10 Ch10-My Genius Idea

Chapter 10 My Genius Idea My life was over. I ran home so fast I could have won a gold medal in the Olympics. Now that Andrea had kissed me, going back to school was out of the question. I could never show my face there again. Ryan and Michael would never let me

第十章我的天才主意我的生活完了。 我跑回家这么快，我可以在奥运会上赢得金牌。 既然安德里亚吻了我，回学校就不可能了。 我再也不能在那里露面了。 瑞安和迈克尔不会让我这么做的

hear the end of it. That's when I got a genius idea. I could get plastic surgery! My friend Billy who lives around the corner told me that some lady in France got a face transplant. The doctors just took somebody else's face and put it on her head. Cool! I could do that. I could get a new face and go back to school. Nobody would know it was me. But getting a face transplant sounded disgusting, And my parents probably wouldn't get me one anyway. They wouldn't even get me a new Striker Smith action figure to replace the one Ryan threw out the bus window. No way were they going to get me a new face.

听我说完。这时我有了一个天才的主意。 我可以做整形手术!我的朋友比利住在附近，他告诉我法国有一位女士做了面部移植手术。 医生只是把别人的脸放到了她的头上。 太酷了!我可以这么做。我可以换张新脸，然后回学校。 没人会知道那是我。 但做面部移植听起来很恶心，而且我父母可能也不会给我做。 他们甚至不给我一个新的射手史密斯人偶来代替莱恩扔出车窗的那个。 他们不可能给我弄一张新面孔。

Now that Andrea had kissed me, I had no other choice. I had to move to Antarctica, where no human being would ever see me again. I would live with the penguins. Penguins are cool, and they wouldn't care that Andrea kissed me. "Can you drive me to Antarctica?" I asked my mother after school. "I need to go live with the penguins for the rest of my life." "Sure," she replied, "but first we have to go to the pet store."

既然安德里亚吻了我，我就别无选择了。 我不得不搬到南极洲，在那里再也没有人见过我。 我会和企鹅住在一起。 企鹅很酷，它们不会介意安德里亚吻了我。 “你能开车送我去南极洲吗?”放学后我问妈妈。 “我需要和企鹅一起度过余生。” “当然可以，”她回答说，“但我们得先去趟宠物店。”

Oh, I completely forgot! We were all out of fish food! My chore at home is to take care of our fish. Mom had told me first thing in the morning that after school we were going to the pet store to get fish food. Mom says I have to do chores like feeding our fish because doing chores makes you a responsible person. That makes no sense at all. I'm already a responsible person. Any time something goes wrong, everybody says I'm responsible. So we drove to the pet store. They have all kinds of animal stuff there. They even have Christmas presents for pets. People actually give gifts to their dogs! Dog owners are weird.

哦，我完全忘了!我们的鱼食都吃光了!我在家的家务是照顾我们的鱼。 妈妈告诉我早上第一件事，放学后我们要去宠物店买鱼食。 妈妈说我必须做家务，比如喂鱼，因为做家务会让你成为一个负责任的人。 这完全没有道理。 我已经是一个负责任的人了。 每次出了问题，每个人都说我有责任。 于是我们开车去了宠物店。 那里有各种各样的动物用品。 他们甚至为宠物准备了圣诞礼物。 人们真的会给他们的狗送礼物!养狗的人很奇怪。

You have to be real careful with fish. You have to feed them, clean their tank, and make sure the filter is working. I found the fish food and got in line with my mom to pay for it. There was a little sign in front of the cash register that said: DID YOU FORGET ANYTHING? Hmm, did I forget anything? That's when I suddenly remembered what I forgot. I forgot all about the Secret Santa present I was supposed to get for Emily! We had to bring them in tomorrow! Oh, man! If I didn't bring in a Secret Santa present for Emily, I wouldn't get a present from my Secret Santa! And I love getting presents. I had to go back to school. If I went to Antarctica, I wouldn't

吃鱼的时候一定要非常小心。 你必须喂它们，清洗它们的水箱，并确保过滤器正常工作。 我找到了鱼食，和妈妈一起排队付款。 收银机前有一个小牌子，上面写着:您忘记带什么了吗? 嗯，我忘了什么吗? 就在那时，我突然想起了我忘记的事情。 我完全忘了我应该给艾米丽准备的神秘圣诞老人礼物!我们明天就得把它们带来!哦,男人!如果我不给艾米丽带神秘圣诞老人的礼物，我就不会从我的神秘圣诞老人那里得到礼物!我喜欢收到礼物。 我必须回学校。 如果我去南极洲，我不会

get my Secret Santa present. "Mom," I asked, "can you drive me to the mall after this?" "I thought you wanted me to drive you to Antarctica." "I changed my mind," I said. "I need to go to a smelly perfume store to get a Secret Santa present for Emily." Mom was really mad. The stores are all crowded before Christmas, and the traffic is really bad. She said she didn't have time to take me to the smelly perfume store. That's when I got another one of my genius ideas. I could get Emily a present right there at the pet store! They sell

拿我的神秘圣诞老人礼物。 “妈妈，”我问，“你能在这之后开车送我去商场吗?”“我以为你想让我开车送你去南极洲。” “我改变主意了，”我说。 “我要去一家气味难闻的香水店，给艾米丽买一份神秘的圣诞礼物。” 妈妈真的很生气。圣诞节前商店里都挤满了人，而且交通非常拥挤。 她说她没时间带我去那家难闻的香水店。 就在那时，我有了另一个天才的想法。 我可以在宠物店给艾米丽买礼物!他们卖