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Word got around, and now everyone at school is calling me Time Lord. I don't know if I should be proud of knowing how to tell the time, but I guess when you're the new kid you need to take what you can get. But then my fame reached a whole new level. We were making fudge brownies in Home Ec, and when I looked in the fridge to see what other ingredients they had, I realized I could whip something up that would guarantee me an A in the class.

消息传得很快，现在学校里所有人都叫我时间大王。 我不确定会不会认时间这件事值得骄傲，可我想，身为新生，有这么个名号总聊胜于无。 但没过多久，我的名气又攀上了新高峰。 家政课上我们做软糖布朗尼，我打开冰箱看看还有什么别的原料，突然想到我可以做个新东西，保准这门课拿A。

So that's how fudgedogs got introduced to Slacksville Middle School. And even though I felt kind of bad for giving away my old school's secret recipe, I figured it didn't really matter anymore. The clock thing made me popular, but the fudgedogs made me FAMOUS. And now all of a sudden I had a TON of new friends in the cafeteria.

就这样，软糖布朗尼热狗被我带进了斯莱克斯维尔中学。 虽然把我母校的秘方说出来，我有点过意不去，但我想其实也没什么关系了。 认时间让我受欢迎，可软糖布朗尼热狗让我彻底出名了！ 一转眼，我在食堂就多了一大堆新朋友。

But the best part was when I started getting a few female admirers, which never happened at my old school. I noticed a couple of girls were whispering about me in the hallway, and then one named Sophie came over and asked a question. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT MY WATCH SAYS? And even though I could tell she was just looking for an excuse to talk, I didn't really mind.

不过最棒的是，开始有女生爱慕我了，这在我以前的学校可从来没有过。 我发现有几个女生在走廊偷偷议论我，后来一个叫索菲的女生过来问了我一个问题。 你能告诉我我的手表现在几点吗？ 我虽然看出来她只是找个借口跟我说话，可我一点也不介意。

Things moved pretty fast from there. Sophie and I ate lunch together for the rest of the week, and when she held my hand in the hallway, that made it official. But even though I'm really enjoying what the two of us have going on at school, it won't really mean anything until we go on an actual date to the movies or something. Because we're starting to run out of things to talk about at lunch, and there are only so many fudgedogs a person can eat. SMACK CHOMP CHEW

从那之后，一切发展得特别快。 这周剩下的日子，我和索菲都一起吃午饭，她在走廊牵我的手的时候，我们就算正式在一起了。 可虽然我很享受我们俩现在在学校的相处，这一切都不算数，得我们真的出去约个会，比如看个电影才行。 因为我们午餐能聊的话题快说完了，而且一个人能吃的软糖布朗尼热狗也就那么多呀。 啪 咔嚓 嚼

Saturday I worked up the nerve to ask Sophie to go out on a date, and she said yes. But since neither one of us can drive, that meant we'd have to get one of our parents to do it. I really didn't want either of my parents driving, because I knew they'd totally embarrass me in front of a girl. So Sophie asked her dad to take us to the movies, and he said he would. I waited out in my front yard, and when I saw a car driving slowly down our street I knew it must be them. And one look at her dad's fancy car told me their family must have a lot of money.

周六，我鼓起勇气约索菲约会，她答应了。 可我们俩都不会开车，所以得找一方的家长送我们。 我真不想让我爸妈开车送，我知道他们肯定会在女生面前把我弄得特别尴尬。 所以索菲请她爸爸送我们去电影院，她爸爸同意了。 我在前院等着，一看见有车沿着街慢慢开过来，我就知道是他们了。 我只看了一眼她爸爸的豪车，就知道他们家肯定很有钱。

I saw the car's license plate before I noticed who was driving it. And that's when I realized I'd never asked Sophie her last name. Sophie never mentioned that her dad was Larry Mack Junior, and if she had, I probably wouldn't have had the courage to ask her out. But now here he was, in front of my house. And he didn't look too thrilled to be there, either. YOU CAN HOP IN THE BACK.

我先看到了车牌，才认出开车的人是谁。 这时候我才反应过来，我从来没问过索菲她姓什么。 索菲从来没说过她爸爸是小拉里·麦克，要是她早说了，我估计根本没胆子约她出来。 可现在他就停在我家门口了。 而且他看起来也不太乐意来这一趟。 你快上车坐后排吧。