9 Ch9-The Most Horrible Thing in the History of the World

Chapter 9 The Most Horrible Thing in the History of the World A couple of days later, around two o'clock, we came into the all-purpose room for rehearsal. Miss Holly was wearing a Santa Claus hat and beard. She's weird. "Habari gani?" she said. "What the heck does that mean?" I asked.

第九章世界历史上最可怕的事情几天后，大约两点钟，我们来到多功能房间排练。 霍莉小姐戴着圣诞老人的帽子，留着圣诞老人的胡子。 她很奇怪。“哈巴里加尼?”她说。 “这到底是什么意思?”我问。

"That means 'What's the news?' in Swahili," said Miss Holly. "You say it during Kwanzaa." It was a week before the big holiday pageant, and we had to rehearse every day. There was a lot of work to do. We had Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa songs to learn, lines to memorize, and entrances and exits to practice. Me and Ryan and Michael had to learn

“意思是‘有什么新闻吗?“用斯瓦希里语，”霍莉小姐说。 “你是在宽扎节说的。” 离盛大的节日庆典还有一个星期，我们每天都要排练。 有很多工作要做。 我们有圣诞节、光明节和宽扎节的歌曲要学，有台词要背，有出入口要练习。 我，瑞恩和迈克尔必须学会

how to move the scenery and props around and work the spotlight, too. At the end of the pageant, it would be our job to lower Santa Claus (Mr. Klutz, of course) and his sleigh down from the ceiling with ropes. That was going to be cool. Miss Holly said that because we were Elvises, we could sing "Hound Dog," even though it didn't have anything to do with the holidays. Mr. Loring, our music teacher, played piano for all the songs, Miss Holly played her guitar. Emily got to sing a solo. She is a big crybaby, but she has a pretty good voice, and Miss Holly let her sing "The Dreidel

如何移动布景和道具，以及如何使用聚光灯。 在游行结束时，我们的工作是把圣诞老人(Mr。 当然是克鲁茨)和他的雪橇用绳子从天花板上下来。 那会很酷的。 霍莉小姐说，因为我们是猫王，所以我们可以唱《猎犬》，尽管这首歌和节日没有任何关系。 我们的音乐老师洛林先生为所有的歌曲弹钢琴，霍莉小姐弹吉他。 艾米丽要独唱了。她是个爱哭的大孩子，但她有一副好嗓子，霍莉小姐让她唱《仙女》

Song." Emily was practicing it when I came up with the most brilliant idea in the history of the world. "Since she's singing a song about a dreidel!" I said to Miss Holly, "maybe she should spin around too?" "Great idea, A.J.!" said Miss Holly. I'm in the gifted and talented program, and I'm constantly coming up with genius ideas. I should get the No Bell Prize for that one. At the end of rehearsal, Miss Holly told us how proud she was. She said the holiday pageant was going to be great. Miss Holly was so pleased that she told us she was going to invite Dr. Carbles, the

歌。”艾米丽在练习的时候我想到了世界上最聪明的主意。 “因为她在唱一首关于仙女的歌!”我对霍莉小姐说，也许她也该转一圈“好主意，A.J.!”霍莉小姐说。 我是天才项目的一员，我经常有天才的想法。 我应该拿无贝尔奖。 排练结束时，霍莉小姐告诉我们她是多么自豪。 她说节日庆典一定会很精彩。 霍莉小姐非常高兴，她告诉我们她将邀请霍莉博士。 Carbles,

president of the Board of Education, to come and see the show. Wow! If the principal is the king of the school, the president of the Board of Education must be like the king of the whole world. We rehearsed until three o'clock, when it was time for dismissal. Then we lined up outside the doorway in ABC order. That's when Andrea turned around and whispered in my ear, "Hey, Arlo. Look up!" I looked up. It was that mistletoe stuff! It was hanging from the doorway right over our heads! How did it get up there? I remembered what Miss Holly told us about mistletoe. If two people are under

教育委员会主席，来看演出 哇!如果校长是学校的国王，那么教育委员会的主席一定是整个世界的国王。 我们一直排练到三点钟，到下课时间了。 然后我们按ABC的顺序在门口排队。 这时安德里亚转过身来，在我耳边轻声说:“嘿，阿乐。 查!”我抬起头来。是槲寄生的事!它就挂在我们头顶的门口!它是怎么上去的? 我想起了霍莉小姐告诉我们的槲寄生。 如果两个人都在

it, they're supposed to kiss. Andrea was standing there with her lips all puckered up like she was trying to whistle. Eww! Yuck! Disgusting! What is her problem? No way was I going to kiss Andrea. I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to do. I had to think fast. I looked around to see if Ryan and Michael were watching. "You have to kiss me, Arlo," Andrea whispered. "I do not!" "Do too." "No way." "Yes way!" "Not in my lifetime."

他们应该接吻的。 安德里亚站在那里，双唇紧闭，像是要吹口哨。 恶!讨厌的东西!真恶心!她有什么问题? 我不可能亲安德里亚。 我不知道该说什么。 我不知道该怎么办。我必须快速思考。 我环顾四周，看看瑞恩和迈克尔是否在看。 “你得吻我，阿乐。”安德烈低声说。 “我没有!”“也是。”“没有办法”。 “是的!”“在我有生之年不会。”