2. Uncle Lou

Chapter 2 Uncle Lou The speaker came at ten o'clock. Her name was Miss Chris. Miss Chris told us all about recycling. Also, she showed us a movie. It was called Dan, Dan the Soda Can. It was very thrilling, I tell you. 'Cause Dan, Dan the Soda Can lived in a soda machine at a gas station. Then one day, a lady bought him to drink. Only too bad for Dan, Dan. 'Cause after the lady drank his soda, she

第二章卢叔叔演讲者十点钟来了。 她的名字是克里斯小姐。克里斯小姐给我们讲了关于回收的一切。 同时，她给我们看了一部电影。 它的名字叫丹，汽水罐丹。 我告诉你，那真是太激动人心了。 因为丹，汽水罐丹住在加油站的汽水机里。 后来有一天，一位女士请他喝酒。 这对丹来说太糟糕了，丹。 因为那位女士喝了他的汽水之后，她

threw him right out her car window. And Dan, Dan got his can all dented. But hurray, hurray! A cop saw the lady littering. And he gave her a big fat ticket! Then a can man took Dan, Dan to a recycling center. And the man got cash money. Plus Dan, Dan got fixed up good as new. And bingo! He turned into Dan, Dan the Orange Juice Can! It was a miracle, I tell you! Room One clapped and clapped at that happy ending. Then Miss Chris passed around stickers of Dan, Dan the Soda Can for us to stick to our shirts. And the stickers said RECYCLING MAKES CENTS. Ha! Get it? Cents sounds like sense! And that is a good one, I think!

把他扔出了车窗。 还有丹，丹的罐子都凹陷了。 但是万岁，万岁！一个警察看见那位女士乱扔垃圾。 他给了她一张大票！然后一个卖罐头的人把丹带到一个回收中心。 这个人拿到了现金。 还有丹，丹被修好了，像新的一样。 宾果!他变成了丹，橙汁罐丹！我告诉你，这是个奇迹！一号房间为这个圆满的结局鼓掌。 然后，克里斯老师给我们发了汽水罐丹的贴纸，让我们贴在衬衫上。 贴纸上写着回收能赚大钱。 哈!明白了吗?Cents听起来很有道理！我觉得这是个好主意！

After that, all of us went to lunch and recess. And we were still in happy moods. On the playground, José and Lennie and Shirley asked to see my loose tooth. Then pretty soon, the other children wanted to see it, too. And so finally, I stood them all in a row. And I let them look real close. After they looked, I walked down the row. And I showed them how far I could bend it. Herb clapped and clapped. José and Lennie whistled.

在那之后，我们所有人都去吃午饭和休息。 我们仍然心情愉快。 在操场上，约瑟、伦尼和雪莉要求看看我那颗松动的牙齿。 很快，其他孩子也想看。 最后，我让他们站成一排。 我让他们看得很近。 他们看完后，我沿着那排走了下去。 我向他们展示了我能把它弯曲到什么程度。 赫伯不停地鼓掌。约瑟和伦尼吹着口哨。

Sheldon tried to pick me up. That is not a normal reaction, I think. "You're going to look cool when it finally comes out, Junie B.," said Herb. "Sí," said José. "You're going to look really cool. Like a hockey player, I bet." "Yeah," said Lennie. "Hockey players almost never have any teeth." "Neither do kick-boxers," said Shirley. "Maybe you'll look like a kick-boxer, Junie B." Just then, Sheldon did a sigh. "I just hope you don't look like my toothless uncle Lou," he said. "My toothless uncle Lou never brushed or flossed. And then all his teeth fell out." I made a sick face. Sheldon shrugged. "Well, it's not like he's totally toothless," he said. "He still has one

谢尔顿想去接我。 我认为这不是正常的反应。 “当它最终出来的时候，你会看起来很酷的，朱妮B。”赫伯说。 “Sí，”约瑟说。“你会看起来很酷。 我敢打赌，就像曲棍球运动员一样。” “是的，”伦尼说。“曲棍球运动员几乎没有牙齿。” “跆拳道运动员也不会，”雪莉说。 “也许你会看起来像一个搏击拳击手，朱妮·b。” 就在这时，谢尔顿叹了口气。 “我只希望你不要长得像我那没牙的卢叔叔，”他说。 “我的无牙叔叔卢从不刷牙或用牙线剔牙。 然后他所有的牙齿都掉光了。” 我做了个恶心的鬼脸。谢尔登耸耸肩。 “嗯，他又不是完全没有牙齿，”他说。 “他还有一个

bottom tooth left. It's kind of yellow. But it still can bite an apple." After that, Sheldon walked away. I watched him go. Then I sat down in the grass. And I tried and tried not to think of toothless Uncle Lou. After school, me and Herb rode the bus home together. We sit with each other every single day. Except not on Saturdays or Sundays or weekends. Me and Herb talk about lots of stuff on the bus. Only today I didn't feel like talking, hardly. 'Cause I was still upset about looking like Uncle you-know-who. I slumped down in my seat very glum. "What if I look like a weirdo?" I said. "Huh, Herb? What if I look like toothless Uncle Lou?"

左下牙。有点黄。 但它还是能咬苹果。” 在那之后，谢尔顿走开了。 我看着他走了。然后我坐在草地上。 我试着不去想没牙的卢叔叔。 放学后，我和赫伯一起乘公共汽车回家。 我们每天都坐在一起。 除了周六，周日和周末。 我和赫伯在车上聊了很多。 只是今天我不想说话，几乎不想。 因为我还在为自己长得像神秘叔叔而烦恼。 我闷闷不乐地坐在座位上。 “如果我看起来像个怪人怎么办？”我说。 “嗯,草?如果我长得像没牙的卢叔叔呢？”

Herbert patted me. "Don't worry. You won't… probably." I kept on worrying. "Yeah, only today is Friday, Herb," I said. "And so by Monday my tooth will already be out, I bet. And so what if I come to school looking like toothless Uncle Lou? And then all of Room One starts making fun of me? And they form a circle around me, and they laugh and skip and throw fruit?" Then, all of a sudden, I did a gasp. 'Cause an even worser problem popped in my head. I grabbed Herb's shirt. "Oh, no, Herb! Oh, no!" I said. "What if I don't even look like myself on Monday! Not even a tiny bit, I mean! And then I get on this bus. And you don't even recognize me. And so you pass right by my seat. And then I have to sit by myself. All alone… and toothless."

赫伯特拍了拍我。“别担心。 你不会……大概不会。”我一直在担心。 “是啊，只不过今天是星期五，赫伯。”我说。 “所以我敢打赌，到星期一我的牙就已经掉了。 如果我来学校时看起来像没牙的卢叔叔又怎样？ 然后一号房间的人就开始取笑我了？ 他们围着我围成一圈，又笑又跳，还扔水果？”然后，突然间，我倒吸了一口气。 因为我脑子里突然出现了一个更糟糕的问题。 我抓起赫伯的衬衫。“哦，不，赫伯！”哦,不!”我说。 “要是星期一的时候我甚至都不像我自己怎么办！”一点都没有，我是说！然后我上了这辆车。 你甚至不认识我。 所以你正好经过我的座位。 然后我得一个人坐着。 孤身一人……而且没有牙齿。”