3 Miss Spick's Trike of Terror

MISS SPICK'S Trike of Terror IN A WORLD OF horrible teachers, one in particular stands out for her wickedness. Step forward, or rather, roll forward, Miss Spick. The lady may have been elderly, but she had lost none of her power to instil fear into the hearts of all the pupils at SPOTTINGDON SCHOOL

在一个充斥着恐怖老师的世界里，斯派克小姐的恐怖之旅，其中一个老师的邪恶尤为突出。 往前走，更确切地说，往前滚，斯皮克小姐。 这位女士也许已经上了年纪，但她丝毫没有失去向斯波丁顿学校所有学生灌输恐惧的力量

Miss Spick's eyes were as black as coal. Her skin was as white as snow. Her tongue was long and thin, like a snake's. When she spoke, her "s"'s would be sinister. The librarian always rode her three-wheeler mobility scooter along the aisles of books as fast as it would go. "ARGH!" "HELP!" "OW-WEE!" Kids had to leap out of the way to avoid being run over.* *Being run over by a mobility scooter is not as much fun as it sounds, and it doesn't sound much fun.

斯皮克小姐的眼睛黑得像煤一样。 她的皮肤像雪一样白。 她的舌头又长又细，像蛇的舌头。 当她说话的时候，她的“s”是邪恶的。 图书管理员总是骑着她的三轮车沿着摆满书的过道以最快的速度前进。 “啊!”“救命!”“OW-WEE !”孩子们不得不跳开以避免被车碾过。* *被机动滑板车碾过并不像听起来那么有趣，听起来也不怎么有趣。

Despite the wounded children strewn across the floor, the librarian kept her library impossibly neat and tidy. All the books' spines sat on the shelves in perfectly straight lines in strict alphabetical order. There was never a speck of dust or a spot of dirt to be seen anywhere in the SPOTTINGDON SCHOOL library. Miss Spick enforced a strict policy of NO BROWSING! Signs reminded you of this at every step. In fact, there might have been more signs than there were books. Books were to be taken out, or left well alone. When they were returned, the librarian would pull her magnifying glass out of her drawer and thoroughly inspect them for any damage. Without fail, Spick always found some. When she did, you had to pay! "There'sss a fold line on the top of page a hundred and thirty-ssseven. FINE!" "There'sss dissscolouration on the back cover causssed by exposssure to ssssunlight. FINE!"

尽管受伤的孩子们满地都是，图书管理员仍使她的图书馆保持着不可思议的整洁。 所有的书脊都按照严格的字母顺序笔直地排列在书架上。 在斯波廷顿学校的图书馆里，没有一点灰尘，也没有一点污物。 斯皮克小姐实行严格的禁止浏览的政策！每走一步都有标志提醒你这一点。 事实上，可能有更多的迹象比书。 书要么拿出来，要么放着不管。 当书被归还时，图书管理员会从抽屉里拿出放大镜，仔细检查书是否有损坏。 斯皮克总能找到一些。 当她这么做的时候，你必须付出代价！“在第一百三十七页的顶部有一条折线。 很好!”“由于暴露在阳光下，后盖有些变色。 很好!”

"There'sss a greasssy ssssmudge from a thumb or a particularly ssstubby finger on the inssside front flap. FINE!" Spick determined the fines herself. They would vary wildly. The librarian would stare down at your shoes, and determine from the state of them what she thought you could afford. "Ssscuffed, TEN PENCE!" "Highly polissshed, TENPOUNDSSS." The money would then be snatched off you, and stuffed in Spick's special tin. The tin was huge, more like a treasure chest, and was full to bursting with CASH.

“在内侧的前襟翼上，有拇指或特别粗短的手指留下的油腻的污点。 很好!”斯皮克自己决定了罚款数额。 它们差别很大。图书管理员会盯着你的鞋子，从鞋子的状态判断你能买得起什么。 “十便士！”“擦得很亮，十镑。” 你的钱会被抢走，塞进斯皮克的特殊罐子里。 铁罐很大，更像是一个宝箱，里面装满了现金。

Every child at SPOTTINGDON SCHOOL had fallen foul of Spick's greed. Except two. The Tang twins. Tom and Tim Tang were child geniuses. The twins always received ONE HUNDRED PERCENT in all their tests. The bullies called them "nerds". No matter, these "nerds" were sure to invent some sort of supercomputer, become billionaires and take over the world! The Tangs had been dabbling with all kinds of inventions already, even though none had quite caught on yet. They had created: Internet for cats Flying sheds Invisible hairdryers Self-boiling eggs Exploding cricket balls Night-vision goggles for bats Electric flip- flops that walk themselves Nuclear- powered umbrellas Hair-free dog's Inflatable socks

斯波丁顿学校的每个孩子都受到了斯皮克贪婪的伤害。 除了两个。唐家的双胞胎。 汤姆和蒂姆·唐是天才少年。 这对双胞胎在所有的测试中总是得到百分百。 恶霸们称他们为“书呆子”。 不管怎样，这些“书呆子”肯定会发明某种超级计算机，成为亿万富翁并统治世界！唐氏家族已经涉猎了各种各样的发明，尽管没有一种发明真正流行起来。 他们创造了：猫的互联网飞行棚隐形吹风机自煮蛋爆炸板球蝙蝠的夜视镜电动人字拖核能动力雨伞无毛狗的充气袜子