8. The Invention Convention Detention

CHAPTER 8 THE INVENTION CONVENTION DETENTION After school, Mr. Krupp ushered George and Harold into the detention room and wrote a long sentence on the chalkboard. "From now on," growled Mr. Krupp, "you boys will spend two hours a day after school copying this sentence over and over. I want every chalkboard in this room filled completely!" On his way out the door, Mr. Krupp turned and said with an evil grin, "And if either of you leaves this room for any reason, I'm going to suspend you both!"

第八章发明大会留校察看放学后，克虏伯先生把乔治和哈罗德领进留校察看室，在黑板上写了一个很长的句子。 “从现在起，”克虏伯先生咆哮道，“你们这些孩子每天放学后要花两个小时一遍又一遍地抄写这句话。 我要把这个房间里的每块黑板都填满！”出门的时候，克虏伯先生转过身来，邪恶地笑着说：“如果你们中的任何一个人以任何理由离开这个房间，我将把你们两个都停学！”

Now, as you might have guessed, writing sentences was nothing new to George and Harold. The two boys waited until Mr. Krupp left the room, then they each took four homemade wooden rods out of their backpacks. The rods had holes in them that George and Harold had drilled in George's dad's woodshop. George screwed the rods together, while Harold inserted a piece of chalk into each hole.

现在，你可能已经猜到了，写句子对乔治和哈罗德来说并不是什么新鲜事。 两个男孩一直等到克虏伯先生离开房间，然后各自从背包里拿出四根自制的木棍。 杆子上有洞，是乔治和哈罗德在乔治爸爸的木工店里钻出来的。 乔治把杆子拧在一起，哈罗德在每个孔里插入一根粉笔。

Then they each took a pole and began copying Mr. Krupp's sentence. Every time they wrote one sentence, the wooden poles made twelve! After about three and a half minutes, every chalkboard in the room was completely filled.

然后他们每人拿起一根杆子，开始抄写克虏伯先生的句子。 他们每写一个句子，木杆就变成十二个！大约三分半钟后，教室里的黑板都被填满了。

George and Harold sat down and admired their work. "We've got a lot of time on our hands now," said George. "Got any ideas?" "Let's make a new comic book!" said Harold. So the two boys took out some paper and pens and created an all-new adventure about their favorite superhero. It was called Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets.

乔治和哈罗德坐下来欣赏他们的作品。 “我们现在有的是时间。”乔治说。 “有什么主意吗？”“我们做一本新的漫画书吧！”哈罗德说。 于是，两个男孩拿出纸和笔，开始了一场关于他们最喜欢的超级英雄的全新冒险。 它被称为“内裤船长和会说话的厕所的攻击”。