5 Ch5-The Most Genius Idea!

Chapter 5 The Most Genius Idea! After lunch we had recess, which means we get to go out in the playground and run around. Miss Daisy said we needed to burn off energy. "Now this is more my style," I announced when we got outside, I made a beeline for the monkey bars. Then

第5章最天才的主意!午饭后我们休息，这意味着我们可以去操场上到处跑。 黛西小姐说我们需要消耗能量。 “现在这更符合我的风格，”我们走到外面时，我宣布。我径直向单杠走去。 然后

me and some other kids hit the swings. After that all the boys had a contest to see who could spin around in circles the longest without throwing up. Michael Robinson won. Then we all sat down on the grass. Even though Miss Daisy was pretty cool, we all agreed that we hated school. We made a promise to one another that we would hate school forever, even if we changed our minds and decided that we liked school.

我和其他孩子去荡秋千。 在那之后，所有的男孩进行了一场比赛，看谁能在不呕吐的情况下绕圈转得最长。 迈克尔·罗宾逊赢了。然后我们都坐在草地上。 尽管黛西小姐很酷，我们还是一致认为我们讨厌学校。 我们彼此承诺，即使我们改变主意，决定我们喜欢学校，我们也会永远讨厌学校。

That's when Ryan came up with the most genius idea in the history of the world. This was his idea: We should buy the school. Ryan told us that his father worked for this big company and that once his father's company bought some other company just like you would go into a store and buy a candy bar. Ryan said it happens all the time. He said he didn't see any reason why we couldn't buy the school just like that. "If we bought the school, what would we do with it?" Michael Robinson asked. "We could do anything we want with it. We'd own it." "Could we turn it into a video-game

就在那时，瑞安想出了世界历史上最天才的主意。 这就是他的想法:我们应该买下学校。 瑞安告诉我们，他父亲在一家大公司工作，有一次他父亲的公司收购了另一家公司，就像你走进一家商店买一块糖果一样。 瑞安说这种事经常发生。 他说他看不出有什么理由我们不能像那样买下学校。 “如果我们买下这所学校，我们会用它做什么?”迈克尔·罗宾逊问。 “我们可以用它做任何我们想做的事情。 我们会拥有它。”“我们能把它变成一个电子游戏吗?

arcade?" I asked. "Sure, why not? Instead of teaching reading and writing and arithmetic, we could teach kids how to play video games." "And we could ride skateboards in the hallways?" asked Michael Robinson. "Sure we could," Ryan said, "if we owned it." I got all excited, because if there's one thing that I like to do almost as much as playing football, it's playing video games.

商场吗?”我问。“当然，为什么不呢?” 我们可以教孩子们如何玩电子游戏，而不是教他们阅读、写作和算术。” “我们可以在走廊里玩滑板吗?”迈克尔·罗宾逊问道。 “当然可以，”瑞恩说，“如果我们拥有它的话。” 我非常兴奋，因为如果有一件事我几乎和踢足球一样喜欢做，那就是玩电子游戏。

Oh, and riding skateboards. I started emptying out my pockets. I had a nickel, three pennies, and a LifeSaver. The other boys emptied their pockets too. We separated all the pennies, nickels and dimes into little piles. Then we added up all the money. We had one dollar and thirty-two cents. "Wow!" Michael Robinson said. "That's a lot of money!" "I don't think it's enough to buy a school," said Ryan, who knew a thing or two about financial matters because his father worked for this big company. "Well, how much do you need to buy a school?" I asked.

哦，还有玩滑板。 我开始掏空口袋。 我有一个五分镍币，三个便士，还有一个救生圈。 其他男孩也掏空了口袋。 我们把所有的1分、5分和10分的硬币分成小堆。 然后我们把所有的钱加起来。 我们有1美元32美分。 “哇!”迈克尔·罗宾逊说。 “那可是一大笔钱啊!”“我觉得买一所学校是不够的，”瑞安说，他对财务问题略知一二，因为他的父亲在这家大公司工作。 “那么，买一所学校需要多少钱?”我问。

"Beats me," said Ryan. "We'd better ask Miss Daisy." We all rushed inside after recess and asked Miss Daisy how much it would cost to buy the school. "Gee, I don't know," said Miss Daisy, who didn't seem to know much of anything. "Why do you want to buy the school?" "We want to turn it into a video-game arcade," I told her. "What a great idea!" She beamed. "I love video games. There are so many schools and so few video-game arcades. It makes perfect sense to turn some of those schools into video-game arcades. I'll arrange a meeting with Mr. Klutz

“我不知道，”瑞恩说。“我们最好问问黛西小姐。” 课间休息后，我们都冲了进去，问黛西小姐要买这所学校要花多少钱。 “哎呀，我不知道，”黛西小姐说，她似乎什么都不知道。 “你为什么想买下这所学校?”“我们想把它变成一个电子游戏厅，”我告诉她。 “好主意!”她微笑着。 “我喜欢电子游戏。学校如此之多，电子游戏厅却如此之少。 把一些学校变成电子游戏厅是非常合理的。 我会安排和克鲁茨先生见面