6 Show-and-Tell

CHAPTER 6 SHOW-AND-TELL "Good morning, Ms. Treacle," says Mr. Slackoff. "I've caught some new students for you." "Thank you, Mr. Slackoff," says Ms. Treacle. "And welcome to you all. You're just in time for show-and- tell. Why don't you start by telling us a little about yourselves?" "Well," says Terry. "My name is—" "I'll handle this," I say, interrupting him. "I'm the narrator! My name is Andy, this is Terry, and this is Jill. We live in a 169-story treehouse. Well, Jill doesn't

第六章展示和讲述“早上好，琼斯女士。 糖浆，”斯莱克夫说。 “我给你抓了几个新学生。” “谢谢你，斯莱克夫先生。” 糖蜜。“欢迎大家。 你来得正是时候，让我们来表演一下。 为什么不先简单介绍一下你们自己呢？”“嗯，”特里说。 “我叫——”“我来处理，”我打断他说。 “我是叙述者！”我叫安迪，这是特里，这是吉尔。 我们住在一个169层的树屋里。 好吧，吉尔没有

live in the treehouse exactly. She lives in a cottage full of animals on the other side of the forest, but she hangs out with us a lot. We have a tank full of man-eating sharks and a bowling alley and an ice-cream parlor with 78 different flavors run by a robot called Edward Scooperhands—" "What an interesting story!" says Ms. Treacle, smiling. "You obviously have a vivid imagination, Andy!"

住在树屋里。 她住在森林另一边的一间小屋里，屋里满是动物，但她经常和我们一起出去玩。 我们有一个装满吃人鲨鱼的鱼缸，一个保龄球馆，还有一个由一个叫Edward Scooperhands的机器人经营的有78种不同口味的冰淇淋店。” 蜜糖,面带微笑。“你显然有丰富的想象力，安迪！”

"Well, maybe," I say. "But I'm not making this up. It's the truth. We really do live in a treehouse. You can read all about it in our books." "Oh, we don't have books like that in our school," says Ms. Treacle. "Our principal, Mr. Gradgrind, insists that we have only nonfiction in our library." "But our books are nonfiction," I say. "Excuse me, Ms. Treacle," says Terry. "Incoming flying rabbit!" "A flying what?" says Ms. Treacle. "RABBIT!" says Terry. "Look out the window! There's a flying rabbit, and it's heading straight for us!"

“嗯，也许吧，”我说。“但这不是我编造的。 这是事实。我们真的住在树屋里。 你可以在我们的书里读到这一切。” “哦，我们学校没有这样的书。” 糖蜜。“我们的校长葛擂擂先生坚持要我们图书馆里只有非小说类书籍。” “但我们的书是非虚构的，”我说。 “打扰一下，糖浆女士，”特里说。 “飞来的兔子！”“会飞的什么？” 糖蜜。“兔子！”特里说。 “看窗外！”有一只会飞的兔子，正朝我们飞来呢！”

I look up. Terry's right—there really is a rabbit flying toward us, and it's coming fast! Jill jumps up and opens the window just in time.

我抬起头。特里说得对——真的有一只兔子朝我们飞来了，而且飞得很快！吉尔跳起来，及时地打开了窗户。

The rabbit flies through it and lands safely in her arms.

兔子飞了过去，安全地落在了她的怀里。

The class crowds around Jill, who turns to Ms. Treacle and says, "Can this rabbit be my show-and- tell?" "I think it already is," says Ms. Treacle, chuckling. "I wonder where it came from." "Just a moment," says Jill. "I'll ask it." She holds the rabbit up to her face, twitches her nose, and makes a series of small clicking noises. The rabbit does the same and soon the two of them are deep in conversation.

全班同学都围着吉尔，吉尔转向她的老师。 然后说：“这只兔子可以做我的表演和讲述吗？”“我认为已经是这样了。” 蜜糖,呵呵。“我想知道它是从哪里来的。” “等一下，”吉尔说。 “我会问的。”她把兔子举到自己面前，抽动鼻子，发出一连串的咔哒声。 兔子也这样做了，很快他们俩就聊得很开心了。