4 Oh No, We’re Not

CHAPTER FOUR OH NO, WE'RE NOT Miss Shelly looked around the room. Everybody was ready to talk about his or her hobbies. She pointed at Erin. "Erin, would you like to go first?" Erin jumped to her feet and started a tape player. As the music began, she performed a classic foot-stomping Irish dance.

第四章哦，不，我们不是谢利小姐环顾了一下房间。 每个人都准备谈论他或她的爱好。 她指着艾琳。“艾琳，你想先来吗？”艾琳跳了起来，打开了录音机。 音乐开始时，她表演了一段经典的爱尔兰舞蹈。

The students clapped. Franny raised her hand.

学生们鼓掌。弗兰妮举起了手。

"So, Erin, about these shoes of yours. Have you ever considered splicing in a sample of mutant kangaroo DNA? It might make you bounce around in an even more uncontrolled manner." Erin looked at Franny for a momen.t. "My dancing is just fine, thank you," she said, and took her seat.

“艾琳，关于你的这双鞋。 你有没有考虑过在变异袋鼠的DNA样本中进行剪接？ 它可能会让你以一种更不受控制的方式蹦蹦跳跳。” 艾琳看了弗兰妮一会儿。 “我的舞跳得很好，谢谢你。”她说着坐了下来。

Next Miss Shelly invited Lawrence to the front of the class. He pulled an accordion from a big black case and played for a minute or two before Franny raised her hand.

接着，谢利老师邀请劳伦斯到教室前面。 他从一个黑色的大箱子里拿出一把手风琴，拉了一两分钟，弗兰尼才举起了手。

"Ah. Now this is much better. I'm certain that you could operate the keys in different ways to increase or decrease the amount of pain we're experiencing around our ear regions. My question for you is this: Have you ever thought of making a larger version that you could attach to a satellite and use to broadcast this effect over a larger area?"

“啊。现在这个好多了。 我敢肯定，你可以用不同的方式操作这些键来增加或减少我们耳朵周围的疼痛程度。 我的问题是：你有没有想过做一个更大的版本，可以附着在卫星上，用来在更大的区域传播这种效果？”

Lawrence put the instrument back in the case. "It's just an accordion, Franny," he said. "I've been playing it since I was a little kid."

劳伦斯把乐器放回箱子里。 “这只是一架手风琴，弗兰尼，”他说。 “我从很小的时候就开始玩了。”