3 Ch3-If You Don't Have Something Nice to Say, Say Something Mean

Chapter 3 If You Don't Have Something Nice to Say, Say Something Mean Even after Ms. Todd wrote my name on her piece of paper, she still had on a big smiley face. It must hurt to smile so much. My friend Billy who lives around the corner told me that if you keep smiling too long, your face muscles get frozen like that forever.

第三章如果你没有什么好听的话要说，那就说些刻薄的话。 托德把我的名字写在她那张纸上，她还在上面画了一个大大的笑脸。 笑得这么厉害一定很疼吧。 我住在街角的朋友比利告诉我，如果你笑得太久，你脸上的肌肉就会永远冻成那样。

Ms. Todd told us all to sit in a big circle on the floor. "Let's go around the room and say something nice about the person sitting across from us," she said. "This will help me learn your names and get to know you better."

托德老师叫我们大家在地板上围成一个大圈坐着。 “让我们绕着房间说几句坐在我们对面的人的好话，”她说。 “这将帮助我记住你们的名字，更好地了解你们。”

"Annette is a really good soccer player," said this girl named Lindsay. "Lindsay knows everything about horses," said Annette. "Michael is really good at sports," said Ryan. "Ryan is a really good eater," said Michael. "He will even eat stuff that isn't food!"

“安妮特是一个很好的足球运动员，”一个叫林赛的女孩说。 “琳赛对马了如指掌，”安妮特说。 “迈克尔真的很擅长运动，”瑞恩说。 “瑞恩真是个好吃货，”迈克尔说。 “他甚至会吃不是食物的东西!”

I looked to see who was sitting across from me. Ugh. It was Andrea! I hoped that I wouldn't get called on. "Your turn, Andrea," said Ms. Todd. Andrea looked at me for a long time. "A.J. is really good at picking out clothes," she finally said. Then she stuck her tongue out at me when Ms. Todd wasn't looking. "Wait a minute," Ms. Todd said to me. "I thought you said your name was Ryan!" "I'm Ryan," said Ryan. "He's a liar," said Andrea. "His name is A.J. That stands for Arlo Jervis." Ms. Todd went over to the desk and

我看了看坐在我对面的人。 啊。是安德里亚!我希望我不会被叫去。 “轮到你了，安德烈。” 托德。安德里亚看了我很久。 “A.J.真的很会挑衣服，”她最后说。 然后她对我吐舌头。 托德没有看。“等一下。” 托德对我说。“我记得你说你的名字叫瑞恩!”“我是瑞恩，”瑞恩说。 “他是个骗子，”安德烈说。 “他的名字是A.J.，是阿罗·杰维斯的缩写。” 托德女士走到桌子旁边

wrote something else down on that piece of paper of hers. Then she came back to the circle. "A.J., it's your turn. Can you tell the class something nice about Andrea?" I looked at Andrea for a long time. There wasn't anything nice about her. "It would be nice if an elephant fell on her head," I said. "That's not nice, A.J.!" said Ms. Todd. "It's the truth," I said. "I hate her." "I hate you right back!" said Andrea. "I hate you right back back!" I said. "I hate you right back back back!" Andrea said. We went on like that for a while.

她在那张纸上又写了些什么。 然后她回到了圈子里。 “aj，轮到你了。你能给同学们讲讲安德里亚的优点吗?”我盯着安德里亚看了很久。 她一点也不好。 “要是一头大象砸在她头上就好了，”我说。 “这可不好，A.J.!” 托德。“这是事实，”我说。 “我恨她。”“我也恨你!”安德烈说。 “我也恨你!”我说。 “我恨你，恨你，恨你!”安德里亚说。 我们就这样继续了一段时间。

"A.J.," Ms. Todd said. "You were supposed to say something nice about Andrea. Don't you think she has nice hair?" "No." "Doesn't she have nice clothes?" "No." "Then why did you steal my shirt?" Andrea asked. "I didn't steal it!" I said. "Did too!" "Did not!" We went on like that for a while until Ms. Todd told me I had to write a note to Andrea telling her I was sorry. So this is what I wrote:

“a.j.，”托德说。“你应该说安德烈的好话。 你不觉得她的头发很漂亮吗?”“没有。” “难道她没有漂亮的衣服吗?”“没有。” “那你为什么偷我的衬衫?”安德里亚问道。 “我没有偷!”我说。 “也是!”“不!”我们就这样过了一段时间。 托德让我给安德里亚写张便条，告诉她我很抱歉。 这就是我写的: