Chapter 3

Chapter THREE That afternoon, Miss Cherry announced that we would be starting a new project. 'The name of our project is going to be Under the Sea!' she said. 'Ooh!' whispered the class and I felt my insides fizz with excitement. I love anything to do with the ocean, and I knew I would have a lot to say. I've had three

第三章那天下午，切里小姐宣布我们将开始一个新项目。 “我们项目的名字将是《海底》！”她说。 “哦!全班同学低声说，我感到自己的内心兴奋得嘶嘶作响。 我喜欢任何与海洋有关的东西，我知道我有很多话要说。 我有三个

magical underwater adventures with my mermaid friends. 'I'm going to split you all up into groups,' continued Miss Cherry. 'Zoe, can you go and sit with Sashi and Dominic, please? Samantha, you will be working with Oliver and Jasper. And Isadora, please will you go and sit with Ava and Bruno. I felt my heart sink like a stone. Ava! Suddenly I didn't feel very excited about the project at all. Reluctantly, I gathered up my things and went to sit at a table with Bruno and Ava. She didn't look very pleased to see us.

和我的美人鱼朋友们一起进行神奇的水下冒险。 “我要把你们分成几组，”切里小姐接着说。 “佐伊，你能去和萨西和多米尼克坐在一起吗？” 萨曼莎，你和奥利弗和贾斯帕一起工作。 伊莎多拉，你能去和艾娃和布鲁诺坐在一起吗。 我感到我的心沉得像一块石头。 艾娃!突然间，我对这个项目一点也不兴奋了。 我不情愿地收拾好东西，走到布鲁诺和艾娃的桌旁坐下。 她见到我们看起来不太高兴。

'We did this topic at my old school last year,' she said. 'It will be so boring to do it again!' 'Oh great!' said Bruno cheerfully. 'You can help us out then, Ava!' 'Hmph!' said Ava, and stuck her nose in the air. Bruno looked at me, confused, and I looked back at him and shrugged. 'I'd like you all to start by writing down everything you know about the sea already,' said Miss Cherry, handing out sheets of paper. 'You can even draw pictures if you like!

她说，我们去年在母校做过这个课题。 “再做一次就太无聊了！”“哦，太好了！”布鲁诺高兴地说。 “那你就帮帮我们吧，艾娃！”“嗯!艾娃说着，把鼻子伸到空中。 布鲁诺困惑地看着我，我也看着他，耸了耸肩。 “我想让你们先把你们所知道的关于海洋的一切都写下来，”切里小姐说着，递给大家几张纸。 “如果你喜欢，你甚至可以画画！”

Then we'll share our information with the rest of the class.' Bruno grabbed his pen and immediately began doodling a picture of a starfish. 'I've got a good fact!' he said. 'Did you know that starfish have an eye on the end of each arm?' Ava looked at Bruno scornfully. 'Don't be silly,' she said. 'Of course they don't!' 'They do!' Bruno insisted. 'We went to a sea life centre last summer and the guide there told us! If a starfish has five arms then it means it also has five eyes!' 'I don't believe you!' said Ava. 'That's

然后我们将与班上其他同学分享我们的信息。”布鲁诺抓起他的笔，立即开始涂鸦海星的图片。 “我有一个好事实！”他说。 “你知道海星每只手臂的末端都有一只眼睛吗？”艾娃轻蔑地看着布鲁诺。 “别傻了，”她说。 “他们当然不知道！”“是的！”布鲁诺坚持道。 “去年夏天我们去了一个海洋生物中心，那里的导游告诉我们的！”如果海星有五只手臂，那么它也有五只眼睛！“我不相信你！”艾娃说。 这是

a stupid fact!' Bruno looked hurt. 'I've got a fact about starfish too!' I said, remembering some of the amazing creatures I had seen on my underwater

一个愚蠢的事实！”布鲁诺看起来很受伤。 “我也知道一个关于海星的事实！”我说，想起了我在我的船里看到过的一些奇特的动物

adventure with Emerald the mermaid. 'Some starfish actually have more than five arms! I've seen one with at least twenty!' 'Cool!' said Bruno. 'It must have had twenty eyes then!' I laughed, but Ava just scoffed. 'You're both making this rubbish up,' she said. Next I expect you'll tell me that mermaids are real.' 'They are!' I burst out before I could stop myself. 'Isadora's met one!' said Bruno. Ava didn't reply straight away, but she stared at my vampire-fairy wings and my fangs. 'Well, I suppose you pretend to be

与美人鱼祖母绿的冒险。 “有些海星竟然有五条以上的手臂！”我见过至少有20个人的！“太酷了!布鲁诺说。 “那么它一定有20只眼睛了！”我笑了，但艾娃只是嘲笑。 “你们俩都在胡编乱造，”她说。 接下来我希望你能告诉我美人鱼是真的。“是的！”我还没来得及控制自己就爆发了。 “伊莎多拉遇到过一个！”布鲁诺说。 艾娃没有马上回答，但她盯着我的吸血鬼仙女翅膀和尖牙。 “好吧，我想你是假装的