7. Reverse Psychology

CHAPTER 7 REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY George and Harold passed out the "Friday Memo" and made it back to their classroom just in time for Ms. Ribble's retirement party. George quickly changed the letters around on the sign outside the door, while Harold wrote a special greeting on Mr. Krupp's card and stuffed it into the envelope.

第七章逆反心理乔治和哈罗德分发了“星期五备忘录”，及时回到了教室。 里布尔的退休派对。 乔治迅速把门外牌子上的字母换了一圈，哈罗德在克虏伯先生的卡片上写了一句特别的问候，然后把它塞进了信封。

"HEY, BUBS!" shouted Mr. Krupp as he stormed down the hall. "What do you kids think you're doing?" "We're going to Ms. Ribble's retirement party," said George. "That's what YOU think, smart guy!" said Mr. Krupp. "Ms. Ribble showed me that comic book you boys made about her. And now I catch you changing the letters around on another sign! You boys aren't going to any party... you're going STRAIGHT to the detention room!"

“嘿，巴布斯！”克虏伯先生冲过大厅喊道。 “你们这些孩子以为自己在干什么？”“我们要去找。 里布尔的退休晚会。”乔治说。 “那是你的想法，聪明人！”克虏伯先生说。 “里布尔女士给我看了你们画的关于她的漫画书。 现在我发现你在另一个牌子上改了字母！你们这些男孩不去参加任何派对… 你要直接进拘留室！”

"Well fine," said Harold. "Then we're not gonna give Ms. Ribble the card our class made for her!" Mr. Krupp quickly swiped the card out of Harold's hand. "A-HA!" he shouted. "I'm going to make SURE she gets this card! I'm going to give it to her MYSELF!" "Aww, maaaan!" said Harold.

“好吧。”哈罗德说。“那我们就不会给。 把我们班给她做的卡片撕下来！”克虏伯先生迅速地从哈罗德手里把卡片刷了过去。 “啊哈！”“我一定要让她收到这张卡片！”我要亲自给她！”“啊，妈！”哈罗德说。

George and Harold walked down the hallway toward the detention room. "Wow," said George. "That was pretty cool how you got Mr. Krupp to deliver that phony card for you." "Yep," said Harold. "I used reverse psychology on him!" "I've gotta try that sometime," said George. "By the way, what did you write on that card?" "You'll see," said Harold, smiling.

乔治和哈罗德沿着走廊朝拘留室走去。 “哇，”乔治说。“你让克虏伯先生给你送那张假卡片的方式太酷了。” “是的。”哈罗德说。“我对他用了逆反心理！”“什么时候我也要试试。”乔治说。 “顺便问一下，你在那张卡片上写了什么？”“你等着瞧吧。”哈罗德笑着说。