3. Practicing

3/Practicing Daddy drove me home in the car. I kept on sniffing the air. "You smell like a lovely woman," I said. Daddy wasn't that friendly. "It's the hair gel," he grouched. I sniffed some more. "Mmm. I love that smelly hair gel," I said. "Plus also I love sweeping and holding the fluffy towel. And so maybe I might be a beauty shop guy when I grow up." "Wonderful," said Daddy. "I know it is wonderful!" I said. "And here's another wonderful thing. I already have a name tag and a towel and a broom and some scissors! And so I am all set to go to work,

爸爸开车送我回家。 我不停地嗅着空气。 “你闻起来像个可爱的女人，”我说。 爸爸并不那么友好。 “是发胶的问题，”他抱怨道。 我又闻了一些。“嗯。 我喜欢那种发胶的味道，”我说。 “另外，我也喜欢扫地和拿着毛茸茸的毛巾。 所以，也许我长大后会成为一家美容店的老板。” “太好了，”爸爸说。“我知道这是美妙的！”我说。 “还有一件奇妙的事情。 我已经有名牌、毛巾、扫帚和剪刀了！所以我已经准备好去上班了，

probably!" Just then, Daddy quick pulled the car to the curb. "No, Junie B. No. You're not all set to go to work," he said. "You don't just pick up some scissors and start cutting hair. Do you understand? Working in a beauty shop takes years and years of practice." "Yeah, only I already know that," I said. "I already know it takes years and years of practice." "Years and years and years," said Daddy. I did a huffy breath at him. "I already know that, I told you," I said again. After that, I leaned back in my seat. And I thinked about the years and years of practice. Finally, I did a big sigh. I would have to get started right away.

可能!”就在这时，爸爸迅速地把车停在路边。 “不，朱妮·b。你还没有准备好去上班。” “你不能拿起剪刀就开始剪头发。 你明白吗？在美容院工作需要年复一年的练习。” “是的，只是我已经知道了。”我说。 “我已经知道这需要年复一年的练习。” “年复一年，年复一年，”爸爸说。 我朝他吹了口气。 “我已经知道了，我告诉过你。”我又说。 之后，我向后靠在座位上。 我想起了年复一年的练习。 最后，我深深地叹了口气。 我得马上开始工作。

Daddy pulled the car into our driveway. I runned inside my house zippity quick. "I'M HOME!" I hollered. "I'M HOME FROM THE BEAUTY SHOP!" Mother runned out of baby Ollie's room. "Shh! I just put your brother down for his nap," she said. I stood there for a minute. 'Cause that woman just gave me a sneaky idea, that's why. I did a fake yawn. "Hmm. I need a nap, too, I think," I said. "'Cause that beauty shop got me all tired out." I walked to my bedroom. "Well, nightie night. Don't let the bedbugs fight," I said. Mother followed me.

爸爸把车停在我们的车道上。 我飞快地跑进屋里。 “我回来了!”我大声喊道。“我从美容院回来了！”妈妈跑出了小奥利的房间。 “嘘!我刚把你弟弟放下去睡午觉，”她说。 我在那儿站了一会儿。 因为那个女人给了我一个鬼点子。 我假装打了个哈欠。“嗯。我想我也需要打个盹。”我说。 “因为那家美容院把我累坏了。” 我走到我的卧室。“好吧，晚安。 别让臭虫打架，”我说。 妈妈跟着我。

Her face looked suspicious. Suspicious is the grown-up word for I think maybe you might be fibbing. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on there a second," said Mother. "I thought you hated naps." "I do," I said. "I do hate naps. But today I worked at the beauty shop. And that job got me pooped, I tell you." After that, I closed my door. And I got under my covers. Mother peeked in at me. I did a fake snore. Then I waited and waited till she closed the door again. I stayed in bed till it was safe. Then finally, I tippytoed to my desk. And I opened the top drawer real quiet.

她的脸看上去很可疑。 怀疑是成年人的说法，意思是我觉得你可能在撒谎。 “哇，哇，哇。等一下，”妈妈说。 “我还以为你讨厌午睡呢。” “是的，”我说。“我确实讨厌小睡。 但是今天我在美容院工作。 我告诉你，那份工作让我筋疲力尽。” 在那之后，我关上了门。 我钻进被窝里。 母亲偷看了我一眼。我假装打呼噜。 然后我等了又等，直到她再次把门关上。 我一直躺在床上直到安全了。 最后，我踮着脚尖走到我的办公桌前。 我悄悄地打开最上面的抽屉。

I searched my hands all around that thing. Then all of a sudden my heart got very pumpy! 'Cause my hands felt what they were looking for! And their name is my bestest shiny scissors!

我在那东西周围找遍了我的手。 突然间我的心怦怦直跳！因为我的手感觉到他们在寻找什么！他们的名字是我最好的闪亮剪刀！