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I've tried to get in on the Girls Chase Boys game over the years, but most of the girls are only interested in chasing the POPULAR guys like Bryce Anderson. Every so often during Girls Chase Boys, somebody will yell out and flip the whole game.

多年来，我一直试图加入女孩追逐男孩的游戏，但大多数女孩只对追逐像Bryce Anderson这样的受欢迎的男孩感兴趣。 在《女孩追逐男孩》中，经常会有人大喊大叫并颠覆整个游戏。

BOYS CHASE GIRLS!!! It goes back and forth like that until the bell rings and it's time to go inside. The only problem with that game is they never say what you're supposed to do when you actually CATCH someone. I remember the time in fifth grade when we were playing Boys Chase Girls and I caught Cara Punter fair and square. Cara reported me to the playground monitor, who made me sit against the wall for the rest of recess.

男孩追女孩！！它就这样来来回回，直到铃声响起，是时候进去了。 这个游戏唯一的问题是，当你真正抓住一个人的时候，他们从来没有告诉你应该怎么做。 我还记得五年级的时候，我们玩男孩追女孩的游戏，我把卡拉·邦特逮个正着。 卡拉向操场班长报告了我的情况，他让我在剩下的课间休息时间靠墙坐着。

I'm pretty sure the school called my PARENTS, too. I think the school realized there are some kids who have trouble joining in with the others at recess, so a few weeks ago they turned the bully-reporting station on the playground into a "Find a Friend" station. I always thought the Find a Friend station was a lame idea, but it's not like I have a lot of options these days.

我很确定学校也给我父母打电话了。 我想学校意识到有些孩子在课间休息时不能和其他孩子一起玩耍，所以几周前他们把操场上的霸凌举报站改成了“找朋友”站。 我一直觉得“找朋友”站是个蹩脚的主意，但现在我也没什么选择了。

I don't know if people didn't notice the blue like going off or if everyone was just too busy playing Girls Chase Boys, but no kids came over. I think Mr. Nern must've felt sorry for me, because he walked over with a box of checkers. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE MY FRIEND? I guess it was better than nothing. But I hope Mr. Nern doesn't think this is gonna be a regular thing.

我不知道人们是否没有注意到蓝灯熄灭了，还是大家都在忙着玩“女孩追男孩”游戏，但没有孩子过来。 我想纳恩先生一定很同情我，因为他拿着一盒跳棋走了过来。 你愿意做我的朋友吗？ 我想总比什么都没有好。 但我希望纳恩先生不会觉得这是家常便饭。

Wednesday OK, you KNOW things are bad when even your little brother has more friends than you. A family with a kindergarten-age kid named Mikey moved in down the street a few weeks ago, and Mikey and Manny hit it off. The two of them have been hanging out after school every day since they met. Mikey loves to drink grape juice, and I've never seen him without a juice ring around his lips. So he always looks like a forty-year-old man with a goatee.

星期三好吧，当你弟弟的朋友都比你多的时候，你就知道事情很糟糕了。 几周前，一户人家带着一个叫米奇的上幼儿园的孩子搬到了这条街上，米奇和曼尼很合得来。 自从认识以后，他们俩每天放学后都一起出去玩。 米奇喜欢喝葡萄汁，我从来没见过他嘴唇上没有果汁环的。 所以他看起来总是像一个留着山羊胡的四十岁男人。

The only thing Mikey and Manny do together is watch TV. As far as I know, neither of them has ever said a single word to the other, but I guess something about their relationship just works. And even crazier than that, now GRANDPA has a girlfriend. I didn't even know you could still DATE once you got to grandpa's age, but I guess I was wrong. I probably shouldn't be surprised. Dad says that at

麦奇和曼尼一起做的唯一一件事就是看电视。 据我所知，他们从来没有对对方说过一句话，但我猜他们的关系就是这样。 更疯狂的是，现在爷爷有女朋友了。 我甚至不知道到了爷爷这个年纪还可以约会，但我想我错了。 我可能不应该感到惊讶。 爸爸说