10 Ch10-Cooties and Clog Dancing

Chapter 10 Cooties and Clog Dancing "Good morning, boys and girls," Principal Klutz said over the loudspeaker. "Today is Tuesday, and today is special because our own Miss Small is a quarter of a century old! So if you see Miss Small in the hall, be sure to wish her a happy birthday." "Wow!" Ryan whispered to me. "A

“早上好，孩子们，”克鲁茨校长通过扩音器说。 “今天是星期二，今天是个特别的日子，因为我们的斯莫尔小姐已经25岁了!所以，如果你在大厅里看到斯莫尔小姐，一定要祝她生日快乐。” “哇!”瑞安小声对我说。 “一个

quarter of a century is a long time." After the morning announcements, we have this thing in our class called Show and Share. We have to bring in something from home and tell the class about it. I brought in an old army helmet that my grandpa wore when he fought in a war a long time ago. It has fake leaves attached to it so Grandpa could hide in the woods and nobody would see him. I put it on my head even though it was too big for me. Then everybody passed the helmet around so they could feel how heavy it was. "That's very interesting, A.J.," Miss Daisy said when I was finished. "It's your

25年是很长的一段时间。” 在早上的公告之后，我们班有一个叫做“展示和分享”的活动。 我们得从家里带点东西来，告诉同学们。 我带来了一顶旧的军用头盔，那是我爷爷很久以前参加战争时戴的。 上面有假叶子，这样爷爷就可以躲在树林里，没人会看到他。 我把它戴在头上，尽管它对我来说太大了。 然后每个人都把头盔传过来，这样他们就能感觉到头盔有多重。 “真有意思，a.j.，”我讲完后，黛西小姐说。 “这是你的

turn, Andrea. What do you have to share with us today?" "That helmet is awesome, A.J.," Ryan whispered to me while Andrea got up. "Yeah, let's see Andrea top that," I said. Andrea lugged a big duffel bag up to the front of the class. She pulled three long sticks out of the bag. On the end of each stick was a thing that looked like a marshmallow, but black. Then she pulled out a lighter and set those marshmallow things on fire! "My mom signed me up for juggling lessons," Andrea announced. Then she threw those flaming sticks up in the air! I don't know how she did it,

安德里亚。今天你有什么要和我们分享的吗?”“那头盔真棒，aj，”安德里亚站起来的时候，瑞恩小声对我说。 “是啊，让我们看看安德里亚的表现。”我说。 安德里亚拖着一个大行李袋走到教室前面。 她从袋子里拿出三根长棍子。 在每根棍子的末端都有一个看起来像棉花糖的东西，但是是黑色的。 然后她拿出打火机，把那些棉花糖点着了!“我妈妈给我报了杂耍课，”安德里亚宣布。 然后她把那些燃烧的木棍扔向空中!我不知道她是怎么做到的，

but the sticks were flying all over the place. She kept catching them and throwing them back up in the air. If it had been anybody else, I would have thought it was super cool.

但是棍子到处乱飞。 她不停地接住它们，又把它们抛向空中。 如果是其他人，我一定会觉得很酷。

Finally Andrea caught all three sticks in one hand, blew them out, and took a bow. Everybody started cheering and clapping. I hate her. "After I get good," Andrea said. "I'm going to learn how to juggle while I'm riding a unicycle." I hope she rides her unicycle off a cliff. "Okay, everybody, it's time to line up for Fizz Ed!" Miss Daisy announced. When we got to the gym, we sang "Happy Birthday" to Miss Small and told her she didn't look half bad for somebody who had lived a quarter of a century. "Today we're going to do something that's really fun!" Miss Small announced.

最后，安德里亚一手抓住了三根木棍，吹灭了它们，鞠了一躬。 每个人都开始欢呼和鼓掌。 我恨她。“等我好了再说，”安德里亚说。 “我要在骑独轮车的时候学会玩杂耍。” 我希望她骑着独轮车摔下悬崖。 “好了，各位，该排队买汽水了!”黛西小姐宣布。 当我们到达健身房时，我们为斯莫尔小姐唱“生日快乐”，并告诉她，对于一个活了四分之一个世纪的人来说，她看起来还不错。 “今天我们要做一些非常有趣的事情!”斯莫尔小姐宣布。

"Everybody choose a partner. We're going to have a three-legged race!" "How can we have a three-legged race when we only have two legs?" I asked. Everybody laughed even though I didn't say anything funny. I turned around to see if Ryan or Michael would be my partner. But Ryan chose Michael, and Michael chose Ryan. Just about everybody had already chosen a partner. There was only one kid in the class besides me who didn't have a partner. Andrea Young! "Looks like we're partners, A.J.," Andrea said.

“每个人都选择一个合作伙伴。 我们要进行一场三条腿的比赛!”“当我们只有两条腿时，我们怎么能有三条腿的比赛呢?”我问。 大家都笑了，尽管我没说什么好笑的话。 我转过身来，想看看瑞安或迈克尔会不会成为我的搭档。 但是瑞安选择了迈克尔，迈克尔也选择了瑞安。 几乎每个人都已经选择了一个合作伙伴。 除了我，班里只有一个孩子没有舞伴。 安德里亚年轻!“看来我们是搭档了，aj，”安德里亚说。