7. Skunked

7/ Skunked The skipping race came next. Room Nine chose our fastest skippers. Their names were Charlotte, Jamal Hall, that Grace, Lynnie, and Meanie Jim. Those people can skip like lightning, I tell you! I made up a cheer for them. Its name was GO, SKIPPERS. Here are the words to it: GO, SKIPPERS! GO, SKIPPERS! GO, SKIPPERS! GO, SKIPPERS! I cheered real loud in front of Room Eight.

接着是跳绳比赛。 9号房间选择了我们最快的跳船者。 她们的名字是夏洛特、贾马尔·霍尔、格蕾丝、林妮和米尼·吉姆。 我告诉你，那些人跳起来像闪电！我为他们编了一个啦啦队。 它的名字是GO， SKIPPERS。 下面是歌词：加油，船长们！去,船长!去,船长!去,船长!我在8号房间前大声欢呼。

'Cause I really thought we would win this one. Only what do you know? We didn't. Some of our skippers cried a little bit. "We got skunked," said Lynnie very sniffling. "Skunked means our score is a goose egg," said Jamal Hall. "A goose egg is a big, fat zero," said that Grace. "A big, fat zero is when you're stinking up the place," said Meanie Jim very glum. Mrs. did not like that kind of talk. "Hey, hey, hey! That's enough of that," she said. "I'm very proud of all of you. You did your best and that's all anyone can ask. Right, Junie B.?" "Yes," I said. "Plus also, a win would be

因为我真的以为我们会赢。 你只知道些什么？我们没有。 我们的一些船长哭了。 “我们被弄臭了，”林妮抽泣着说。 “臭鼬意味着我们的分数是一个鹅蛋，”贾马尔·霍尔说。 “鹅蛋是又大又肥的零，”格蕾丝说。 “当你把这个地方弄得臭气熏天的时候，就是一个大大的零，”米尼·吉姆闷闷不乐地说。 太太不喜欢那种谈话。 “嘿，嘿，嘿！”够了，”她说。 “我为你们所有人感到骄傲。 你已经尽力了，这是所有人都能要求的。 对吧，朱妮·b ?”“是的，”我说。 “另外，一场胜利将是

nice." I sat down. Mrs. looked at me a real long time. "The tug-of-war is the next event," she said finally. "How about another cheer from our team captain to get us charged up?" "No, thank you," I said. "I already did a cheer for the skipping team. And look where that got us." Mrs. made squinty eyes at me. "Try," she said. I stood up. "Rah," I said. "Thank you," said Mrs. I sat back down. All of us lined up for the tug-of-war. Room Eight held on to one side of a rope.

好了。”我坐了下来。夫人看了我很长时间。 “下一个项目是拔河，”她最后说。 “再来一声我们队长的欢呼，让我们振作起来怎么样？”“不，谢谢，”我说。 “我已经为跳绳队加油了。 看看这给我们带来了什么。” 太太眯着眼睛看着我。 “试试，”她说。我站起来。 “好啊，”我说。“谢谢你，”我太太说，又坐了下来。 我们所有人都排队参加拔河比赛。 8号房间抓住了绳子的一边。

And Room Nine held on to the other side. Mrs. tied a bow right in the middle of it. Then she drew a line on the ground in front of each team. "Okay, people," she said. "Whichever team pulls the bow over their own line is the winner. Is everyone ready?" "YES! YES! YES!" shouted Room Eight. Room Nine just looked at her. William was behind me. "I'm not that good at the tug-of-war, Junie B.," he whispered. "I never even did the tug-of-war before." "Join the club, bud," I grumped. After that, the Room Eight teacher blew her whistle. And both our teams started to pull. Room Nine pulled and pulled with all our strength.

九号房紧紧抓住了另一边。 夫人在正中间打了一个蝴蝶结。 然后她在每个队前面的地上画了一条线。 “好了，大家，”她说。“把弓拉到己方线上的队伍就是胜者。 大家都准备好了吗？”“是啊!是的!八号房喊道。 九号房只是看着她。 威廉在我后面。“我不擅长拔河，朱妮·B，”他低声说。 “我以前甚至都没玩过拔河。” “加入我们吧，伙计。”我嘟囔着。 之后，八号房的老师吹响了她的哨子。 我们两队开始拉扯。 九号房用尽了我们所有的力量拉啊拉啊。

"People! People! We're doing it! We're doing it!" I shouted very shocked. We pulled some more. Then, all of a sudden, we heard a loud holler. It was Strong Frankie. He yanked the rope as hard as he could. Then Lynnie and Ricardo fell down in the grass. And the bow went over the line. Room Eight went crazy and happy. They were loud and laughing. Room Nine walked to the water fountain very sad.

“人!人!我们做到了！我们做到了！”我叫了起来，非常震惊。 我们又拉了一些。然后，突然，我们听到一声巨响。 是强壮的弗兰基。他用尽全力猛拉绳子。 然后林妮和里卡多倒在草地上。 船头越过了钓索。 8号房间又疯狂又开心。 他们大声笑着。 九号房间非常伤心地走向饮水机。

Then we sat down next to the building. And we didn't talk for a real long time. Finally, Mrs. came and got us. "Come on, boys and girls. There's just one more event to go," she said. She took us to the pull-up bar. The Room Eight teacher smiled real big. "All right, everybody. It's time for the pull-up contest," she said. Paulie Allen Puffer stared at her. "Big whoop," he said. Then the Room Eight teacher tattled on him. And Paulie Allen Puffer had to sit by himself for a time-out. Mrs. was not happy with us. "Okay, children. I understand that you're not in a good mood. But one of the things we

然后我们在大楼旁边坐下。 我们有很长一段时间没有说话。 最后，太太来接我们。 “来吧，孩子们。还有一个活动要去，”她说。 她带我们去了引体向上酒吧。 八教室的老师笑得很开心。 “好了，各位。是时候进行引体向上比赛了，”她说。 保利·艾伦·帕弗盯着她。 “太棒了，”他说。然后八号房的老师打了他的小报告。 保利·艾伦·帕弗不得不独自坐着休息。 夫人对我们不高兴。 “好吧,孩子。我知道你心情不好。 但有一件事我们