10 Ch10-Mr. Klutz Is Getting Weirder

Chapter 10 Mr. Klutz Is Getting Weirder "Your Election Day essays were fantastic," Mr. Klutz told our class the next morning. He had a big bandage wrapped around his head. I'm guessing he must have either crashed his skateboard again or found another flagpole to fall off. "Thank you!" we all said.

“你在选举日的文章写得太棒了，”第二天早上，克鲁茨先生对我们班上的同学说。 他头上缠着一条大绷带。 我猜他要么是滑板又撞坏了，要么是又找了根旗杆掉下来了。 “谢谢你!”我们都说。

"But I was a little surprised by the number of spelling errors I found in them," he continued. "We need to improve the spelling at our school. So here is what I have decided to do. If you students can

他接着说:“但我发现里面有很多拼写错误，这让我有点惊讶。” “我们需要改进我们学校的拼写。 所以这就是我决定要做的。 如果你们可以

write out a list of one hundred thousand spelling words by Thanksgiving, I will dress up in a turkey costume and ride a pogo stick down Main Street." "Yayyyyyyy!" everybody hollered. "How about one thousand spelling words?" shouted Ryan. "One hundred thousand spelling words," Mr. Klutz repeated. "That's my final offer. Take it or leave it. And every word must be spelled correctly. Have a nice day." During lunch, I was sure that Andrea was going to start her list of spelling words just to show how smart she was. But she didn't. She just kind of sat there, picking at her food quietly.

在感恩节前写出一个有10万个拼写单词的清单，我要穿上火鸡的服装，骑着弹簧高跷在大街上走。” “耶——耶——耶!”每个人都喊道。 “一千个拼写单词怎么样?”瑞恩喊道。 “十万个拼写单词，”克鲁茨重复道。 “这是我的最后报价。要不要随你便。 而且每个单词都必须拼写正确。 祝你过得愉快。”午餐时，我确信安德里亚会开始她的拼写单词列表，只是为了显示她有多聪明。 但她没有。她就坐在那儿，静静地吃着东西。

"You know, I've been thinking," she finally said. "I'm beginning to wonder if something might be wrong with Mr. Klutz." "Like what?" Emily asked. "Maybe he has some kind of a personal problem." "What do you mean?" Michael asked. "Mr. Klutz is a cool guy. Would you rather have a boring principal?" "My mother is a psychologist," Andrea said, "and she says that people sometimes do weird things for reasons that are buried deep within their mind." "What does that mean?" I asked. "It means she thinks Mr. Klutz is nuts," said Michael.

“你知道，我一直在想，”她最后说。 “我开始怀疑克鲁茨先生是不是出了什么问题。” “像什么?”艾米丽问。“也许他有什么私人问题。” “你是什么意思?”迈克尔问道。 “克鲁茨先生是个很酷的人。你宁愿要一个无聊的校长吗?”“我妈妈是一名心理学家，”安德里亚说，“她说人们有时会因为埋藏在他们内心深处的原因而做出奇怪的事情。” “这是什么意思?”我问。 “这意味着她认为克鲁茨先生疯了，”迈克尔说。

"I didn't say that," Andrea went on. "All I'm saying is that maybe he didn't want to climb up the flagpole. Maybe he doesn't want to put on a turkey costume. Maybe he just wants people to like him, and the only way he knows to show that is to do nutty things. Maybe he's a sad, unhappy man. Maybe all he wants is a hug or something." "That's the saddest story I ever heard!" Emily said. Then she started sobbing. Me, Ryan, and Michael looked at one another. We all rolled our eyes up in our heads. "Mr. Klutz is cool!" Ryan said. "You're the one who has some kind of a personal

“我可没那么说，”安德烈接着说。 “我想说的是，也许他不想爬上旗杆。 也许他不想穿火鸡装。 也许他只是想让人们喜欢他，而他唯一知道的表达方式就是做些疯狂的事情。 也许他是个悲伤、不快乐的人。 也许他想要的只是一个拥抱什么的。” “这是我听过的最悲伤的故事!”艾米丽说。 然后她开始抽泣起来。我、瑞安和迈克尔面面相觑。 我们都翻了个白眼。 “克鲁茨先生很酷!”瑞恩说。 “你是那个有个人情结的人

problem, Andrea." "Maybe Mr. Klutz is nuts," I said. "In fact, maybe he's not a principal at all. Did you ever think of that? Maybe Mr. Klutz escaped from a home for the criminally insane and he's just pretending to be a principal. Maybe our real principal is tied up to a chair in the dungeon down in the basement. My friend Billy told me— "There is no dungeon down in the basement," Emily insisted. "That's just one of those urban legends." "Sure, that's just what he wants us to believe!" I told Emily. "He doesn't want us to know our real principal is tied up to a

问题,安德里亚。”“也许克鲁茨先生是疯了，”我说。 “事实上，也许他根本就不是校长。 你想过吗? 也许克鲁茨先生从犯罪精神病院逃出来了，他只是假装自己是校长。 也许我们真正的校长被绑在地下室地牢的椅子上了。 我的朋友比利告诉我——“地下室里没有地牢，”艾米丽坚持说。 “这只是都市传说中的一个。” “当然，这正是他想让我们相信的!”我告诉了艾米丽。 “他不想让我们知道，我们真正的本金与a挂钩