4. Cheater Pants

4 Cheater Pants It's still dumb Monday Dear First-grade journal, Right now it is recess. I am not playing on the playground. Instead, I am sitting at my desk. And I'm waiting to get yelled at. I wish I could disappear into thin hair. If I could disappear,

亲爱的一年级日记，现在是课间休息。 我不在操场上玩。 相反，我坐在办公桌前。 我还等着被骂呢。 我希望我能消失在细细的头发里。 如果我能消失，

I would run outside. And I would find May. And I would clunk her on the head. I wish I didn't even sit next to that girl. 'Cause people should never leave homework on their desk for other people to borrow. That is just asking for trouble mister. From, Junie B., First Grader Mr. Scary was writing at his desk. He looked up and called my name. "Junie B.?" he said. "I'm ready for you now. Could you bring your chair up here, please? My stomach flipped and flopped. 'Cause here came the yelling part, that's why.

我会跑到外面。我会找到梅。 我会狠狠地砸她的头。 我真希望我没坐在那个女孩旁边。 因为人们不应该把作业放在桌子上让别人借。 这是自找麻烦，先生。 来自，朱妮B，一年级的恐怖先生正在他的课桌上写字。 他抬起头，叫我的名字。 “朱妮·b ?”“我现在准备好了。 请把椅子搬过来好吗？ 我的胃怦怦直跳。 因为现在是大喊大叫的时候，这就是原因。

I did some deep breaths. Then I pulled my chair to the front of the room. And I sat down next to him. Mr. Scary took my homework paper out of his drawer. He set it in front of me very serious. "I want you to explain this, Junie B.," he said. "I want you to tell me exactly why you copied May's homework this morning." I tried to swallow, but nothing went down. "Um, well, let's see the reason I copied was was I tapped on my chin. Then, all of a sudden I thought of it! "Daddy!" I said. "It was my daddy's fault!" My teacher looked surprised at that answer. "Your daddy?" he said. "Your daddy told you to copy May's homework?"

我做了几次深呼吸。然后我把椅子拉到房间前面。 我坐在他旁边。 吓人先生把我的作业纸从抽屉里拿了出来。 他很严肃地把它摆在我面前。 “我要你解释一下，朱妮·B，”他说。 “我要你告诉我你今天早上为什么抄梅的作业。” 我试着吞咽，但什么也咽不下去。 “嗯，好吧，让我们看看我复制的原因是我敲了一下下巴。 然后，我突然想到了！“爸爸!”我说。 “是我爸爸的错！”我的老师对这个答案感到惊讶。 “你爸爸？”他说。“你爸爸让你抄梅的作业？”

"Yes," I said. "I mean, no. I mean, last night I wanted to stay up late to do my homework. But Daddy turned out my light. And so he is the reason that I had to come to school without it." "Ohhhh I see," said my teacher. "Your daddy wouldn't let you stay up. So that's what forced you to copy May's paper." I nodded real fast. "Yes," I said. "That's exactly it." Mr. Scary raised his eyebrows. "So did May actually give you her paper to copy?" he asked next. I rolled my eyes at that crazy question. "No, silly. May would never be that nice," I said. "It's just that this morning she kept on bragging about how her homework is always an A+. And then she left the paper on top of her desk when she went to the office. And that is just asking for trouble, mister."

“是的，”我说。“我的意思是，不。 我是说，昨晚我想熬夜做作业。 但是爸爸把我的灯关掉了。 所以他就是我上学不带手机的原因。” “哦，我明白了，”我的老师说。 “你爸爸不让你熬夜。 所以你才不得不抄梅的论文。” 我很快地点了点头。“是的，”我说。 “正是这样。”吓人先生扬起了眉毛。 “那么梅真的把她的论文给你复印了吗？”他接着问。 听到这个疯狂的问题，我翻了个白眼。 “不,傻。梅永远不会那么好，”我说。 “只是今天早上她一直在吹嘘她的家庭作业总是得A+。 然后当她去办公室的时候，她把报纸放在了她的桌子上。 你这是在自找麻烦，先生。”

Mr. Scary leaned back in his chair. "Ah," he said. "So when May left for the office, you saw her paper and you just decided to—" "Borrow it," I said. "I decided to borrow it to copy." My teacher did a frown. "Borrow?" he said. "No, Junie B. I'm sorry. But borrow is not the right word here at all. When you copy someone else's paper, that's called cheating." My eyes got big and shocked at that word. 'Cause what was he even talking about? "No, Mr. Scary. No. I didn't cheat. I didn't," I said. "Cheating is when you steal answers off of someone's test. But homework isn't a test. Homework doesn't even count, hardly." "Oh, but homework does count, Junie B.," he said back. "Cheating is not just about

吓人先生靠在椅子上。 “啊，”他说。“所以梅去办公室的时候，你看到她的论文，就决定——”“借。”我说。 “我决定借这本书来抄。” 我的老师皱了皱眉。“借？”他说。 “不，朱妮·b，对不起。但是“借”这个词在这里根本不合适。 当你抄袭别人的论文时，这叫做作弊。” 听到这个词，我瞪大了眼睛，惊呆了。 因为他到底在说什么？ “不，吓人先生。不。我没有作弊。 我没有，”我说。“作弊就是从别人的试卷上偷答案。 但家庭作业不是测试。 家庭作业根本不算，几乎不算。” “哦，但是家庭作业是很重要的，朱妮B，”他回答说。 “作弊不仅仅是关于

stealing test answers. Cheating is anytime you take someone else's work and you present it as your own." He looked at me. "When you cheated this morning, you broke my trust in you, Junie B.," he said. "We have a rule about this in Room One.

偷考答案。欺骗就是任何时候你把别人的工作当成自己的。” 他看着我。“你今天早上作弊，你辜负了我对你的信任，朱妮·B，”他说。 “我们在一号房间有个规定。