03 A Royal Pain

A Royal Pain The next week, Class 3T had a whole hour of library time each day to work on family trees. Judy drew branches on her family tree using her Famous Women Rulers ruler. She cut out sticky notes in the shape of acorns. "My family tree is going to be lift-the-flap," Judy told Rocky and Frank. "When you lift up each acorn, you find out about the person under it." "Neat-o!" said Frank. Frank was making a cardboard Christmas tree for his family tree. And Rocky was hanging family photos from a real-live tree branch. Mr. Todd came over to take a peek. "Good work," he said. "Very creative." "What happens when we're done?" asked Judy. "You'll each get a chance to tell the class

接下来的一周，3T班每天都有整整一个小时的图书馆时间来研究家谱。 朱迪用她的著名女性尺子在她的家谱上画了树枝。 她剪下橡子形状的便利贴。 朱迪对洛奇和弗兰克说：“我的家谱要改变了。” “当你举起每一颗橡子，你就会发现橡子下的人。” “很好！”弗兰克说。弗兰克正在为他的家谱做一棵硬纸板圣诞树。 洛奇把全家福挂在一根真实的树枝上。 托德先生过来看了一眼。 “干得好，”他说。“非常有创造力。” “我们做完了怎么办？”朱迪问。 “你们每个人都有机会告诉全班

something surprising about your family history," said Mr. Todd. "Then we'll display the finished trees in the library." "Like a family-tree forest," said Judy. "Wicked!" Jessica Finch came over to Judy's table. "I made a bad goof," she said. "Does anybody have an eraser?"

你的家族史令人惊讶，”托德先生说。 “然后我们会在图书馆里展示完成的树。” “就像一个家谱森林，”朱迪说。 “邪恶的!”杰西卡·芬奇走到朱迪的桌子旁。 “我犯了个大错误，”她说。 “谁有橡皮擦？”

Judy held out her London Bridge eraser and her Big Ben eraser. "Pick one. But don't use it all up. These are like the crown jewels of my eraser collection." "I'll take the pink one," said Jessica. Of course. "Don't forget to give it back," said Judy. Sometimes Jessica Finch was an E.E.S. Evil Eraser Stealer. "Check it out," said Rocky, holding up an old photo. "This is my great-great-grandpa. He searched for gold at the Cripple Creek gold mine." Judy squinted at the photo. "What's he doing?" "Um. He's either panning for gold or making soup."

朱迪拿出她的伦敦桥橡皮和大本钟橡皮。 “选择一个。但不要全部用完。 它们就像是我橡皮擦收藏中最珍贵的珠宝。” “我要粉红色的，”杰西卡说。 当然可以。“别忘了还给我，”朱迪说。 有时杰西卡·芬奇是E.E.S. 邪恶的橡皮窃贼。“看看吧，”洛奇举起一张旧照片说。 “这是我的曾曾祖父。 他在跛子溪金矿寻找金子。” 朱迪眯着眼睛看照片。 “他在干什么？”“嗯。他不是在淘金就是在煲汤。”

Frank nodded. "I have a great-grandpa from the Middle Ages who sold either pears or pearls." "So your name could have been Frank Pear instead of Frank Pearl?" "I know, right?" Frank cracked up. "And I have another great-grandpa who was in a famous shipwreck on the Lusitania." "Same-same!" said Judy. "I have somebody that went down on the Titanic!"

弗兰克点了点头。“我有一个中世纪的曾祖父，不是卖梨就是卖珍珠。” “所以你的名字可能是弗兰克·皮尔而不是弗兰克·珀尔？”“我知道，对吧？”弗兰克大笑起来。 “我还有一个曾祖父，他在卢西塔尼亚号上遭遇了一场著名的海难。” “一样一样！”朱迪说。“我有一个在泰坦尼克号上沉没的人！”

"Mine escaped in a lifeboat," said Frank. "That's brill," Judy said. "Huh?" said Rocky and Frank at the same time. "She means brilliant," said Jessica, butting in again. "It's like wicked. It's how you say excellent or awesome in England." "Don't get your knickers in a twist," said Judy. "See, my family tree is from England. I learned funny British words from Tori, my pen pal. She lives in London." "I see London. I see France..." said Frank. "You do?" Judy flushed red. She checked to see if her underwear was showing. "Made you look!" said Frank. "Good one," said Judy. "You better go to the loo and check," said Jessica. "Just in case." "The loo?" asked Rocky. "The who?" asked Frank. "The bathroom," Judy whispered. Judy looked in the mirror, front and back. Phew! No sign of undies. She brushed eraser crumbs off of her KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON T-shirt. Wait just a Big Ben minute. How did Jessica A. Finch know so much

“我的是在救生艇上逃出来的，”弗兰克说。 “太棒了，”朱迪说。 “嗯？”洛奇和弗兰克同时说。 “她的意思是聪明，”杰西卡说，又插嘴了。 “这就像邪恶。在英国，这是你说优秀或令人敬畏的方式。” “别紧张，”朱迪说。 “你看，我的家谱来自英国。 我从我的笔友托丽那里学到了一些有趣的英国单词。 她住在伦敦。”“我看到了伦敦。 我看到法国……”弗兰克说。 “你做什么?”朱迪脸红了。 她检查了一下内衣是否露出来了。 “让你看！”弗兰克说。 “好主意，”朱迪说。“你最好去洗手间检查一下，”杰西卡说。 “以防万一。”“厕所？”洛奇问。 “谁？”弗兰克问。“浴室，”朱迪小声说。 朱迪前前后后看了看镜子。 唷!没有内衣的迹象。她拂去“保持冷静，坚持下去”t恤上的橡皮屑。 等大本钟一分钟。 杰西卡·a·芬奇怎么会知道这么多

British stuff? Judy plopped back down at their table. She made sure Jessica could hear. "My great-great-great-great-great-great-great- great-great-great-great-great-great-grandpa was related to a queen. Queen Elizabeth the First of England. Just think— maybe he was the queen's royal brother or something. She probably put him in charge of the crown jewels at the Tower of London. So you are looking at a queen!" Rocky hung another photo from a branch. Frank peeled dried glue from his hand. "Hey, look, I'm shedding." "Hel-lo! Don't you get it? I have royal blood. I'm related to the Queen of England. I could, like, be invited to a sleepover at the palace or something." "Cool," said Rocky. "Cool," said Frank. "You mean wicked," said Jessica, turning around. Nosy Parker. Snoopy McSnoop. "Guys," said Judy. "We're talking castles, moats, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London!" Frank's eyes bugged out. "You mean where all those people" —Rocky

英国的东西?朱迪扑通一声坐在他们的桌旁。 她确保杰西卡能听到。 “我的曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾祖父有一位女王的亲戚。 英国女王伊丽莎白一世 想想看，也许他是女王的亲兄弟什么的。 她可能让他负责管理伦敦塔的皇冠珠宝。 所以你现在看到的是一位女王！”洛奇把另一张照片挂在树枝上。 弗兰克从手上剥下干胶。 “嘿，看，我在掉毛。” “Hel-lo !你还不明白吗？ 我有皇室血统。我是英国女王的亲戚。 我可能会被邀请去宫殿或其他地方过夜。” “酷，”洛奇说。“酷，”弗兰克说。 “你是说邪恶，”杰西卡转过身说。 爱管闲事的人。史努比McSnoop。 “伙计们，”朱迪说。“我们说的是城堡、护城河、大本钟、白金汉宫、伦敦塔！”弗兰克瞪大了眼睛。 “你是说那些人” -洛奇