5 It’s Not Weird—It’s Awesome!

CHAPTER FIVE IT'S NOT WEIRD-IT'S AWESOME! ROSIE SAT AT the kitchen table with Simon. She could see the confusion on our faces. We had no idea what her plan was. "Don't worry about it," Rosie said. "I've got it. Simon and I will take care of step two—getting Principal Shelton out of her office. And, Molly, you're sure you can take care of step one—getting into trouble?" "I'm sure," I said as I put three pieces of bread into

第五章一点都不奇怪，简直太棒了！罗茜和西蒙坐在厨房的桌子旁。 她能看出我们脸上的困惑。 我们不知道她的计划是什么。 “别担心，”罗茜说。 “我知道了。西蒙和我来完成第二步把谢尔顿校长赶出办公室。 还有，莫丽，你确定你能处理好第一步——惹麻烦？”“我敢肯定，”我边说边把三片面包放进

the toaster. "I'm going to use toilet paper. You'll see." "Are you okay with getting into trouble?" Simon asked. "No, I'm definitely not okay with getting into trouble," I explained and shook my head. "But what choice do I have? I need to know how many Skittles are in that jar. That's way more important." "Okay. Then that only leaves step three—counting those Skittles," Rosie said. She scrunched her mouth to one side a little bit. She was sort of talking to herself as much as to us. And she was twirling her hair again. "How can we do that?" "That part should be easy," Simon said. "With Principal Shelton gone, Molly just dumps out the jar and starts counting, right?" "No," Rosie said and shook her head. "Step two

烤面包机。“我要用卫生纸。 你会看到。”“你不介意惹麻烦吗？”西蒙问。 “不，我绝对不能接受惹麻烦，”我一边解释一边摇了摇头。 “但我有什么选择呢？” 我要知道罐子里有多少彩虹糖。 这更重要。” “好吧。那就只剩下第三步了——数彩虹糖。”罗西说。 她把嘴往一边抿了抿。 她既在对我们说话，也在自言自语。 她又在捻头发了。 “我们怎么能做到呢？”“那部分应该很容易，”西蒙说。 “谢尔顿校长走了，莫莉就把罐子倒出来，开始数数，对吧？”“不，”罗茜说着摇了摇头。 “第二步

gets Shelton out of her office. But I don't know how long she'll be gone. Plus, there could be people hanging around outside the office. Mrs. B. or somebody else." "Right," Simon agreed. "Molly needs to find a way to count the Skittles really fast." "I don't think I can," I said, picturing that jar on Principal Shelton's desk. I got a jar of Mom's homemade raspberry jam from the refrigerator. "There must be hundreds in that jar." Rosie snapped her fingers. She can snap extra loud. "We could get a separate container—something smaller," Rosie said, explaining her idea. She's good at math—like, really good. "We could get a Styrofoam cup or something. We go buy some Skittles and see how many fit into the cup." "How would that work?" I asked. I gave Simon

把谢尔顿赶出她的办公室 但我不知道她要离开多久。 另外，可能会有人在办公室外面闲逛。 b太太或者别的什么人。” “好的，”西蒙同意了。“莫莉需要找到一种快速数彩虹糖的方法。” “我想我做不到，”我说，想象着谢尔顿校长桌子上的那个罐子。 我从冰箱里拿了一罐妈妈自制的覆盆子果酱。 “罐子里一定有几百只。” 罗茜打了个响指。 她会发出特别大的声音。“我们可以找一个单独的容器——小一点的，”罗西在解释她的想法时说。 她数学很好，真的很好。 “我们可以买一个泡沫塑料杯之类的东西。 我们去买一些彩虹糖，看看杯子里能装多少。” “这怎么可能呢？”我问。 我给了西蒙

and Rosie each a piece of toast and set the raspberry jam on the table. "Well, let's say 127 fit into the cup," Rosie said. Using her empty hands, she pretended to pour Skittles from the jar into the Styrofoam cup. "Then when you're alone in Shelton's office you can just see how many times it takes to fill the cup. Like, maybe you can fill the cup three times and then there's 14 left over. That would be 127 times 3, which is 381. Plus 14 would be 395. That would be way faster than counting 395 Skittles individually."

和罗茜各拿了一片烤面包，把覆盆子果酱放在桌子上。 “好吧，我们假设127个可以装进杯子，”罗西说。 她用空着的双手假装把彩虹糖从罐子里倒进泡沫塑料杯里。 然后，当你一个人在谢尔顿的办公室里时，你就能看到装满杯子需要多少次。 比如，也许你可以把杯子装满三次，然后还剩下14次。 也就是127乘以3，等于381。 加14等于395。这比单独计算395颗彩虹糖要快得多。”

"How do you do math so fast?" asked Simon, spreading jam on his toast. "I don't know," Rosie answered modestly. "I'm weird, I guess." Simon said, "It's not weird, it's awesome!" Something about Rosie's idea didn't work for me.

“你的数学怎么做得这么快？”西蒙问，把果酱涂在吐司上。 “我不知道，”罗茜谦虚地回答。 “我想我有点怪。”西蒙说：“这一点也不奇怪，这太棒了！”罗西的主意对我来说不太管用。