12 Ch12-The Amazing World of Poop

Chapter 12 The Amazing World of Poop I looked around the room. It was a whole exhibit devoted to poop! Nothing but poop! "I never thought I'd see poop in a museum," Emily said. "Oh, poop is a fascinating part of natural history," Ms. Krup told us. We all laughed, because whenever a grown-up says "poop," you can't help but laugh. Ms. Krup cracks me up! "Poop can reveal what an animal eats, how it digests food, and whether or not it's sick," Ms. Krup said. "Some animals use poop to tell enemies to stay away. Others use it like perfume to attract mates." "Ew!" we all said. "Gross!" Ms. Krup walked around and showed us the displays she made. I had never seen anyone who was so excited about poop. "Did you know that the most expensive coffee in the world comes from Palm Civet poop in Indonesia?" Ms. Krup asked us. "It costs a hundred and seventy-five dollars a pound." "I'm glad my parents drink tea," said Michael.

第十二章奇妙的便便世界我环视了一下房间。 整个展览都是关于便便的!除了大便什么都没有!“我从没想过我会在博物馆里看到便便，”艾米丽说。 “哦，便便是自然史上引人入胜的一部分，”她说。 克鲁普告诉我们的。我们都笑了，因为每当一个成年人说“便便”，你就会忍不住笑。 克鲁普老师笑死我了!“粪便可以揭示动物吃什么，如何消化食物，以及它是否生病，”她说。 Krup说。“有些动物用粪便来告诉敌人不要靠近。 还有一些人把它当作香水来吸引异性。” “恶心!”我们都说。“恶心!”Ms。 克鲁普走来走去，向我们展示她做的展品。 我从没见过谁对便便这么兴奋。 “你知道世界上最昂贵的咖啡来自印度尼西亚的棕榈果子狸的粪便吗?”Ms。 克鲁普问我们。“每磅一百七十五美元。” “我很高兴我的父母喝茶，”迈克尔说。

"Really?" Ms. Krup said. "In China they make some tea from caterpillar poop." "That's the last time I go to a Chinese restaurant!" I exclaimed. Ms. Krup showed us a picture of a sloth. "It only poops once a week," she said. "That happened to my dad once," said Emily. "He had to go to the doctor." "A week isn't so long," Ms. Krup told us. "Grizzly bears may go six months without pooping." "No wonder they're so mad!" I said. "African elephants can produce three hundred pounds of poop every day!" Ms. Krup said.

“真的吗?”克鲁普说。“在中国，人们用毛毛虫的便便泡茶。” “这是我最后一次去中餐馆了!”我叫道。 克鲁普女士给我们看了一张树懒的照片。 “它一周只拉屎一次，”她说。 “我爸爸也遇到过一次，”艾米丽说。 “他不得不去看医生。” “一个星期不是很长。” 克鲁普告诉我们的。“灰熊可能六个月不拉屎。” “难怪他们这么生气!”我说。 “非洲象每天可以产生300磅的粪便!”Ms。 Krup说。

"Wow!" said Andrea. "What do they do with all that poop?" "Well, in some pans of Africa and Asia, elephant poop is made into paper." "I hope they don't make it into toilet paper," I said. "Because that would just be weird." "Do you know what else is weird?" Ms. Krup said. "Rabbits eat their own poop!" "Ew, disgusting!" we all shouted. "And termites glue their houses together with poop." "Hey, Andrea," I said, "didn't your dad do that to your house?" "Oh, snap!" said Michael. "That's mean, Arlo!" "Dung beetles push balls of poop around and bury it," Ms. Krup told us. "Sounds like one of Arlo's playdates," Andrea said. "Oh, snap!" said Michael. "Storks squirt poop on their legs in hot weather to cool off," Ms. Krup said. "So does Andrea," I said. We pushed buttons to watch cool videos of animals pooping. Did you know that a rhinoceros stomps on its poop and kicks it around? It's hilarious. And some boy cranes fling buffalo poop up in the air to impress girl cranes. "Don't even think about it, Arlo," said Andrea. "People throw poop around, too," Ms. Krup told us. "In Wisconsin they

“哇!”安德烈说。“他们会怎么处理这些便便?”“嗯，在非洲和亚洲的一些地区，大象的粪便被制成纸。” “我希望它们不要做成卫生纸，”我说。 “因为那样会很奇怪。” “你知道还有什么很奇怪吗?”Ms。 Krup说。“兔子吃自己的便便!”“恶心，恶心!”我们都喊道。 “白蚁用粪便把房子粘在一起。” “嘿，安德里亚，”我说，“你爸爸不是把你的房子弄坏了吗?”“哦，糟了!”迈克尔说。 “这太卑鄙了，阿乐!”“屎壳郎把便便团推来推去，然后埋起来。” 克鲁普告诉我们的。“听起来像是阿乐的一个玩伴，”安德里亚说。 “哦，糟了!”迈克尔说。“在炎热的天气里，鹳会把粪便喷到腿上降温。” Krup说。“安德烈也是，”我说。 我们按下按钮观看动物排便的酷视频。 你知道犀牛会踩着自己的便便踢来踢去吗? 它是滑稽的。一些公鹤把水牛的粪便抛向空中来吸引母鹤。 “想都别想，阿乐。”安德烈说。 “人们也会乱扔便便，”她说。 克鲁普告诉我们的。“在威斯康星州，他们

have cow chip— tossing contests. One man threw a cow chip more than half the length of a football field." "Remind me not to play football on that field," said Michael. "People in Wisconsin are weird," I said. I had no idea that poop could be so interesting. We got to match poop samples with the animals that pooped them. Then we got to touch an eighty-million-year-old piece of dinosaur poop. Ms. Krup showed us some poop under a microscope too. And we got to push buttons on a map to learn the word for "poop" in different countries. "Poop is a palindrome," Ms. Krup said. "Does anybody know what a palindrome is?" Andrea was waving her dumb hand in the air like she had to go to the bathroom really badly, which would have made perfect sense in "The Amazing World of Poop"! But Ms. Krup called on me instead. So nah-nah-nah boo-boo on Andrea. "A palindrome is when you make friends with bees," I said. "My pal is a drone." "Not exactly," Ms. Krup said. "Andrea?"

举办扔牛片比赛。 一个人扔的牛片有半个足球场那么长。” “提醒我不要在那个操场上踢足球，”迈克尔说。 “威斯康星州的人很奇怪，”我说。 我不知道便便也能这么有趣。 我们得把便便样本和给他们便便的动物配对。 然后我们摸到了一块八千万年前的恐龙粪便。 克鲁普女士还在显微镜下给我们看了一些粪便。 我们要按地图上的按钮来学习不同国家的“便便”这个词。 “便便是一个回文。” Krup说。“有人知道回文是什么吗?”安德里亚在空中挥舞着她那愚蠢的手，好像她真的很想去洗手间，这在《便便的神奇世界》里是完全合理的!但女士。 克鲁普转而找我。 所以安德里亚的问题就不解决了。 “回文就是你和蜜蜂交朋友，”我说。 “我的朋友是一架无人机。”“不完全是这样。” Krup说。“安德里亚?”

"A palindrome is a word that's spelled the same way forward and backward," she said. "That's right!" Why can't three hundred pounds of elephant poop fall on Andrea's head forward and backward? "You sure know a lot about poop, Ms. Krup," said Emily. "Poop is my life," Ms. Krup replied. People who like poop that much are weird. But "The Amazing World of Poop" was really cool. We learned more than anybody would ever want to know about poop. And Ms. Krup said the word "poop" so many times, it didn't even sound funny anymore. It was really late. Ms. Krup took us back to the Giganotosaurus, and we climbed into our sleeping bags. Finally, I fell asleep. I dreamed about a giant poop that was riding a bicycle. And it was making some weird sound. A buzzing sound. No, it was a swishing sound. No, no, I got it. It was a hissing sound.

“回文是一个单词的前后拼写方式相同，”她说。 “没错!”为什么三百磅的大象粪便不能前后着地落在安德里亚的头上? “你对大便确实很了解，”她说。 爱米丽说。“便便是我的生命。” Krup答道。那么喜欢大便的人很奇怪。 但是《神奇的便便世界》真的很酷。 我们对便便的了解比任何人想知道的都多。 克鲁普说了那么多次“便便”这个词，听起来都不好玩了。 很晚了。克鲁普女士带我们回到南方巨兽龙那里，我们爬进睡袋。 最后，我睡着了。我梦见一个巨大的便便骑着自行车。 它发出了一些奇怪的声音。 嗡嗡的声音。不，是嗖嗖声。 不，不，我来吧。那是一种嘶嘶声。