10 Chapter 10

Chapter 10 By recess everyone had heard about Marvin's question. They couldn't wait to answer it. "Ask me!" said Gina. "No, ask me," said Heather. "Okay," said Marvin. "Have you ever picked your nose?" "Yes," said Gina. "Yes," said Heather. Then they ran away giggling. "Ask me!" said Melanie. "Ask me!" said Travis.… After recess Marvin was ready to give his report. He stood at the front of the room. Several kids were already snickering. Marvin began. "As you know, I asked everyone the question—Have you ever picked your nose?"

课间休息时，大家都听到了马文的问题。 他们迫不及待地想回答这个问题。 “问我吧!”吉娜说。“不，问我吧，”希瑟说。 “好吧，”马文说。“你挖过鼻子吗?”“是的，”吉娜说。 “是的，”希瑟说。然后他们咯咯地笑着跑开了。 “问我吧!"媚兰说。“问我吧!”崔维斯说。课间休息后，马文准备做报告。 他站在房间的前面。 几个孩子已经在窃笑了。 马文的开始。“你知道，我问过每个人这个问题——你挖过鼻子吗?”

Everyone cracked up. Clarence called out, "How gross!" Marvin waited. "These are the results," he said. "Judy —Yes." The class laughed. "Keimy—Yes." They laughed again. "Stuart—Yes. Nick—Yes. Casey—Yes." They laughed every time Marvin said, "Yes." "Justin—Yes. Mr. McCabe—"

每个人都笑了。克拉伦斯喊道:“真恶心!”马文等待着。 “这些就是结果，”他说。 “朱迪-是的。”全班都笑了。 “Keimy-Yes。”他们又笑了。 “Stuart-Yes。Nick-Yes。 Casey-Yes。”每次马文说“是的”，他们都笑了。 “Justin-Yes。麦凯布先生——“

There was a gasp. No one knew Marvin had asked the principal. Marvin paused. Then he said, "Yes."

有人倒吸了一口气。没人知道马文问过校长。 马文暂停。然后他说:“是的。”

The class went wild. Marvin waited for everyone to be quiet. "Mrs. North—" Again there was a gasp. "Yes." "Settle down," said Mrs. North. She was blushing. Marvin continued. "Travis—Yes. Melanie—Yes. Patsy —Yes. Clarence—No." Everyone stopped laughing and looked at Clarence. "Gina—Yes. Heather—Yes." Marvin finished off the list. "In summary," he said, "everybody has picked their nose, except Clarence." Casey shouted, "Oh, Clarence. You're such a liar!" Mrs. North thanked Marvin for his report. "Excellent job," she said. "It was an unusual question, but I think it taught us all a lot about ourselves. We're all human, aren't we?" "Way to go, Marvin!" called Stuart. Nick clapped his hands, and the rest of the class joined in.

全班都疯了。马文等着大家都安静下来。 “诺斯太太——”又是一阵喘息。 “是的。”“安静点，”诺思太太说。 她脸红了。马文继续说。 “Travis-Yes。Melanie-Yes。 帕特西-是的。Clarence-No。” 大家都停止了笑，看着克拉伦斯。 “Gina-Yes。Heather-Yes。” 马文完成了名单。 “总而言之，”他说，“每个人都挖过鼻孔，除了克拉伦斯。” 凯西喊道:“哦，克拉伦斯。 你真是个骗子!”诺斯夫人感谢马文的报告。 “干得好，”她说。 “这是一个不寻常的问题，但我认为它教会了我们很多关于我们自己的东西。 我们都是人，不是吗?”“干得好，马文!”斯图亚特叫道。 尼克拍了拍手，全班同学也跟着拍了起来。

After lunch Marvin got on line to play wall-ball. No one complained. After all, what could they say?

午饭后，马文上网玩壁球。 没有人抱怨。毕竟，他们还能说什么呢?