4 Ch4-The Power of Love

Chapter 4 The Power of Love The next morning me and a bunch of other kids were waiting at the corner to cross Walnut Street. "It's almost Valentine's Day," Mr. Louie told us as he held up his stop-sign guitar. "That's when love is the most powerful. Are you kids feeling the power of love?"

第4章爱的力量第二天早上，我和一群孩子在拐角等着过核桃街。 “快到情人节了，”路易举起他的停止标志吉他对我们说。 “那就是爱最强大的时候。 孩子们，你们感受到了爱的力量吗?”

"Yes!" said all the girls. "No!" said all the boys. "Love is so strong," Mr. Louie told us, "I'll bet we can use our love to levitate the school!" "'Levitate'?" somebody asked. "What's that?" I knew that word. "Levitate" means to make something float up in the air. I'm in the gifted and talented program, so I know big words like that. Besides, I saw it in a comic book once. This magician was levitating a lady. Then he cut her in half with a saw. It was cool. "We can't make the school float up in the air," I said.

“是的!”所有的女孩都说。 “不!”所有的男孩都说。“爱是如此强大，”路易先生告诉我们，“我敢打赌，我们可以用我们的爱让学校悬浮起来!”“‘悬浮’?”有人问。 “那是什么?”我知道这个词。 “Levitate”的意思是让某物漂浮在空中。 我是天才班的，所以我知道这些大词。 而且，我曾经在一本漫画书里看到过。 这个魔术师让一位女士悬浮起来。 然后他用锯子把她锯成两半。 很酷。“我们不能让学校漂浮在空中，”我说。

"Sure we can," Mr. Louie insisted. "You kids can accomplish anything if you put your minds to it. So let's put our minds to it. Close your eyes and focus the awesome power of your love." I had to admit that it would be cool to make the school levitate. Maybe if we tried really hard, we could make it float away. Then we wouldn't have to go to school anymore. We all closed our eyes and tried to levitate the school. "Is it floating?" Ryan asked. "Not yet," Mr. Louie said. "We need more love!" I concentrated really hard and tried to

“当然可以，”路易坚持说。 “你们这些孩子可以完成任何事情，只要你们用心去做。 所以让我们用心去做吧。 闭上你的眼睛，专注于敬畏——你爱的某种力量。” 我不得不承认，让学校悬浮起来会很酷。 也许如果我们真的很努力，我们可以让它飘走。 那我们就不用再去上学了。 我们都闭上眼睛，试图使学校浮起来。 “它浮在水面上吗?”瑞恩问道。 “还没有，”路易说。 “我们需要更多的爱!”我真的很努力地集中注意力

levitate the school. Then I opened my eyes. The school was still sitting there on the ground, just like it always is. "It's not working," Michael said. "Levitating a school is impossible." "You gotta keep your eyes closed," Mr.

使学校悬浮起来。然后我睁开了眼睛。 学校还像往常一样，坐在地上。 “不管用，”迈克尔说。 “开办一所学校是不可能的。” “你得闭上眼睛。”

Louie told us. "Try one more time. Close your eyes real tight and concentrate. Use the power of your love! "Love... love... love... love... I closed my eyes and concentrated so hard that my brain hurt. A few seconds went by. Then Mr. Louie suddenly shouted, "You did it! Right on!" I opened my eyes. The school was just sitting there on the ground. "It's not levitating," Ryan said "It was when your eyes were closed," Mr. Louie said. "I saw it! Outta sight! The school was floating two feet off the ground! You kids are awesome. Man, love is powerful!"

路易告诉我们的。“再试一次。 闭上眼睛，集中注意力。 运用你爱的力量吧!“爱…… 爱……爱……爱……我闭上眼睛，全神贯注，以至于我的大脑都受伤了。 几秒钟过去了。这时，路易先生突然喊道:“是你干的!对吧!”我睁开眼睛。 学校就坐落在地上。 “那不是悬浮，”瑞安说，“那是你闭上眼睛的时候，”路易说。 “我看见了!”左右!”学校离地面有两英尺高!你们真是太棒了。 伙计，爱是有力量的!”

I'm not sure if we really levitated the school or if he was just yanking our chain. But I do know one thing for sure. Mr. Louie is screwy!

我不确定我们是真的让学校浮起来了还是他只是在耍我们。 但有一件事我很确定。 路易先生疯了!