9 Ch9-TV, at Last

Chapter 9 TV, at Last We were supposed to have music on Monday, but Mr. Hynde was absent. We were kind of worried. Maybe he was sick, or maybe a meteor hit his house or something. That stuff happens all the time. But Miss Daisy told us he was fine and that we shouldn't worry so much.

第九章电视，终于我们星期一应该有音乐课，但海德先生缺席了。 我们有点担心。也许他病了，也许流星撞了他的房子，或者别的什么。 这种事经常发生。 但是黛西小姐告诉我们他很好，我们不必太担心。

A few days later, after we finished pledging the allegiance, Principal Klutz made an announcement over the loudspeaker. "Teachers, please turn on the TV sets in your rooms," he said. We all gasped. "But it's still TV Turnoff Month!" just about everybody in the whole school yelled. "Forget about that!" Mr. Klutz said. "Turn on your TVs! There is a very special tape I need everyone to see." Whatever Mr. Klutz wanted us to see must have been really important. Even before TV Turnoff Month, we were hardly

几天后，在我们宣誓效忠后，克鲁茨校长通过扩音器宣布了一项声明。 “老师们，请打开你们房间里的电视机，”他说。 我们都倒吸了一口气。“可现在还是关电视月啊!”全校几乎每个人都喊道。 “算了吧!”克鲁茨说。 “打开电视!”有一盘非常特别的磁带，我想让每个人都看看。” 克鲁茨先生想让我们看的东西一定很重要。 即使在“电视关月”之前，我们也很难

ever allowed to watch TV during school. Miss Daisy went to the front of the class and turned on the TV. It had been so long since I'd seen TV that I almost forgot what it looked like. But it didn't take me long to figure out what was on the screen. It was this dumb show called American Idol, where people get up and sing dumb songs and these dumb judges tell them how bad they sing. People vote for them, and one by one the singers have to leave until there is a winner. Why the heck did Principal Klutz want us to watch that? Some announcer guy said, "Our next contestant is a music teacher at the Ella

在学校里不准看电视。 黛西小姐走到教室前面，打开了电视。 我已经很久没看电视了，我几乎忘了电视是什么样子。 但没过多久我就弄明白了屏幕上的内容。 那是一个叫《美国偶像》的愚蠢节目，人们站起来唱愚蠢的歌，这些愚蠢的评委告诉他们他们唱得有多糟糕。 人们为他们投票，一个接一个的歌手必须离开，直到出现赢家。 克鲁茨校长为什么要让我们看这个? 播音员说:“下一位选手是艾拉音乐学院的音乐老师

Mentry School—" And out walked Mr. Hynde! I just about fell out of my seat. Everybody in the class gasped. We couldn't believe it! It was the most amazing thing that ever happened in the history of the world! You should have

中学——"海德先生走了出来!我差点从座位上摔下来。 班上的每个人都倒吸了一口气。 我们简直不敢相信!这是世界历史上发生的最令人惊奇的事情!你应该

been there. Our own Mr. Hynde was on TV! "He's been working on his own rap CD," I told everybody. "This is gonna be cool," said Ryan. Mr. Hynde stepped up to the microphone. He looked a little nervous. Music started playing and Mr. Hynde started singing. "The sun will come out tomorrow....'" I wouldn't believe it! Mr. Hynde wasn't singing one of his rap songs. He was singing that dumb bet-your-bottom-dollar song! Tears were rolling down his cheeks while he sang. "'Tomorrow... tomorrow...'"

到过那里。我们的海德先生上电视了!“他一直在制作自己的说唱CD，”我告诉大家。 “这一定很酷，”瑞恩说。 海德先生走到麦克风前。 他看起来有点紧张。 音乐响起，海德开始唱歌。 “太阳明天会出来....“我简直不敢相信!海德先生不是在唱他的说唱歌曲。 他在唱那首蠢歌，赌上你所有的钱!他唱歌时眼泪顺着脸颊滚落下来。 “明天……明天……”

After he finished the song, we all cheered. Even me, and I hate that dumb song. I thought the judges were going to say how terrible Mr. Hynde was, because they pretty much hate everybody. But they didn't. They said he was really good. And when it was announced that Mr. Hynde was going to advance to the next round, we all went crazy.

他唱完歌后，我们都欢呼起来。 包括我，我讨厌那首蠢歌。 我以为评委们会说海德先生有多糟糕，因为他们几乎讨厌所有人。 但他们没有。他们说他真的很棒。 当宣布Hynde先生将进入下一轮时，我们都疯了。