3 Ch3-Emily Is a Giant Hamster

Chapter 3 Emily Is a Giant Hamster There were a bunch of computers in the computer lab, of course! What did you expect to see in a computer lab? Man, are you dumb! But there was something else in the computer lab, too. It was a wheel, like one of those wheels you see in a hamster cage. Except this one was six feet tall! "Howdy, y'all!" Mrs. Yonkers said when we opened the door. She wasn't wearing her cheese head anymore. Instead, she was dressed in a jogging outfit and she had on a cowboy hat. "Wow!" I said. "That's a big wheel!" "Everything is bigger in Texas," said Mrs. Yonkers. "What does it do?" asked Emily. "It generates electricity. When I run inside the wheel, it powers the computer." "Why not just plug the computer into the wall socket?" asked Neil the nude kid. "This saves energy," Mrs. Yonkers explained. "You burn less oil, and you have lower electric bills. Plus, I get exercise. It's a win-win!" "It's cool!" we all agreed. Mrs. Yonkers told us that she likes to use technology to solve problems. She even started her own computer company called NERD— New Electronic

第三章艾米丽是一只大仓鼠当然，电脑室里有一堆电脑!你期望在计算机实验室看到什么? 伙计，你真笨!但是在计算机实验室里还有别的东西。 那是一个轮子，就像你在仓鼠笼子里看到的那种轮子。 除了这个有六英尺高!“你好,你们!”当我们打开门时，扬克斯太太说。 她不再戴奶酪头了。 相反，她穿着一件慢跑服，戴着一顶牛仔帽。 “哇!”我说。“那是一个大轮子!”“在德克萨斯，什么东西都大，”扬克斯太太说。 “它有什么用?”爱米丽问。 “它可以发电。 当我在轮子里面跑的时候，它就给电脑供电。” 裸体小孩尼尔问:“为什么不把电脑插到墙上的插座上呢?” “这样可以节省能源，”扬克斯太太解释说。 “你可以少烧油，少交电费。 另外，我得到锻炼。这是双赢!”“太酷了!”我们一致同意。 扬克斯太太告诉我们，她喜欢用技术来解决问题。 她甚至创办了自己的电脑公司NERD——新电子

Research Development. Mrs. Yonkers showed us a virtual reality helmet, night vision goggles, and some other cool stuff she invented. "And here is a founding member of the company," she said as she pulled a big turtle out of a cage. "This is my friend Speedy." "He's adorable!" said Andrea, who never misses the chance to brownnose a grown-up. "What's that thing on his back?" asked Ryan. "It's a tiny camera," said Mrs. Yonkers. "I call it Turtle Cam. While Speedy moves around the room, we'll be able to follow his progress on my website." "Can we see how it works?" asked Michael. "I'm still ironing out the bugs," said Mrs. Yonkers. "Please? Please? Please? Please?" everybody begged. If you want anything from a grown-up, all you have to do is say "Please" until they can't stand it anymore. That's the first rule of being a kid. "Well... okay," Mrs. Yonkers said, putting Speedy on the floor. "Who wants to run on the wheel to turn on the computer?"

研究发展。扬克斯太太向我们展示了虚拟现实头盔、夜视镜，以及她发明的其他一些很酷的东西。 “这是公司的创始成员，”她边说边从笼子里拽出一只大乌龟。 “这是我的朋友飞毛腿。” “他太可爱了!”安德里亚说，她从不错过拍成年人马屁的机会。 “他背上那是什么东西?”瑞恩问。 “这是一个小相机，”扬克斯太太说。 “我叫它‘海龟相机’。当斯皮迪在房间里走动时，我们可以在我的网站上关注他的进展。” “我们能看看它是怎么工作的吗?”迈克尔问。 “我还在整理虫子，”扬克斯太太说。 “请吗?好吗?好吗?求你了?”大家哀求着。 如果你想从一个成年人那里得到什么，你所要做的就是说“请”，直到他们再也无法忍受。 这是当孩子的第一准则。 “嗯……好吧，”扬克斯太太说着，把飞毛腿放在地板上。 “谁想跑着去开电脑?”

"Me! Me! Me! Me!" everybody yelled. Mrs. Yonkers did eenie meenie miney moe. The last moe was Emily, the lucky stiff. Emily climbed inside the wheel and started running. The wheel turned around, but the computer didn't turn on because Emily runs about as fast as Speedy the turtle. "Faster, Emily! Faster!" we all yelled. The computer screen started to flicker on when Emily ran faster. Speedy was walking around the room, and we could see a picture of what he was looking at. Turtle Cam was cool. "Faster!" we all yelled. "Faster!" Emily was running as hard as she could. The wheel was spinning really fast now and making a lot of noise. Speedy walked around to the front of the wheel. And that's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. The nuts and bolts that were holding the wheel to its frame must have gotten loose somehow. The wheel started rolling away! It was heading for the wall! Emily was still inside, and she was upside down! "Watch out!" we all yelled. Speedy barely got out of the way before the wheel crashed into the wall. We all rushed over there, Emily staggered out of the wheel, all dizzy, and fell down. She was on the floor, freaking out. It was hilarious.

“我!我!我!我!”每个人都喊道。 扬克斯太太没有看到我的女儿搬家。 最后一个行动的是艾米丽，那个幸运的笨蛋。 艾米丽爬进轮子里开始跑。 轮子转了，但电脑没有打开，因为艾米丽跑得和乌龟斯皮蒂一样快。 “快,艾米丽!快点!”我们都喊道。 当艾米丽跑得更快时，电脑屏幕开始闪烁。 斯皮迪在房间里走来走去，我们可以看到他正在看的东西的照片。 Turtle Cam很酷。“快点!”我们都喊道。 “快!”爱米丽拼命地跑着。 轮子现在转得很快，发出很大的噪音。 飞毛腿绕到方向盘前面。 就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 把车轮固定在车架上的螺母和螺栓一定是莫名其妙地松了。 轮子开始滚动了!它朝墙撞去了!艾米丽还在里面，而且她是上下颠倒的!“小心!”我们都喊道。 飞毛腿刚刚闪开，车轮就撞到了墙上。 我们都冲过去，埃米莉踉踉跄跄地从车轮上下来，头晕目眩，摔倒了。 她躺在地板上，吓坏了。 太搞笑了。

"What happened?" Andrea asked Mrs. Yonkers. "I guess the computer crashed," she replied. Emily was shaken up pretty good, but it looked like she was going to be okay. "Hey, where's Speedy?" asked Ryan. We looked all around the computer lab. No Speedy. "He's gone!" cried Mrs. Yonkers.

“发生什么事了?”安德烈问扬克斯太太。 “我猜是电脑死机了，”她回答。 艾米丽被吓得很厉害，但看起来她会没事的。 “嘿，飞毛腿在哪儿?”瑞恩问。 我们在电脑室里到处看了看。 没有快速。“他走了!”扬克斯太太叫道。