6 Ch6-The Chocolate Party

Chapter 6 The Chocolate Party When I thought about it, putting a tack on Miss Daisy's chair was a pretty dumb thing to do. Mr. Klutz went to the front of the class. I was sure he was going to bring all of us to the torture chamber in the basement. But he didn't look all that mad, considering what we had done.

我仔细一想，在黛西小姐的椅子上钉个大头钉是件相当愚蠢的事。 克鲁茨先生走到教室前面。 我确信他会把我们都带到地下室的刑讯室。 但考虑到我们所做的事，他看上去并没有那么生气。

"It has come to my attention that some of the students at our school need a little extra incentive to behave and work their hardest," Mr. Klutz said. "Do you know what the word incentive means?"

“我注意到，我们学校的一些学生需要一点额外的激励，才能表现得更好，努力学习，”克鲁茨说。 “你知道激励这个词是什么意思吗?”

"An incentive is a reward that encourages a person to work harder to achieve something," Andrea announced, all proud of herself. She thinks she knows everything. I hate her. "Very good, Andrea," said Mr. Klutz. "What sort of incentive might bring out the best work in the students of our school?" "You could give us each a million dollars," suggested Michael. "You could make summer vacation last all year long," I said. "How about getting rid of homework?" asked Ryan. Miss Daisy went to the front of the

“激励是一种奖励，鼓励一个人更加努力地工作，以实现目标，”安德里亚宣布，为自己感到自豪。 她自以为无所不知。 我恨她。“很好，安德里亚，”克鲁茨说。 “什么样的激励才能使我们学校的学生发挥出最好的水平?”“你可以给我们每人一百万美元，”迈克尔建议道。 “你可以让暑假持续一整年，”我说。 “摆脱家庭作业怎么样?”瑞恩问。 黛西小姐走到前面

room. "Mr. Klutz can't do those things," she said. "But remember when all the students in our school read a million pages in books, and as a reward we turned the gym into a video-game arcade? That was quite successful. Mr. Klutz even dressed up in a gorilla suit for the evening, if I recall." "How about a chocolate party?" suggested Andrea. "Yeah!" everybody yelled. "Mmmrn," said Miss Daisy. "I like that idea!" We all got very excited, because if there is one thing that just about everybody loves, it's chocolate. jmkfho. Kids started shouting

房间。“克鲁茨先生做不到这些事，”她说。 “但还记得我们学校所有的学生都读了一百万页书，作为奖励，我们把体育馆变成了电子游戏厅吗?” 这是相当成功的。 如果我没记错的话，克鲁茨先生甚至在晚会上穿了一身猩猩装。” “开个巧克力派对怎么样?”安德烈建议道。 “耶!”每个人都喊道。“嗯，”黛西小姐说。 “我喜欢这个主意!”我们都很兴奋，因为如果说有一样东西是大家都喜欢的，那就是巧克力。 孩子们开始大喊大叫

out things we could have at the party, like chocolate cupcakes and chocolate fudge and chocolate bunnies and chocolate ice cream and on and on and on. "But wait a minute," Mr. Klutz said. "What are you going to do to earn this chocolate party?" "We could read another million pages," suggested Ryan. "We did that already," Emily said.

我们可以在派对上吃的东西，比如巧克力纸杯蛋糕、巧克力软糖、巧克力小圆面包和巧克力冰淇淋等等。 “但是等一下，”克鲁茨说。 “你要怎么做才能赢得这次巧克力派对?”“我们可以再读一百万页，”瑞恩建议道。 “我们已经这么做了，”艾米丽说。

"How about a million math problems?" I said. "What a wonderful idea!" Miss Daisy beamed. Ever since we taught her how to add and subtract, Miss Daisy loved math. "Math is hard," Ryan said. "How about a hundred math problems?" "One million math problems," Mr. Klutz insisted. "That's my final offer. Take it or leave it." "We'll take it!" we all yelled. "Agreed. If the kids in our school do one million math problems, I'll throw a party with so much chocolate, you'll be sick for a week." "I'll bring the bonbons," Miss Daisy volunteered.

“一百万道数学题怎么样?”我说。 “好主意!”黛西小姐笑了。 自从我们教黛西小姐做加减法后，她就爱上了数学。 “数学很难，”瑞恩说。 “一百道数学题怎么样?”“一百万道数学题，”克鲁茨坚持说。 “这是我的最后报价。要么接受，要么放弃。” “我们要了!”我们都喊道。 “同意了。如果我们学校的孩子们做一百万道数学题，我就开一个派对，用很多巧克力，让你病一个星期。” “我去拿糖果，”黛西小姐不情愿地说。