9 THE NEW NURSE

CHAPTER 9 THE NEW NURSE Alexander and Nikki dragged their bruised friend to the nurse's office. The room was big. A fake skeleton hung near the door. At least Alexander hoped it was fake. "There's one good thing about having school in an old hospital: We have an amazing nurse's office," said Nikki. Alexander saw pictures of brains on the wall. "Looks like this used to be the brain surgery room," he said.

第九章新来的护士亚历山大和尼基拖着他们受伤的朋友来到护士办公室。 房间很大。门附近挂着一具假骷髅。 至少亚历山大希望这是假的。 “在老医院里办学校有一个好处：我们有一个很棒的护士办公室，”尼基说。 亚历山大在墙上看到了大脑的图片。 “看起来这里曾经是一个脑部手术室，”他说。

DING! Nikki rang the bell. "Ughh," said Rip, lifting his head. "Why didn't Hoarsely just come with us? He's the nurse, right?" "Hey, good point," said Alexander. "He can't be everywhere at once," said Nikki. she looked at Rip's bruises. "So what were those balls that attacked us?" Alexander dug out the notebook. "There's only one ball-shaped monster in here...."

丁!妮基按了门铃。 “哼，”瑞普抬起头说。 “沙哑为什么不跟我们一起去呢？” 他是护士，对吧？”“嘿，说得好，”亚历山大说。 “他不可能同时出现在所有地方，”妮基说。 她看着里普身上的瘀伤。 “那么攻击我们的是什么球呢？”亚历山大翻出了笔记本。 “这里只有一个球形怪物....”

BLINKER your typical, everyday giant Hoating eyeball. HABITAT Jewelry stores, car washes, clean bathrooms. Any place with lots of shiny, sparkly surfaces.

眨一下你典型的，每天巨大的眼球。 HABITAT珠宝店，洗车店，干净的浴室。 任何有很多闪闪发光的表面的地方。

LOOK! Blinkers always win staring contests. DIET They feed on light and color. BEHAVIOR Blinkers love bad TV. Especially game shows. WARNING! Never look them in the eye! A blinker's gaze hypnotizes you. This makes it so you cannot peel your eyes away from boring movies you've already seen 40 times.

看！眨眼者总是赢得凝视比赛。 它们以光和颜色为食。 眨眼者喜欢糟糕的电视节目。 尤其是游戏节目。警告!永远不要直视他们的眼睛！眨眼者的凝视会催眠你。 这样你就不会把眼睛从已经看过40遍的无聊电影上移开了。

Alexander read the entry aloud. Then he turned to Nikki. "Could the balls that hit Rip have been blinkers?" "No," said Nikki. "The balls were green and "Oh, goodness!" said a sweet-sounding voice. "Is someone ill?" A large woman stepped into the room. A hairnet covered her bushy hairdo, and a surgical mask covered her face. Her nametag said NURSE BROCK. "Our friend Rip is," said Alexander. "He got pounded by, um, dodgeballs." "Oh, dear," said Nurse Brock. She leaned down and looked at Rip. "Tell me where it hurts. Are you tender here?" She poked him once in the ribs. "Ow! YES!" said Rip.

亚历山大大声朗读了条目。 然后他转向妮基。“打在里普身上的球会不会是闪光球？”“不，”妮基说。 球是绿色的，“哦，天哪！”一个甜美的声音说。 “有人病了吗？”一个身材高大的女人走进房间。 她浓密的头发上戴着发网，脸上戴着外科口罩。 她的名牌上写着护士布洛克。 “我们的朋友瑞普是，”亚历山大说。 “他被躲避球砸了。” “哦，天哪，”布罗克护士说。 她俯下身，看着瑞普。 “告诉我哪里疼。”你这儿疼吗？”她戳了一下他的肋骨。 “噢!是的！”瑞普说。