2. This Story

CHAPTER 2 THIS STORY One fine morning at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, George and Harold had just gotten out of their fourth-grade remedial gym class when they saw a big sign in the hallway. It was an announcement for the Second Annual Invention Convention.

一个晴朗的早晨，在杰罗姆·霍维茨小学，乔治和哈罗德刚上完四年级的体育补习班，就看到走廊上有一个大牌子。 这是第二届年度发明大会的公告。

George and Harold had fond memories of last year's Invention Convention, but this year's convention was a bit different. The first-prize winner got to be Principal for the Day. "Wow," said George. "Whoever gets to be principal gets to make up all the rules for the whole day, and everybody in school has to follow those rules!" "We have got to win first prize this year!" exclaimed Harold.

乔治和哈罗德对去年的发明大会有着美好的回忆，但今年的大会有点不同。 一等奖获得者将成为当天的校长。 “哇，”乔治说。“谁当了校长，谁就得制定一整天的规则，学校里的每个人都得遵守这些规则！”“我们今年一定要拿一等奖！”哈罗德嚷道。

Just then, George and Harold's principal, Mr. Krupp, showed up. "A-HA!" he shouted. "I'll bet you two are up to no good!" "Not really," said George. "We were just reading about this year's contest." "Yeah," said Harold. "We're going to win first prize in the contest and be Principals for the Day!"

就在这时，乔治和哈罗德的校长克虏伯先生出现了。 “啊哈！”“我敢打赌，你们两个一定在搞什么好事！”“不完全是。”乔治说。 “我们刚刚看到了今年的比赛。” “是啊。”哈罗德说。“我们要赢得比赛的第一名，成为当天的校长！”

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" laughed Mr. Krupp. "Do you honestly think I'd let you two enter this year's contest after that stunt you pulled at last year's Invention Convention?!!?" George and Harold smiled and thought back to the First Annual Invention Convention....

“哈，哈，哈，哈，哈！”克虏伯笑着说。 “你们在去年的发明大会上耍了那么大的花招，你们真以为我会让你们俩参加今年的比赛吗？！！ ！？”乔治和哈罗德笑了，想起了第一届年度发明大会....