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If I ever get in really good shape, I'm gonna sign up to be a mannequin model. Because that would be an awesome thing to brag about on a date. Light would be standing there, and there'd be this amazing looking mannequin. And i'd say, hey, recognize that, body The mannequins you see at the sports store are always in athletic poses, and it looks like it would be HARD to stay in that position while someone sculpts you. And that's just too much effort for a job that should be EASY.

要是我能练出超棒的好身材，我就要去报名当假人模特。 因为约会的时候说这件事，可太值得炫耀啦。 我会站在那儿，一旁摆着造型超好看的假人。 我就会说：嘿，看出来了吗？运动店里的假人全都是运动姿势，别人给你塑形的时候，一直保持那个姿势肯定超难的。 这份工作本来应该很轻松，结果要花这么多力气，太不划算了。

Imagine staying still while holding a discus all day, hold still, chin, chin sculpt, sculpt. So when I apply for the job, I'm gonna do it at the bed and bath store. so I can just why there Mom says I'm LUCKY to have thermal underwear, because our ANCESTORS didn't have this kind of stuff to keep them warm. Sometimes I WONDER about my ancestors, though. I have no idea why they chose to live HERE when they could've picked somewhere a whole lot warmer. like standing there a long time ago. Having just got off the ship in the snow, saying, this looks good to me,

想想看，举着铁饼站一整天一动不动，稳住下巴，一下一下塑形。 所以我要是去应聘这份工作，肯定去家居卫浴店应聘。 这样我就能一直站在那儿啦。妈妈说我能有保暖内衣穿太幸运了，因为我们祖先可没有这种东西保暖。 不过有时候我会琢磨我的祖先们。 我搞不懂，明明能选暖和得多的地方住，他们为啥偏要住在这儿。 就像很久之前他们站在那儿那样。 他们冒着雪刚下船，就说：这地方看着不错呀，

But I can't complain, because they SURVIVED, and everything they did led directly to ME. I just wish they could see how I turned out so they'd know all their sacrifices were WORTH it. I guess we're ALL lucky to be here, because human beings have had to go through a LOT to get to where we are now. At school, we learned that 10,000 years ago a big sheet of ice covered half the planet. And if people made it through THAT, I guess we can get through ANYTHING. My teacher said that one day the Earth is gonna be in another ice age and the glaciers will come back, but I hope it doesn't happen anytime SOON.

不过我也没法抱怨，毕竟他们活下来了，他们做的一切才有了现在的我。 我只希望他们能看看现在的我，这样就知道他们所有的牺牲都值得了。 我想我们能活在当下都很幸运，人类走到今天这一步，经历了太多太多。 我们在学校学过，一万年前，一大片冰盖覆盖了半个地球。 既然人类都熬过那个时期了，我想我们什么难关都能闯过去。 老师说，将来地球还会进入下一个冰川期，冰川会再来，但我希望它可别这么快来。

I've heard glaciers move SLOWLY, which is a good thing. Because maybe we'll have a chance to DO something about it. like get out our hair dryers when they come at our house. I don't know which is worse, a planet that's too HOT or one that's too COLD. All I know is that today it was cold, and it wasn't fun walking to school in the morning. I tried to cheer myself up by thinking of things I LIKE about the winter, but I came up with a really short list. Christmas is great and all but after that it's just a long slog to the spring.

我听说冰川移动得特别慢，这倒是件好事。 说不定我们还有时间想办法应对。 等冰川冲到家门口，我们还能拿出吹风机吹化它呢。 我也说不清到底是地球太热更糟糕，还是太冷更糟糕。 我只知道今天可太冷了，早上走路去学校一点都不好受。 我试着想想冬天有什么好玩的事儿让自己开心点，结果能想到的少得可怜。 圣诞节倒是很棒，但过完圣诞之后，就是漫漫无期等着春天到来，太熬人了。

I've decided the only thing that actually makes winter worth it is the HOT CHOCOLATE. I used to be on the Safety Patrols, and I'd get free hot chocolate at school. But after I got kicked off, I had to start bringing my OWN. Lately, I've been filling a thermos with hot chocolate every morning, and that keeps me warm on the walk to school. But today, Dad must've grabbed MY thermos and left me with HIS. And I didn't realize what happened until I took a giant gulp of cream of mushroom soup. Gulp PSHBLOH I wish Mom and Dad would drive me to school in the morning,but they leave a half hour before I do.

我想来想去，冬天唯一值得期待的就是热巧克力了。 我以前参加过校园安全巡逻队，在学校能领到免费热巧克力。 但我被开除之后，就得自己带了。 最近我每天早上都往保温壶里装热巧克力，走路去学校的时候就能暖乎乎的。 但今天爸爸肯定拿错了，拿了我的保温壶，把他的留给我了。 直到我一大口喝下去，喝到奶油蘑菇汤，我才发现不对。 唔……呕！我多希望爸妈早上能开车送我上学，可他们比我早半小时出门。

There are some kids on my hill whose parents drive them in on cold days like today. But when me and Rowley try to flag them down to hitch a ride, they won't even make eye contact. And that really stinks, because us hill kids are supposed to have each other's BACKS. drive drive Hey, hey, drive drive. Hey. It was so cold out today, the teachers decided to keep us indoors for recess, which was perfectly fine with ME. The LAST time we had outdoor recess on a day like today, Albert Sandy was saying it was so cold that your spit would freeze before it hit the GROUND.

我住的那片山坡上，有些孩子的父母会在今天这样冷的日子开车送他们上学。 可我和罗利挥手想搭顺风车的时候，他们连眼神都不跟我们对上一个。 这太过分了，我们住山坡的孩子本来应该互相照应的呀。 快开 快开 嘿，嘿，快开快开。 嘿。 今天外面太冷了，老师们决定让我们在室内休息，我觉得这可太好了。 上一次这么冷的天还外出休息的时候，阿尔伯特·桑迪说，这天冷到唾沫掉到地上之前就会冻住。