7. Doing the Math

7 Doing the Math That day, I ran home from my bus stop speedy fast. 'Cause Wednesday is Grampa Miller's day to babysit my baby brother Ollie! And— when I need money—Frank Miller is the man to talk to! I yelled for him at the top of my voice. "GRAMPA MILLER! HEY, GRAMPA MILLER! I NEED YOU! I NEED YOU!" I hollered out. He called up from the basement. "Junie B.? Is that you? I'm down here with

做数学那天，我从公共汽车站飞快地跑回家。 因为周三是米勒爷爷照看我弟弟奥利的日子！当我需要钱的时候，弗兰克·米勒就是我要找的人！我扯着嗓子喊他。 ”米勒的爷爷!嘿，米勒爷爷！我需要你！我需要你！”我大声喊道。 他从地下室打来电话。 “琼丝?是你吗？我在这里

Ollie! We're fixing the dryer!" I hurried down there as fast as I could. Ollie was sitting in the laundry basket. He was hammering his shoe with his red plastic hammer. I patted him on his head. Ollie has a screw loose, I think. After that, I raced to my grampa. And I climbed up on the dryer. "I am so glad you are here, Grampa Miller! On account of Friday I have to buy gifts at the school gift shop. And Mother is giving me five dollars." I grabbed him by his shirt collar. "But I need more, Frank! I need five whole dollars more! 'Cause five and five is ten. And ten dollars will buy me everything I want!" My grampa did a chuckle. "You sweet little girl. You don't need to

奥利!我们在修烘干机！”我以最快的速度赶到那里。 奥利坐在洗衣篮里。 他正在用他的红色塑料锤敲打他的鞋子。 我拍了拍他的头。我觉得奥利脑子有问题。 在那之后，我跑到我爷爷那里。 我爬上了烘干机。 “米勒爷爷，我真高兴你能来！”因为星期五的缘故，我必须去学校的礼品店买礼物。 妈妈给了我五美元。” 我抓住他的衬衫领子。 “但我需要更多，弗兰克！”我还需要五块钱！因为5加5等于10。 十块钱就能买到我想要的一切！”我爷爷咯咯地笑了。 “你这个可爱的小姑娘。你不需要

spend a lot of money on gifts for Grandma and me," he said. "One dollar apiece is just fine. And I'm sure your mother and daddy and Ollie feel the same way." He put me down from the dryer. "It's not how much a gift costs that makes it special, Junie B.," he said. "It's the thought that counts." I looked and looked at that man. I was not making myself clear, apparently. "Okay, here's the deal," I said. "Grampas have to give their grandgirls however much money we want. It's the rules." Grampa Miller raised his eyebrows. "Oh, it is, is it?" he said. After that, he chuckled some more. And he went behind the dryer again. I scratched my head. This attitude was throwing me for a loop.

花很多钱给我和奶奶买礼物，”他说。 “一美元一个就够了。 我相信你的爸爸妈妈和奥利也有同样的感觉。” 他把我从烘干机上放下来。 “一件礼物的特别之处并不在于它的价格，朱妮·B，”他说。 “心意才是最重要的。” 我看了又看那个人。 很明显，我没说清楚。 “好吧，事情是这样的，”我说。 “我们要多少钱，爷爷就得给他们的孙女多少钱。 这是规则。”米勒爷爷扬起了眉毛。 “哦，是吗？”他说。 然后，他又咯咯地笑了起来。 他又走到烘干机后面。 我挠了挠头。这种态度让我大吃一惊。

I climbed back up on the dryer. And I tapped on his head. "How come you're not getting this, Grampa? It's so simple," I said. "I need five dollars and you have five dollars. Boom! Do the math." Grampa Miller looked up at me. "Boom! Do the math?" he repeated. "Is that what you just said?" Then, all of a sudden, he did a loud hoot of laughing. "Boom! Do the math! Ha! That's priceless!" he said. I crossed my arms very annoyed. 'Cause Boom! Do the math is not a laughing matter. I got down from the dryer very grouchy. "Oh, just never mind the whole thing," I grumped.

我爬回烘干机上。 我拍了拍他的头。“你怎么不明白，爷爷？” “太简单了，”我说。“我需要5美元，而你有5美元。 繁荣!算算吧。”米勒爷爷抬头看着我。 “轰!你算算？”他重复道。 “你刚才是这么说的吗？”然后，突然，他发出一声大笑。 “轰!算算吧！哈!这是无价之宝！”他说。 我非常恼火地交叉着双臂。 因为繁荣!算算算算可不是闹着玩的。 我从烘干机里下来，很不高兴。 “哦，别管这整件事。”我嘟囔着。

Then I started to go upstairs. But Grampa called me back. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't go away mad," he said. I turned around. And wait till you hear this! That man was taking money out of his wallet! "You're going to do all right in life, little girl," he said real nice. And then he gave me five whole dollars! "Thank you, Grampa! Thank you! Thank you!" I said. Then I gave him my biggest hug ever. And I ran upstairs to tell Philip Johnny Bob! Philip Johnny Bob is my bestest stuffed elephant. I have known him ever since he got

然后我开始上楼。 但是爷爷给我回了电话。 “哇，哇，哇。不要发疯似的走开。”他说。 我转过身来。等着听这个吧！那个人正在从他的钱包里拿钱！“小女孩，你以后会过得很好的。”他和蔼地说。 然后他给了我整整五美元！“谢谢你，爷爷！”谢谢你！谢谢你!”我说。 然后我给了他一个最大的拥抱。 我跑上楼去告诉菲利普约翰尼·鲍勃！菲利普·约翰尼·鲍勃是我最好的玩具大象。 自从他出生后，我就认识他了

manufactured. I picked him up and threw him in the air. "THE SQUEEZ-A-BURP, PHILIP! I'M GOING TO GET THE SQUEEZ-A-BURP!" I hollered real joyful. Philip looked down from the air. He said to please stop throwing him. I caught him all safe and sound. Then I sat him on my pillow. And I told him all about the gift shop. Plus I showed him the list of gift items. "The gift shop is where you go to buy things for others… mostly," I said. "And so I'm only buying one little toy for myself. And that's all. 'Cause one little toy is not even being a shellfish. Right, Phil? Right?"

生产。我把他捡起来扔向空中。 “打嗝，菲利普！”我要去打个嗝了！”我高兴地叫了起来。 菲利普从空中往下看。 他说请不要再扔他了。 我抓住了他，他安然无恙。 然后我让他坐在我的枕头上。 我跟他说了礼品店的事。 而且我给他看了礼物清单。 “礼品店通常是给别人买东西的地方……”我说。 “所以我只给自己买一个小玩具。 这就是全部。因为一个小玩具甚至都不是贝类。 菲尔?对吗?”