2 Chapter 2

Chapter 2 Casey Happleton usually sat at the desk next to Marvin. She was absent today. Marvin was disappointed to see her desk empty. She was a funny girl, and he knew she would have liked "hole day." "I must say," said Mrs. North, "you are all so well dressed today. I've never seen a better-looking group of third graders." Everybody laughed. "How'd you get a hole in your shirt?" Kenny asked. "I was working in my garden," said Mrs. North. "My shirt got snagged on a thorn from a rosebush." Marvin nodded. He should have guessed. "We should dress this way all the time," said Judy

凯西·哈普尔顿通常坐在马文旁边的桌子上。 她今天缺席了。马文看到她的桌子空无一人，感到很失望。 她是一个有趣的女孩，他知道她会喜欢“洞日”。 “我得说，”诺思太太说，“你们今天穿得真漂亮。 我从来没见过这么好看的三年级学生。” 每个人都笑了。“你的衬衫怎么破了个洞?”肯尼问。 “我在花园里干活，”诺斯太太说。 “我的衬衫被玫瑰花丛上的刺扎了。” 马文点点头。他应该猜到的。 “我们应该一直这样穿，”朱迪说

Jasper. "That way, nobody would feel bad if their parents were too poor to buy them new clothes." "That's a good idea," said Mrs. North. Marvin thought so, too. "And the holes keep you cool on a hot day," Stuart pointed out. "You're right," said Mrs. North. Marvin agreed. Holes made perfect sense. He wondered why nobody had thought of it before. A child's voice came over the P.A. system. "Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance." Every day, a different kid got to lead the school in the pledge. "That's Casey!" said Judy Jasper. Marvin recognized Casey's voice as she recited the pledge. She sounded very serious. He put his hand over his heart and said it along with her. When Casey came back to class, she told Mrs. North that Mr. McCabe wanted to see her. Mr. McCabe was the principal. "Did he say why?" Mrs. North asked.

碧玉。“这样，如果他们的父母穷得买不起新衣服，就没有人会感到难过。” “好主意，”诺斯太太说。 马文也这么认为。“在大热天，这些洞还能让你保持凉爽，”斯图亚特指出。 “你说得对，”诺思太太说。 马文表示同意。洞是完全合理的。 他不明白为什么以前没有人想到这一点。 广播里传来一个孩子的声音 系统。“请起立宣誓效忠。” 每天都有不同的孩子领导学校宣誓。 “那是凯西!”朱迪·贾斯帕说。 当凯西背诵誓词时，马文听出了她的声音。 她听起来很严肃。他把手放在心口，和她一起说。 当凯西回到教室时，她告诉诺斯夫人麦凯布先生想见她。 麦凯布先生是校长。 “他说为什么了吗?”诺斯太太问。

Casey shook her head. Casey wore a shirt that was way too big for her. Marvin guessed it was her father's. Not only did it have holes in it, but it also had paint spilled on it. Mrs. North told the class she would be gone for only a minute. She said she expected everyone to behave and to use their time wisely. After she left, Nick said, "I bet you Mrs. North got in trouble for wearing torn clothes!" "No, Mr. McCabe is also wearing torn clothes," said Casey. "I saw his elbow." "What did it look like?" asked Judy. "Pink and bumpy," said Casey. Casey had a ponytail that stuck out of the side of her head instead of the back. She sat down next to Marvin. The ponytail was on Marvin's side. Sometimes, when Casey laughed really hard, her ponytail went around in circles. Mrs. North was gone for a lot longer than a minute. When she returned, she had a very strange expression on her face. She looked lost. She opened her mouth, but didn't say anything.

凯西摇了摇头。凯西穿的衬衫对她来说太大了。 马文猜那是她父亲的。 它不仅有洞，而且还洒了油漆。 诺斯夫人告诉同学们她只离开一分钟。 她说，她希望每个人都能表现好，明智地利用时间。 她走后，尼克说:“我敢打赌，诺斯太太因为穿破衣服而惹上了麻烦!”“不，麦凯布先生也穿着破衣服，”凯西说。 “我看见他的胳膊肘了。”“它是什么样子的?”朱迪问。 “粉红色，凹凸不平，”凯西说。 凯西的马尾辫从头的一侧伸出来，而不是从后面。 她在马文旁边坐下。 马尾辫在马文那边。 有时，当凯西笑得很厉害的时候，她的马尾辫会绕成一圈。 诺斯夫人离开的时间远不止一分钟。 当她回来的时候，她脸上有一种非常奇怪的表情。 她看上去很迷茫。她张开嘴，但什么也没说。

"Are you all right?" asked Kenny. Mrs. North looked at Kenny, but still didn't say anything. Finally, she spoke. She said, "We are …" then stopped. She started again. "There will …" That was as far as she got. She tried again. "I expect …" Her mouth shut tight. She tapped her desk with her fist. At last she managed to say a complete sentence. "We are going to have a visitor today." Marvin couldn't wait to hear who it was. From the way Mrs. North was acting, he thought it must be somebody weird. "Who is it?" asked Warren. "Is it somebody I've heard of?" asked Nick. "Oh, I hope so, Nick," said Mrs. North. Then she took a deep breath and said, "The president will be coming here." Everybody gasped. Marvin was a little confused. He wasn't sure which president Mrs. North meant. Did she mean the president of the United States? Or did she mean the president of

“你还好吗?”肯尼问。 诺斯太太看着肯尼，但还是没说什么。 最后，她开口了。她说:“我们是……”然后停了下来。 她又开始了。“会的……”她就说了这么多。 她又试了一次。“我想……”她紧闭着嘴。 她用拳头敲着桌子。 最后她总算说了一个完整的句子。 “今天会有客人来。” 马文迫不及待地想知道是谁。 从诺斯太太的举动来看，他认为一定是个怪人。 “是谁?”沃伦问。 “是我听说过的人吗?”尼克问。 “哦，我希望如此，尼克，”诺斯太太说。 然后她深吸了一口气，说:“总统就要来了。” 每个人都气喘吁吁地说。马文有点困惑。 他不确定诺斯夫人指的是哪位总统。 她是指美国总统吗? 还是说她指的是

something else, like the president of a shoe company? Marvin's school was in Maryland. It was less than twenty miles from Washington, D.C. His father worked in Washington, D.C. So it was possible that Mrs. North meant the president of the United States. But why would the president of the United States come to his school? He raised his hand. Patsy Gatsby raised her hand, too. "Yes, Patsy," said Mrs. North. "The president of what?" Patsy asked. Mrs. North stared at her as if she thought Patsy was an alien from another planet. "The president of the United States," she said.

其他职位，比如制鞋公司的总裁? 马文的学校在马里兰州。 它离华盛顿特区不到20英里 他的父亲在华盛顿特区工作 所以诺斯夫人可能指的是美国总统。 但是为什么美国总统会来他的学校呢? 他举起了手。帕齐·盖茨比也举起了手。 “是的，帕齐，”诺斯太太说。 “哪个国家的总统?”容易受骗的人问道。 诺斯太太盯着她，好像她认为帕齐是来自另一个星球的外星人。 “美国总统，”她说。

"Duh!" said Travis. Patsy blushed. "Sometimes I wonder about you, Patsy," said Mrs. North. "What'd you think? The president of Mexico?" asked Clarence. Marvin turned red, too, but nobody noticed. He lowered his hand. "Yes, Marvin, did you have a question?" asked Mrs. North. He shook his head. "No, I was just stretching." Mrs. North explained that even Mr. McCabe hadn't known the president was coming until ten minutes ago. It had been kept secret for security reasons. "Now, I know I don't have to tell you how to behave when the president gets here," she said. Then she told everybody how to behave. "Be respectful. Be attentive. If you get a chance to speak to him, remember to speak loud and clear. You should call him 'Mr. President.' 'Yes, Mr. President.' 'Thank you, Mr. President.' Remember to—" Mrs. North suddenly stopped talking. "Oh, my gosh!"

“废话!”特拉维斯说。容易受骗的脸红了。 “有时候我在想你，帕齐，”诺斯太太说。 “你觉得怎么样?”墨西哥总统?”克拉伦斯问。 马文也涨红了脸，但没人注意到。 他把手放低。“是的，马文，你有问题吗?”诺斯夫人问。 他摇了摇头。“不，我只是在伸伸懒腰。” 诺斯夫人解释说，就连麦凯布先生直到十分钟前才知道总统要来。 出于安全原因，这件事一直保密。 “现在，我知道，当总统来到这里时，我不需要告诉你该如何表现，”她说。 然后她告诉大家该怎么做。 “要尊重。专注的样子。 如果你有机会和他说话，记得大声、清晰地说。 你应该叫他“总统先生”。“是的，总统先生。”“谢谢您，总统先生。”记得——”诺斯太太突然不说话了。 “哦，我的天哪!”