4 Buzillions, Katrillions, and Other Cool Numbers

Chapter 4 Buzillions, Katrillions, and Other Cool Numbers Sometimes I wish I hadn't gone to the school library last week. Then I never would have seen the giant pumpkin that got me into so much trouble. Don't get me wrong. I love our school library. It's the most fun place in my school. Except maybe for the playground. Our library has maps. And DVDs. And CDs. And computers. But most of all, it has tons of books. My class goes there twice a week for story time. Our story-time area is shaped like a little pirate ship. On the deck are lots of squishy pillows. Mr. Page is the library helper who reads to us. He has the best name for a library guy, I think. Although Mr. Shhh would be good too.

第四章无数、数万亿和其他很酷的数字有时我真希望上周没有去学校图书馆。 那我就永远不会看到那个给我惹了这么多麻烦的大南瓜了。 别误会我。我爱我们学校的图书馆。 这是我们学校最有趣的地方。 除了操场。 我们图书馆有地图。和dvd。 和cd。和电脑。但最重要的是，它有大量的书。 我们班每周去那里两次讲故事。 我们的故事时间区形状像一艘小海盗船。 甲板上有许多软绵绵的枕头。 佩奇先生是给我们读书的图书馆帮手。 我觉得他的名字最适合图书馆的人了。 不过嘘先生也不错。

When Mr. Page reads, he wears a black eye patch like a real pirate. Also, he says, "ARGHH, me hearties!" Which is Pirate for Hello, kids! This time Mr. Page was wearing an orange eye patch, though. On account of the book he was going to read to us was about pumpkins. "Okay, folks," said Mr. Page. "Today's book is called Pumpkin Power. It's full of fun facts about pumpkins." He held up the book. The cover had a picture of a giant pumpkin on it. "Before we start reading," said Mr. Page, "I want to tell you about an even bigger pumpkin!" He unrolled a poster. There was a photo of a boy and a girl on it. They were each holding a book. And smiling. And next to them was the most gigantic pumpkin I had ever seen. It looked huge!

佩奇读书时戴着黑色眼罩，活像个真正的海盗。 他还说:“啊，亲爱的!”这是海盗的意思，你好，孩子们!不过，这一次佩奇戴着橙色的眼罩。 因为他要给我们读的书是关于南瓜的。 “好了，伙计们，”佩奇说。 今天的书叫《南瓜的力量》。 里面有很多关于南瓜的趣事。” 他举起书。封面上有一张大南瓜的照片。 “在我们开始阅读之前，”佩奇先生说，“我想告诉你一个更大的南瓜!”他展开一张海报。 上面有一张一男一女的照片。 他们每人拿着一本书。 和微笑。在它们旁边是我所见过的最大的南瓜。 它看起来很大!

It was as tall as my dad. Almost. And as big as our car. Almost. "That's got to be the world's biggest pumpkin," I cried. "Actually, giant pumpkins can reach over one thousand six hundred pounds," said Mr. Page.

它和我爸爸一样高。几乎。 和我们的车一样大。几乎。 “那一定是世界上最大的南瓜了，”我叫道。 佩奇先生说:“实际上，巨型南瓜的重量可以超过1600磅。”

"This one is gigantic, all right. But it's not that big." "Any kind of gigantic is good, if you ask me," I said. "This poster is from Hilltop Bookstore," Mr. Page said. "They're having a contest. If you guess the weight of the giant pumpkin in their window, you win books for the school library. Enough to fill that giant pumpkin!" "That's a lot of books!" said Emma. "You're right, Emma. And we sure could use them," said Mr. Page. "You can make a guess when you visit the bookstore. The winner will be announced at the Fall Festival on Saturday." "I'll bet that pumpkin weighs two hundred buzillion pounds!" Hassan said. "Nunh-uh," said Gus. "Seven thousand katrillion pounds, at least." Emma said, "I'm not sure if buzillion and katrillion are for-real numbers. But googol is a real number, right, Ms. Diz?" Ms. Diz is our first-grade teacher. She knows lots of math and spelling. And also how to wiggle her ears.

“这是一个巨大的，好吧。 但它并没有那么大。”“如果你问我的话，任何一种巨型电影都是好的，”我说。 “这张海报来自山顶书店，”佩奇说。 “他们在比赛。 如果你猜出他们橱窗里大南瓜的重量，你就可以为学校图书馆赢得图书。 足够装满那个大南瓜了!”“好多书啊!”艾玛说。 “你说得对，艾玛。我们当然可以利用它们，”佩奇说。 “你可以在逛书店的时候猜一猜。 获胜者将在周六的秋季电影节上公布。” “我敢打赌那个南瓜有两百亿磅重!”哈桑说。 “不——不。”格斯说。“至少有七千万亿英镑。” 艾玛说:“我不确定buzillion和kat万亿是否是真实的数字。 但谷歌是一个真实的数字，对吧? Diz ?”迪兹老师是我们一年级的老师。 她懂得很多数学和拼写。 还有如何摆动她的耳朵。

"Googol is a number, Emma," Ms. Diz said. "A very big number. It has one hundred zeros in it!" "That pumpkin is for sure a googol pounds then," I said. "Children," said Ms. Diz, "maybe we should work on estimating how much things weigh. It could be a wonderful learning opportunity." When Ms. Diz says learning opportunity, she gets very excited. She is a brand-new teacher, so she likes to try out new ideas on us. Mostly that is a good thing. But once she let us make marshmallow crispies so we could learn about measuring. After that Learning Opportunity, she had to send home a letter to all the parents about How to Wash Marshmallow Goo out of Your Child's Hair. "Kids, I forgot to mention that the contest winner also gets a prize," added Mr. Page. "Candy. Lots of it. Enough to fill the pumpkin." "A googol pounds of candy!" said Gus. He had a goofy smile on his face. I probably did too. "ARGHH, me hearties!" said Mr. Page in his pirate voice. "It's time to read!"

“谷歌是一个数字，艾玛。” 说那个开荒者看起来蛮不错嘛。“一个非常大的数字。 里面有一百个零!”我说:“那南瓜肯定有100磅重。” “孩子们，”迪兹女士说，“也许我们应该努力估算一下东西的重量。 这可能是一个很好的学习机会。” 当Diz女士说到学习机会时，她变得非常兴奋。 她是一个新来的老师，所以她喜欢在我们身上尝试新的想法。 大多数情况下，这是一件好事。 但有一次她让我们做棉花糖脆饼，好让我们学习如何测量。 在那次学习机会之后，她不得不给所有的家长寄去一封信，告诉他们如何洗掉孩子头发上的棉花糖粘状物。 “孩子们，我忘了说比赛的获胜者还会得到奖品，”佩奇补充说。 “糖果。很多。足够装满南瓜了。” “好多磅的糖果!”格斯说。 他脸上挂着傻笑。 我可能也是。“啊，亲爱的!”佩奇用他海盗般的声音说。 “该读书了!”

He held up the book so we could see the first page. "'You may think that a pumpkin is a vegetable,' he read. "'But it's really a fruit, because it has seeds inside of it.'" Hmm, I thought. It was a very interesting fact. But not nearly as interesting as the news about the contest. Mr. Page kept on reading about pumpkins. He talked about giant pumpkins, tiny pumpkins, pumpkin seeds, and pumpkin pie. My ears tried to pay attention. But my brain kept thinking how nice it would be to win books for the library. And candy for me.

他把书举起来让我们看第一页。 “‘你可能认为南瓜是一种蔬菜，’他念道。 “但它确实是一种水果，因为它里面有种子。嗯，我想。 这是一个非常有趣的事实。 但远不如关于比赛的新闻有趣。 佩奇先生继续读有关南瓜的书。 他谈到了大南瓜、小南瓜、南瓜籽和南瓜派。 我的耳朵试图集中注意力。 但我脑子里一直在想，要是能为图书馆赢书该有多好。 还有糖果给我。