7 Ch7-One Small Step for Man

Chapter 7 One Small Step for Man By this time, we weren't sure if Johnny Appleseed and George Washington had been to our school, or if it was just Mrs. Roopy dressed up in funny costumes. But we were sure of one thing. Mrs. Roopy is loopy! "We have to have proof!" Michael said.

第七章人生的一小步此时，我们还不能确定苹果籽约翰尼和乔治·华盛顿是否来过我们学校，还是只是鲁比太太穿着滑稽的服装。 但有一件事我们是确定的。 鲁比太太疯了!“我们必须有证据!”迈克尔说。

"My father is a policeman, and he said that if you want to be sure of something, you have to have proof. He always says the proof is in the pudding." "What does pudding have to do with it?" I asked. "Beats me," said Michael. "Your dad is weird," I said. "How are we going to prove that Mrs. Roopy is dressing up in funny costumes?" Ryan asked. "We'll get her fingerprints!" Michael said, all excited. "That's what my dad does. Everybody in the whole world has different fingerprints. If we get Johnny Appleseed's fingerprints and then we get

“我父亲是一名警察，他说如果你想确定一件事，你必须有证据。 他总是说，布丁是最好的。” “这和布丁有什么关系?”我问。 “我不知道。”迈克尔说。“你爸爸很奇怪，”我说。 “我们怎么证明鲁比太太穿的是奇装异服呢?”瑞恩问道。 “我们会拿到她的指纹的!”迈克尔激动地说。 “我爸爸就是这么做的。世界上每个人都有不同的指纹。 如果我们拿到苹果籽约翰尼的指纹，我们就能

Mrs. Roopy's fingerprints, I can have my dad test them, If they are the same finger-prints, then that will be proof that Mrs. Roopy was just pretending to be Johnny Appleseed!" Me and Ryan agreed that Michael was a genius. The next time we had library, we brought a juice box with us, so we could get Mrs. Roopy's fingerprints. But when we came into the library, all the lights were out and the shades were down. It was really dark. At first we thought the library was closed. Then we heard a noise. It came from the top of the tree house. We all looked up. Somebody was coming down the

鲁比太太的指纹，我可以让我爸爸检测一下，如果是同一个指纹，那就可以证明鲁比太太只是假装是苹果籽约翰尼!”我和瑞恩都认为迈克尔是个天才。 下次我们去图书馆的时候，我们带了一个果汁盒，这样我们就能得到鲁比太太的指纹。 但当我们走进图书馆时，所有的灯都灭了，窗帘也拉了下来。 天真的很黑。起初我们以为图书馆关门了。 然后我们听到一个声音。它是从树屋顶上传来的。 我们都抬起头来。有人从

ladder. Whoever it was had on a spacesuit and was moving in slow motion. Some music began playing over the loudspeaker. "The Eagle... has landed," the astronaut said. Finally the astronaut reached the bottom rung of the ladder. It was hard to see a face through the space helmet. "It's got to be Mrs. Roopy!" Andrea said. "I'm not Mrs. Roopy," the astronaut said. "My name is Neil Armstrong. It is 1969. I am about to

梯子。那个人穿着太空服，慢动作移动。 扩音器里开始播放一些音乐。 “鹰……已经着陆了。”宇航员说。 最后，宇航员到达了梯子的最底层。 透过太空头盔很难看清人脸。 “一定是鲁比太太!”安德里亚说。 “我不是鲁比太太，”宇航员说。 “我叫尼尔·阿姆斯特朗。 这是1969年。我正要。

become the first human being to set foot on the moon." Slowly Neil Armstrong put one foot on the floor of the library. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind!" he said. We tried to convince Neil Armstrong that he was really Mrs. Roopy dressed in a spacesuit, but he kept saying he had never heard of anyone named Roopy. Neil Armstrong spent the rest of the period showing us books about the moon and the sun and the stars and outer space. It was almost not boring, but not quite. "Would you like some juice, Mr. Armstrong?" Michael asked, holding out the juice box.

成为第一个踏上月球的人。” 尼尔·阿姆斯特朗慢慢地把一只脚放在图书馆的地板上。 他说:“这是个人的一小步，却是人类的一大步!” 我们试图说服尼尔·阿姆斯特朗，他真的是穿着太空服的鲁比夫人，但他一直说他从未听说过有谁叫鲁比。 尼尔·阿姆斯特朗在剩下的时间里向我们展示了关于月球、太阳、星星和外太空的书籍。 它几乎不无聊，但也不完全无聊。 “你想喝点果汁吗，阿姆斯特朗先生?”迈克尔问，把果汁盒递给他。