2 Ch2-Children's Books Are Dumb

Chapter 2 Children's Books Are Dumb So that's why all the teachers were talking about Miss Suki Kabuki. She was coming to visit our school. I never met a real live author before. Come to think of it, I never met any dead ones either. Wow! said all the girls. Who cares? said all the boys.

这就是为什么所有的老师都在谈论Suki歌舞伎小姐。 她要来参观我们的学校。 我从来没见过真正的作家。 仔细想想，我也没见过死人。 哇!所有的女孩都说。谁在乎呢? 所有的男孩都说。

Mr. Klutz was so excited about the author visit, he had to go tell all the other classes the news. I love Miss Suki Kabuki! said Andrea, who loves books and anything else that's boring. She's my favorite author! Never heard of her before today, I said. Well, maybe if you picked up a book once in a while, Arlo, then you would know who she is. Hey, I picked up a book once, I said. And then I put it back down again. Andrea had to show everybody how smart she was by naming some of Miss Suki Kabuki's books, like The Fearless

克鲁茨先生对作者来访非常兴奋，他不得不去告诉所有其他班级这个消息。 我爱舞伎小姐!安德里亚说，她喜欢读书和其他无聊的东西。 她是我最喜欢的作家!“今天以前从没听说过她，”我说。 也许如果你偶尔读读书，阿尔洛，你就会知道她是谁了。 嘿，我有一次拿起一本书，我说。 然后我又把它放回去了。 安德里亚为了向大家展示她有多聪明，她给歌舞伎小姐的书起了名字，比如《无所畏惧》

Falcon, The Reluctant Rhino, and The Courageous Crane. That's right, Andrea, said Miss Daisy. Suki Kabuki has written a lot of great books. She's coming all the way to America

猎鹰，不情愿的犀牛，勇敢的鹤。 “对，安德烈，”黛西小姐说。 Suki Kabuki写了很多很棒的书。 她要大老远来美国

from Japan because she won the Blueberry Award. That's an award that is given for the best children's book of the year. Miss Suki is only visiting a few schools in America, and ours is one of them! We're very lucky our PTA was able to get her. I knew Miss Suki was coming, said Andrea, who loves telling people how much she knows. How did you know? asked Neil the nude kid. My mother is vice president of the PTA, Andrea said. She knows everything. I'm sure it was very hard to get Miss Suki to come and visit us, Miss Daisy

因为她获得了蓝莓奖。 这是一个颁发给年度最佳童书的奖项。 苏琪小姐在美国只参观了几所学校，我们学校就是其中之一!我们很幸运家长教师协会能请到她。 “我知道苏琪小姐要来，”安德烈说，她喜欢告诉别人她知道多少。 你怎么知道的?裸体小孩尼尔问。 “我妈妈是家长会的副主席，”安德里亚说。 她什么都知道。我相信要让苏琪小姐来看我们是很困难的，黛西小姐

said. She lives in the rainforest, where she writes all about those animals. I love animals, Andrea said. When I grow up, I want to be a veterinarian. You're not going to eat meat? I asked. No, dumbhead, said Andrea. That's a vegetarian. A veterinarian is an animal doctor. It is not, I said. It is too, Andrea said. We went back and forth like that for a while. And then I came up with a genius idea to win the argument. Oh, yeah? I said. Well, a veterinarian who doesn't eat meat is a vegetarian. So nah-nah-nah boo-boo!

说。她住在热带雨林，在那里她写了所有关于这些动物的文章。 “我喜欢动物，”安德里亚说。 当我长大了，我想成为一名兽医。 你不吃肉了? 我问。“不，笨蛋。”安德烈说。 那是素食者。兽医是动物医生。 不是的，我说。“是的，”安德烈说。 我们这样来来回回聊了一会儿。 然后我想出了一个天才的主意来赢得这场争论。 噢,是吗?我说。不吃肉的兽医是素食主义者。 所以不要不要不要不要!

In her face! No wonder they put me in the gifted and talented program. I can't believe Miss Suki is coming to our school, said Emily, all excited. Do you think she'll sign autographs? I don't know, said Miss Daisy, who doesn't know anything. Maybe she will if you kids are on your best behavior. I didn't want Miss Suki's autograph. I had never even heard of her or any of her dumb books before. How come we have to have an author visit anyway? Why can't we have a professional skateboarder instead? That would be cool. Children's books are dumb, if you ask me. So anybody who writes children's

在她脸上!难怪他们把我分到天才班。 “我真不敢相信苏琪小姐要来我们学校了，”爱米丽兴奋地说。 你觉得她会签名吗? 我不知道，黛西小姐说，她什么也不知道。 也许她会的，如果你们好好表现的话。 我不想要苏琪小姐的签名。 我以前从来没听说过她，也没听说过她写的那些愚蠢的书。 我们为什么要请作者来拜访呢? 为什么我们不能找个专业的滑板手呢? 那太酷了。要我说，儿童读物很蠢。 所以任何写儿童读物的人