12 Clapping and Honking

CHAPTER TWELVE CLAPPING AND HONKING 8 degreesFahrenheit IT TOOK ABOUT fifteen minutes to get to school. And Rosie and I were totally warm—for lots of reasons. 1. Rosie's Wicked Ride was warmed up to begin with by the hair dryer. 2. We were protected from the wind. 3. Rubbing the metal poles with the sandpaper totally worked. They got hot—and warmed the air inside. Every few minutes, we rubbed them again to keep them hot.

第十二章鼓掌和鸣笛华氏8度到学校花了大约15分钟。 罗西和我非常热情，原因有很多。 1. 罗西的邪恶之旅一开始是用吹风机预热的。 2. 我们被保护起来不受风吹。 3. 用砂纸摩擦金属杆完全奏效了。 它们变热，使里面的空气变暖。 每隔几分钟，我们就再揉一次，以保持它们的热度。

4. The activity itself warmed us up too. We weren't just sitting there. You know what I mean? It was fun. And it was something else too. It was entertaining. Not for us. For other people. I mean, how often do you see a muscleman pulling a burlap-wrapped-bubble-wagon thing down the sidewalk? And inside there are two girls frantically rubbing sandpaper up and down two metal poles? Umm, not very often. If ever. It was a rare and unique thing to see. So when people saw it, they stared. They yelled. They clapped. They whistled.

4. 活动本身也使我们暖和起来。 我们不只是坐在那里。 你懂我的意思吗？这很有趣。 而且还有别的东西。 这很有趣。对我们来说不是。 对其他人来说。我是说，你有多少次看到一个肌肉男拉着一辆麻袋包裹的泡泡车在人行道上走？ 里面有两个女孩疯狂地在两根金属杆上上下摩擦砂纸？ 嗯，不经常。如果。 这是一件罕见而独特的事情。 所以当人们看到它时，他们都盯着看。 他们大声喊着。他们鼓掌。 他们吹口哨。

Cars drove alongside us and honked. Not like loud, blaring, mean honks. It wasn't like this: HOOOOOOOOONK! It was more like short, friendly, encouraging honks, like this: Beep! Beep! It was crazy. It was fun. And it was warm. "I think we can stop now," Rosie suggested once we turned a corner on the sidewalk and saw the school.

汽车从我们旁边驶过，按着喇叭。 不像又吵又响又刻薄的喇叭声。 它不是这样的：呜呜呜！它更像是简短、友好、鼓励的鸣笛声，就像这样：哔！哔哔!太疯狂了。 这很有趣。而且天气很暖和。 “我想我们现在可以停下来了，”当我们在人行道上拐了个弯，看到学校时，罗茜建议道。

"I know we all worked together and everything," I said and stopped rubbing. "But I'm glad Simon painted Rosie's Wicked Ride along the side. It was your idea." "Thanks," she said. And then she changed the subject. I knew she would. She doesn't like to take credit for stuff. That's just the way she is. She asked, "Do you think we should give Simon the tickets right

“我知道我们都是一起工作的，”我说着停止了摩擦。 “但我很高兴西蒙在旁边画了罗西的邪恶之旅。 这是你的主意。”“谢谢，”她说。 然后她改变了话题。 我知道她会的。她不喜欢把功劳揽在自己身上。 她就是这样。 她问：“你觉得我们应该把票给西蒙吗？

away?" "Let's wait until we get inside," I answered. "We'll give them to him at Table 5." And that's what we did.

离开?”“我们等进去再说。”我回答。 “我们在5号桌给他。” 这就是我们所做的。

HIGH FIVE You've heard twelve chapters, eightyseven pages and fivethousandsixhundredeightysix words. If you've listenedto all four books in the series ,you've heard twentythreethousandsixhundredeightyeight words, awesome. How do you feel? I can eat twentythreethousandsixhundredandeightyeight marshmallows.

你已经听了十二章，八十七页，五千六百八十六个单词。 如果你听过这个系列的全部四本书，你就会听到二万三千六百八十八个单词，太棒了。 你感觉怎么样？我可以吃二万三千六百八十八个棉花糖。