4 The Super-Duper Sucker-Upperer

The Super-Duper Sucker-Upperer

超级笨蛋笨蛋

"Hey, Terry," I said. "It's time to clean up the treehouse." "Why?" said Terry. "Because it's a mess, that's why," I said. "It looks like a tornado came through here." "That's because a tornado did come through here," said Terry. "Last night. Remember? If anybody should clean up, it's that tornado!" "Well, the tornado has gone now so I suppose it will have to be us." "But we can't do it!" said Terry. "Why not?" I said. "Because we only like doing fun things," said Terry. "And cleaning up is boring, and boring is not fun!" "We can make it fun," I said.

“嘿，特里，”我说。“该打扫树屋了。” “为什么？”特里问。“因为这里一团糟，这就是原因。”我说。 “看起来像是龙卷风从这里刮过。” “那是因为龙卷风的确从这里经过，”特里说。 “昨晚。还记得吗?如果有人应该打扫卫生，那就是龙卷风！”“嗯，现在龙卷风已经过去了，所以我想只能是我们了。” “但是我们不能这么做！”特里说。 “为什么不?”我说。“因为我们只喜欢做有趣的事情，”特里说。 “打扫卫生很无聊，无聊一点也不好玩！”“我们可以让它变得有趣，”我说。

"How?" said Terry. "By singing a little song as we clean," I said. "Like this one: "DUMB!" shouted Terry. "I've got a better idea. I'm going to the secret underground laboratory to invent a cleaning machine to do all the cleaning for us." "I'm not sure that's such a good idea," I said. But he had already gone. Not for long, though. "I've done it!" he said when he came back. "I've invented the world's most amazing CLEANING MACHINE!"

“怎么做？”特里问。“我们一边打扫，一边唱首小歌，”我说。 比如这个：“笨蛋！”特里喊道。 “我有个更好的主意。我要去秘密的地下实验室发明一台清洁机器来为我们做所有的清洁工作。” “我不确定这是个好主意，”我说。 但他已经走了。不过，这种情况不会持续太久。 “我成功了！”他回来时说。 “我发明了世界上最神奇的清洁机器！”

"Well, where is it?" I said. "I can't see any amazing cleaning machine." "It's right here," said Terry, holding out his hand to reveal a small box. "Ta-da! Behold, the SUPER- DUPER SUCKER-UPPERER! It can suck up every piece of dirt, dust, and mud in the entire treehouse. It can also suck up banana skins, bread crumbs, dirty underwear, smelly socks, leaves, paper, cardboard, dead bugs, marshmallow molecules, popcorn kernels, chocolate stains, ice-cream drips, pizza droppings, and lollipop sticks."

“那么，它在哪儿？”我说。 “我看不到什么神奇的清洁机器。” “就在这儿，”特里说着伸出手，拿出一个小盒子。 “哈哈!看哪，超级笨蛋笨蛋！它可以吸走整个树屋里的每一块污垢、灰尘和泥土。 它还能吸香蕉皮、面包屑、脏内衣、臭袜子、树叶、纸、纸板、死虫子、棉花糖分子、爆米花粒、巧克力渍、冰淇淋滴、披萨屎和棒棒糖棒。”

"What about pens with no ink, blunt pencils, bird feathers, flying cat fur, and dinosaur scales?" I said. "Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes!" said Terry. "The SUPER-DUPER SUCKER-UPPERER can suck up all of those things, and anything else that comes under the category of garbage." "Well, what are we waiting for?" I said. "Turn it on!" "Okay," said Terry. He put the SUPER-DUPER SUCKER-UPPERER on the ground. "Stand back and prepare to be amazed!" Terry squeezed the small box and it began to buzz. Then it began to shake. It buzzed and shook and made

“没有墨水的笔、钝铅笔、鸟羽毛、飞猫毛和恐龙鳞片呢？”我说。 “好，好，好，好，好！”特里说。 “SUPER-DUPER sucker - upper可以吸收所有这些东西，以及其他任何属于垃圾类别的东西。” “那么，我们还在等什么呢？”我说。 “打开它！”“好吧，”特里说。 他把SUPER-DUPER SUCKER-UPPERER放在地上。 “退后，准备好迎接惊喜吧！”特里捏了捏小盒子，它开始嗡嗡作响。 然后它开始摇晃。它嗡嗡作响，摇晃着

a noise that sounded like a vacuum cleaner, except it was much, much louder. And then a long, wavy tube shot out of it and began to suck. It sucked. And sucked. The SUPER-DUPER SUCKER-UPPERER sucked up all the dust, dirt, and mud from the floor around it. Then it sucked up the scraps of food, bits of paper, and all the other garbage in the room. It was incredible. Within moments the entire room was clean and clutter- free. I was starting to think this might be the best thing Terry had ever invented when, without warning, it sucked up a chair. And then another chair. And then all the chairs. "Hey!" I said. "The chairs aren't garbage!" "What?" said Terry. "I can't hear you— the SUPER-DUPER SUCKER-UPPERER is making a lot of noise sucking up all the chairs!"

听起来像吸尘器的声音，只不过声音大得多。 然后一根长长的、波浪状的管子从里面射出，开始吮吸。 它吸。和吸。SUPER-DUPER吸盘- upper吸盘能吸走周围地板上的灰尘、污垢和泥浆。 然后它吸走了房间里的残羹剩饭、纸片和其他垃圾。 太不可思议了。不一会儿，整个房间就变得干净整洁了。 我正想这可能是特里发明的最好的东西，突然，它毫无征兆地吸走了一把椅子。 然后是另一把椅子。然后所有的椅子。 “嘿!”我说。“椅子不是垃圾！”“什么？”特里说。 “我听不见你说什么——超级吸盘正在发出很大的噪音，把所有的椅子都吸走了！”