8 Time-out

CHAPTER 8 TIME-OUT We follow the other students out into the schoolyard. "When do they give us our food?" says Terry. "I don't know," says Jill. "I hope it's soon," says Terry. "It's been a long time since breakfast."

第八章暂停我们跟着其他学生进入校园。 “他们什么时候给我们食物？”特里说。 “我不知道，”吉尔说。 “我希望快点，”特里说。 “早餐后已经很长时间了。”

"There's a tree full of apples over there," I say. "Let's climb up and pick some." "Last one up is a rotten apple," says Terry. "Wait for me," says Jill. "I wouldn't do that if I were you," says one of the students. "Why not?" says Terry, who's already halfway up the tree. "Because climbing trees is against the rules," says the student. "But that's silly," says Jill, swinging herself up into the tree with Terry. "Climbing trees is fun!" "And quite safe, too," I say, joining them. "You can't fall if you hang on. Who'd like an apple?" "Me! Me! Me!" shout the students. "Okay," I say. "Here they come!" We pick apples and throw them down to the students waiting below.

“那边有棵满是苹果的树，”我说。 “我们爬上去摘一些吧。” “最后一个到的是烂苹果，”特里说。 “等等我。”吉尔说。“如果我是你，我就不会这么做，”其中一名学生说。 “为什么不呢？”特里说，他已经爬到树的一半了。 “因为爬树是违反规定的，”这位学生说。 “可那太愚蠢了。”吉尔说着，和特里一起荡上了树。 “爬树很有趣！”“而且很安全。”我说，也加入了他们。 “如果你抓住不放，就不会掉下去。 谁想要一个苹果？”“我!我!我！”学生们喊道。 “好吧，”我说。“他们来了！”我们摘下苹果，扔给等在下面的学生。

"Uh-oh," says one of the students. "Here comes Principal Gradgrind." We watch as he strides angrily across the playground toward us. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE?" he shouts. "Picking apples," says Terry. "Would you like one?" "NO!" says Principal Gradgrind. "WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS FOR YOU TO GET DOWN FROM THAT TREE THIS INSTANT!" "But it's fun up here," says Terry.

“哦哦，”一个学生说。 “葛擂梗校长来了。” 我们看着他愤怒地大步穿过操场向我们走来。 “你在上面干什么？”他喊道。 “摘苹果，”特里说。 “你想来一杯吗？”“不！”葛擂梗校长说。 “我想要的是你马上从树上下来！”“但在这里很有趣，”特里说。

"I don't care how much fun it is," says Principal Gradgrind. "Tree-climbing is against school rules." "Then maybe you should change the rules," I suggest. "Yeah," says Terry. "You should make it a rule that everybody has to climb a tree every day. Why don't you come up and see for yourself how nice it is?" "I'VE GOT A BETTER IDEA," says Principal Gradgrind. "WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN RIGHT NOW?!" "Okay, you're the boss," says Terry. But before we can climb down there's a cracking noise… The branch we're sitting on breaks and we all fall down…

“我不在乎它有多有趣，”葛擂梗校长说。 爬树是违反校规的。 “那么也许你应该改变规则，”我建议道。 “是的，”特里说。“你应该规定每个人每天都要爬树。 你为什么不上来自己看看它有多好呢？”“我有个更好的主意，”葛擂梗校长说。 “你为什么不马上下来呢？”“好吧，你说了算，”特里说。 可是我们还没来得及爬下去，就听到一声噼啪的声音……我们坐的树枝断了，我们都掉了下来……

and land right on top of Principal Gradgrind! "RIGHT, THAT DOES IT!" says Principal Gradgrind, crawling out from beneath us. "Sorry, Principal Gradgrind," I say. "It was an accident. It's not our fault the branch broke."

降落在葛擂梗校长的头顶上！“好了，够了！”葛擂梗校长说着，从我们下面爬了出来。 “对不起，葛擂梗校长，”我说。 “这是个意外。树枝断了又不是我们的错。”

"Of course it's your fault!" says Principal Gradgrind. "The branch wouldn't have broken if you hadn't been sitting on it! You three can go straight to the time-out room." "What's that?" says Terry. "Is it something to do with time travel?"

“当然是你的错！”葛擂梗校长说。 “要不是你坐在树枝上，它就不会断了！”你们三个可以直接到暂停室去。” “那是什么？”特里说。 “这和时间旅行有关吗？”