8 Chapter 8

Chapter 8 The president left. The television crews left. Mr. McCabe returned to the principal's office. "Well," said Mrs. North. That was all she said. Everyone waited for her to say more. "Well, well, well," said Mrs. North. She walked from one end of the room to the other, then back again. Marvin's head was spinning. He couldn't wait to get home and tell his parents that the president had said he might be president someday. "You guys were terrific!" Mrs. North said at last. "I have never been so proud." "Was I a good citizen?" asked Clarence.

总裁走了。 电视摄制组离开了。 麦凯布先生回到校长办公室。 “嗯，”诺思太太说。她就说了这些。 每个人都等着她说更多的话。 “好啦，好啦，好啦，”诺思太太说。 她从房间的一头走到另一头，然后又走了回来。 马文头晕目眩。 他迫不及待地回家告诉他的父母，总统说他有一天可能会成为总统。 “你们太棒了!”诺思太太最后说。 “我从来没有这么骄傲过。” “我是个好公民吗?”克拉伦斯问。

"Yes, Clarence, you were," said Mrs. North. "You all were." "Did we earn a marble?" asked Gina. When the children were good, Mrs. North would add a marble to the jar on her desk. When the jar was full, they'd get to go to Lake Park. Mrs. North opened her desk drawer and took out her bag of marbles. She pulled out a handful of marbles and dropped them in the jar. Plop ploppity, ploppity plop. "Let's go to Lake Park!" she said. Everyone cheered. On the way to the park, Marvin spoke to Casey. "Thanks for helping me on the math problem." "I knew you knew it," said Casey. "Your brain just got stuck." Marvin smiled. He thought Casey was a good citizen. If Casey hadn't helped him, then he never would have gotten the problem right, and the president wouldn't have told him he might be president someday. He decided that when he got to be president, he would ask Casey to be vice president.

“是的，克拉伦斯，你说得对，"诺斯太太说。 “你们都是。”“我们赚了一个弹珠吗?”吉娜问。 等孩子们乖了，诺斯太太就会在桌上的罐子里放上一颗弹珠。 等罐子满了，他们就可以去湖公园了。 诺斯夫人打开书桌抽屉，拿出一袋弹珠。 她拿出一把弹珠，把它们扔进罐子里。 扑通扑通，扑通扑通。 “我们去湖公园吧!”她说。 每个人都欢呼起来。在去公园的路上，马文和凯西说话了。 “谢谢你帮我做这道数学题。” “我就知道你知道，”凯西说。 “你的大脑卡住了。” 马文笑了。他认为凯西是个好公民。 如果凯西没有帮助他，那么他就永远不会把这个问题解决好，总统也不会告诉他有一天他可能会成为总统。 他决定，当他成为总统时，他会让凯西担任副总统。

Just so long as nobody thought he liked her. He wondered if she would still have a ponytail sticking out of the side of her head. Stuart came up alongside him. "Lake Park on a Thursday! Can you believe it?" Usually, they only got to go to Lake Park on Fridays. Marvin couldn't even remember what day it was anymore. "Hey, you guys want to come over to my house after school?" asked Nick. "Sure," said Stuart. "How about you, Marvin?" Marvin really wanted to go home and tell his family about the president. But he knew his parents wouldn't get home until after five o'clock, anyway. They both worked. "Sure, okay," he said.

只要没人认为他喜欢她就行。 他想知道她是否还会把马尾辫从脑袋的一侧伸出来。 斯图亚特走到他身边。 “星期四去湖公园!”你能相信吗?”通常，他们只在星期五去湖公园。 马文甚至不记得今天是什么日子了。 “嘿，你们放学后想去我家吗?”尼克问。 “当然，”斯图亚特说。“你呢，马文?”马文真的很想回家告诉他的家人关于总统的事。 但他知道他的父母无论如何要到5点以后才会回家。 他们都工作了。“当然，好吧，”他说。

He stumbled, but caught his balance. He looked down at his feet. jmkfho. He had a strange feeling, as if his feet were trying to tell him something.

他绊了一下，但又保持了平衡。 他低头看着自己的脚。 他有一种奇怪的感觉，好像他的脚想告诉他什么。