2. Letting Go

2 Letting Go It is not easy to hold your nose and eat a sandwich. You cannot swallow good like that. Also, you can't actually breathe. The reason I know this is because Room One kept on holding our noses while we ate lunch. My ears felt blocked when I chewed. I tapped on my friend Herbert. "I am not enjoying my cheese sandwich

忍住鼻子吃个三明治可不容易。 你不能那样吞下好东西。 而且，你不能真正呼吸。 我之所以知道这一点，是因为一号房间在我们吃午饭的时候一直捏着我们的鼻子。 我嚼东西时觉得耳朵塞了。 我找到了我的朋友赫伯特。 “我不喜欢我的奶酪三明治

today," I said. "Me too," said Herb. "I am not enjoying my sandwich, too. Plus I don't even know what I'm eating. 'Cause I can't taste what's under my lettuce." I thought for a minute. Then I tapped on him again. "Yeah, only what if you're eating something you hate?" I said. Herb thought, too. Then he quick put down his sandwich. And he lifted up the bread so both of us could see. We leaned our heads in real close. Lennie and José leaned their heads in, too. "Hmm," said José. "This is only a guess… but I'm thinking tuna salad." Lennie shook his head. "I'm thinking ham spread."

今天，”我说。“我也是。”赫伯说。 “我也不喜欢我的三明治。 而且我都不知道我在吃什么。 因为我尝不出生菜下面的东西。” 我想了一会儿。然后我又拍了拍他。 “是啊，除非你吃了你讨厌的东西？”我说。 赫伯也这么想。然后他迅速放下他的三明治。 他把面包举起来，好让我们俩都能看见。 我们把头靠得很近。 伦尼和约瑟也把头探了进去。 “嗯，”约瑟说。“这只是猜测……但我想要的是金枪鱼沙拉。” 伦尼摇了摇头。“我在想火腿酱。”

Herb made a face. "I'm thinking I'm done," he said. After that, he got out his apple. And he tried to take a bite. Only he couldn't actually get it in his mouth. On account of he was still holding his nostrils. Finally, Herbert got frustration in him. "I give up," he grouched.

赫伯做了个鬼脸。“我想我完蛋了，”他说。 说完，他拿出了苹果。 他试着咬了一口。 只是他没法把它放进嘴里。 因为他还捏着鼻孔。 最后，赫伯特感到沮丧。 “我放弃了，”他抱怨道。

Then he let go of his nose. And he breathed in a big sniff of air. "Mmm… ahhh… air," he said. It looked good to do that. I let go of my nostrils and breathed, too. "Mmm… ahhh… air," I said. Next to me, May's whole mouth came open. She did the cuckoo sign at us. "You two are crazy to do that," she said. "Dirty, nasty germs are getting sucked right up your nose this very minute, I bet." I looked surprised at that news. "Really, May?" I said. "Thank you for telling me that." Then I leaned over next to her. And I breathed out my nose air on her shoulder. "There. All gone," I said. May did a gasp.

然后他放开了他的鼻子。 他深深地吸了一口气。 “嗯……啊……空气。”他说。 这样做看起来不错。 我也放开了鼻孔，开始呼吸。 “嗯……啊……空气，”我说。 在我旁边，梅张开了整个嘴巴。 她对我们做了个布谷鸟手势。 “你们俩这么做真是疯了，”她说。 “我敢打赌，肮脏、讨厌的细菌此刻正被吸进你的鼻子里。” 听到那个消息，我显得很吃惊。 “真的,可能吗?”我说。“谢谢你告诉我这些。” 然后我俯身靠近她。 我把鼻子里的气吹到她的肩膀上。 ”。都没了。”我说。 梅倒吸了一口气。

"EW! EW! EW!" she hollered real loud. Then she jumped right up. And she tattletaled to Mr. Scary at the front of the table. "Mr. Scary! Mr. Scary! Junie Jones breathed nose air on my shoulder! And now I've got germs on me!" she yelled. Mr. Scary kept on eating his lunch. He was pretending May was not there, I believe. May kept on tapping on his arm. And she wiped her shoulder. "Nose air! Nose air! Nose air!" she hollered in his ear. Finally, Mr. Scary stood up real calm. And he walked May back to her seat. "Boys and girls, I know that many of you are still worried about what happened to Roger this morning," he said. "And I promise

“哟!哟!呃！”她大声叫道。 然后她跳了起来。她向坐在桌子前面的吓人先生打了小报告。 “可怕的先生!可怕的先生!琼·琼斯对着我的肩膀呼气！现在我身上有细菌了！”她喊道。 吓人先生继续吃他的午餐。 我相信他是假装梅不在场。 梅不停地拍着他的胳膊。 她擦了擦肩膀。 “鼻子空气!鼻子空气!鼻子里的空气！”她在他耳边喊道。 最后，吓人先生冷静地站了起来。 他送梅回到座位上。 他说：“孩子们，我知道你们很多人仍然在担心今天早上罗杰身上发生的事情。 我保证

that we'll talk more about this after recess, okay? But right now, I want all of you to release your nostrils. And eat your lunch." He stood there and waited. One by one, all of us let go of our nostrils. Only not Sheldon. Instead, Sheldon ducked his head under the lunch table. And he said he was looking for his pickle. I peeked at him under there. He was hiding under his napkin holding his nose. When the bell finally rang for recess, Room One was the first class out the door. "FRESH AIR! FRESH AIR! FRESH AIR!" we shouted very joyful. Then all of us breathed big snorts of breath. Because Roger couldn't have shot his germs all the way outside, probably.

我们休息后再详谈，好吗？ 但现在，我要你们所有人都张开鼻孔。 吃你的午餐。”他站在那里等着。 一个接一个，我们所有人都放开了鼻孔。 只不过不是谢尔顿。相反，谢尔顿把头埋在了午餐桌下。 他说他在找他的泡菜。 我偷看了他在下面。 他躲在餐巾下面捂着鼻子。 下课铃终于响了，一号教室是第一个走出教室的。 “新鲜的空气!新鲜空气!新鲜空气！”我们高兴地喊道。 然后我们所有人都深深地吸了一口气。 可能因为罗杰不可能在外面把细菌都射死了。