6. Teamwork

6 Teamwork After we got back from recess, Mr. Scary went back to the board. "Okay, everyone. It's time for the big event," he said. "We're going to begin choosing our play parts now. We'll start with Junie B. and José. Are you two ready to go?" "Ready!" hollered José. "Ready!" I hollered. "And guess what else, Mr. Scary? I'm even going to let José go first. 'Cause that will be very polite of me. Plus

我们休息回来后，吓人先生又回到黑板前。 “好吧,每一个人。现在是大事件发生的时候了。” “我们现在要开始选角色了。 我们先从朱妮·b和乔斯维尔开始。 你们俩准备好出发了吗？”“准备好了！”约瑟夫喊道。 “准备好了!”我大声喊道。“你猜还有什么，吓人先生？” 我甚至会让约瑟先走。 因为那样我就太客气了。 +

José already told me that he wants to be Columbus. And I don't. So being polite will work out beautifully this time." I pointed at José. "Okay, go," I said. José looked annoyed at me. "But you already told him, Junie B. I want to be Columbus." I clapped my hands real delighted. "I knew it!" I said. "I knew being polite would work out good this time! On account of I want to be the Pinta! 'Cause the Pinta was the fastest ship! And the fastest ship is the winner ship. And the winner ship is the star ship!" I skipped to the pencil sharpener and back again. Mr. Scary said please stop doing that. "Being the Pinta is fine, Junie B.," he said.

约瑟已经告诉我他想成为哥伦布。 我没有。所以，这次礼貌一点会有很好的效果。” 我指着约瑟。“好吧，去吧，”我说。 约瑟生气地看着我。 “可是你已经告诉过他了，朱妮·B。 我想成为哥伦布。”我高兴地拍起手来。 “我就知道！”我说。“我知道这次礼貌一点会有好结果的！因为我想成为平塔！因为平塔号是最快的船！最快的船就是赢家。 获胜的船是明星船！”我跳到卷笔刀前，又跳了回来。 吓人先生说请不要再这样了。 “做品塔很好，朱妮·B，”他说。

"But you do understand that our ships will not be racing, right? All three of our ships will be arriving together." I did a little frown. "Yeah, only that's not how I actually had it pictured in my head," I said. "'Cause a race will be more exciting, I think. And so maybe I will just arrive a little bit first. Like by an inch, or a foot… or half an hour, possibly." Mr. Scary shook his head no. "This play is not about stars or winners. It's about teamwork," he said. "You are more than welcome to be the Pinta, Junie B. But you can't arrive before the other ships. Got it?" I did a big sigh. "Got it," I said kind of glum. Mr. Scary wrote my name next to the Pinta.

“但你知道我们的船不会参加比赛，对吧？” 我们的三艘船将一起到达。” 我微微皱了皱眉。“是啊，只不过我脑子里不是这么想的，”我说。 “因为我认为比赛会更刺激。 所以我可能会先到一点。 也许是一英寸，一英尺……也许是半个小时。” 吓人先生摇了摇头。 “这部剧不是关于明星或赢家的。 这是关于团队合作，”他说。 “非常欢迎你来做品塔，朱妮·B。 但你不能比其他船先到。 明白了吗?”我深深地叹了口气。 “明白了。”我有点郁闷地说。 吓人先生在品塔旁边写了我的名字。

Then he called on the other children to choose their play parts, too. Lucille chose richie Queen Isabella. And Camille and Chenille chose the Atlantic Ocean. Then my bestest friend Herbert chose to be Land. And that is the importantest role of all, almost. 'Cause without Land, you can't actually land, probably. After Herb, lots of other children picked their parts, too. Then finally, it was May's turn. May had to go last because all her facts were about the dumb Mayflower, and not about Columbus. She stood up very grouchy. "All the good roles are already taken. So I guess I'll have to be the tubby old Santa María," she grumped. Mr. Scary wrote her name on the board.

然后他叫其他的孩子也选择他们的角色。 露西尔选择了富有的伊莎贝拉女王。 卡米尔和雪尼尔选择了大西洋。 然后我最好的朋友赫伯特选择了兰德。 这几乎是所有角色中最重要的。 因为没有Land，你可能无法着陆。 在赫伯之后，许多其他孩子也选择了自己的角色。 最后，轮到梅了。 梅不得不最后说，因为她所有的事实都是关于愚蠢的五月花号，而不是关于哥伦布的。 她很不高兴地站起来。 “所有好的角色都已经有人演了。 所以我想我只能扮胖乎乎的老圣诞老人María了，”她嘟囔着。 吓人先生把她的名字写在了黑板上。

"The Santa María is an excellent choice, May," he said. "The Santa María was the biggest ship. And it carried Columbus, you know." May sat up a little straighter. "It did?" she said. "It really did? It carried Columbus? Nobody told me that before." She reached over and tapped on me. "I bet you didn't know that, either. Did you, Junie Jones? If you knew that, I bet you'd be the Santa María," she said. I rolled my eyeballs at her. "Of course I knew that, you silly-head May," I said. "The whole entire world knew that except for you, probably." May looked disappointed. She turned her head back around. I waited for a second to make sure she wasn't looking.

“圣诞老人María是个不错的选择，梅，”他说。 “圣诞老人María是最大的船。 你知道，它载着哥伦布。” 梅坐直了一些。 “真的吗？”她说。“真的吗？” 它载着哥伦布？以前没人告诉过我。” 她伸出手来轻拍我。 “我打赌你也不知道。 是吗，琼·琼斯？如果你知道，我打赌你就是圣诞老人María。”她说。 我对她翻白眼。 “我当然知道，你这个笨蛋梅，”我说。 “也许全世界都知道，除了你。” 梅看起来很失望。她转过头去。 我等了一会儿，确保她没在看。

Then I slumped down in my chair. And tapped my fingers very annoyed. 'Cause guess what? I didn't know that.

然后我瘫倒在椅子上。 很生气地敲着我的手指。 因为你猜怎么着？我不知道。