10 Talking Turkey

Chapter 10 Talking Turkey Right after Miss Mary said she would marry Zack, the most amazing thing happened: another guy started climbing in the window! "Who's that guy?" Michael asked. "Quick, Zack!" Miss Mary said. "Hide in the bloody cloakroom!" "It's like Grand Central Station in here!" Mr. Granite said as Zack ran into the cloakroom. "Doesn't anybody use doors anymore?" The guy who climbed in the window was dressed in a jacket and tie. He carried a briefcase. "Excuse me," the guy said, "is this Ella Mentry School?" "Yes," Mr. Granite replied. "Who are

就在玛丽小姐说她要嫁给扎克之后，最不可思议的事情发生了：另一个男人开始从窗户爬进来！“那家伙是谁？”迈克尔问道。 “快,扎克!”玛丽小姐说。 “躲到该死的衣帽间里去！”“这里就像中央车站一样！”格拉尼特先生说，扎克跑进衣帽间。 “现在没人用门了吗？”从窗户爬进来的那个人穿着夹克，打着领带。 他提着一个公文包。“对不起，”那人说，“这是艾拉门特里学校吗？”“是的，”格拉尼特先生回答。 “是谁

you? What are you doing in my classroom?" "Allow me to introduce myself," the guy said as he handed Mr. Granite a card. "My name is Joe Navark. I'm with the Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Company." "What?!" said Mr. Granite. "I don't need a vacuum cleaner! Get out of here! We're supposed to be doing math." "I'm not selling vacuum cleaners," the

你吗?你在我的教室里干什么？”“请允许我自我介绍一下，”那人一边说一边递给格拉尼特先生一张卡片。 “我叫乔·纳瓦克。我是胡佛真空吸尘器公司的。” “什么？！”格拉尼特先生说。 “我不需要吸尘器！”滚出去！我们应该做数学。” “我不卖吸尘器。

guy said. "I'm looking for a young man named Zack. I was told I might find him here." Mr. Granite slapped his own forehead with the palm of his hand. "Zack is my boyfriend!" said Miss Mary, showing off her new ring. "We're going to get married." "He's in there," Mr. Granite muttered, pointing to the cloakroom. The vacuum cleaner guy opened the cloakroom door. Zack was standing there. "It's you!" the vacuum cleaner guy said to Zack. "The lead singer of Fish Food! You were terrific on Saturday Night Live." "Thank you!" said Zack. "Tell me," the vacuum cleaner guy asked Zack, "did you write that song 'I Love Dirt'?" "I sure did," Zack replied. "Well, I love it!" the vacuum cleaner guy

人说。“我在找一个叫扎克的年轻人。 有人告诉我可以在这里找到他。” 格拉尼特先生用手掌拍了拍自己的前额。 “扎克是我的男朋友！”玛丽小姐说着，炫耀着她的新戒指。 “我们要结婚了。” “他在那儿，”格拉尼特先生指着衣帽间咕哝道。 吸尘器清洁工打开了衣帽间的门。 扎克站在那里。“是你！”吸尘器的人对扎克说。 “鱼食乐队的主唱！”你在《周六夜现场》的表现太棒了。” “谢谢你！”扎克说。“告诉我，”吸尘器工人问扎克，“《我爱脏》这首歌是你写的吗？”“当然，”扎克回答。 “嗯，我喜欢！”吸尘器的家伙说

told Zack. "And I think your song would be perfect to go with the TV commercials for our new line of vacuum cleaners." "Are you serious?" Zack asked. "Sure!" the vacuum cleaner guy said. "Picture this. We'll have a cartoon vacuum cleaner running around a house while it sings 'I Love Dirt.' It will sell millions of vacuums!" Zack and Miss Mary went "WOW," which is "MOM" upside down. "Okay," the vacuum cleaner guy said. "Let's talk turkey." "What do turkeys have to do with vacuum cleaners?" I asked. "Turkey's don't talk. Are you going to vacuum up a bunch of dead turkeys?" "'Talking turkey' means talking about money, Arlo," Andrea told me. "Oh," I said, "I knew that."

告诉扎克。“我觉得你的歌很适合和我们新吸尘器系列的电视广告搭配。” “你说真的吗？”扎克问。 “当然！”吸尘器的人说。 “这照片。我们会有一个卡通吸尘器在房子里跑来跑去，一边唱着“我爱脏”。它将卖出数百万台真空吸尘器！”扎克和玛丽小姐发出了“哇”的声音，“哇”是“妈妈”的上下颠倒。 “好吧，”吸尘器的人说。 “让我们开诚布公。”“火鸡和吸尘器有什么关系？”我问。 “土耳其人不说话。你要用吸尘器吸一堆死火鸡吗？”“‘Talking turkey’的意思是谈钱，阿乐，”安德里亚告诉我。 “哦，”我说，“我知道。”

"How much are you going to pay Zack for his song?" asked Miss Mary. "How does a million dollars sound to you?" asked the vacuum cleaner guy. WHAT?! "Two million would sound a lot better," Miss Mary said. "Okay," the vacuum cleaner guy said. "Two million. But that's as high as I can go." Zack shook hands with the vacuum cleaner guy. Everybody was freaking out. But suddenly, there were footsteps in the hall. "It's Mr. Klutz!" Neil the nude kid yelled. "Quick!" Miss Mary said. "Hide in the cloakroom! Both of you!" Zack and the vacuum cleaner guy ran into the cloakroom right before Mr. Klutz came in.

“你打算给扎克多少钱买他的歌？”玛丽小姐问。 “一百万美元对你来说怎么样？” 什么? !“两百万听起来好多了，”玛丽小姐说。 “好吧，”吸尘器的人说。 二百万。但这是我能做到的最高了。” 扎克和吸尘器的人握了握手。 每个人都吓坏了。 突然，大厅里响起了脚步声。 “是克鲁茨先生！”裸体小孩尼尔喊道。 “快!”玛丽小姐说。“躲在衣帽间里！”你们两个！”就在克鲁茨先生进来之前，扎克和那个吸尘器的家伙跑进了衣帽间。

"I just wanted to see how you were making out, Mary," Mr. Klutz said. Ew, disgusting! "Daddy, I have wonderful news!" said Miss Mary. "Zack and I are getting married!" "What?!" said Mr. Klutz. "You know how I feel about that, Mary. I won't allow you to marry Zack until he shows that he can earn enough money to support you." "He can, Daddy!" Miss Mary said excitedly. "After Zack was on Saturday Night Live, he signed a record contract. He's going to make an album and go on tour. And a guy from a vacuum cleaner company is going to pay Zack two million dollars for 'I Love Dirt'!" "That is wonderful news!" said Mr. Klutz. "Where is Zack? I want to congratulate him."

“我只是想看看你过得怎么样，玛丽，”克鲁茨说。 电子战,恶心!“爸爸，我有一个好消息！”玛丽小姐说。 “扎克和我要结婚了！”“什么？！”克鲁茨说。 “你知道我对此的感受，玛丽。 我不会让你嫁给扎克的，除非他能挣到足够的钱来养活你。” “他会的，爸爸！”玛丽小姐兴奋地说。 扎克上完《周六夜现场》后，他签了一份唱片合同。 他要出一张专辑，然后去巡演。 还有一个吸尘器公司的人要付给扎克200万美元买他的《我爱脏》！”“这真是个好消息！”克鲁茨先生说。 “扎克在哪儿？”我想祝贺他。”