12 Ch12-A Hard Bargain

Chapter 12 A Hard Bargain That afternoon we talked Miss Daisy into letting us go to Mr. Klutz's office for a meeting. "We need to speak with Mr. Klutz," Andrea told the school secretary. "It's very important." "It's a matter of life and death," Ryan said.

那天下午，我们说服黛西小姐让我们去克鲁茨先生的办公室开会。 “我们需要和克鲁茨先生谈谈，”安德里亚对学校秘书说。 “这非常重要。”“这是生死攸关的问题，”瑞安说。

The secretary let us in. Mr. Klutz wasn't hanging from the ceiling or anything. He had on boxing gloves and he was punching his punching bag. "May I help you kids?" he asked. "Go ahead, A.J.," Andrea said, giving me a shove from behind.

秘书让我们进去了。克鲁茨先生不是挂在天花板上什么的。 他戴着拳击手套，正在用拳头打他的拳击袋。 “我能为你们效劳吗，孩子们?”他问道。 “去吧，aj，”安德里亚说，从后面推了我一把。

"Mr. Klutz," I told him, "we have come to make a deal with you." "Really? What kind of deal?" "We decided that we will read a million minutes with our parents, but only if you don't jump off the roof." "Only if I don't jump off the roof?" he

“克鲁茨先生，”我告诉他，“我们是来和你做笔交易的。” “真的吗?什么样的交易?”“我们决定和父母一起阅读一百万分钟，但前提是你不要从屋顶上跳下去。” “除非我不从屋顶上跳下去?

said, looking puzzled. "But I was going to jump off the roof as an incentive to encourage you to read with your parents at night." "Well, we're going to read with our parents at night as an incentive to make you not jump off the roof." "This is highly unusual," Mr. Klutz said. "I thought the principal should offer the students incentives, not the other way around." "Your incentives have been getting more and more dangerous," Andrea told him, "We're afraid that you might get killed trying to help us learn." jmkfho. "Yeah, and if you die, we'll feel guilty," I added.

问道，一脸困惑。“但我打算从屋顶上跳下来，作为鼓励你晚上和父母一起读书的激励。” “好吧，我们打算晚上和父母一起读书，作为一种激励，让你不要从屋顶上跳下去。” “这非常不寻常，”克鲁茨说。 “我认为校长应该给学生提供激励，而不是相反。” “你的动机越来越危险了，”安德里亚告诉他，“我们担心你在帮助我们学习的过程中会被杀。” “是的，如果你死了，我们会感到内疚，”我补充说。

"Now, let me get this straight," Mr. Klutz said. "I offered to jump off the roof if you read a million minutes at night with your parents. But you are saying you will only read a million minutes with your parents if I don't jump off the roof. Correct?" "That's right," we said. "What if I jumped off the basketball backboard in the gym into a swimming pool filled with foam blocks?" Mr. Klutz asked. "Would that be okay?" "No!" we all said. "Can I wear a suit made of bubble wrap and jump off the stage in the auditorium?" "No!" "No jumping off anything." Andrea insisted. "Not if you want us to read or

“现在，让我把话说清楚，”克鲁茨说。 “如果你晚上和父母一起看一百万分钟的书，我就从屋顶上跳下去。 但你是说如果我不从屋顶上跳下去你只会和你父母一起看一百万分钟的书。 正确吗?”“没错，”我们说。 “如果我从体育馆的篮球篮板上跳下去，跳进一个装满泡沫块的游泳池呢?”克鲁茨问道。 “这样可以吗?”“不!”我们都说。 “我能穿一套泡泡纸做的衣服，从礼堂的舞台上跳下去吗?”“不!”“不要从任何东西上跳下来。” 安德里亚坚持道。“如果你想让我们读或者

write or do math. That's our final offer. Take it or leave it." "You drive a hard bargain." Mr. Klutz sighed. "Okay, I won't jump." "Have a nice day!" we all said.

写作或做数学。这是我们的最终报价。 要么接受，要么放弃。”“你真会讨价还价。” 克鲁茨叹了口气。“好吧，我不跳了。” “祝你今天愉快!”我们都说。