10 Ch10-Andrea's Birthday Party

Chapter 10 Andrea's Birthday Party I told my mom I was sick from eating a pea, but she said I had to go to Andrea's birthday party anyway. She even made me dress up like a grown-up in a jacket and tie. It was horrible. When Mom dropped me off at Andrea's house, she made me promise to behave

我告诉妈妈我因为吃了一颗豌豆而生病了，但她说我无论如何都得去参加安德里亚的生日派对。 她甚至让我穿得像个大人，穿夹克，打领带。 太可怕了。妈妈把我送到安德里亚家的时候，她让我保证守规矩

and handed me a present she had bought for Andrea. I went up the steps and rang the doorbell. "I'm so glad to see you, A.J.," said Andrea's mother, who looks just like Andrea but with wrinkles. "I thought you said you weren't coming," said Andrea. "My mother made me," I said, handing her the present. I saw Emily and a few other girls in our class. It took me about two seconds to realize something horrible. Of all the kids at Andrea's party, I was the only boy. The only boy! There were all these giggly girls running around Andrea's living room in party dresses. It was awful.

递给我一件她给安德烈买的礼物。 我走上台阶，按响了门铃。 “见到你真高兴，a.j.，”安德里亚的母亲说，她长得和安德里亚一模一样，只是脸上有皱纹。 “我记得你说过你不来了，”安德烈说。 “是我妈妈让我做的，”我说着，把礼物递给了她。 我看到艾米丽和我们班上的其他几个女孩。 我只花了两秒钟就意识到一件可怕的事。 在安德里亚的派对上，我是唯一的男孩。 唯一的男孩!有一群咯咯笑的女孩穿着派对礼服在安德里亚的客厅里跑来跑去。 太可怕了。

I went into the kitchen. Maybe at least they'd have some good junk food to eat, I figured. But you'll never guess in a million years who was standing at the stove in the kitchen. It was Ms. LaGrange! "Bonjour, Mister A.J.!" she said. "You look very handsome in a jacket and tie!" "Ms. LaGrange, what are you doing here?" "I'm the caterer," she said. "So you made the food?" "We. "We?" I asked. "You and who else? "No," she said. "We means 'yes' in French." That didn't make any sense to me.

我走进厨房。我想，也许至少他们会有一些好的垃圾食品吃。 但是你永远也猜不到是谁站在厨房的火炉边。 是拉格朗日女士!“你好，A.J.先生!”她说。 “你穿夹克打领带看起来很帅!””女士。 拉格朗日，你在这儿干什么?”“我是宴会承办人，”她说。 “所以食物是你做的?”“我们。 “我们?”我问。“你和谁?” “不，”她说。“我们在法语中的意思是‘是’。” 这对我来说毫无意义。

"If we means 'yes,'" I asked, "how do you say 'we'?" "We?" "Yes," I said. "How do you say 'we'?" "We," she said. "But you said we means 'yes,'" I said. "It can't also mean 'we.'" "No?" "Oh, forget it. That French talk makes no sense at all. "Did you make any junk food?" I asked. "Junk food?" said Ms. LaGrange. "Oh, no. Remember YAWYE? You are what you eat." The party was the most boring party in the history of the world. Ms. LaGrange

“如果我们的意思是‘是’，”我问，“那‘我们’怎么说呢?”“我们?”“是的，”我说。 “‘我们’怎么说?”“我们，”她说。 “但你说我们的意思是‘是’，”我说。 “它不可能还有‘我们’的意思。”“没有?”“哦，算了吧。 那法语谈话毫无意义。 “你做过垃圾食品吗?”我问。 “垃圾食品?”拉格朗日说。 “哦,不。还记得YAWYE吗?你吃什么就是什么。” 这个聚会是世界历史上最无聊的聚会。 拉格朗日女士

made a bunch of weird French foods that don't even exist in America. I almost ate this thing called escargot until Ms. LaGrange told me it was a snail. I almost ate a snail! I thought I was gonna throw up. "Isn't trying new foods fun, A.J.?" Andrea's mother asked. "Oh, yeah," I lied. "Lots of fun. Are we gonna play some games or something?" "Games?" Andrea's mother asked. "What kind of games?" "You know, like when you whack a pifiata with a baseball bat until it busts and all the candy falls out," I said, "That sounds rather violent," Andrea's

做了一堆奇怪的法国食物，这些食物在美国根本不存在。 我差点就吃了这个叫蜗牛的东西，直到。 拉格朗日告诉我那是一只蜗牛。 我差点吃了一只蜗牛!我以为我要吐了。 “尝试新食物不是很有趣吗，aj ?”安德烈的母亲问。 “哦，是的，”我撒了个谎。“很有趣。 我们要不要玩点游戏什么的?”“游戏?”安德烈的母亲问。 “什么样的游戏?”“你知道，就像你用棒球棒敲打一个皮菲塔，直到它破裂，所有的糖果都掉了出来，”我说，“听起来很暴力，”安德里亚的