1 Chapter 1 Unlucky Day

FLAT STANLEY'S WORLDWIDE ADVENTURES 7 The Flying Chinese Wonders

平斯坦利的世界冒险7飞行的中国奇观

Chapter 1 Unlucky Day The fact that Stanley Lambchop was flat did not mean he enjoyed being treated like a poster. Stanley trudged back and forth outside the school auditorium with two giant pieces of cardboard covering the front and back of his body. Both sides read: THE FLYING CHINESE WONDERS! A CHINESE NEW YEAR PERFORMANCE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY People streamed inside. A beefy boy from Stanley's class called out, "Look, it's the poster

斯坦利·兰姆切普的身体很平，但这并不意味着他喜欢被当作海报对待。 斯坦利用两块巨大的硬纸板盖住身体的前后，在学校礼堂外面走来走去。 两边都写着:飞翔的中国奇迹!一场面向全社区的春节演出人潮涌动。 斯坦利班上一个健壮的男孩叫道:“看，这是海报

boy for flat kids!" Stanley grimaced. He hoped no one else would notice him. "Well, hello there, Stanley Lamb-chop!" It was Doctor Dan, whom Stanley had visited just after he was flattened. It wasn't long ago that he'd woken up to find that his bulletin board had fallen on him in the middle of the night. "Helping out with the big performance, are we? Well, good for you for making positive use of an unusual condition!" How embarrassing, Stanley thought. After Doctor Dan left to take his seat, Stanley's family appeared. "My little star!" squealed his mother, Harriet Lambchop. Stanley tried to smile as she kissed the edge of his head. His little brother, Arthur, rolled his eyes. "He's not even in the show, Mom." "Now, Arthur," Mrs. Lambchop said, "those behind the scenes are just as important as those onstage."

胖孩子的男孩!”斯坦利扮了个鬼脸。 他希望没有人会注意到他。 “喂，你好，斯坦利小羊排!”是丹医生，斯坦利刚被压扁就去看了他。 就在不久前，他半夜醒来，发现他的布告栏掉在了他身上。 “我们是在帮忙演出，是吗?” 好吧，你很好地利用了这种不寻常的情况!”多么尴尬啊，斯坦利想。 丹医生离开座位后，斯坦利的家人出现了。 “我的小星星!”他的母亲哈里特·兰切普尖叫道。 当她吻着斯坦利的头边缘时，他试图微笑。 他的弟弟亚瑟翻了个白眼。 “他甚至都不在节目里，妈妈。” “现在，亚瑟，”兰切普太太说，“幕后的人和台上的人一样重要。”

"And nobody is behind the scenes like our Stanley." Mr. Lambchop winked. Stanley sighed. He'd always liked being in plays. Now, all anyone wanted him to do was move the sets, because his shape made him hard to see when he crossed the stage. "I'm not even moving scenery today," Stanley grumbled. "Why not?" asked Mr. Lambchop. "Are you in charge of the giant pandas?" said Mrs. Lambchop hopefully. "They have always been my favorite wonders from China!" "No." Stanley pouted. "There aren't any pandas. The spotlight blew a fuse, so..." He held up a giant flashlight from behind his poster. "I have to hang upside down from the ceiling with this." "Hey, Stanley," called his friend Carlos, who lived next door to the Lambchops. "Don't break a leg!" Stanley's mother chuckled. "He means, 'Break a leg,' dear. That's a common figure of speech in the theater. It means good luck!" Harriet Lambchop

“没有人像我们的斯坦利那样在幕后工作。” 兰普切先生眨了眨眼。斯坦利叹了口气。 他一直喜欢演戏剧。 现在，所有人都想让他移动布景，因为当他穿过舞台时，他的体型让人很难看到他。 “我今天连移动布景都没有。”斯坦利抱怨道。 “为什么不呢?”兰彻先生问。 “你负责大熊猫吗?”兰姆切普夫人满怀希望地说。 “它们一直是我最喜欢的中国奇迹!”“没有。” 斯坦利撅着嘴。“没有熊猫。 聚光灯烧断了保险丝，所以……” 他从海报后面举起一个巨大的手电筒。 “我得用这个倒挂在天花板上。” “嘿，斯坦利，”他的朋友卡洛斯叫道，他就住在兰勃格家的隔壁。 “别摔断腿!”斯坦利的妈妈咯咯地笑了。 “他的意思是‘祝你好运’，亲爱的。 这是戏剧中常见的修辞手法。 它意味着好运!”哈里特Lambchop

took great interest in the proper use of the English language. "I don't think so, Mom," said Arthur. "I think Carlos meant, 'Don't fall from the ceiling and break your leg.'" "Be quiet, Arthur," huffed Stanley. Once everyone was seated, Stanley took his place. He hung with his lower body rolled around a bar high over the crowd. It's not fair! he thought. Why do I have to save the day any time somebody needs something flat or flexible? On the one hand, Stanley's new shape allowed him to do lots of fun and exciting things, like fit between the walls of an Egyptian pyramid and be a cape in a Mexican bullfight. On the other hand, he was often asked to do uncomfortable, humiliating, and boring things that would never be expected of a rounded person. For instance, he was rolled and tied to the back of a horse in South Dakota and forced to ride with baggage in the cargo hold of an airplane to Africa.

他对正确使用英语很感兴趣。 “我不这么认为，妈妈。”阿瑟说。 “我想卡洛斯的意思是，‘别从天花板上掉下来摔断了腿。“闭嘴，亚瑟。”斯坦利气呼呼地说。 大家落座后，斯坦利就坐了。 他把下半身绕在一根高过人群的酒吧周围。 这不公平!他想。 为什么每次有人需要平的或有弹性的东西时我都要帮他? 一方面，斯坦利的新形状让他可以做很多有趣和令人兴奋的事情，比如钻进埃及金字塔的墙壁之间，或者成为墨西哥斗牛的斗篷。 另一方面，他经常被要求做一些不舒服的、羞辱的和无聊的事情，这些事情是一个成熟的人永远不会预料到的。 例如，在南达科他州，他被绑在一匹马的背上，被迫在飞机的货舱里带着行李去非洲。

Stanley didn't want to hang high in the air holding a heavy flashlight. He didn't even know what to expect onstage. The performers had arrived only moments before the show was about to begin. The lights went down. With a sigh, Stanley lifted his flashlight and flicked it on as the curtains squeaked open. In the center of the bare stage stood a teenage boy and girl. They wore matching red outfits. "Lucky people of America!" A Chinese man in a tuxedo stepped onto the stage. "All the way from the People's Republic of China, we bring to you... the Flying Chinese Wonders!"

斯坦利不想拿着沉重的手电筒高高挂在空中。 他甚至不知道在台上会发生什么。 表演者在演出即将开始的前几分钟才到达。 灯灭了。斯坦利叹了口气，举起手电筒，打开了，窗帘吱吱地打开了。 光秃秃的舞台中央站着一对十几岁的男孩和女孩。 他们穿着相配的红色衣服。 “幸运的美国人!”一位身穿燕尾服的中国男子走上舞台。 “我们从中华人民共和国远道而来，为您带来…… 飞行的中国奇迹!”