Chapter 11

CHAPTER 11 Ms. Adolf asked Nick McKelty to take off his shirt and give it to me. "You may wear the official team jersey," she said, handing me his sweat-soaked shirt. As much as I hated my baggy T-shirt, the thought of wearing his stinky, soggy shirt was way worse. "Thanks anyway," I said to Ms. Adolf. "I'd rather be kissed by an orangutan." Before she could answer, I ran onto the court. "Okay, everybody huddle," Heather Payne said as soon as I joined my teammates. "Actually, I think huddle is a football term," Katie Sperling pointed out. "Fine, then everyone clump together," Heather said.

阿道夫女士让尼克·麦凯尔蒂脱下他的衬衫给我。 “你可以穿官方队服，”她说着，把他湿透的衬衫递给我。 就像我讨厌我那件宽松的t恤一样，一想到穿着他那件又臭又湿的t恤就更糟糕了。 “不管怎样，谢谢你。” 阿道夫。“我宁愿被猩猩吻” 她还没来得及回答，我就跑到了球场上。 “好了，大家聚在一起，”我一加入队友队伍，希瑟·佩恩就说。 “实际上，我认为huddle是一个足球术语，”Katie Sperling指出。 “好吧，那大家都聚在一起，”希瑟说。

The whole team laughed. Even I knew that clump wasn't a sports term. "We have to get serious here," Heather said. "It's 30 to 26. We're behind by four points. That means we have to make three more baskets to win." "And we can't let them score again," Ashley added.

整个团队都笑了。连我都知道“团块”不是一个体育术语。 “我们得认真点了，”希瑟说。 “是30到26岁。我们落后4分。 这意味着我们必须再进三球才能获胜。” “我们不能再让他们得分了，”阿什利补充道。

"So are we ready to launch our Secret Weapon plan?" Heather asked. "I am, that's for sure," I said. "Wait a minute," Katie interrupted. "What's a Secret Weapon?" "You'll see," Frankie said, with all the confidence in the world. "Hank, take your position." As I ran to my place down by the basket, I realized that Frankie had all the confidence in the world, but mine was dripping out my toes. I looked up at the stands, and boy, were there a lot of eyeballs staring at me. I found my family in the crowd. My dad looked worried. My mom seemed to be chewing on her fingernails. My sister was reading a book, probably her favorite, 100 Lizard Facts Everyone Should Know. Papa Pete waved at me and mouthed "You can do it!"

“那么我们准备好启动我们的秘密武器计划了吗？”希瑟问道。 “是的，这是肯定的，”我说。 “等一下，”凯蒂打断他说。 “什么是秘密武器？”“你等着瞧吧，”弗兰基满怀信心地说。 “汉克，站好位置。” 当我跑到我在篮子旁边的位置时，我意识到弗兰基拥有世界上所有的自信，但我的自信却在从我的脚趾上滴下来。 我抬头看了看看台，天哪，有很多眼球在盯着我。 我在人群中找到了我的家人。 爸爸看起来很担心。我妈好像在咬指甲。 我妹妹正在看一本书，可能是她最喜欢的，《每个人都应该知道的蜥蜴100件事》。 皮特爸爸朝我挥了挥手，用嘴说：“你能做到的！”

I hoped he was right. The referee blew the whistle, and the game started up again. In a great move, Frankie stole the ball as it was being passed from one PS 91 player to another. He dribbled it down the court, then fired a pass to me. It was coming fast. I planted my feet and put my arms out. "Don't you dare drop this, Hank Zipzer," I said to myself. I'm not sure, I might have even said it out loud. That's how hard I was concentrating. "Don't pass it to Zipper Teeth!" I heard Nick McKelty yell from the bench.

我希望他是对的。裁判吹响了哨子，比赛又开始了。 在一个伟大的举动中，弗兰基在球从一个PS 91球员传到另一个球员时偷走了球。 他把球运出球场，然后给了我一个传球。 它来得很快。我站稳脚跟，伸出双臂。 “汉克·齐泽尔，你竟敢把它掉在地上，”我对自己说。 我不确定，我可能大声说出来了。 这就是我集中注意力的难度。 “别传给‘拉链牙齿’！”我听到尼克·麦凯尔蒂在板凳上大喊。

Bam! The ball smacked me right in the chest. Quickly, I wrapped my hands around it before it hit the floor. It wasn't the prettiest catch in the world, but it worked. I pivoted and saw Heather Payne waving her arms wildly at me. I knew what to do. I passed her the ball. She caught it, and in one move, shot that ball right through the hoop. "Will you look at that?" Sammy Perez shouted into the microphone. "Hank Zipzer makes the assist. Where did he come from?" "That's my grandson," Papa Pete yelled from the stands. "And don't you forget it!" Frankie and Ashley ran up and high-fived me so hard that I nearly fell over. "Let's do that again," Frankie said. And we did, once Ashley stole the ball from the other team and chucked it over to me. Ms.

砰!球正好打在我的胸口上。 在它落到地板上之前，我迅速地用手抓住了它。 这不是世界上最漂亮的捕获，但它成功了。 我转过身，看见希瑟·佩恩疯狂地向我挥舞着双臂。 我知道该怎么做。我把球传给了她。 她接住了球，一蹴而就，把球投进了篮筐。 “你看那个好吗？”萨米·佩雷斯对着麦克风喊道。 汉克·齐泽尔助攻。 他是从哪儿来的？”“那是我的孙子，”皮特爸爸在看台上喊道。 “你可别忘了！”弗兰基和阿什莉跑过来和我使劲击掌，我差点摔倒。 “我们再来一次吧，”弗兰基说。 我们做到了，有一次阿什莉从另一队偷了球，扔给了我。 Ms。

Adolf couldn't believe what she was seeing. She just stood by the side of the court with her whistle hanging off her lower lip. She was so shocked, she couldn't even blow it. "Okay, folks, we have a tie game on our hands," Sammy's voice blared. "We've got thirty-six seconds on the clock. Who's going to get that trophy? Stay tuned to find out." Did he say "Stay tuned"? I wondered who Sammy thought he was talking to. We weren't on TV. The coach of PS 91 had called a time out. With his team surrounding him, he was talking up a storm. I saw him point at me. That felt great, until I realized that he had figured out that I was the Secret Weapon.

阿道夫简直不敢相信她所看到的。 她只是站在场边，哨子耷拉在下唇上。 她太震惊了，她甚至不能搞砸。 “好了，伙计们，我们要打一场平局了。”萨米的声音震耳欲聋。 “我们还有36秒的时间。 谁会得到那个奖杯？ 敬请期待。”他说“继续关注”了吗？ 我不知道萨米以为他在跟谁说话。 我们没有上电视。ps91的教练喊暂停。 他的团队围着他，他滔滔不绝地讲话。 我看见他指着我。那感觉很棒，直到我意识到他已经发现我是秘密武器。