Chapter 12

Chapter 12 EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT…SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY'S YELLING ABOUT! Po couldn't wait to arrive at school the next morning. He was pretty sure he had nailed that interview with the student reporter. His whole campaign was about to turn around. In a way, he was right. But not at all in the way he expected. He noticed the looks and the whispers as soon as he approached the school. Po was generally a popular guy. People tended to say hello to him in the hallways. Today, it was the opposite. Nobody seemed to want to talk to him. They all seemed to be talking about him instead. Finally, Po's teammate Ricky approached him. "Dude," said Ricky, "is it true?" "IS WHAT true?" asked Po. "What's going on around here?"

第十二章额外的！额外的!把这些都读一遍，这样你就知道大家在喊什么了！第二天早上，阿宝迫不及待地来到学校。 他很肯定他已经成功地接受了学生记者的采访。 他的整个竞选活动即将出现转机。 在某种程度上，他是对的。但完全不是他所期望的那样。 他一走近学校就注意到人们的目光和窃窃私语。 阿宝是一个很受欢迎的人。 人们往往在走廊里跟他打招呼。 今天，情况正好相反。 似乎没有人愿意和他说话。 他们似乎都在谈论他。 最后，阿宝的队友里基走近他。 “老兄，”里基说，“这是真的吗？”“什么是真的吗？”阿宝问。 “这是怎么回事？”

"The newspaper ran a story," said Ricky. He held up his phone to show Po the digital edition of that morning's Woodsword Chronicler. "They're saying you want to cancel the block party!" "That's not true," said Po. He thought about it for a second. "Well, it's kind of true. But I just said that because that's what people want me to do!" "Which people?" said Ricky. "I was looking forward to that party." He waved around the hallway at all the glaring, eavesdropping students. "And I'm not the only one." "Fine," said Po. "Okay. No problem. I can fix this." He pulled his megaphone from his backpack and held it

“报纸刊登了一篇报道，”里基说。 他拿起手机给阿宝看那天早上的电子版《木剑编年史》。 “他们说你想取消街区派对！”“那不是真的，”阿宝说。 他想了一会儿。 “嗯，这是真的。但我这么说是因为人们希望我这么做！”“哪些人？”里基说。 “我很期待那个派对。” 他朝走廊里所有瞪着眼睛偷听的学生挥手。 “而且我不是唯一一个。” “很好，”阿宝说。“好吧。没有问题。 我可以解决这个问题。”他从背包里拿出扩音器，拿在手里

to his mouth. "Attention, everybody! There's no need to panic! I'm reversing my position on the block party. Po is the pro-party candidate!" He lowered the megaphone, then quickly raised it once more. "Vote for Po!" he added. "Are you serious?" said a student. "We need that money for repairs around here. The door to my locker just fell off!" "That's because you're always slamming it shut, Megan," said another girl. "We should spend the money on repairs!" someone shouted. "No!" said Ricky. "We study hard all year long. We deserve a party!" "I'm with Ricky," said Doc Culpepper, stepping out of her lab. "Things are too tense around here. A fête is just the thing." Ms. Minerva, Po's homeroom teacher, crossed her arms. For some reason, she was soaking wet. "Don't be foolish, Doc," she said. "You know better than anyone that we need new equipment around here." "Bah," said Doc. "I can just fix the old equipment."

他的嘴。“注意,每个人!没有必要恐慌！我要改变我在街区派对上的立场。 阿宝是亲党候选人！”他放下了扩音器，然后又迅速地把它举起来。 “投阿宝一票！”他补充道。“你是认真的吗？”一个学生说。 “我们需要这笔钱来维修这里。 我储物柜的门掉了！”“那是因为你老是把门关上，梅金。”另一个女孩说。 “我们应该把钱花在修理上！”有人喊道。 “不！”里基说。“我们一整年都在努力学习。 我们值得开个派对！”“我和里基在一起，”卡尔佩珀博士说着走出了她的实验室。 “这里的局势太紧张了。 一个fête正合适。” 阿宝的班主任密涅瓦女士交叉着双臂。 不知道为什么，她全身都湿透了。 “别傻了，医生，”她说。 “你比任何人都清楚，我们这里需要新设备。” “呸，”医生说。“我只能修理旧设备。”

"Like you fixed the sprinkler system on the lawn?" said Minerva. She wrung water out of her blouse. "Because I think it's still got a few bugs." Doc turned to Po. "Well, Po?" she asked. "What do you say?"

“就像你修好了草坪上的洒水系统一样？”密涅瓦说。 她把上衣里的水拧干。 “因为我认为它仍然存在一些漏洞。” 博士转向阿宝。“怎么样，阿宝？”她问。 “你说呢？”

All eyes were back on Po. Everyone disagreed…but they all wanted him to be on their side. Po had absolutely no idea what to do. He hated to admit it—but if he had the spider's mind-zap mist power right now, he just might use it. Suddenly, a clear voice cut through the silence. "Give Po some space!" To Po's surprise, his defender was none other than Shelly Silver. "It isn't fair to catch him off guard like this," she said. "A politician needs time to consider their position on complicated issues." She waved her notebook in the air. "I've been thinking about it all week, and I'm still considering where I stand." Po felt miserable. He liked making people happy. And here he was, making them angry and

所有的目光都回到了阿宝身上。每个人都不同意，但他们都希望他站在他们这边。 阿宝完全不知道该怎么办。 他不愿意承认这一点——但如果他现在有蜘蛛的神智迷离的迷雾力量，他可能会使用它。 突然，一个清晰的声音打破了沉默。 “给阿宝一点空间！”令阿宝吃惊的是，他的保卫者不是别人，正是雪莉·西尔弗。 “这样让他措手不及是不公平的，”她说。 “政治家需要时间来考虑他们在复杂问题上的立场。” 她在空中挥舞着笔记本。 “我整个星期都在考虑这件事，我还在考虑我的立场。” 阿宝觉得很痛苦。他喜欢让人们快乐。 他就在这儿，惹他们生气

frustrated instead. And who came to his defense? Not Ricky. Not the Minecraft crew. No, it was his political rival speaking up for him. That made him want to lash out. "You sound awfully indecisive, Shelly," he said, loud enough that everyone would hear him. "Don't you think we need a class president who's daring and decisive?" Shelly didn't seem to know what to say to that. Her mouth dropped open. Po saw his chance. This was his opportunity, at last, to prove to everyone that he was the right man for the job. "Shelly Silver," he said. "I challenge you to a debate!"

沮丧。谁来为他辩护？ 瑞奇。不是《我的世界》团队。 不，是他的政治对手在替他说话。 这让他想大发雷霆。 “听起来你太优柔寡断了，谢莉。”他说，声音大到每个人都能听见。 “你不觉得我们需要一个大胆果断的班长吗？”谢莉似乎不知道该说什么。 她张着嘴。阿宝看到了机会。 终于，这是他向大家证明他是这份工作的合适人选的机会。 “雪莉·西尔弗，”他说。“我向你挑战一场辩论！”