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Grown-ups say there's a big problem with kids in our generation being out of shape because they don't exercise enough, but I don't think taking away our playground equipment is really helping matters. In one part of the Presidential Fitness Test, they check to see how many push-ups you can do in a row. The girls in our class did better than the boys, but that's only because the girls get to do an easier kind of push-up. The boys have to keep their whole body straight and go all the way to the floor and then all the way back up again.

大人们说我们这一代的孩子身材走样是个大问题，因为他们锻炼不够，但我不认为拿走我们的操场设备真的有帮助。 在总统体能测试的一部分，他们会检查你能连续做多少个俯卧撑。 我们班的女生比男生做得好，但那只是因为女生做的俯卧撑比较简单。 男孩们必须保持整个身体挺直，一直走到地板上，然后再走回来。

But the girls get to let their knees touch the ground, so they have a HUGE advantage. Not all the girls were happy that they got to do easier push-ups than the boys, though. In fact, a couple of girls signed a petition saying they demanded to do the same kind of push-ups as the boys.

但是女孩们可以让膝盖接触地面，所以她们有很大的优势。 不过，并不是所有的女孩都对自己能比男孩做更容易的俯卧撑感到高兴。 事实上，几个女孩签署了一份请愿书，要求做和男孩一样的俯卧撑。

I'm pretty sure I know where they got that idea. In Social Studies we're learning about different ways people throughout history have protested to change things they weren't happy about. I think the girls were expecting a big fight out of Mr. Underwood, but he just told them they could do regular push-ups if they felt like it. So now we're all in the same boat. I thought that petition thing was a good idea, though. I figured us boys should be allowed to do the

我很确定他们是怎么想到的。 在社会研究中，我们学习了历史上人们抗议改变他们不满意的事情的不同方式。 我想姑娘们以为安德伍德先生会跟她们大吵一架，但他只是告诉她们，如果她们喜欢，可以做常规俯卧撑。 现在我们都在同一条船上了。 不过我觉得请愿是个好主意。 我觉得我们男孩应该被允许做

easy push-ups if we want, so I wrote a petition and tried to get signatures. But I got a bad feeling when I saw the group of guys who wanted to sign my petition, and I decided to just drop the whole thing. A couple of weeks ago we had to do sit-ups during Phys Ed, but I got cramps and asked Mr. Underwood if I could just do the rest of my sit-ups as homework. He said that was OK, but he wanted proof that I did them. So the next morning I got some of Mom's mascara and drew a six-pack of abs on my stomach. Then I made sure I had my shirt off when Mr. Underwood walked through the locker room.

简单的俯卧撑，所以我写了一份请愿书，试图得到签名。 但当我看到一群人想在我的请愿书上签名时，我有一种不好的感觉，我决定放弃这一切。 几周前，体育课上我们要做仰卧起坐，但我抽筋了，于是问安德伍德先生，我能不能把剩下的仰卧起坐当做作业来做。 他说没关系，但他想要证据证明是我做的。 于是第二天早上，我用妈妈的睫毛膏在肚子上画了六块腹肌。 然后我确保安德伍德先生穿过更衣室时我脱了衣服。

The next thing I knew, though, I had a bunch of copycats, and the following day half the guys in my class showed up with their OWN fake six-packs. But some of those guys were REALLY awful makeup artists. Still, I think we had Mr. Underwood fooled. At least until we got sweaty and the mascara ran.

然而，接下来我知道的是，我有一群模仿者，第二天，我班上一半的人都带着他们自己的假六块腹肌出现了。 但其中一些人真的是糟糕的化妆师。 不过，我觉得我们骗过了安德伍德先生。 至少等到我们大汗淋漓，睫毛膏掉了。

Wednesday For the past few days I've been getting alerts on my Net Kritterz account, and if I don't get some Kritterz Kash soon, I could have a problem on my hands. MOOD METER GREGORY'S LITTLE FRIEND IS FEELING: AGITATED I asked Mom if she could just float me a few bucks so I could get my pet's Mood Meter back to "Calm," but she wouldn't budge.

在过去的几天里，我的Net Kritterz账户一直在收到提醒，如果我不尽快收到一些Kritterz Kash，我可能会遇到麻烦。 格雷戈里的小朋友心情烦躁我问妈妈能不能给我几块钱，让我把宠物的情绪测量仪调回“平静”状态，但她不肯让步。