5. Mr. Krupp's Krispy Krupcakes

CHAPTER 5 MR. KRUPP'S KRISPY KRUPCAKES The next morning at school, George and Harold strolled into the cafeteria and taped a festive-looking card to the kitchen door.

第五章克虏伯先生的克虏伯脆皮蛋糕第二天早上，乔治和哈罗德走进学校的自助餐厅，在厨房门上贴了一张节日贺卡。

Soon the lunch ladies arrived. "Oh, look," said Miss Creant, the head lunch lady. "Today is Mr. Krupp's birthday, and he'd like us to make a batch of cupcakes just for him! Isn't that cute?" "I've got an idea," said the cook, Mrs. DePoint. "Why don't we surprise him and make cupcakes for the whole school?!!?" "Good thinking," said Miss Creant. "Let's see now... this recipe serves 10, and we have about 1,000 students and faculty in the school, so...

很快，送午餐的女士们来了。 “哦，看，”负责午餐的克林特小姐说。 “今天是克虏伯先生的生日，他想让我们为他做一批纸杯蛋糕！”是不是很可爱？”“我有个主意，”厨师德波因特太太说。 “我们为什么不给他一个惊喜，给全校做个纸杯蛋糕呢？！！？”“好主意，”克林特小姐说。 “现在让我想想……这个食谱可供10人食用，我们学校有大约1000名学生和教职员工，所以……

...we'll need 100 eggs, 150 cups of flour, 200 boxes of baking soda, 7 quarts of green food coloring, 50 sticks of butter, 150 cups of sugar — and, let's see.... Oh yes, 200 bottles of vinegar!"

…我们需要100个鸡蛋，150杯面粉，200盒小苏打，7夸脱绿色食用色素，50块黄油，150杯糖，还有，让我们看看.... 哦，是的，200瓶醋！”

The lunch ladies scurried about, gathering everything they needed. They dumped the eggs, food coloring, milk, and baking soda into a large vat and began to mix thoroughly. Then somebody poured in the vinegar....

吃午饭的女人们四处奔波，收集她们需要的东西。 他们把鸡蛋、食用色素、牛奶和小苏打倒进一个大桶里，开始彻底混合。 然后有人倒了醋....