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I had this four-page Biology paper due today, but last night I kind of got caught up in this show I was watching. So I had to try to write the whole thing in the computer lab during recess today. I didn't have a lot of time to do any research, so I played with the margins and the font size to stretch what I had to four pages. But I'm pretty sure Ms. Nolan is gonna call me on it.

我今天要交四页的生物论文，但昨晚我看了一个节目，有点被迷住了。 所以我不得不在今天课间休息的时候在电脑室里写完整篇文章。 我没有太多的时间做任何研究，所以我摆弄了一下页边距和字体大小，把我的文章拉长到四页。 但我很确定诺兰女士会给我打电话的。

CHIMPS A four-page paper by GREG HEFFLEY This is a chimpanzee, or "chimp" for short. Chimps are the subject of the paper you're holding in your hand right now.

这是一篇四页纸的论文，作者是GREG HEFFLEY。这是一只黑猩猩，简称“黑猩猩”。 黑猩猩是你现在拿在手里的论文的主题。

Chimps are supposed to be smart, but I'm not so sure that's true. Well, it looks like I'm out of paper, so I guess this is THE END. Yesterday I actually got a "zero" on a quiz in Geography. But in my defense, it was really hard to study for the quiz and watch football at the same

黑猩猩被认为是聪明的，但我不太确定这是真的。 嗯，看起来我的纸用完了，所以我想这是结束了。 昨天我在地理测验中得了零分。 但我得说，一边准备考试一边看足球比赛真的很难

time. To be honest with you, I don't think teachers should be making us memorize all this stuff to begin with, because in the future everyone is going to have a personal robot that tells you whatever you need to know. ROBOT! WHAT'S THE LARGEST ESTUARY IN THE WORLD? THE OB RIVER, IN RUSSIA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Speaking of teachers, today Mrs. Craig was in a really bad mood. That's because the big dictionary that usually sits on her desk was missing. I'm sure someone just borrowed it and forgot to put it back, but the word Mrs. Craig kept using was

时间。老实说，我认为老师不应该让我们一开始就背这些东西，因为将来每个人都会有一个个人机器人，告诉你任何你需要知道的东西。 机器人!世界上最大的河口是哪个？ 俄罗斯的鄂毕河。非常感谢！说到老师，今天克雷格太太心情很不好。 那是因为平时放在她桌上的大字典不见了。 肯定是有人借走了，忘了放回去，但克雷格太太一直用的词是

"stole." Mrs. Craig said that if the dictionary wasn't returned to her desk before the end of the period, she was keeping everyone inside for recess. Then she told us she was going to leave the room, and that if the "culprit" returned the dictionary to her desk, there wouldn't be any consequences, and there would be no questions asked. Mrs. Craig made Patty Farrell class monitor and left the room. Patty takes her job as class monitor really seriously, and when she's in charge, nobody dares to step out of line.

“偷”。克雷格夫人说，如果这节课结束前字典还没有放回她的桌子上，她就把所有人都留在教室里休息。 然后她告诉我们她要离开房间，如果“罪魁祸首”把字典还给她的桌子，不会有任何后果，也不会有任何问题。 克雷格夫人任命帕蒂·法雷尔为班长，然后离开了教室。 帕蒂非常认真地对待班长的工作，当她负责的时候，没有人敢越界。

I was just hoping the person who took the dictionary would hurry up and come clean, because I had two cartons of chocolate milk for lunch. But nobody did come forward. And sure enough, Mrs. Craig stuck to her promise and kept us inside for recess. Then she said she was gonna keep us inside every day until the dictionary was returned. Friday

我只是希望拿字典的人能快点坦白，因为我午餐吃了两盒巧克力牛奶。 但是没有人站出来。 果然，克雷格老师遵守了她的诺言，让我们在课间休息。 然后她说她要把我们关在家里直到字典还回来。 星期五