12 Ch12-Poor Miss Daisy

Chapter 12 Poor Miss Daisy Monday at school, we had social studies. Miss Daisy said she was really sorry, but she didn't know anything at all about social studies and that we would have to help her. "I don't even know the name of the first president of the United States," she told us.

可怜的黛西小姐星期一在学校，我们有社会课。 黛西小姐说她真的很抱歉，但她对社会研究一窍不通，我们必须帮助她。 “我甚至不知道美国第一任总统的名字，”她告诉我们。

"You don't?" we all said. "I haven't a clue." "It was George Washington!" we all shouted. "Really?" Miss Daisy said with a wink. "Never heard of him." I was beginning to suspect that Miss Daisy might have been just pretending that she didn't know anything all along. One day I caught her looking at a piece of paper, and her eyes were moving back and forth like she was watching a PingPong game. "Hey, you're reading!" I said. "I am not!" she insisted. "You know I can't read." "Then how come your eyes are moving

“你不知道?”我们都说。“我不知道。” “是乔治·华盛顿!” “真的吗?”黛西小姐眨眨眼说。 “从来没听说过他。”我开始怀疑黛西小姐可能只是在假装她一直什么都不知道。 有一天，我发现她在看一张纸，她的眼睛来回转动，就像在看乒乓球比赛一样。 “嘿，你在看书!”我说。 “我没有!”她坚持说。“你知道我不识字。” “那你的眼睛怎么会动呢?

back and forth like you're watching a Ping-Pong game?" "I— I was just thinking about this great Ping-Pong game I saw once," she replied. "It was great. You should have been there." Maybe she was joking, and maybe she wasn't. You can never tell with Crazy Miss Daisy. If it turns out that Miss Daisy really doesn't know anything, I feel a little sorry for her. The kids in our school had read a million pages, and she couldn't read one page. The kids in our class knew how to spell, and do arithmetic and social studies. She hardly knew anything at all! "Don't feel bad, Miss Daisy," I told her. "We'll teach you reading, writing, and

来来回回，就像在看乒乓球比赛一样?”“我——我只是在想我曾经看过的那场很棒的乒乓球比赛，”她回答说。 “太棒了。你应该去的。” 也许她是在开玩笑，也许不是。 你永远无法判断疯狂的黛西小姐。 如果事实证明黛西小姐真的什么都不知道，我会为她感到有点遗憾。 我们学校的孩子们读了一百万页书，而她一页也看不懂。 我们班的孩子们会拼写，会做算术和社会研究。 她几乎什么都不知道!“别难过，黛西小姐，”我对她说。 “我们会教你读书、写字，还有

arithmetic. And we won't tell Principal Klutz how dumb you are." She gave me a big hug. It will be hard work teaching Miss Daisy everything that she doesn't know. I think that by the end of the year, if the whole class works together, we just might bring her up to second-grade level. But it won't be easy.

算术。我们也不会告诉克鲁茨校长你有多蠢。” 她给了我一个大大的拥抱。教黛西小姐所有她不知道的东西将是一项艰苦的工作。 我想到今年年底，如果全班一起努力，我们可能会把她提高到二年级的水平。 但这并不容易。