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Chapter 8 A Lot of Books! On Thursday Principal Klutz came into our class. He was wearing a hat, which almost made him look like a regular person who had hair on his head. "I have to go to a meeting," Principal Klutz told us, "but I heard that some of you second graders had something important you wanted to discuss with me."

第八章很多书!星期四，克鲁茨校长来到我们班。 他戴着一顶帽子，这几乎使他看起来像一个头上有头发的普通人。 “我得去开个会，”克鲁茨校长告诉我们，“但我听说你们中有些二年级的学生有很重要的事情要和我讨论。”

Miss Daisy said that I could ask my question. "Can we buy the school?" "Hmmm," Principal Klutz said. "Hmmm" is what grown-ups say instead of "er" or "um" or "uh" when they don't know what to say. "Why do you want to buy the school?" Principal Klutz asked. "Because we want to turn it into a video-game arcade," I told him. "I see," the principal said. "Schools cost a lot of money." "How much?" I asked. "If you tell us how much it will cost, we'll raise the money." "I'll tell you what," Principal Klutz said. "I can't sell you the school, but I can rent

黛西小姐说我可以问我的问题。 “我们能买下这所学校吗?”“嗯，”克鲁茨校长说。 当大人们不知道该说什么时，他们会说“嗯”，而不是“嗯”或“嗯”。 “你为什么想买下这所学校?”克鲁茨校长问。 “因为我们想把它变成一个电子游戏厅，”我告诉他。 “我明白了，”校长说。 “上学要花很多钱。” “多少钱?”我问。“如果你告诉我们要花多少钱，我们就筹钱。” “我告诉你，”克鲁茨校长说。 “我不能把学校卖给你，但我可以租

it to you for a night. Do you know the difference between buying and renting?" Andrea Young got her hand up first, as usual. "When you buy a video, you get to keep it forever," she said. "If you rent it, you have to return it to the video store in a couple of days."

这是给你的一个晚上。你知道买房和租房的区别吗?”像往常一样，安德里亚·杨第一个举手。 “当你买了一个视频，你可以永远拥有它，”她说。 “如果你租了它，你必须在几天内把它归还音像店。”

"That's right," the principal said. "Would you be interested in renting the school for a night?" "How much would that cost?" I asked. "One million pages," Principal Klutz replied. "Huh?" "If you kids read a million pages in books, you can turn the school into a video-game arcade for one night." A million pages! That sounded like a lot of books. "How about a thousand pages?" I suggested. "A million," said Principal Klutz. "That's my final offer. Take it or leave it." "Would it be okay if some of the other

“没错，”校长说。 “你有兴趣在学校租一晚吗?”“那要花多少钱?”我问。 “一百万页，”克鲁茨校长回答。 “嗯?”“如果你的孩子们读了一百万页的书，你可以把学校变成一个晚上的电子游戏厅。” 一百万页!听起来好像有很多书。 “一千页怎么样?”我建议。 “一百万，”克鲁茨校长说。 “这是我的最后报价。要么接受，要么放弃。” “如果其他的

classes helped us out?" Miss Daisy asked. "Certainly," Principal Klutz said. "The more the merrier. And I'll tell you what I'm going to do. If the kids in this school read a million pages, I will come to the big video-game night dressed in a gorilla suit." "You've got a deal!" I said, rushing forward to shake Principal Klutz's hand. In my head I was already hatching a plan.

课堂帮助了我们?”黛西小姐问。 “当然，”克鲁茨校长说。 “人越多越好。我来告诉你我要做什么。 如果这所学校的孩子读了一百万页书，我就会穿着大猩猩的衣服来参加盛大的电子游戏之夜。” “成交!”我说着，冲过去和克鲁茨校长握手。 在我的脑海里，我已经有了一个计划。