8 Ch8-The Play

Chapter 8 The Play For the next week, the second grade rehearsed and rehearsed and rehearsed the play. After school I went home and rehearsed my lines some more. I couldn't turn on the TV anyway, so it was good to have something to do. In school we rehearsed the whole play

接下来的一个星期，二年级的学生排练了一遍又一遍。 放学后，我回到家，又排练了几句台词。 反正我也开不了电视，所以有事可做也挺好的。 在学校我们排练了整出戏

from start to finish. It was fun torturing Andrea. "The only part we didn't rehearse was the kissing part. Mr. Hynde said we would save that for the real show on Friday night. Ryan and Michael couldn't believe that I was really going to kiss Andrea. I told them that Mr. Hynde said it wouldn't be so horrible if I pretended she was a dirt bike. "I wouldn't kiss a dirt bike," Ryan said. "Well, what would you kiss?" I asked. "I really like football," Ryan said. "I'd kiss a football." Ryan is weird. Finally the night of the big show

从头到尾。折磨安德里亚很有趣。 “我们唯一没有排练的部分是接吻部分。 海德先生说我们要把这个留到周五晚上真正的演出。 瑞安和迈克尔不敢相信我真的要亲安德里亚。 我告诉他们，海德先生说如果我假装她是一辆越野车就不会那么可怕了。 “我不会亲吻一辆越野车，”瑞恩说。 “那么，你会吻什么呢?”我问。 “我真的很喜欢足球，”瑞恩说。 “我会亲吻足球。”瑞恩很奇怪。 终于到了盛大演出的晚上了

arrived. Everybody was dressed up in his or her costume. We peeked through the curtains in the multipurpose room and saw all the parents were there. I was nervous. Mr. Hynde told us everything was going to be fine. We were waiting for the curtain to open when Andrea pulled me aside. "A.J.," she said, "I want you to know that just because we have to kiss each other doesn't mean I like you." "I don't like you, either," I said. "Good," she said. "I'm glad we agree on something." "Kissing girls is gross," I told her. "Kissing boys is gross too," she said. "I

来了。每个人都穿着戏服。 我们透过多功能厅的窗帘偷看，看到所有的家长都在那里。 我很紧张。海德先生告诉我们一切都会好起来的。 我们正等着幕布拉开，安德里亚把我拉到一边。 “aj，”她说，“我想让你知道，我们必须亲吻对方并不意味着我喜欢你。” “我也不喜欢你，”我说。 “很好，”她说。“我很高兴我们达成了一致。” “亲吻女孩很恶心，”我告诉她。 “亲吻男孩也很恶心，”她说。 “我

even went to Mr. Hynde and told him I didn't want to be in the play because I didn't want to kiss you." "So did I!" "He told me I should pretend that you're something I really like," Andrea said. "That's what he told me!" I said. "I'm going to pretend you're a dirt bike." "I'm going to pretend you're an encyclopedia," Andrea said "Fine." So we did the play. I remembered all my lines, and locking Andrea in the dungeon was fun. Everything was going great.

甚至还去找海德先生，告诉他我不想出演这部戏，因为我不想吻你。” “我也是!”“他告诉我，我应该假装你是我真正喜欢的人，”安德里亚说。 “他就是这么跟我说的!”我说。 “我要假装你是一辆越野车。” “我就假装你是一本百科全书，”安德烈说，“好吧。” 所以我们演了这部戏。我记住了所有的台词，把安德里亚锁在地牢里也很有趣。 一切都很顺利。

But the whole time, in the back of my mind, I was thinking that soon I would have to kiss Andrea. It was a horrible thought. We were a minute away from the big kissing part. The whole cast was up on the stage. Andrea was standing right next to me. I was really nervous. Michael leaned over and whispered in my ear. "Remember, she's a dirt bike," he said. Emily leaned over and whispered to Andrea. "Remember, he's an encyclopedia," she said. And then, before I could catch my

但在整个过程中，在我的内心深处，我一直在想，我很快就要吻安德里亚了。 这是一个可怕的想法。 我们还有一分钟就要接吻了。 全体演员都上了舞台。 安德莉亚就站在我旁边。 我真的很紧张。迈克尔俯下身来，在我耳边低语。 “记住，她是一辆越野车，”他说。 爱米丽俯下身，低声对安德里亚说。 “记住，他是个百科全书，”她说。 然后，在我抓到我的

breath, it was time. The big moment. The kiss. I leaned over toward Andrea. Andrea leaned over toward me. My heart was beating fast. I closed my eyes. Dirt bike. Dirt bike. Dirt bike. Dirt bike. I was trying really hard to pretend that Andrea was a dirt bike. And at that very moment, the most amazing thing in the

呼吸，是时候了。重要时刻。 的吻。我向安德里亚俯下身来。 安德里亚向我倾过身来。 我的心跳得很快。 我闭上眼睛。污垢自行车。 污垢自行车。污垢自行车。污垢自行车。 我真的很努力地假装安德里亚是一辆越野车。 就在那一刻，最神奇的事情