5 Ch5-The Middle of Nowhere

Chapter 5 The Middle of Nowhere Mrs. Kormel drove for a million hundred hours, and we still hadn't reached the nude kid's house. Where was it? Now Show and Share was over for sure. We probably missed math, too. If we didn't get to school soon, we would miss our DEAR time. That stands for Drop Everything and Read.

科梅尔太太开了无数个小时的车，我们仍然没有到达那个裸体孩子的家。 它在哪里?现在，“展示和分享”肯定结束了。 我们可能也错过了数学。 如果我们不快点到学校，我们就会错过我们的美好时光。 意思是放下一切，开始阅读。

I hate reading. Finally we drove by some big trucks and there was a sign that said DETOUR. "Hey, we're going to take a tour," said Ryan. "Tours are cool!" "Detours aren't tours, dumbhead!" said Andrea. "Workers are fixing the road, so Mrs. Kormel has to get off this road and go another way to the nude kid's house!" "Bix blattinger!" said Mrs. Kormel as she slammed her fist against the steering wheel. I don't know what "bix blattinger" means, but that's what Mrs. Kormel

我讨厌读书。最后我们经过一些大卡车，有一个牌子写着绕行。 “嘿，我们要去参观一下，”瑞恩说。 “旅游太酷了!”“绕路不是旅行，笨蛋!”安德烈说。 “工人们正在修路，所以科尔梅尔太太必须离开这条路，走另一条路去那个裸体孩子的家!”“呸!”科梅尔太太一边说，一边用拳头猛击着方向盘。 我不知道"哔哔"是什么意思，但考梅尔太太就是这么说的

always says when she gets really angry or frustrated. "What does 'bix blattinger' mean, Mrs. Kormel?" I asked. "Never you mind!" said Mrs. Kormel. "I think Mrs. Kormel must have said a bad word," said Ryan. "But she said it in her secret language," Michael said, "so we won't know what it means." You shouldn't say bad words. We all tried to figure out which bad word Mrs. Kormel said. I had heard most

她生气或沮丧的时候总是这么说。 “‘bix blattinger’是什么意思，考梅尔太太?”我问。 “别介意!”考梅尔太太说。 “我想考梅尔太太一定说了脏话，”瑞恩说。 “但她是用她的密语说的，”迈克尔说，“所以我们不知道那是什么意思。” 你不应该说脏话。 我们都想弄清楚考梅尔太太说的是哪个脏话。 我听到的最多的

of the bad words, but Michael and Ryan knew a few that I didn't know and they taught them to me. So even though we were really late for school, it was still a learning experience. After we got off the regular road, the road we were on wasn't even a real road. It was more like a jungle or a swamp or something. There were these big plants slapping against the bus windows. The ride was bumpy, and it was still raining. Mrs. Kormel could barely see in front of her. "This is like the rainforest," Andrea said. "I hope we don't get eaten by alligators," said Michael. "Look!" somebody yelled. A family of ducks was crossing the road in front of us.

但迈克尔和瑞恩知道一些我不知道的脏话，他们教给我。 所以即使我们上学迟到了，这仍然是一次学习的经历。 当我们离开了正常的道路，我们所走的路甚至不是一条真正的路。 更像是丛林或沼泽之类的地方。 这些大植物拍打着公共汽车的窗户。 一路上颠簸不平，天还在下雨。 科梅尔太太几乎看不见前面的东西。 “这就像热带雨林，”安德里亚说。 “我希望我们不会被鳄鱼吃掉。”迈克尔说。 “看!”有人喊道。一群鸭子在我们前面过马路。

"They're cute!" shouted all the girls. "Let's run them over!" shouted all the boys. I didn't really want Mrs. Kormel to run

“它们真可爱!”所有的女孩都喊道。 “让我们从他们身上碾过去!”所有的男孩都喊道。 我真的不希望考梅尔夫人参选

over the ducks, but it was hilarious anyway. Mrs. Kormel kept on driving, but I didn't see the nude kid's house anywhere. In fact, I didn't see any houses. Or human beings. "Where are we?" somebody asked. "The middle of nowhere," said Mrs. Kormel. I said it was too bad we weren't at the edge of nowhere. Because if we were at the edge of nowhere, we'd be right next to the edge of somewhere. And the edge of somewhere is near the middle of somewhere, which is where we wanted to be. Ryan said we were probably close to the nude kid's house. Because if you were

因为鸭子，不过还是很搞笑。 科梅尔太太继续开车，但我没有看到那个裸体孩子的房子。 事实上，我没有看到任何房子。 或者人类。“我们在哪儿?”有人问。 “荒无人烟的地方，”考梅尔太太说。 我说我们不是在荒无人烟的地方真是太糟糕了。 因为如果我们在不知道什么地方的边缘，我们就会紧挨着某个地方的边缘。 某处的边缘靠近某处的中间，也就是我们想要的位置。 瑞安说我们可能离那个裸体小孩的家很近。 因为如果你是