5 Ch5-Mrs. Roopy's Hero

Chapter 5 Mrs. Roopy's Hero Everybody in our class was excited before the next library period. We all wanted to see if George Washington would be there again. When we got to the library, there was just this lady who looked a little bit like George Washington except she didn't

第五章鲁比夫人的英雄在下一次图书馆课之前，我们班的每个人都很兴奋。 我们都想看看乔治·华盛顿是否还会在那里。 当我们到图书馆的时候，有一位女士看起来有点像乔治·华盛顿，但她不是

have on an army uniform or a wig. She looked like a normal lady. "Good morning, second graders," she said. "My name is Mrs. Roopy. I'm sorry I couldn't be here the other day for your library period." "But you were here!" Ryan shouted. "You must be

穿上军装或戴上假发。 她看起来像一个正常的女士。 “早上好，二年级的学生们，”她说。 “我是鲁比太太。很抱歉那天我没能在你的图书馆上课。” “可是你在这儿啊!”瑞安喊道。 “你一定是。

mistaken," Mrs. Roopy said. "I was home sick in bed." "Can we see your wooden teeth again?" Michael asked. "Yeah, can we?" "Wooden teeth? Did you know that George Washington didn't have wooden teeth at all? His mouth was filled with cow's teeth." "Ewww!" we all shouted. I asked Mrs. Roopy, "Did the cow have George Washington's teeth in her mouth?" "But that was you, wasn't it, acting like George Washington?" said Michael. Mrs. Roopy's forehead got all wrinkly just like George Washington's did when we told him about computers. "I don't

错了，”鲁比太太说。 “我生病在家躺在床上。”“我们能再看看你的木牙吗?”迈克尔问道。 “是的，我们可以吗?”“木牙? 你知道乔治·华盛顿根本就没有木牙吗? 他的嘴里塞满了牛牙。” “哇!”我们都叫了起来。我问鲁比太太:“那头牛的嘴里有乔治·华盛顿的牙齿吗?”“但那是你，对吗，表现得像乔治·华盛顿?”迈克尔说。 鲁比夫人的额头皱了起来，就像我们告诉乔治·华盛顿有关电脑的事时他的额头一样。 “我不

know what you're talking about." We all looked at one another. I wasn't sure if she was telling the truth or not. "If I were George Washington, would I have this?" Mrs. Roopy asked. Then she picked up her shirt and showed us her belly. She had a little tattoo of a heart right over her belly button. It was cool. I had to admit that George Washington would never have a heart-shaped tattoo over his belly button. So maybe that army guy with the

知道你在说什么。” 我们都面面相觑。 我不确定她说的是不是真话。 “如果我是乔治·华盛顿，我会得到这个吗?”鲁比太太问。 然后她拿起衬衫，让我们看她的肚子。 她的肚子上有一个心形的小纹身。 很酷。我不得不承认乔治·华盛顿永远不会在他的肚脐上纹一个心形的纹身。 也许那个军人拿着

wig wasn't Mrs. Roopy after all. "Let me show you around the library," Mrs. Roopy said. "Did you know that books can take you to places you have never been before? They help us explore our world. We have books here on just about every subject you can think of. This is the fiction section. Does anyone know the difference between fiction and nonfiction books?" "Nonfiction books are books that are not fiction," Ryan said. "Because 'non' means not, like nonfat milk has no fat in it." "And nonsense has no sense in it," Michael added. "That's true," Mrs. Roopy said, "but there's a little more to it."

假发毕竟不是鲁比太太。 “让我带你参观图书馆吧，”鲁比太太说。 “你知道吗?书可以把你带到你从未去过的地方。” 它们帮助我们探索世界。 我们这里有你能想到的几乎所有主题的书。 这是小说区。 有人知道小说和非小说类书籍的区别吗?”“非虚构类书籍不是虚构的，”瑞安说。 “因为‘非’的意思是不，就像脱脂牛奶不含脂肪一样。” “胡说是没有意义的，”迈克尔补充说。 “那倒是真的，”鲁比太太说，“但事情远不止这些。”

"Fiction is what you get when you rub two things together," I said. Everybody laughed even though I didn't say anything funny. "That's friction, A.J.," Andrea Young said. "Fiction is a made-up story, and non-fiction is based on facts." "That's correct," said Mrs. Roopy, and she smiled at Andrea. I wished Andrea would shut up. "Oh, who cares what the difference between fiction and nonfiction is?" I said. "All books are boring." Everybody went "Ooooooh!" like I had said something really terrible. "But everybody needs to know how to read, A.J.," Mrs. Roopy said.

“虚构就是把两件事混在一起，”我说。 大家都笑了，尽管我没说什么好笑的话。 “那是摩擦，a.j.，”安德里亚·杨说。 “小说是虚构的故事，非小说是基于事实的。” “没错，”鲁比太太说，她对安德烈笑了笑。 我希望安德里亚能闭嘴。 “哦，谁在乎小说和非小说的区别呢?”我说。 “所有的书都很无聊。”每个人都发出“哦哦”的声音，好像我说了什么可怕的话。 “但是每个人都需要知道如何阅读，a.j.，”鲁比太太说。