Chapter 8

Chapter 8 IF YOU LOVE YOUR JOB, YOU'LL NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE. IF YOU HATE YOUR JOB... TOUGH! "ALL RIGHT, Block Headz. Face front! Your assignments…are ready!" Po put energy into his words. The ice cream truck had not been the grand slam he'd hoped for. But there was plenty of time to get his campaign in shape. He could still win all the votes he needed to become class president! And his friends had said they wanted to help any way they could, right? So he'd take them up on that. The good news: They all looked excited and ready to begin. The bad news: They had a lot of their own ideas already. "I've already been sketching some posters," said Jodi. "And I'm going to do the graphics for the website that Theo is building."

如果你热爱你的工作，你一生中一天都不会工作。 如果你讨厌你的工作……艰难的!“好吧，布洛克·海茨。 脸前!你们的作业……准备好了！”阿宝在他的话语中注入了活力。 冰淇淋车并没有成为他所希望的大满贯。 但是，他有足够的时间让他的竞选活动步入正轨。 他仍然可以赢得他成为班长所需的所有选票！他的朋友们也说过他们愿意尽他们所能帮助他，对吧？ 所以他接受了他们的建议。 好消息是：他们看起来都很兴奋，准备开始了。 坏消息是：他们已经有了很多自己的想法。 “我已经在画一些海报了，”乔迪说。 “我要为西奥正在建的网站做图片。”

"I'm putting together polls so we can have accurate models to make predictions," said Harper. "And I've got Ash on the phone, like you asked. She said she'll help however she can." Harper propped her smartphone up against a juice box. Their friend and fellow Minecraft fanatic, Ash Kapoor, waved at them from the screen. "It's good to see you, Ash," said Po. "But everybody…slow your roll! I'm glad you're all eager to help, but I already came up with everyone's assignments." Morgan gave him a suspicious look. "Really?" "Posters and websites and that stuff—it's all kind of basic," said Po. "We need to think bigger. Bolder. We need a campaign that's truly one-of-a-kind!"

哈珀说：“我正在收集民意调查，这样我们就可以有准确的模型来进行预测。” “按照你的要求，我已经接通了阿什的电话。 她说她会尽力帮忙的。” 哈珀把她的智能手机靠在果汁盒上。 他们的朋友、《我的世界》的狂热粉丝阿什·卡普尔（Ash Kapoor）在屏幕上向他们挥手。 “很高兴见到你，阿什，”阿宝说。 “可是大家……慢点滚！”我很高兴你们都愿意帮忙，但我已经把每个人的作业都安排好了。” 摩根怀疑地看了他一眼。 “真的吗?”阿宝说：“海报、网站之类的东西都很基础。” “我们需要考虑得更长远。大胆。 我们需要一个真正独一无二的活动！”

"Okay," Harper said, crossing her arms. "What do you have in mind?" "Well, let's start with you, Harper," he said. "You know how our morning announcements are all automated with Doc's technology? I want you to hack into the system and replace the normal announcements with pro-Po slogans." Harper frowned. "I'm pretty sure that's against the rules…like, all the rules," she said. "And anyway, that

“好吧。”哈珀说着，交叉着双臂。 “你有什么想法？”“那就从你开始吧，哈珀。”他说。 “你知道我们的晨间广播都是用博士的技术自动化的吗？” 我要你黑进系统，把正常的公告换成亲波的口号。” 哈珀皱起了眉头。“我很确定这是违反规定的……所有的规定，”她说。 “不管怎样，那

sounds like a programming job, and that's Theo's area of expertise, not mine." "Unfortunately, Theo will be busy," said Po. "I need him to link up with my basketball teammates and lead them in a flash mob. I'm imagining coordinated dancing through the halls of the school! Music, fireworks, go wild!" "Me? Dance?" said Theo, going pale. "In public?" "And fireworks indoors?" said Morgan. "I haven't forgotten about you, Morgan," said Po. "You did such a good job on all that paperwork, and I want you to know how much I appreciate it. Now I need you to put those skills to use and bake some cookies! If everyone in school gets a cookie, they'll forget all about that ice cream disaster." "Wait a minute," said Morgan. "What does paperwork have to do with baking?" "And what does baking have to do with Morgan?" asked Jodi. "The last time he tried to bake something, he set our kitchen on fire. And somehow the cake was still undercooked." Po turned to Jodi. "You're good at noticing details like that, Jodi. You're a master spy, after all." He grinned. "So I want you to spy on Shelly Silver. I need

听起来像是一份编程工作，那是Theo的专业领域，不是我的。” “不幸的是，西奥会很忙，”阿宝说。 “我需要他和我的篮球队友联系起来，带领他们快闪。 我在想象在学校大厅里协调地跳舞！音乐，烟花，尽情狂欢！”“我? 跳舞？”西奥说，脸色变得苍白。 “在公共场合吗?”“在室内放烟花吗？”摩根说。 “我没有忘记你，摩根，”阿宝说。 “你把所有的文书工作都做得很好，我想让你知道我有多感激。 现在我需要你把这些技能用起来，烤一些饼干！如果学校里的每个人都得到一块饼干，他们就会忘记那次冰淇淋灾难。” “等一下，”摩根说。 “文书工作和烘焙有什么关系？”“烘焙和摩根有什么关系？”乔迪问。 “上次他想烤东西的时候，他把我们的厨房点着了。 不知怎么的，蛋糕还没煮熟。” 阿宝转向乔迪。“你很擅长注意这样的细节，乔迪。 你毕竟是个间谍高手。” 他咧嘴一笑。“所以我想让你监视雪莉·西尔弗。 我需要

to know every move she makes. If she puts up ten posters, I'll put twenty ads in the paper. If she hands out candy, I'll give away whole chocolate bars. Name- brand chocolate bars. Whatever it takes!" Jodi frowned and said under her breath, "I spy someone who is being ridiculous." "I'm almost afraid to ask what you have in mind for me, Po," Ash said. Po shrugged. "Easy. You're here for emotional support," he said. "You're good at it!" Ash breathed an immediate sigh of relief and said, "I can handle that."

知道她的一举一动。 如果她贴十张海报，我就在报纸上登二十则广告。 如果她发糖果，我就把整块巧克力都送人。 名牌巧克力棒。 不惜一切代价！”乔迪皱起眉头，压低声音说：“我发现有人在胡闹。” “我都不敢问你对我有什么打算了，阿宝。”阿什说。 阿宝耸耸肩。“简单。你来这里是为了获得情感上的支持，”他说。 “你很擅长！”阿什立刻松了一口气，说：“我能应付。”

Just then, a gleam of reflected light caught Po's eye. Morgan was eating gelatin with a shiny spoon. Po recognized that spoon. "Morgan!" he said. "How could you?" Morgan froze, a spoonful of gelatin halfway to his mouth. "How could I what?" "How could you use one of her spoons?" Morgan looked down at the spoon, then back at Po. The gelatin quivered. "It's just a spoon," he said. "It doesn't mean anything." Po harrumphed. Just a spoon! "Wow, Po," said Harper. "I feel like you have a lot in common with that spider mob we're after. If only you could fill the hallways with a mind-altering gas. Then you could just hypnotize everyone into voting for you." Po had to admit…he didn't hate that idea. "How does the science on that work, exactly? Would Doc have something we could use?" "Po!" exclaimed Harper. "I was only joking!" Ash cleared her throat. "As the emotional support expert," she said, "I'm feeling like your campaign is

就在这时，一道反射光映入了阿宝的眼帘。 摩根正在用闪亮的勺子吃明胶。 阿宝认出了那把勺子。“摩根！”他说。 “你怎么能这样？”摩根僵住了，一勺明胶已经送到嘴边了。 “我怎么能说什么？”“你怎么能用她的勺子？”摩根低头看了看勺子，然后又看了看阿宝。 明胶颤抖着。“这只是一个勺子，”他说。 “这没有任何意义。” 阿宝哼了一声。就一把勺子！“哇，阿宝。”哈珀说。 “我觉得你和我们正在追捕的蜘蛛群有很多共同点。 要是你能在走廊里放上一种让人精神错乱的气体就好了。 然后你就可以催眠所有人给你投票。” 阿宝不得不承认，他并不讨厌这个主意。 “这方面的科学究竟是如何运作的？” 医生有什么我们可以用的东西吗？”“阿宝！” “我只是在开玩笑！”艾什清了清嗓子。 “作为情感支持专家，”她说，“我觉得你们的竞选活动也是如此