4 Ch4-What a Mess!

Chapter 4 What a Mess! The next time we had art class, the newspaper ball that Ms. Hannah had been making was huge! It was about as high as a desk. Everybody wanted to touch it. Everyone except for me, that is. I remembered that somewhere inside that ball was my booger.

第4章真是一团糟!下次我们上美术课的时候，老师的报纸球。 汉娜赚了很多钱!它大约和一张桌子一样高。 每个人都想摸摸它。 所有人，除了我。 我记得球里的某个地方是我的鼻屎。

The art room was filled with all kinds of junk kids brought in from home. There were old musical instruments, broken toys, soda cans, plastic wrap, and all kinds of garbage. You should have seen it! Some kid brought in a tennis racquet with no strings. "What a mess!" Emily said. "If my bedroom looked like this, my mom would go crazy," Michael said. "You should throw half this stuff in the garbage, Ms. Hannah." "Oh dear, no," she said. "I don't like to throw things away. In fact, at home the garbagemen bring me garbage so I can use it in my art. When I have a day off, I

美术室里堆满了孩子们从家里带回来的各种垃圾。 那里有旧乐器、破玩具、汽水罐、保鲜膜和各种各样的垃圾。 你真该看看!有个孩子带来了一个没有线的网球拍。 “真是一团糟!”艾米丽说。 “如果我的卧室变成这样，我妈妈会发疯的，”迈克尔说。 “你应该把一半的东西扔进垃圾桶，”她说。 汉娜。”“哦，天哪，不，”她说。 “我不喜欢扔掉东西。 事实上，在家里，垃圾工给我带来垃圾，这样我就可以在我的艺术中使用它。 当我休息的时候，我

go to junkyards looking for treasures." Ms. Hannah is bananas! She had some sticky glue that sticks to everything. She told us to make a sculpture out of the junk kids brought in from home. "Express yourself!" Ms. Hannah said. "Show your creativity! Remember, art is everywhere. Art is light. Art is air. Even things that are invisible can be art." Michael started making a robot out of toilet paper tubes. Emily made a doll out of buttons. I didn't know what to make. I think I'm just not very artistic. I didn't feel like gluing a bunch of junk together. Ms. Hannah walked around looking at every-

去垃圾场找宝藏吧。” 汉娜女士简直疯了!她有一种能粘住任何东西的胶水。 她让我们用孩子们从家里带回来的垃圾做一个雕塑。 “表达自己!”汉娜说。 “展示你的创造力!”记住，艺术无处不在。 艺术是光明的。艺术是空气。即使是看不见的东西也可以成为艺术。” 迈克尔开始用卫生纸管制作机器人。 艾米丽用纽扣做了一个洋娃娃。 我不知道该做什么。 我觉得我只是不太有艺术天分。 我可不想把一堆垃圾粘在一起。 汉娜女士走来走去，打量着每一个人

one's sculptures and telling them how wonderful they were. I hoped Ms. Hannah wouldn't come over to me. "A.J. isn't making a sculpture," Andrea said, and she stuck her tongue out at me. I hate her. "Why aren't you making anything, A.J.?" I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to say. I had to think fast. "I did make a sculpture," I said. "This is an invisible sculpture. I call it 'The Invisible Sculpture!" "Very clever, A.J.!" Ms. Hannah said "That's using your creativity!" I stuck out my tongue at Andrea. "I have an announcement, second

并告诉他们这些雕塑有多棒。 我希望韩娜小姐不要到我这儿来。 “A.J.不是在做雕塑，”安德里亚说，她朝我吐了吐舌头。 我恨她。“你为什么什么都不做，A.J.?”我不知道该怎么办。 我不知道该说什么。 我必须快速思考。“我确实做了一个雕塑，”我说。 “这是一个无形的雕塑。 我把它叫做“看不见的雕塑!”“真聪明，A.J.!”Ms。 汉娜说:“这是在发挥你的创造力!”我朝安德里亚伸出舌头。 “第二，我要宣布一件事

grade," Ms. Hannah said after clean-up time, "Mr. Klutz has agreed to sponsor a big art contest. There will be a prize for the winner in each grade." "What's the prize?" Ryan asked. "A gift certificate for a hundred dollars to an art supply store." Everybody went "ooh" and "wow." It didn't seem like a great prize to me. I don't like art. What would I do with a bunch of art supplies? Ms. Hannah said we had to create our artwork at home and bring it in two weeks later if we wanted to be in the contest. "You can make anything you like," Ms. Hannah said, "and use whatever materials you want. Freely express yourselves!

清理时间结束后，汉娜女士说:“这是年级。” 克鲁茨同意赞助一场大型艺术比赛。 每个年级的优胜者都将获得奖品。” “奖品是什么?”瑞恩问道。 “一张美术用品店一百美元的礼券。” 每个人都发出“哇”和“哇”的声音。 对我来说，这并不是什么大奖。 我不喜欢艺术。我要一堆美术用品做什么? 汉娜老师说如果我们想参加比赛的话，我们必须在家里完成我们的作品，两周后把它带来。 “你可以做任何你喜欢的东西。” 汉娜说:“你想用什么材料都行。 自由表达自己!