9. Emma’s Question

Chapter 9 Emma's Question The next day at circle time, Ms. Diz made an announcement. "Class," she said, "this morning I put a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board. The whole school is having a celebration for Mrs. Herman in a couple weeks. She's retiring at the end of the school year." Mrs. Herman is one of the kindergarten teachers. She is about one hundred and sixty years old.

第9章爱玛的问题第二天上课的时候。 迪兹宣布了一件事。“同学们，”她说，“今天早上我在布告栏上放了一张登记表。 几周后，全校将为赫尔曼夫人举行庆祝活动。 她在学年末就要退休了。” 赫尔曼夫人是幼儿园老师之一。 她大约160岁。

"Do you realize that Mrs. Herman has been a teacher here for thirty-seven years?" asked Ms. Diz. She closed her eyes for a moment. "Wow. Imagine that! Thirty. Seven. Years." She looked a little woozy when she opened her eyes. "Anyway," she went on, "we're going to have a talent show as part of the celebration. That's what the sign-up sheet is for." Emma nudged me with her elbow. "Roscoe, you know what I was thinking?" she whispered. "Nope," I said. Half the time I don't even know what I'm thinking. "You and I could enter the talent show. We could do 'The Mice and the Elephants' dance."

“你知道赫尔曼夫人在这里当了37年的老师吗?” 。那个开荒者看起来蛮不错嘛她闭了一会儿眼睛。 “哇。想象一下!三十岁。 七。年了。”她睁开眼睛时显得有点头晕。 “不管怎样，”她接着说，“我们要举办一场才艺表演，作为庆祝活动的一部分。 这就是登记表的作用。” 艾玛用胳膊肘推了我一下。 “罗斯科，你知道我在想什么吗?” “不，”我说。有一半时间我都不知道自己在想什么。 “你和我可以参加才艺表演。 我们可以跳《老鼠和大象》。”

I thought about being the only boy in Miss Trixie's class. "Please?" Emma begged. "Mrs. Herman was my kindergarten teacher and she was the best. I really want to be in her show!"

我想成为翠茜小姐班上唯一的男孩。 “好吗?”艾玛恳求。“夫人。 赫尔曼是我幼儿园的老师，她是最好的。 我真的很想参加她的节目!”

I thought about the tap-dancing guy on the DVD Ms. Diz had shown our class. And then I thought about being the loudest elephant in the history of elephants. "PLEASE?" Emma looked at me with a hopeful, we're-best-buddies face. How could I say no?

我想到了DVD里那个跳踢踏舞的家伙。 迪兹已经展示了我们的班级。然后我想成为大象史上声音最大的大象。 “好吗?”艾玛满怀希望地看着我，我们是最好的朋友。 我怎么能拒绝呢?

"Okay," I agreed. "Emma and Roscoe," Ms. Diz said. "Is there something you want to share with the class?" That is Teacher for "Your mouths are open when they are supposed to be closed." "Sorry, Ms. Diz," said Emma. "We were just deciding to enter the talent show. As tap dancers." Wyatt made a pig-snort laugh. "Roscoe's going to dance? Will he be wearing a tutu?" "That's just for ballet dancers," I said. "And tap dancers get to make lots of noise. It's way fun." "I think it's wonderful that you want to be in the show," said Ms. Diz. "You two will make a great addition." I watched Emma go over to the bulletin board and sign our names.

“好吧，”我同意了。“艾玛和罗斯科。” 说那个开荒者看起来蛮不错嘛。“你有什么想和同学们分享的吗?”这就是老师的意思"你们的嘴该闭的时候却张着" “对不起，迪兹老师，”艾玛说。 “我们刚刚决定参加选秀。 就像踢踏舞者一样。”怀亚特像猪一样哼了一声笑。 “罗斯科要跳舞?”他会穿芭蕾短裙吗?”“那只是给芭蕾舞演员的，”我说。 “踢踏舞者可以制造很多噪音。 这很有趣。”“我觉得你想参加这个节目真是太好了。” 。那个开荒者看起来蛮不错嘛“你们俩会成为一个很棒的新人。” 我看着艾玛走到布告栏前，签上了我们的名字。

Then I rolled my eyes at Wyatt. Which is like sticking out your tongue with your eyeballs. I decided that having Wyatt make fun of me wasn't so bad. After all, I was used to it. Besides, nobody else had laughed at the idea of me being a tap dancer. Max was probably wrong about that whole teasing thing. Max is almost always wrong. Emma came back to the circle doing a heel-toe on the carpet. "We're all signed up," she said. "I'm so excited! This is going to be a blast!" She looked so happy and sure that I felt happy and sure too.

然后我对怀亚特翻了个白眼。 这就像用眼球伸出舌头一样。 我觉得让怀亚特取笑我也没那么糟。 毕竟，我已经习惯了。 此外，没有人嘲笑我当踢踏舞演员的想法。 麦克斯关于取笑的事可能是错的。 马克思几乎总是错的。 艾玛回到舞池，在地毯上做了一个脚跟着地动作。 “我们都报名了，”她说。 “我太兴奋了!这将是一个爆炸!”她看起来很开心，我也很开心。