11. The Refreshments

CHAPTER 11 THE REFRESHMENTS As George and Harold turned to leave the gymnasium, they heard the loud thumps of cleated wedding boots clomping down the aisle toward them. "I'M GONNA GRIND THOSE KIDS INTO HEADCHEESE!" screamed Ms. Ribble as she lunged for the two boys.

第十一章茶点乔治和哈罗德转身要离开体育馆的时候，他们听到了婚礼靴子从走道上向他们走来的沉重的撞击声。 “我要把那些孩子磨成碎碎的！” 她一边说一边扑向两个男孩。

George and Harold screamed and ran to the back of the room near the refreshments. There they hid behind two large wooden pillars. Ms. Ribble approached the pillars and grasped them with her mighty hands. With a horrible roar, she pushed the right pillar over. It landed on the back of the luncheon table, causing the front of the table to flip high into the air. Unfortunately, this sent all of the food flying into the crowd.

乔治和哈罗德尖叫着跑到教室后面茶点旁边。 他们躲在两根大木柱后面。 里布尔女士走近柱子，用她那双有力的手抓住它们。 随着一声可怕的咆哮，她把右边的柱子推倒了。 它落在了午餐桌的背面，把桌子的正面掀到了空中。 不幸的是，所有的食物都飞到了人群中。

The creamy candied carrots clobbered the kindergartners. The fatty fried fish fritters flipped onto the first graders. The sweet-n-sour spaghetti squash splattered the second graders.

奶油胡萝卜糖使幼儿园的孩子们吃得不欢不散。 油腻的炸鱼油饼让一年级学生吃了一惊。 糖醋意面南瓜溅到了二年级学生身上。

Three thousand thawing thimbleberries thudded the third graders. Five hundred frosted fudgy fruitcakes flogged the fourth graders. And fifty-five fistfuls of fancy french-fried frankfurters flattened the fifth graders.

三千颗正在融化的顶针莓扑通一声砸向三年级学生。 五百个糖霜软糖水果蛋糕鞭打着四年级学生。 55把精致的炸法兰克福香肠把五年级的学生们压扁了。

By now you're probably worried that the wedding guests had nothing to drink with their lovely appetizers. Well, rest assured, the second pillar took care of that. Ms. Ribble pushed the left pillar into the fresh fruit display, causing it to topple over, sending

到现在为止，你可能在担心婚礼上的客人们在享用美味的开胃菜时没有喝的东西。 放心吧，第二根柱子已经搞定了。 里布尔把左边的柱子推到新鲜水果陈列柜上，导致它倒塌，造成