11 Ch11-Grown-ups Are Weird

Chapter 11 Grown-ups Are Weird Recess is the best time of the day because that's when we get to go out on the playground while the teachers do all the boring things grown-ups do when kids aren't around. Lately Andrea was practicing her juggling during recess. She put on her dumb

课间休息是一天中最好的时光，因为我们可以到操场上玩，而老师们在孩子们不在的时候做大人们做的那些无聊的事情。 最近，安德里亚在课间休息时练习她的水壶。 她戴上了哑巴

show, and kids in the other classes would gather around and watch. Like she was famous or something. But today Andrea wasn't juggling. She and Emily were just sitting on the monkey bars looking all serious, like the world was about to end. Me and Michael and Ryan couldn't resist going over to bug them. "What's the matter with you?" I asked Andrea. "Did you set your house on fire while you were juggling?" "No," she said, "we're worried about Miss Small." "What about her?" asked Ryan. "We're afraid she might die," Emily said.

表演，其他班的孩子就会围过来观看。 好像她很有名似的。 但是今天安德里亚没有玩杂耍。 她和艾米丽坐在单杠上，一副严肃的样子，好像世界末日即将来临。 我、迈克尔和瑞安忍不住过去骚扰他们。 “你怎么啦?”我问安德烈。 “你是不是在玩杂耍的时候把房子点着了?”“不，”她说，“我们担心斯莫尔小姐。” “她怎么了?”瑞恩问。 “我们担心她会死，”艾米丽说。

"What!" I said. "You're nuts! All she did was break her leg." "Miss Small is a quarter of a century old," Andrea said. "That's like, ancient. Old ladies aren't supposed to run around and jump up and down and play games all the time. Old people are supposed to sit around talking about the weather and eating and reading the newspaper and complaining about the kids today and telling us to be quiet. Miss Small doesn't do any of those things. She's like a big kid. She grew tall, but she never grew up." "My dad is a doctor," said Emily. "He told me that when old people fall down,

“什么!”我说。“你疯了!她只是摔断了腿。” “斯莫尔小姐已经25岁了，”安德烈说。 “这很古老。老太太不应该一直跑来跑去，跳上跳下，玩游戏。 老人们总是围坐在一起谈论天气，吃饭，看报纸，抱怨今天的孩子们，告诉我们要安静。 斯莫尔小姐不会做这些事。 她就像个大孩子。她长高了，但她从未长大。” “我爸爸是医生，”艾米丽说。 “他告诉我，当老人摔倒时，

they can get hurt really badly. They can even die." Wow. I didn't know that. "If Miss Small dies, it will be our fault," Andrea said. For a while nobody said anything. Maybe Andrea was right, for once in her life. "We've got to do something," said Emily. "We should talk to her," Andrea said. "We need to tell her she has to grow up and act mature like other adults." So all of us— me, Michael Ryan, Andrea, and Emily— went around the school to the gym. We figured that's where Miss Small

他们可能会伤得很重。 他们甚至会死。”哇。我不知道。 “如果斯茂小姐死了，那就是我们的错，”安德烈说。 好一会儿谁也没说话。 也许安德里亚是对的，就这一次。 “我们得做点什么，”爱米丽说。 “我们应该和她谈谈，”安德里亚说。 “我们需要告诉她，她必须长大，像其他成年人一样成熟。” 于是我们所有人——我、迈克尔·瑞安、安德里亚和艾米丽——绕着学校去了健身房。 我们以为斯莫尔小姐就在那里

would be during recess. "Shh!" Andrea said as we snuck around the corner. "If Principal Klutz catches us, we could be in big trouble." Me and Michael and Ryan got down on our hands and knees and pretended to be undercover agents on a secret police mission. It was cool. Finally we reached the back door to the gym. "We may have to pick the lock like they always do in police movies," Ryan whispered. "Then they run inside and shout, 'Freeze, dirtbags!"' "No," Michael said, "in the movies they kick the door in with their feet and

应该是课间休息的时候。“嘘!”我们偷偷溜过街角时，安德里亚说。 “如果被克鲁茨校长抓住，我们就有大麻烦了。” 我、迈克尔和瑞安跪在地上，假装自己是执行秘密警察任务的卧底。 很酷。最后我们到达了健身房的后门。 “我们可能得像警察电影里演的那样撬锁了。”瑞恩低声说。 “然后他们跑进去大喊，‘别动，混蛋!’”“‘不，’迈克尔说，‘在电影里，他们用脚把门踢开，然后

shout, 'Freeze, dirtbags!'" "No, they don't," I told them. "They use bombs to blow the door off the hinges. Then they run inside and shout, 'Freeze, dirtbags!"' "Maybe the door isn't even locked," Emily said. "The door is always locked, dumbhead," I said. "Why else would they have to blow it off the hinges? Andrea put her hand on the doorknob and turned it. And you know what? The door opened! Me and Michael and Ryan ran inside the gym, just like they do in all the police movies.

大喊:“别动，混蛋!”’”“不，他们不知道，”我告诉他们。 “他们用炸弹把门从铰链上炸开。 然后他们跑进去喊道:“别动，混蛋!”“也许门根本就没锁，”艾米丽说。 “门总是锁着的，笨蛋，”我说。 “不然他们为什么要把它从铰链上吹下来呢?” 安德烈把手放在门把手上，转动了一下。 你知道吗?门开了!我和迈克尔还有瑞恩跑进了健身房，就像所有警用电影里那样。