4. Uncool Shoes

Chapter 4 Uncool Shoes Everything started one morning when I was putting my backpack in my cubby at school. I heard Gus shout my name. "Roscoe! You gotta see this! Hassan and Coco have talking shoes!" Gus grabbed my arm and pulled. "Come on! This is major!" Gus says lots of crazy things. Once he told me he was pretty sure his guinea pig could count to ten in Spanish. So when he told me two kids in our class had talking shoes, I wasn't all that surprised.

一天早上，当我把书包放进学校的小柜子时，一切都开始了。 我听见格斯喊我的名字。 “左轮枪!你得看看这个!哈桑和可可有会说话的鞋子!”格斯抓住我的胳膊使劲拉。 “来吧!这是重大事件!”格斯说了很多疯狂的话。 有一次他告诉我，他很确定他的豚鼠能用西班牙语数到十。 所以当他告诉我我们班有两个孩子有会说话的鞋子时，我一点也不惊讶。

"They're called Walkie-Talkies," Gus said. "I saw them on TV. You will not believe the amazingness of these shoes!" We ran into class. And there before me was a whole new world of shoe possibilities. Kids surrounded Hassan and Coco, who were each wearing a kind of sneaker I'd never seen before. The shoes were made of shiny plastic. Like the boots my sister wears when it rains. On one shoe was a big W.

“它们叫对讲机。”格斯说。 “我在电视上看到的。你不会相信这双鞋有多神奇!”我们跑进了教室。 摆在我面前的是一个全新的鞋履世界。 孩子们围着哈桑和可可，他们每个人都穿着一种我从未见过的运动鞋。 这双鞋是用闪亮的塑料做的。 就像我妹妹下雨时穿的那双靴子。 一只鞋上有一个大大的W。

On the other shoe was a big T. There was a black push button near the toe of each shoe. Coco's sneakers were pink. With glitter shoelaces. Hassan's sneakers were blue with lightning stripes. Coco and Hassan were sitting in chairs on opposite sides of the room. Coco had her left leg crossed over her knee. She was whispering something into her shoe. Which I have to admit looked pretty weird. Hassan had his right leg crossed over his knee. And here's the can-you-believe-it thing: Coco's voice was coming out of Hassan's shoe! "See?" Gus whispered. "Walkie-Talkies! You talk into that little circle on the left shoe. It's sort of like talking into a cell phone. And if you have a friend with a pair of Walkie-Talkies on, they can hear you out of a little bitty speaker in their right toe!" I did not even know what to say. It was a science miracle. Better even than Silly Putty. Coco whispered something to her foot.

另一只鞋上是一个大大的T。 每只鞋的脚趾附近都有一个黑色的按钮。 可可的运动鞋是粉红色的。 带着闪亮的鞋带。哈桑的球鞋是蓝色的，上面有闪电条纹。 可可和哈桑分别坐在房间两边的椅子上。 可可把左腿交叉在膝盖上。 她对着鞋子嘀咕着什么。 我不得不承认这看起来很奇怪。 哈桑把右腿交叉在膝盖上。 让人难以置信的是:可可的声音是从哈桑的鞋子里传出来的!“看到了吗?”格斯低声说。 “对讲机!你对着左边鞋子上的小圆圈说话。 这有点像对着手机说话。 如果你有朋友带着对讲机，他们就能通过右脚趾上的小扬声器听到你说话!”我甚至不知道该说什么。 这是一个科学奇迹。甚至比橡皮泥还好。 可可对着脚低声说了些什么。

Hassan's shoe said, "I just love my Walkie- Talkies!" Hassan's shoe. Coco's voice. Hassan grinned. "My dad got mine in Los Angeles on a business trip. Last time he just brought me a pack of peanuts and a cocktail napkin." "Wow," I said. "Yeah," Hassan agreed. "The only bad thing is that they are kind of uncomfortable. I have three blisters already." "I have four," Coco said. We sat there, oohing and aahing. I knew what we were all thinking. We were wondering what we could say to our parents that might make them say, "Hmm, this kid is so sweet I think I will run to the nearest store and buy him some Walkie-Talkies before they are all sold out." I tried hard to think of something sweet to tell my dad. He is getting balder every day. Maybe I could tell him I'd noticed some fresh hair sprouts.

哈桑的鞋子说:“我就是爱我的对讲机!”哈桑的鞋。 可可的声音。哈桑咧嘴一笑。 “我爸爸出差时在洛杉矶买的。 上次他只给我带了一包花生和一张鸡尾酒餐巾。” “哇，”我说。“是啊。”哈桑同意了。 “唯一不好的是，他们有点不舒服。 我已经起了三个水泡了。” “我有四个，”可可说。我们坐在那里，唉声叹气。 我知道大家都在想什么。 我们想知道我们能对父母说些什么，让他们说:“嗯，这个孩子太可爱了，我想我应该跑到最近的商店给他买一些对讲机，免得它们全部卖光。” 我努力想一些甜言蜜语来告诉爸爸。 他越来越秃顶了。 也许我可以告诉他我注意到一些新发芽。

"My mom bought the last pair at Shoe Palace," Coco said. "They said they might get some more next week." Ms. Diz, our teacher, came over to see what all the fuss was about. "Why are you talking to your shoes?" she asked in a polite way. "This is the latest in fashion footwear, Ms. Diz!" said Coco. "I can talk to Coco from anywhere in the room," Hassan said. Ms. Diz frowned. "Hmm. I'm not sure teachers are going to be too thrilled about this idea," she said. "I liked the last shoe fad better. The ones that lit up. At least they were quiet!"

“我妈妈在鞋宫买了最后一双，”可可说。 “他们说下星期可能会再来一些。” 我们的老师迪斯女士过来看看这是怎么回事。 “你为什么和你的鞋子说话?”她礼貌地问道。 “这是最新的时尚鞋，”她说。 迪兹!”可可说。“我可以在房间的任何地方和可可说话，”哈桑说。 迪兹皱起了眉头。“嗯。我不确定老师们是否会对这个想法感到兴奋，”她说。 “我更喜欢上一个鞋时尚。 那些发光的。至少他们很安静!”

"What's a fad?" I asked. "It's something that's very popular," Emma answered. Emma knows all kinds of interesting words. "Fads don't usually last very long," Ms. Diz added. "I saw an ad for Walkie-Talkies on TV yesterday and asked my mom if I could get some," Gus said. "She said no. And then Babette spit up on Mom's bathrobe." "How is your new baby sister doing, Gus?" Ms. Diz asked. Gus shrugged. "It's just like when my little brother was born. Every time Babette burps, my parents think she's a genius." "It's hard being a big brother," said Ms. Diz. "It's hard being a little brother, too," I said. "We have to wear used-up big-brother clothes." I looked down at my own boring shoes. Plain vanilla nothing-special sneakers. They didn't even light up. They were from the Ugliest Most Uncool Shoe Warehouse, I am pretty sure. And my big brother, Max, had already worn them.

“什么是时尚?”我问。“这是很受欢迎的东西，”艾玛回答。 艾玛知道各种有趣的单词。 “时尚通常不会持续很长时间。” Diz补充道。“我昨天在电视上看到对讲机的广告，就问我妈妈能不能买一些，”格斯说。 她说没有。然后巴贝特吐在了妈妈的浴袍上。” “你刚出生的小妹妹怎么样了，格斯?”Ms。 问那个开荒者看起来蛮不错嘛。格斯耸耸肩。“就像我弟弟出生时一样。 每次巴贝特打嗝，我父母都觉得她是个天才。” “做一个大哥很难，”她说。 。那个开荒者看起来蛮不错嘛“做一个小弟弟也很难，”我说。 “我们得穿老大哥的旧衣服。” 我低头看着自己那双无聊的鞋子。 普通的香草运动鞋。 他们甚至都没有点灯。 它们来自最丑最不酷的鞋店，我很确定。 我的哥哥麦克斯已经穿过了。