问题是我每天都要和弗雷格利摔跤。 但是今天早上我意识到一件事。 如果我能退出弗雷格利的量级，我就不用再和他摔跤了。 所以今天，我在我的衣服里塞了一堆袜子和衬衫，让自己进入下一个体重级别。 但我还是太轻了，无法向上移动。 我意识到我真的要增肥了。 一开始我以为我应该开始吃垃圾食品，但后来我有了一个更好的主意。 我决定增肌，而不是增脂。

I've never been all that interested in getting in shape before, but this wrestling unit has made me rethink things. I figure if I bulk up now, it could actually come in handy down the road. The football unit is coming in the spring, and they split the teams up into shirts and skins. And I always get put on skins. I think they do that to make all the out-of-shape kids feel ashamed of themselves. If I can pack on some muscle now, it'll be a whole different story next April.

我以前从来没有对健身这么感兴趣，但这个摔跤小组让我重新思考了一些事情。 我想如果我现在壮起来，以后就会派上用场了。 足球单位将在春天到来，他们把球队分成穿衬衫和穿皮衣的两组。 而且我总是被人蒙在鼓里。 我认为他们这样做是为了让所有身材走样的孩子感到羞愧。 如果我现在能长点肌肉，明年四月就完全不一样了。

Tonight, after dinner, I got Mom and Dad together and told them my plan. I told them I was going to need some serious exercise equipment, and some weight-gain powder, too. I showed them some muscle magazines I got at the store so they could see how ripped I was going to be. Mom didn't really say anything at first, but Dad was pretty enthusiastic. I think he was just glad I had a

今晚，晚饭后，我把爸爸妈妈叫到一起，告诉了他们我的计划。 我告诉他们我需要一些真正的运动器材，还有一些增重粉。 我给他们看了一些我在店里买的肌肉杂志，让他们看看我有多结实。 妈妈一开始什么也没说，但爸爸却很热情。 我想他只是很高兴我有

change of heart from how I used to be when I was a kid— But Mom said if I wanted a weight set, I was going to have to prove that I could stick with an exercise regimen. She said I could do that by doing sit-ups and jumping jacks for two weeks. I had to explain that the only way to get totally bulked up is to get the kind of high-tech machines they have at the gym, but Mom didn't want to hear it. Then Dad said if I wanted a bench press, I should keep my fingers crossed for Christmas.

但是妈妈说，如果我想减肥，我就必须证明我能坚持锻炼。 她说我可以通过做两个星期的仰卧起坐和开合跳来达到这个目的。 我不得不向她解释，要想完全变胖，唯一的办法就是使用健身房的那种高科技器械，但妈妈不想听。 然后爸爸说如果我想做卧推，我应该在圣诞节祈祷。