11. ASLS

CHAPTER 11 ASLS (ATTENTION SUPERFLUOUS LETHARGY SYNDROME) You've probably all heard of ADHD. It's a condition known as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. George and Harold had been diagnosed with it when they were in the second grade. At the time, George's dad had explained to the boys that people with ADHD are usually more creative than ordinary people. This made George and Harold feel very special, and they wore their diagnosis like a badge of honor.

你可能都听说过注意力缺陷多动症。 这种情况被称为注意力缺陷多动障碍。 乔治和哈罗德在二年级时就被诊断出患有这种疾病。 当时，乔治的爸爸向孩子们解释说，患有多动症的人通常比普通人更有创造力。 这让乔治和哈罗德觉得自己很特别，他们把自己的诊断当作一枚荣誉勋章。

But today, as they walked down the hallway to their next class, the boys felt much different than normal. It was almost as if their ADHD had been dramatically reversed somehow. They felt focused and attentive. They were calm and orderly. They did not feel the uncontrollable urge to daydream or misbehave. Something had changed about them. "YOU'RE LATE FOR CLASS!" shouted their math teacher, Anita Calculator. "We are very sorry," said Yesterday Harold robotically. "Just for that, I'm going to give you EXTRA homework!" Miss Calculator snarled. "Thank you. dear teacher," said Yesterday George in an enthusiastic monotone. "That would be lovely!"

但是今天，当他们沿着走廊走向下一节课时，男孩们感觉和往常大不相同。 就好像他们的注意力缺陷多动症在某种程度上得到了戏剧性的逆转。 他们感到专注和专注。 他们冷静而有秩序。 他们不会有无法控制的冲动去做白日梦或做坏事。 他们身上有些东西变了。 “你上课迟到了！”他们的数学老师Anita Calculator喊道。 “我们非常抱歉。”昨天哈罗德机械地说。 “就为了这个，我要给你额外的作业！”计算器小姐咆哮道。 “谢谢。“亲爱的老师，”昨天乔治热情而单调地说。 “那太好了！”

Miss Calculator eyed the two boys suspiciously as they found their way to their desks and sat down quietly. All through class, as she droned on and on, she observed the most peculiar thing she had ever seen. Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold were actually sitting still and paying attention. They weren't fidgeting, they weren't giggling, and they weren't drawing or talking or making irritating noises with their armpits. They had become model students. "I don't know what you two boys are up to," said Miss Calculator at the end of class, "but I LIKE it!"

当这两个男孩走向课桌，安静地坐下来时，计算器小姐怀疑地打量着他们。 在整个课堂上，她不停地讲着，观察到她所见过的最奇怪的事情。 昨天乔治和昨天哈罗德还静静地坐着，专心听讲。 他们没有坐立不安，没有咯咯地笑，没有画画，没有说话，也没有用胳肢窝发出恼人的声音。 他们成了模范学生。 “我不知道你们两个男孩在搞什么鬼，”下课时计算器老师说，“但我喜欢！”

"Thank YOU." said Yesterday George. "Our greatest desire is to please you." "That is right." said Yesterday Harold. "And thank you For all the extra homework. too. We will do our very best!" Even Melvin Sneedly was impressed. "Those guys are cooler than I thought," said Melvin.

“谢谢你。”昨天乔治说。 “我们最大的愿望是取悦您。” “没错。”昨天哈罗德说。 “谢谢你给我做了这么多额外的作业。 了。我们会尽最大努力的！”就连梅尔文·斯尼利也被打动了。 “这些家伙比我想象的要酷，”梅尔文说。

All through the day, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold were making quite an impression on the faculty of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School. The teachers couldn't believe it when the two boys walked right past a bulletin board without changing the letters around. "They could have easily rearranged those letters to read: Our Cafeteria Makes You barf," said Ms. Guided. "But they didn't!" "I don't know what's going on with those two kids," said Miss Labler, "but I LIKE it!"

整整一天，昨天的乔治和昨天的哈罗德给杰罗姆·霍维茨小学的教师们留下了深刻的印象。 老师们都不敢相信，这两个男孩从公告牌旁走过，却没有把上面的字母换掉。 “他们可以很容易地把这些字母重新排列成：我们的自助餐厅让你呕吐，”她说。 引导。“但是他们没有！”“我不知道这两个孩子是怎么回事，”拉伯勒小姐说，“但我喜欢！”

At the end of the school day, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold went around to each classroom, asking if they could do extra- credit homework that evening. The teachers gladly piled it on. "I don't know what you did to those two brats today," said Mr. Krupp, "but I LIKE it!" "This is only the beginning," Mr. Meaner sneered. "Today I changed George and Harold. Soon, I shall change the world!"

放学后，昨天乔治和昨天哈罗德去了每个教室，问他们晚上是否可以做课外作业。 老师们兴高采烈地夸夸其谈。 “我不知道你今天对那两个小鬼做了什么，”克虏伯先生说，“但我喜欢！”“这只是个开始，”米纳嘲笑道。 “今天我换了乔治和哈罗德。 很快，我将改变世界！”