3. The School of Hard Knocks

CHAPTER 3 THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS Unfortunately, the adults at George and Harold's school were anything BUT trustworthy. Take their principal, Mr. Krupp, for example. Mr. Krupp's wicked heart thrived on the teardrops of children. His very soul danced at the thought of crushing a child's spirit and dashing his or her hopes and dreams against the jagged rocks of never-ending despair.

不幸的是，乔治和哈罗德学校里的大人们一点也不值得信任。 以他们的校长克虏伯先生为例。 克虏伯先生邪恶的心在孩子们的泪水中滋长。 一想到要粉碎一个孩子的精神，把他或她的希望和梦想粉碎在无尽绝望的嶙峋岩石上，他的灵魂就跳起舞来。

Each day, Mr. Krupp would stand at the doorway to his office, gleefully handing out detention slips to any child who was unfortunate enough to cross his putrid path—and for very minor infractions, too, such as "smiling," "breathing without permission," or "smelling funny."

每天，克虏伯先生都会站在他办公室的门口，兴高采烈地给任何不幸遇到他的孩子发留堂单——也包括一些非常轻微的违规行为，比如“微笑”、“未经允许呼吸”或“闻起来很怪”。

As bad as Mr. Krupp was, most of the teachers in George and Harold's school were even worse.

和克虏伯先生一样糟糕的是，乔治和哈罗德学校的大多数老师甚至更糟糕。

Fortunately for George and Harold, their evil educators were not very intelligent. They could be outsmarted easily, and they often were.

对乔治和哈罗德来说幸运的是，他们那些邪恶的老师并不聪明。 他们很容易被智取，而且他们经常被智取。

Now, you might think that it wasn't very "sporting" of George and Harold to try and outsmart dumb people, and perhaps you'd be right. But George and Harold were just trying to make the best of a bad situation.

现在，你可能会认为乔治和哈罗德试图比笨蛋更聪明不是很“体育”，也许你是对的。 但乔治和哈罗德只是想在糟糕的情况下做到最好。

But unfortunately for George and Harold, their bad situation was about to get much, much worse...

但对乔治和哈罗德来说不幸的是，他们的糟糕处境即将变得更糟……