10. The Big Wedding

CHAPTER 10 THE BIG WEDDING It was Saturday, the day of the big wedding. Miss Anthrope, true to her word, had taken care of everything. In just one week, she had transformed the gymnasium into a beautiful wedding hall, complete with food, decorations, and even a six-foot-tall ice sculpture. All of the children were dressed in their finest clothes. (Harold even wore a tie!) "Man," said George, "I can't believe we have to go to school on SATURDAY!" "I know," said Harold. "Why couldn't they have had this wedding during Monday's math test?"

第十章盛大的婚礼这是星期六，举行盛大婚礼的日子。 Anthrope小姐信守诺言，把一切都安排好了。 仅仅一个星期，她就把体育馆变成了一个美丽的婚礼大厅，里面有食物、装饰品，甚至还有一个六英尺高的冰雕。 所有的孩子都穿着他们最好的衣服。 （哈罗德甚至还打了领带！）“天哪，”乔治说，“我真不敢相信我们星期六还得去上学！”“我知道。”哈罗德说。 “他们为什么不能在星期一数学考试的时候举行婚礼呢？”

Soon the organist began to play. The rabbi walked down the aisle. He approached George and Harold and stopped to talk to the boys. "I've heard a lot about you two," said the rabbi, "and I don't want you boys playing any of your tricks today." "Silly Rabbi," said George, "tricks are for kids!" Believe it or not, George and Harold had not planned any pranks for the big wedding. They had no Joy Buzzers up their sleeves... no squirting flowers in their lapels... and no whoopee cushions on their chairs. They were on their best behaviour. Nothing could go wrong today!

很快，风琴手开始演奏。 拉比走下过道。 他走近乔治和哈罗德，停下来和孩子们说话。 “我听说过很多关于你们俩的事，”拉比说，“今天我不想让你们玩你们的把戏。” “傻拉比，”乔治说，“把戏是小孩子玩的！”信不信由你，乔治和哈罗德并没有为这场盛大的婚礼计划任何恶作剧。 他们的袖子里没有欢乐蜂鸣器…… 没有在翻领上喷花…… 他们的椅子上没有放屁垫。 他们表现得很好。 今天不会出什么差错的！

In no time at all, Ms. Ribble and Mr. Krupp were standing in front of the rabbi, looking quite ill. The rabbi asked Mr. Krupp if he would take Ms. Ribble to be his lawfully wedded wife. "B-B-Bubba bobba hob-hobba-hobba wah-wah," said Mr. Krupp. Then the rabbi asked Ms. Ribble if she would take Mr. Krupp to be her husband. There was a long silence. Everyone leaned forward. Ms. Ribble looked nervously from side to side. Suddenly, she shouted out at the top of her lungs, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

很快，里布尔女士和克虏伯先生就站在拉比面前，看上去病得很重。 拉比问克虏伯先生，他是否愿意收留她。 里布尔成为他的合法妻子。 克虏伯先生说：“布-布-波-霍-霍-霍-哇-哇。” 然后拉比问里布尔女士是否愿意让克虏伯先生做她的丈夫。 沉默了很长时间。每个人都向前倾着身子。 里布尔女士紧张地左右打量着。 突然，她声嘶力竭地喊道：“不行！”

Ms. Ribble turned to Mr. Krupp and jabbed her finger into his shoulder. "Listen, Krupp," she said. "I can't marry you." "Hooray! —er, I mean —aww, that's too bad!" said Mr. Krupp. "You're a mean, cruel, and vicious man," said Ms. Ribble, "and I respect that. It's just... it's just..." "Just what?" asked Mr. Krupp.

里布尔转向克虏伯，用手指戳了戳他的肩膀。 “听着，克虏伯，”她说。 “我不能嫁给你。”“万岁!——呃，我的意思是——啊，那太糟糕了！”克虏伯先生说。 “你是个卑鄙、残忍、恶毒的人。” 里布尔”，我尊重这一点。 它只是…它只是……” “只是什么？”克虏伯先生问。

"It's just your nose!" said Ms. Ribble. "You've got the most ridiculous nose— I've never seen anything quite like it! I just couldn't marry somebody with such a silly nose."

“只是你的鼻子！” 博尔。“你的鼻子太可笑了——我从来没见过这样的鼻子！”我就是不能嫁给一个长着这么傻鼻子的人。”

Mr. Krupp got angry. "Well fine!" he shouted. "I didn't want to marry you anyway! It was all George and Harold's fault. They tricked us!" Suddenly, everybody in the gymnasium turned and looked at George and Harold.

克虏伯先生生气了。“很好！”他喊道。 “反正我也不想嫁给你！”都是乔治和哈罗德的错。 他们骗了我们！”突然，体育馆里的每个人都转过身来看着乔治和哈罗德。