03 Mad-i-tude

Mad-i-tude Judy followed Dad down the tree-lined sidewalks of the Colonial College campus, stepping on every crack she could find on purpose. They went past a duck pond with a fountain, a serious library with a clock tower, and a way-cool giant sculpture of bacon and eggs. Finally, they came to a four-story brick building with pointy towers that looked like a castle covered in ivy.

疯狂的朱迪跟着爸爸走在殖民学院校园里绿树成荫的人行道上，她故意踩着每一条裂缝。 他们经过了一个带喷泉的鸭塘，一个带钟楼的严肃图书馆，还有一个非常酷的熏肉和鸡蛋的巨型雕塑。 最后，他们来到了一座四层的砖砌建筑前，上面有尖尖的塔楼，看起来就像一座爬满常春藤的城堡。

"This is it," said Dad. "Grace Brewster Murray Hopper Hall."

“就是这里，”爸爸说。“格蕾丝·布鲁斯特·默里·霍珀大厅”

They wound their way upstairs and down long hallways to a door that said MATH LAB. "Here we are!" said Dad. A girl with green eyes and a messy ponytail greeted them. "You must be the Moodys." "I'm Richard Moody, and this is my daughter, Judy," said Dad. "Hi, I'm Chloe. Chloe Canfield. My friends call me C-squared, since my name has two Cs and I go to CC. You know, C to the second power, 'cause I'm into math?" "That's funny," said Dad, shaking her hand.

他们蜿蜒上楼，穿过长长的走廊，来到一扇写着“数学实验室”的门前。 “我们到了！”爸爸说。迎接他们的是一个绿眼睛、扎着凌乱马尾的女孩。 “你们一定是穆迪一家。”“我是理查德·穆迪，这是我女儿朱迪，”爸爸说。 “嗨，我是克洛伊。克洛伊坎菲尔德。 我的朋友叫我c²，因为我的名字有两个c，我去了CC。 你知道，C的二次幂，因为我对数学很感兴趣。”“真有趣，”爸爸握着她的手说。

"I don't get it," said Judy. "It's algebra," Chloe said. "Algebra? Didn't anybody tell you? I'm only in third grade." Chloe laughed. "It just means when you multiply something by itself, you say it's squared, or to the second power." "Oh, yeah. If I'm in a mood, like a double bad mood, then it's called a bad mood squared, right?" "That's right. Moody to the second power," said Chloe. Dad bit his lip. "Rounding off, squaring stuff, and big powers— yikes!" said Judy. "That's what I'm here for," said Chloe. "Math is everywhere. Math is a fact of life. You'll see. It'll be fun."

“我不明白，”朱迪说。 “这是代数，”克洛伊说。 “代数吗?没人告诉你吗？ 我才上三年级。”克洛伊笑了。 “它的意思是，当你把一个东西乘以它自己时，你说它是平方的，或者是它的二次幂。” “哦,是的。如果我心情不好，比如双重心情不好，那就叫做心情不好的平方，对吧？”“这是正确的。 穆迪的二次幂。”克洛伊说。 爸爸咬着嘴唇。“四舍五入，四舍五入，四舍五入，还有大幂——啊哈！”朱迪说。 “这就是我来这里的原因，”克洛伊说。 “数学无处不在。数学是生活中的一个事实。 你会看到。会很有趣的。”

"I don't know." Judy saw flash cards on the table. Where there were flash cards, triangle cats and macaroni could not be far behind. "You'll be fine," said Dad, smoothing the top of Judy's hair. But Judy wasn't so sure. "I'll be back in an hour to pick you up." "That's sixty whole minutes!" Judy cried. "Yep. Three thousand six hundred seconds." Chloe led Judy over to an area where a table was piled with sponge blocks, color tiles, and (oh, no!) jars of counting bears and beads. For a split second, Judy had thought college was going to be cool. But this was baby college. She, Judy Moody, was in a mood. Not a good mood. A bad mood squared. Moody to the power of ten million. "This is Investigation Station," said Chloe.

“我不知道。”朱迪看到桌上有卡片。 在有记忆卡的地方，三角猫和通心粉也不会落后太远。 “你会没事的，”爸爸说，一边抚平朱迪的发梢。 但是朱迪不太确定。“我一小时后回来接你。” “整整六十分钟！”朱迪哭了。 “是的。三千六百秒。” 克洛伊把朱迪带到一个地方，那里有一张桌子，上面堆满了海绵块、彩色瓷砖，还有（哦，不！）装满数熊和珠子的罐子。 有那么一瞬间，朱迪以为大学会很酷。 但这是一所初级大学。 她，朱迪·穆迪，心情不好。 心情不太好。坏心情平息了。 穆迪以千万分之幂。 “这里是调查站，”克洛伊说。