The Fundraiser

The Pop-Song Crew’s leadership committee was finishing up their monthly meeting. The Pop-Song Crew was the school singing club. “ Is there anything else to discuss?” Jerry, the club’s president, asked. “ No, ” Lucy, the treasurer, replied. Kathy, the secretary, shook her head.

Pop Song Crew的领导委员会正在结束他们的月度会议。 流行歌曲队是学校的歌唱俱乐部。 ”还有什么要讨论的吗？”俱乐部主席杰瑞问道。 ”不，”司库露西回答。秘书凯西摇了摇头。

“ Yes! ” Mrs. Mayer, the club’s faculty advisor, said eagerly. She was looking at her phone. “ We’ve been invited to sing at the Newtown Spring Festival next month. ” The kids cheered. “ I can’t wait to tell the rest of the club members, ” Jerry said. “ Wait, ” Lucy said. “ Newtown is three hours away.

”是的！”俱乐部的教员顾问梅耶尔夫人热切地说。 她在看手机。“我们被邀请在下个月的纽敦春节演唱。” 孩子们欢呼起来。“我迫不及待地想告诉俱乐部的其他成员，”杰瑞说。 ”等等，”露西说。“纽敦有三个小时的路程。

We’d have to rent a van to get there. ” “ How much did it cost last time we rented a van?” Mrs. Mayer asked. Lucy checked the club’s account. “ Three hundred dollars. Plus $35 for gas. We only have twenty dollars left in our account. ” She did a quick calculation. “ We’d have to raise $315. ”

我们必须租一辆面包车才能到达那里。” ”上次我们租一辆面包车花了多少钱？”梅耶尔夫人问。 露西检查了俱乐部的账户。“三百美元。加上35美元的汽油。 我们的帐户上只剩下二十美元。” 她做了一个快速的计算。“我们必须筹集315美元。”

Kathy groaned. “ We can ask everyone in the club to pitch in, ” Jerry suggested. Lucy punched the numbers into the calculator app on her phone. “ With 11 members, everyone would have to pay $28. 63 each. ” “ That’s a lot for some members, ” Mrs. Mayer said.

凯西呻吟着。“我们可以要求俱乐部的每个人都参与进来，”杰瑞建议道。 露西在手机上的计算器应用程序中输入了这些数字。 ”如果有11名成员，每个人都需要支付28.63美元。” ”对于一些成员来说，这太多了，”梅耶尔夫人说。

” Especially since we’ve had many expenses this year. ” “ We could hold a fundraiser, ” Kathy suggested. “ Great idea, ” Jerry said. “ How about a car wash?” “ Math Club had one last week, ” Lucy said. “ A bake sale?” Kathy asked.

“尤其是今年我们有很多开支。” ”我们可以举办一次募捐会，”凯西建议道。 ”好主意，”杰瑞说。“洗车怎么样？” ”数学俱乐部上周有一个，”露西说。“烤面包大甩卖？”凯西问。

“ We’d have to sell a lot of cookies to raise $315. ” Lucy sighed. “ Can we text about this later?” Kathy asked. “ I’m late for a friend’s birthday party at the bowling alley. ” " Hey! Science Club did a bowling fundraiser last year, ” Jerry said. “ They raised a lot of money. ”

”我们得卖很多饼干才能筹到315美元。”露西叹了口气。 "我们可以稍后再发短信吗？”凯西问。“我在保龄球馆参加朋友的生日派对迟到了。” "嘿!科学俱乐部去年举办了保龄球筹款活动，”杰瑞说。“他们筹集了很多钱。”