3 Keep It Down, Table 5

CHAPTER THREE KEEP IT DOWN, TABLE 5 AFTER MR. WILLOW took attendance, he explained that healthy eating would be our science subject that day. He drew a plate with four sections on the whiteboard. He gave us twenty minutes to fill in the sections with different categories of food. "I want you to think about what you eat during a typical week," Mr. Willow said, "and fill in the plate with those foods. Then we'll look at a healthy eating plate and you can see how your diet compares to it."

第三章小声点，第五桌。 柳树出席了，他解释说健康饮食是我们那天的科学主题。 他在白板上画了一个分四部分的盘子。 他给了我们二十分钟的时间，让我们把不同种类的食物填满。 “我想让你想想你在一个典型的星期里吃了什么，”威洛说，“然后用这些食物填满盘子。” 然后我们会看一个健康饮食盘，你可以看到你的饮食与它的比较。”

It was kind of a fun assignment. We got to use our colored pencils and could draw all the food too. It was also a good project because we were allowed to talk quietly at our tables as we worked. As we started to draw our plates, Rosie asked, "So what's happening, Molly? Something was really bothering you on the way to school." "Yeah," Simon said. "We could tell." I didn't want to look at my two best friends as I told them my bad news. "Something happened when I ran back to get my book report," I said and hunkered down even closer to my paper. I had sectioned off one part of my food plate for protein. I wanted to draw a fish and a chicken. Simon asked, "What happened?" "Well, it's not like something happened happened," I said. I outlined my fish with a black colored pencil.

这是一项有趣的任务。 我们要用彩色铅笔，也可以画出所有的食物。 这也是一个很好的项目，因为我们可以在工作时安静地交谈。 当我们开始画盘子时，罗茜问：“发生了什么事，莫莉？” 在去学校的路上，有件事一直困扰着你。” “是的，”西蒙说。“我们看得出来。” 当我告诉我最好的两个朋友我的坏消息时，我不想看着他们。 “我跑回去拿读书报告的时候发生了一些事情，”我说着，更靠近我的报纸蹲了下来。 我把盘子里的一部分食物分给蛋白质。 我想画一条鱼和一只鸡。 西蒙问：“发生了什么事？”“嗯，又不是什么事发生了，”我说。 我用黑色铅笔勾勒出鱼的轮廓。

"It was more like I heard something." "What did you hear?" Rosie asked and grabbed an orange pencil to draw carrots. "Mom and Dad were upstairs. They were talking really loudly because Mom was blow-drying her hair," I said. I colored my tasty fish blue and gave it some bubbles. "And I heard what they said." "And?" Simon asked. I got ready to look up at Simon and Rosie for the first time since we started our food plates. I made sure my eyes weren't too watery. "They said," I answered and took a deep breath of air before looking up, "that we're going to move."

“更像是我听到了什么。” “你听到了什么？”罗茜问，抓起一支橙色铅笔开始画胡萝卜。 “爸爸妈妈在楼上。 “他们说话声音很大，因为妈妈正在吹头发。”我说。 我把美味的鱼涂成蓝色，并给它一些泡沫。 “我听到了他们说的话。” “然后呢?”西蒙问。我已经准备好抬头看看西蒙和罗茜，这是我们开始用餐以来的第一次。 我确保我的眼睛不会太湿润。 “他们说，”我回答，深吸了一口气，然后抬起头来，“我们要搬家了。”

"What?!" Rosie yell-whispered. "You can't!" Simon yelled. There was no whisper attached to his yell. "Keep it down, Table 5," Mr. Willow called from the front of the classroom. "Are you sure?" Rosie asked. I could tell that she really hoped I was wrong. "Totally," I said and nodded. "They talked about moving all my stuff. And all their stuff too." Simon said, "Maybe it's a mistake." "It's not," I told him—even though I wished that was true. "Here's a direct quote from my dad: 'We

“什么? !”罗西yell-whispered。 “你不能!”西蒙喊道。 他的喊叫中没有任何耳语。 “小声点，5号桌。”威罗先生从教室前面喊道。 “你确定吗？”罗西问道。 我看得出来，她真的希望我是错的。 “完全正确。”我说着点了点头。 “他们说要搬走我所有的东西。 还有他们所有的东西。”西蒙说：“也许这是个错误。” “不是，”我告诉他——尽管我希望这是真的。 “这是我父亲的原话：‘我们

have to move.'" "This is bad," Rosie said. I knew she was right. "We have to do something to stop it," Simon said. I knew he was right too. I just had no idea what we could do.

必须搬家。“这太糟糕了，”罗茜说。 我知道她是对的。“我们必须做点什么来阻止它，”西蒙说。 我也知道他是对的。我只是不知道我们能做什么。