9 Smarter and Smarterer

CHAPTER 9 Smarter and Smarterer Hi, readers, it's Jill here. As you know, something's gone wrong with Andy and Terry so I'm going to narrate for a little while until we can fix them… Oh, look at that amazing butterfly—it's a brush-footed, gossamer-winged loop-the-looper, if I'm not

第九章更聪明更聪明嗨，读者们，我是吉尔。 如你所知，安迪和特里出了问题，所以我要先解说一会儿，直到我们把他们修好……哦，看那只神奇的蝴蝶——它是一只毛茸茸的脚，像游丝一样长着翅膀的盘旋者，如果我不是的话

mistaken. Yep, look at those loops! It's the loopiest insect in the whole animal kingdom—capable of up to one million loops per day! The only other insect to come close to that is the somersaulting silverfish of Soweto— which reminds me of a funny story— 'Jill,' says Alice. 'You're supposed to be narrating the book, not talking about animals.' 'Oh, sorry,' I say. 'I got completely distracted by the loop-the-looper.'

错误的。是的，看看那些循环！它是整个动物王国里最疯狂的昆虫——每天能循环多达一百万圈！另一种接近它的昆虫是索韦托的翻跟头银鱼——这让我想起了一个有趣的故事——“吉尔，”爱丽丝说。 “你应该叙述这本书，而不是谈论动物。“哦，对不起，”我说。 “我完全被那个环形圈弄得心烦意乱。”

Now where was I? Oh, that's right. At the end of the last chapter, I rescued Andy, Terry, Alice, Albert and the baby from the giant spider web in the treehouse. Silky and her flying cat friends helped to bring everybody back to my house, which is where we are now. 'What's wrong with Andy and Terry?' says Albert. 'Well,' I say, 'let's see, shall we?' I shine a torch into Andy's right ear.

我说到哪儿了？哦，对了。 在最后一章的结尾，我从树屋的巨大蜘蛛网中救出了安迪、特里、爱丽丝、艾伯特和婴儿。 丝莉和她的飞猫朋友们把大家都带回了我家，也就是我们现在住的地方。 “安迪和特里怎么了？”阿尔贝说。 “好吧，”我说，“让我们看看，好吗？”我用手电筒照着安迪的右耳。

The beam of light passes through his head and comes out his left ear and then travels into Terry's right ear, through his head, and out the other side. 'Ah, I see the problem,' I say. 'Their heads are completely empty. It's as if their brains have been drained of all knowledge.'

这束光穿过他的头，从他的左耳出来，然后进入特里的右耳，穿过他的头，从另一边出来。 “啊，我明白问题所在了，”我说。 “他们的脑袋完全是空的。 就好像他们脑子里的所有知识都被掏空了。”

'Oh no!' says Alice. 'What are you going to do?' 'Fill them up again, of course!' I say. 'Luckily I have an early learning centre for animals. I opened it just last week.' 'But Andy and Terry aren't animals!' says Alice. 'Yes they are,' I say. 'They're human animals… we all are! And right now I need you both to be human animal teachers. You're going to help me re-educate

“哦,不!爱丽丝说。“你打算怎么办？”“当然是再加满！”我说。 “幸运的是，我有一个动物早教中心。 我上周才打开的。“但安迪和特里不是动物！”爱丽丝说。 “是啊，”我说。“他们是人类动物……我们都是！”现在我需要你们俩做人类动物老师。 你要帮我接受再教育

Andy and Terry. Let's take them to the early learning centre.'

安迪和特里。我们带他们去早教中心吧。”