5 Ch5-The Science (Not) Fair

Chapter 5 The Science (Not) Fair Vacations are the best. No school for a whole week! No teachers yelling at you to stop talking. No homework. No getting up early. No Andrea. My family went to the beach. I didn't think about school once. It was great. But then came Monday, the worst day

第五章科学(而非公平)假期是最好的。 整整一个星期不上学!没有老师对你大喊大叫让你闭嘴。 没有家庭作业。不要早起。 安德里亚。我的家人去了海滩。 我一次都没想过上学的事。 太棒了。但到了周一，最糟糕的一天

of the week. When I got on the bus for school! I was tired because I had to get up so early. "Good morning," I grunted to Mrs. Kormel, the bus driver. "Bingle boo," Mrs. Kormel replied. Mrs. Kormel is not normal. I thought I was in some weird science fiction movie. All the kids on the bus had strange stuff on their laps. One kid had two soda bottles stuck together, and he

本周的。当我坐上校车去上学的时候!我很累，因为我必须早起。 “早上好，”我咕哝着对公交司机考梅尔太太说。 科梅尔太太回答说:“砰!” 科梅尔夫人不正常。 我还以为我在演科幻电影呢。 公车上所有的孩子膝盖上都有奇怪的东西。 有个孩子把两个汽水瓶粘在了一起，然后他

was shaking them to make a little tornado. One kid had a microscope. One kid had a bunch of balloons. Then I remembered— the science fair! I sat next to Ryan. He had some boxes of cereal and a big magnet. He said he was going to find out how much iron was in each kind of cereal. All morning I tried to think of an excuse for not bringing in an experiment. I couldn't say my dog ate it because I used that one last time. Besides, I don't have a dog. Finally it was time for science. Mr. Docker came to our class so we wouldn't have to carry our experiments to the

把它们摇成一个小龙卷风。 一个孩子拿着显微镜。一个孩子拿着一堆气球。 然后我想起来了——科学博览会!我坐在瑞恩旁边。 他有几盒麦片和一块大磁铁。 他说他要弄清楚每种谷物的铁含量。 整个上午我都在想一个不做实验的借口。 我不能说我的狗吃了它，因为我最后一次用了它。 再说，我没有狗。 最后是科学的时候了。 多克先生来了我们班这样我们就不用把实验带到

science room. Everybody had an experiment on their desk. Everybody but me. "Didn't you do an experiment, A.J.?" asked Andrea. "You're going to be in trouble." "So is your face," I said. Let me give you some advice. If you ever get stuck and you don't know what to say to somebody, just say, "So is your face." If somebody says you're ugly or some other mean thing, just say, "So is your face." There's nothing they can say. You really can't go wrong with "So is your face." Everybody started asking Mr. Docker questions.

科学的房间。每个人的桌子上都有一个实验品。 所有人，除了我。“你没做过实验吗，A.J.?”安德里亚问。 “你会有麻烦的。” “你的脸也是，”我说。 让我给你一些建议。 如果你卡住了，不知道该对别人说什么，就说:“你的脸也是。” 如果有人说你很丑或者其他刻薄的话，你就说:“So is your face”。 他们什么也说不出来。 说"你的脸也是"绝对不会错 每个人都开始问多克先生问题。

"How can you tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator?" Emily asked. "Alligators have bigger snouts," said Mr. Docker. Wow, Mr. Docker knows everything! "Is a zebra white with black stripes or black with white stripes?" Michael asked. "You'll have to shave a zebra to find out," said Mr. Docker. "But we don't have time for questions today. I'm anxious to see your experiments. Let's start with the A people." Why do we always have to do stuff in ABC order? I always have to go first! Luckily, Miss I-know-everything had

“你怎么能区分鳄鱼和短吻鳄?”艾米丽问。 “短吻鳄的鼻子更大，”多克先生说。 哇，多克先生什么都知道!“斑马是白色带黑色条纹还是黑色带白色条纹?”迈克尔问道。 “你得给斑马剃毛才能知道，”多克先生说。 “但是我们今天没有时间提问了。 我很想看看你的实验。 让我们从A级人群开始吧。” 为什么我们总是要按ABC顺序做事? 我总是要先走一步!幸运的是，无所不知的小姐

her hand up, so she got to go first. Andrea brought a big cardboard box up to the front of the room. "My what-if question was, What if I played music to flowers?" Andrea said. "What kind would help them grow?" That had to be the dumbest experiment in the history of the world. Inside the box Andrea had four flowerpots. She made all these charts and graphs to show what she did. Teachers love that stuff. "I played Beethoven for flower number one," Andrea said "Flower number two heard jazz music. Flower number three listened to rock and roll. And with flower

她举手了，所以她先说。 安德里亚把一个大纸板箱带到房间前面。 “我的假设问题是，如果我给花演奏音乐会怎么样?”安德里亚说。 “什么能帮助他们成长?”那一定是世界历史上最愚蠢的实验。 安德烈在盒子里放了四个花盆。 她做了所有这些图表来展示她所做的。 老师喜欢这些东西。“我为一号花演奏贝多芬的曲子，”安德烈说，“二号花听的是爵士乐。 三号花听摇滚乐。 还有花