1 Ch1-The H Word and the L Word

Chapter 1 The H Word and the L Word My name is A.J. and I hate school. "I hate school," I told my friend Ryan, who will eat anything, even stuff that isn't food. "Me too," he said. We were walking to Ella Mentry School with our friend Michael, who never ties his shoes.

第一章H字和L字我叫A.J. 我讨厌学校。“我讨厌上学，”我告诉我的朋友瑞恩，他什么都吃，甚至不是食物的东西。 “我也是，”他说。我们和朋友迈克尔一起去艾拉门特里学校，他从来不系鞋带。

"Me three," said Michael. "I hate school too!" "Well, I hate school more than you guys do," I said "Nobody hates school more than me," said Ryan. "I hated school before you guys hated school," said Michael. "Oh, yeah?" I told him. "I hated school before you were even born." Any time you want to win an argument, just tell the other person you did something before they were born. It works every time. That's the first rule of being a kid. *This is called a footnote because when you see it, you're supposed to look down. To see your foot, you have to look down, too.

“我三个。”迈克尔说。“我也讨厌学校!”“嗯，我比你们更讨厌学校。”我说。“没有人比我更讨厌学校。” “在你们讨厌学校之前，我就讨厌学校了，”迈克尔说。 “哦,是吗?”我告诉了他。“在你出生之前，我就讨厌学校了。” 任何时候你想赢得一场争论，就告诉对方在他们出生前你做过一些事情。 每次都很有效。这是当孩子的第一准则。 *这被称为脚注，因为当你看到它时，你应该向下看。 要看到你的脚，你也得往下看。

"Groovy!" somebody said as we were about to cross Walnut Street. "I can dig where you dudes are coming from." It was Mr. Louie, our crossing guard! He was standing at the corner of Walnut Street in front of the school. Mr. Louie always wears sandals and a tie-dyed shirt. He held up his guitar, which he uses as a stop sign. "But it's a drag to use the H word," Mr. Louie told us. "Hate is a downer, man, You should say 'love.'" Ugh! Mr. Louie said the L word! "Ewwww!" we all yelled. "There's too much hate in the world," Mr. Louie explained, "and not enough love."

“太棒了!”我们正要穿过核桃街时，有人说。 “我知道你们这些家伙是从哪里来的。” 是路易先生，我们的交警!他站在学校前面核桃街的拐角处。 路易先生总是穿凉鞋和扎染衬衫。 他举起吉他，把它当作停车标志。 “但是用H这个词很累人，”路易告诉我们。 “恨是令人沮丧的，伙计。你应该说‘爱’。”“啊!路易先生说了脏话!“嗷!”我们都叫了起来。 “世界上有太多的仇恨，”路易解释说，“而爱却不够。”

Mr. Louie used to be a judge, but he quit because he said there were too many bad vibes (whatever they are). That's when he became a crossing guard. "The L word is for girls," I said. "Love is for everyone," Mr. Louie told us. "Do you know why I love love so much? Every morning I take a love potion. You dudes should take some, too." "No thanks!" we all said. I never heard of a love potion. Maybe Mr. Louie was yanking our chain. "School is cool," he said. "You dudes should say you love school." "I'm not saying the L word out loud," I announced.

路易先生曾经是一名法官，但他辞职了，因为他说有太多不好的氛围(不管它们是什么)。 从那时起，他成为了一名交警。 “L这个词代表女孩，”我说。 “爱是属于每个人的，”路易先生告诉我们。 “你知道我为什么这么爱爱吗?” 每天早上我都要吃一剂爱情药水。 你们也应该吃一些。” “不，谢谢!”我们都说。我从没听说过什么爱情魔药。 也许路易先生是在耍我们。 “学校很酷，”他说。 “你们应该说你们爱学校。” “我不会大声说出‘L’这个词，”我宣布。

"A.J.," Mr. Louie told me, "if you don't say 'I love school,' I'm gonna tell everybody you love... Andrea!" Enwwwwwwww-vvwwwww! Andrea Young is this really annoying girl in my class with curly brown hair. I don't love Andrea. I don't even like Andrea. I hate Andrea! So I sure didn't want Mr. Louie telling everybody I love her. "Okay, okay," I said quietly, so nobody else would hear. "I love school."

“aj，”路易先生告诉我，“如果你不说‘我爱学校’，我就要告诉所有人你爱…… 安德里亚!”Enwwwwwwww——vvwwwww !安德里亚·杨是我班上一个非常讨厌的棕色卷发女孩。 我不爱安德里亚。我根本不喜欢安德里亚。 我恨安德里亚!所以我不想让路易先生告诉大家我爱她。 “好吧，好吧。”我轻声说，这样别人就听不见了。 “我爱学校。”