4. Left Behind

CHAPTER 4 LEFT BEHIND Mr. Krupp marched George and Harold over to the janitor's closet. "You can use these supplies to clean the teachers' lounge," said Mr. Krupp. "I want it SPOTLESS by the time we get back!"

克虏伯先生领着乔治和哈罗德走向看门人的衣橱。 “你可以用这些用品来打扫教师休息室，”克虏伯说。 “我们回来的时候，我要它一尘不染！”

Mr. Krupp went back outside, climbed onto the school bus, and laughed loudly as the buses pulled away. The teachers all pointed at George and Harold and laughed, too. "Rats!" said Harold. "l thought we were going to have fun today!"

克虏伯先生回到外面，爬上校车，在校车开走时大声笑了起来。 老师们都指着乔治和哈罗德，也笑了起来。 “老鼠！”哈罗德说。“我还以为我们今天会玩得很开心呢！”

"We can still have fun," said George. "All we need is this ladder, that bag of powdered paste, and those big boxes of Styrofoam wormy thingies." So George and Harold carried their supplies to the teachers' lounge and got down to business.

“我们仍然可以玩得开心，”乔治说。 “我们只需要这架梯子，那袋粉状糊状物，还有那些大盒子的泡沫塑料防虫用品。” 于是，乔治和哈罗德把补给品搬到教师休息室，开始干正事。

At the sink, George pulled the sprayer nozzle, while Harold carefully taped the sprayer handle in the "on" position. Then the two boys put the nozzle back, making sure the sprayer head was pointed in the right direction.

在水池边，乔治拉起喷雾器的喷嘴，哈罗德小心地把喷雾器的手柄固定在“开”的位置。 然后两个男孩把喷嘴放回去，确保喷头指向正确的方向。

Next, George held the ladder steady while Harold climbed up to the ceiling fan. There he began scooping generous amounts of powdered paste onto the tops of the fan blades. "Is this right?" asked Harold. "Yeah," said George. "Try to get most of it on the ends of the blades." "Got it," said Harold.

接着，乔治稳住梯子，哈罗德爬上吊扇。 在那里，他开始把大量的粉状糊状物舀到风扇叶片的顶部。 “这样对吗？”哈罗德问。 “是啊，”乔治说。“尽量把大部分涂在叶片的末端。” “明白了。”哈罗德说。

George closed all the blinds while Harold adjusted the ceiling fan so it would turn on when the lights came on. Finally, the boys filled the refrigerator up with worm-shaped Styrofoam packaging pellets. "This is going to be fun," said Harold. "Not for the teachers!" laughed George.

乔治关上了所有的百叶窗，而哈罗德调整了吊扇，这样当灯亮时它就会打开。 最后，男孩们把冰箱装满了蠕虫状的泡沫塑料包装颗粒。 “这一定很有趣。”哈罗德说。 “不是给老师的！”乔治笑着说。