8 Ch8-Getting Ready for the Holiday Pageant

Chapter 8 Getting Ready for the Holiday Pageant "Buenos dias!" Miss Holly said a few days later. That means "good day" in Spanish. There were red and green balloons and streamers all over the hallways. Spanish Christmas music was playing. And Miss Holly had that basket of fruit on her head again.

第八章为节日庆典做准备“布宜诺斯艾利斯!”几天后霍莉小姐说。 这在西班牙语中的意思是“美好的一天”。 走廊上到处都是红色和绿色的气球和彩带。 西班牙圣诞音乐正在播放。 霍莉小姐又把那篮水果顶在头上了。

Everybody was excited about our first rehearsal for the big holiday pageant. Everybody except the boys, that is. When we got to the language lab, Miss Holly was up on a ladder taping little plants to the walls. "What's that?" asked Neil the

每个人都为我们的节日盛会的第一次排练感到兴奋。 每个人——除了男孩子们。 当我们到达语言实验室时，霍莉小姐正在梯子上把小植物粘在墙上。 “那是什么?

nude kid. "It's mistletoe!" said Miss Holly. What a dumb name. Missiles blast into outer space. How can a missile have a toe? They should definitely get a new name for that plant. Miss Holly told us that when two people are standing under mistletoe, they're supposed to kiss. Eww! Yuck! Disgusting! I'm not kissing anyone. And I'm sure not going to kiss anyone just because some plant told me to. Mistletoe is creepy. I'm not going anywhere near that stuff. Miss Holly told us that besides Christmas and Hanukkah! there is another

裸体的孩子。“是槲寄生!”霍莉小姐说。 好蠢的名字。导弹飞入外太空。 导弹怎么会有脚趾呢? 他们应该给那植物取个新名字。 霍莉小姐告诉我们，当两个人站在槲寄生下时，他们应该接吻。 恶!讨厌的东西!真恶心!我没有亲任何人。 我肯定不会因为某个植物让我亲谁就亲谁。 槲寄生很恐怖。我不会碰那些东西的。 霍莉小姐告诉我们，除了圣诞节和光明节!还有另一个

holiday people celebrate in December. It's an African American holiday called Kwanzaa. Ryan got all excited, because that's the holiday his family celebrates. Miss Holly asked him to tell us about it. Ryan told us that Kwanzaa means "first fruits," and it celebrates the harvest of the crops. It starts the day after Christmas and lasts seven days. Each day you light a candle in this candleholder called a kinara. Then somebody will say "Harambe" which means "Let's pull together" in Swahili. It wasn't fair. Christmas only lasts one day. But Kwanzaa lasts seven days and Hanukkah lasts eight days. Man, I wish I

人们在12月庆祝节日。 这是一个非裔美国人的节日，叫做宽扎节。 瑞安非常兴奋，因为那是他们家庆祝的节日。 霍利小姐请他给我们讲讲这件事。 瑞安告诉我们，宽扎节的意思是“初熟的果实”，它庆祝庄稼的丰收。 它从圣诞节后的第二天开始，持续七天。 每天你在这个叫做基纳拉的烛台上点一支蜡烛。 然后有人会说"Harambe"在斯瓦希里语里意思是"让我们齐心协力" 这不公平。圣诞节只持续一天。 但是宽扎节持续7天，光明节持续8天。 伙计，我真希望我

was black or Jewish. Ryan told us that on kuumba, the sixth day of Kwanzaa, they have a big feast called karamu. They eat fried okra, vegetable stew, squash, peanut soup, and sweet potato pie. Yuck! Ryan will eat anything. If I had to eat that stuff, I'd die. But other than eating that yucky food, Kwanzaa sounded cool. Ryan taught us a Kwanzaa song called "Kuumba," and Miss Holly said it would be perfect for the holiday pageant. Then Miss Holly told us that we were going to have to wear costumes and memorize lines. The holiday pageant was sounding lamer and lamer. She also said she needed to pick kids for the

不是黑人就是犹太人。瑞安告诉我们，在昆巴节，也就是宽扎节的第六天，他们会有一场盛大的盛宴，叫做karamu。 他们吃油炸秋葵、蔬菜炖菜、南瓜、花生汤和红薯派。 讨厌的东西!瑞安什么都吃。 如果我必须吃那东西，我会死的。 但除了吃那些恶心的食物，宽扎节听起来很酷。 瑞安教了我们一首宽扎节歌曲《Kuumba》，霍莉小姐说这首歌很适合节日庆典。 然后霍莉小姐告诉我们，我们要穿上戏服，背台词。 节日庆典听起来越来越没劲了。 她还说她需要挑选孩子参加

speaking parts. All the girls got excited. "Oooh, can I be the sugar plum fairy?" begged Andrea. "Oooh, can I sing the dreidel song?" begged Emily. "What about you boys?" asked Miss Holly. "Which speaking parts do you want?" "We don't want any speaking parts," I announced. "That's right," agreed Michael and Ryan. "I won't force you to take a speaking part," Miss Holly said, "but you do have to be in the pageant. You three boys will be the stage crew." "Stage crew?" I asked. "What's that?"

口语部分。所有的女孩都很兴奋。 “哦，我能成为糖梅仙女吗?”安德里亚恳求道。 “哦，我能唱那首梦幻之歌吗?”艾米丽恳求道。 “你们这些男孩子呢?”霍莉小姐问。 “你想要哪个说话的部位?”“我们不要会说话的角色，”我宣布。 “没错，”迈克尔和瑞恩一致认为。 “我不会强迫你出演有台词的角色，”霍莉小姐说，“但你必须参加选美比赛。 你们三个男孩当舞台工作人员。” “舞台上的船员?”我问。“那是什么?”