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Wednesday Principal Bottoms is trying to encourage kids to get better grades, so last week he created this new program called the High Flyers Club, which is kind of like one of those airline rewards programs. The basic idea is that the better you do in school, the more rewards you earn. The kids in the High Flyers Club get all sorts of perks, like preferred seating in the classrooms with extra legroom.

周三，波顿斯校长为了鼓励孩子们提高成绩，上周推出了全新项目“飞天优等生俱乐部”，有点类似航空公司的积分奖励计划。 这个计划的核心逻辑很简单：你在校表现越好，能拿到的奖励就越多。 飞天优等生俱乐部的成员能享受各种福利，比如在教室拥有额外伸腿空间的优选座位。

But that kind of stinks for the rest of us, because now there's less space for everyone else. In Geometry, there wasn't a lot of room to begin with, so to make extra space for the High Flyers, they had to take out a whole row of seats. That means kids like me who used to sit in the back row have to sit on the heater. And that thing is so hot that if you stay still too long, your butt could burst into flames. So I have to shift from one cheek to the other to give each a break.

但这对我们剩下的人来说可不太友好，因为留给我们的空间变得更少了。 几何课教室本来就不大，为了给飞天优等生腾地方，他们撤掉了整整一排座位。 这就害得像我这种原本坐后排的人，只能坐到暖气上去。 那暖气烫得离谱，要是你一动不动坐太久，屁股都能着火。 所以我只能不停左右换边坐，让两边屁股轮流歇着。

But extra legroom isn't the only thing we're jealous about. The High Flyers get snacks and drinks during class, which they're not allowed to share with the rest of us. When they're not in class, the High Flyers get to use the teachers" lounge. And I've heard the teachers aren't too thrilled with that part of the deal.

不过额外伸腿空间可不是我们唯一眼红的福利。 飞天优等生还能在上课的时候吃点心喝饮料，还不准分给我们这些人。 不上课的时候，飞天优等生可以使用教师休息室。 而且我听说老师们对这个安排也挺不满意的。

I'm not too bothered that those kids can use the teachers" lounge, but I am jealous they get to use the bathroom in there. I've heard it's a one-seater, and I really need my privacy when I go. I WOULDN'T GO IN THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. WAVE WAVE. The High Flyers even have their own separate entrance when they get to school, so they breeze through security in the morning.

我其实不怎么在意他们能用教师休息室，但我真的羡慕他们能用休息室里的卫生间。 我听说那是单人隔间，我上厕所的时候真的很需要隐私。 我暂时才不会进去那里呢。 挥手挥手。 飞天优等生上学甚至还有专属入口，早上可以快速通过安检。

On top of that, the High Flyers get let out of school before everyone else. And even though it's only five minutes early, that's still plenty of time to get a head start on the bullies. Everyone wants to be a part of the High Flyers Club, but it's not easy to get in. You need to have straight A's in all your classes, and there are only a handful of kids smart enough to actually pull that off. So some kids have been cheating to try and get better grades. And they've been coming up with some pretty ingenious ways to do it, too.

除此之外，飞天优等生每天还能比其他人提早放学。 哪怕只早五分钟，也足够让他们抢先躲开恶霸了。 所有人都想加入飞天优等生俱乐部，但入会一点都不容易。 你得所有科目全拿A，只有寥寥几个聪明孩子才能做到。 所以有些孩子为了拿高分开始作弊。 而且他们想出来的作弊手段还相当巧妙呢。

In Geometry, Adam Katz wrote a bunch of equations on the back of the sticker on his water bottle so he could look at them during a test. And he might've gotten away with it if he wasn't so obvious about what he was doing. In Science, a kid named Damon Fell actually made a fake arm, which he put on top of his desk during the test. Then he looked up answers on the phone he was holding UNDERNEATH the desk. The only reason he got busted was because he got a notification in the middle of the test. DING!

几何课考试时，亚当·卡茨把一堆公式写在了水杯贴纸的背面，方便考试的时候偷看。 要是他没做得那么明目张胆，说不定真就蒙混过关了。 科学课考试，一个叫达蒙·费尔的孩子做了个假胳膊，考试的时候把假胳膊摆在桌面上。 然后他就偷看藏在桌子下面的手机里的答案。 他被抓包完全是因为考试中途手机弹了通知。 叮！