7. Pandas

Chapter 7 Pandas I thought about Edward and that book all the next day. Especially when it was reading time. Gus and Emma and I are in the same reading group. There are six kids. All the groups have animal names. There are Panthers. Giraffes. And Tigers. Gus and Emma and I are Pandas. We each read two pages out loud.

第二天一整天我都在想着爱德华和那本书。 尤其是在阅读时间。 格斯，艾玛和我在同一个读书小组。 有六个孩子。所有的基团都有动物的名字。 有黑豹党。长颈鹿。 和老虎。格斯、艾玛和我是熊猫。 我们每人大声念两页。

When someone else is reading, we have to follow the rules: 1. No talking. 2. No laughing if somebody makes a mistake. 3. No sound effects. Ms. Diz made up the third rule after we read our last book. It was called Honk! Honk! Beep! Beep! When we were all done, I asked Ms. Diz a question. I'd been wondering about it ever since meeting Edward. "Ms. Diz," I asked, "do you think a dog can read?" Ms. Diz thought for a second. "Well, I doubt it, Roscoe," she said. "Why do you ask?"

当别人在阅读时，我们必须遵循以下规则: 没有说话。2. 如果有人犯了错误，不要笑。 3. 没有音效。迪兹老师在我们读完最后一本书后制定了第三条规则。 它的名字叫“洪克!”嘎!哔哔的声音!哔哔的声音!当我们都做完了，我问。 我有个问题。自从见到爱德华后，我就一直在想这件事。 “迪兹女士，”我问，“你认为狗识字吗?”Ms。 迪亚斯想了一会儿。“嗯，我对此表示怀疑，罗斯科，”她说。 “你为什么这么问?”

"Because Gus and Emma and me met a dog who could read Frog on a Log." "He wasn't exactly reading, Roscoe," Gus said. "It was more like weird barking." "But he barked when there was an actual word," I said. "If we can learn to read, why can't a dog?" "Well, Roscoe," Ms. Diz said, "it's not that simple. Before you can read, you need to know your letters and the sounds they make. I've never met a dog who could do that." "I'm telling you, Edward was reading," I said. Sometimes, even when I'm not for-sure right, I kind of get stuck acting like I'm right.

“因为格斯、艾玛和我遇到了一只会读《青蛙在木头上》的狗。” “他根本没在看书，罗斯科，”格斯说。 “更像是奇怪的叫声。” “但当我真正说到这个词的时候，他就会叫。”我说。 “如果我们能学会阅读，为什么狗不能呢?”“嗯，罗斯科。” 迪兹说:“事情没那么简单。 在你能阅读之前，你需要知道你的字母和它们的发音。 我从来没有见过一只狗能做到这一点。” “我告诉你，爱德华在看书。”我说。 有时候，即使我不是绝对正确的，我也会表现得好像我是对的。

I was feeling a little bit sticky at the moment. Even Gus didn't think Edward was a reader. And Gus believes everything. I mean, Gus believes toads give you warts. And everybody knows that's not true.

我当时感觉有点黏糊糊的。 就连格斯都不认为爱德华是一个爱读书的人。 格斯什么都相信。 格斯相信癞蛤蟆会让你长疣。 每个人都知道这不是真的。