3 Getting Weaker by the Week

CHAPTER THREE GETTING WEAKER BY THE WEEK Franny's mom always drove her to her weekly extra activities. One day a week it was soccer. Another day it was gourmet cooking. And another day it was bagpipe lessons.

弗兰尼的妈妈总是开车送她去参加每周的课外活动。 每周有一天是足球。 还有一天是美食烹饪。 还有一天是风笛课。

Franny liked the extra activities, but sometimes she felt like they were a bit too much. Some days she was in a mood to just hang around her lab doing regular-kid things, like playing with her toys, or reading books, or bringing a monster to life through the application of a jillion volts of electricity. But her mom wanted Franny to have the opportunity to be the best she could be, and try new things, and learn about stuff they might not be teaching at school. Franny's mom had told

弗兰妮喜欢这些额外的活动，但有时她觉得有点太多了。 有时候，她喜欢在实验室里闲逛，做一些孩子们通常会做的事情，比如玩玩具，或者读书，或者通过几亿伏特的电流让一个怪物活过来。 但她妈妈希望弗兰尼有机会做到最好，尝试新事物，学习学校里可能不会教的东西。 弗兰妮的妈妈说过

her that it was important to do her best and always STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE. Franny understood that her mom was right. And she worked as hard as she could to be excellent, even when it made her very, very tired.

她知道尽自己最大的努力、永远追求卓越是很重要的。 弗兰妮明白妈妈是对的。 她尽她所能地努力学习，力求优秀，即使这让她非常非常累。