5 Learning More About England

Chapter 5 Learning More About England The next morning Halloween decorations were up in the hallways. I came into class and hung my coat in the cloakroom. Miss Mary was sitting in the back of the class. We usually have Word of the Day first thing in the morning, but Mr. Granite said we would skip it so we could do the math lesson we missed the day before. "Open your math books to page twenty-three," Mr. Granite told us. But suddenly he stopped, looked at Miss Mary, and asked, "What are you doing?" We all looked at Miss Mary. She was holding her cell phone. "I'm texting Zack," she said. "He just told me 'I Love Dirt' is going to be the best song he ever wrote. And he's dedicating it to me! I

第五章进一步了解英国第二天早上，万圣节的装饰品已经挂在走廊上了。 我走进教室，把外套挂在衣帽间里。 玛丽小姐坐在教室的后面。 我们通常早上第一件事是上“每日一词”，但格拉尼特老师说我们可以不上，这样我们就可以做前一天没上的数学课了。 “把数学书翻到23页，”格拉尼特先生告诉我们。 但他突然停了下来，看着玛丽小姐问道：“你在干什么？”我们都看着玛丽小姐。 她拿着手机。 “我在给扎克发短信，”她说。 “他刚刚告诉我，《我爱泥土》将是他写过的最好的歌。 他要把它献给我！我

can't wait to hear it." "That's so romantic!" said Andrea. "Turn off your cell phone in school, please," said Mr. Granite. He looked all frustrated. That's when an announcement came over the loudspeaker. "Mr. Granite, please come to the office." "Another interruption!" he said. "We may never get to math. Miss Mary, will you take over the class while I'm gone?" He went rushing out of the room. We all looked at Miss Mary. "So, what do you want to learn?" she asked. "We don't want to learn anything," I told her. "We want to go to recess." "It's not time for recess, Arlo!" Andrea said, rolling her eyes. "I can teach you how to play cricket," said Miss Mary.

我等不及要听了。”“太浪漫了！”安德烈说。 “请在学校关掉手机，”格拉尼特先生说。 他看起来很沮丧。就在这时，喇叭里传来了通告。 “格拉尼特先生，请到办公室来。” “又一个打扰！”他说。 “我们可能永远也学不到数学。 玛丽小姐，我不在的时候，你能接管这个班吗？”他冲出了房间。 我们都看着玛丽小姐。 “那么，你想学什么？”她问。 “我们什么也不想学，”我告诉她。 “我们想休息一下。” “现在不是休息的时候，阿乐！”安德烈说，翻白眼。 “我可以教你怎么打板球，”玛丽小姐说。

"You play with crickets?" I said. "That's disgusting!" "Cricket is a game, Arlo," Andrea said, rolling her eyes again. "They play it in England." "Your face is a game," I told her. "Can you show us where England is on the map?" asked Emily. "Uh, sure," Miss Mary said, going to the map on the wall. "Let's see; where is that bloody country?" "The country is bloody?" I asked. Miss Mary looked all over, but she couldn't find England. And it's her own country! She's almost as dumb as the teacher we had last year, Miss Daisy.

“你玩蟋蟀？”我说。 “真恶心!”“板球是一种游戏，阿乐，”安德烈说，又翻了个白眼。 “他们在英国踢足球。” “你的脸是个游戏，”我告诉她。 “你能告诉我们英国在地图上的什么位置吗？”艾米丽问。 “嗯，当然可以，”玛丽小姐说，走到墙上的地图旁。 “让我们看看;那个该死的国家在哪里？”“这个国家是血腥的？”我问。 玛丽小姐到处找，但没找到英国。 这是她自己的国家！她几乎和我们去年的老师黛西小姐一样笨。

"I'll show you," said Andrea as she hopped out of her seat and pointed at the map. "It's right here. England looks a little like a microscope. See?" "Very good, Andrea!" said Miss Mary. Little Miss Smarty Pants smiled her know-it-all smile. Why can't a microscope fall on her head?

“我指给你看，”安德里亚说着从座位上跳起来，指着地图。 “就在这儿。英国看起来有点像显微镜。 看到了什么?”“很好，安德烈！”玛丽小姐说。 聪明小姐露出了她那无所不知的微笑。 为什么显微镜不能落在她头上？

"What do people eat in England?" asked Ryan, who will eat anything, even stuff that isn't food. "I love blood pudding," said Miss Mary. "You make pudding out of blood?" I asked. "Ewwwwww!" everybody went. "Blood pudding is a kind of sausage," said Miss Mary. "You should just call it sausage," said Michael. "I also love fish and chips," Miss Mary said, "and bangers and mash." "Bangers?" Neil asked. "What's a banger?" "That's a kind of sausage too," Miss Mary told us. "Why don't you just call sausage 'sausage'?" I suggested. "People sure eat a lot of sausage in

“英国人吃什么？”瑞安问，他什么都吃，甚至不是食物的东西。 “我喜欢血布丁，”玛丽小姐说。 “你用血做布丁？”我问。 “呃……”大家都叫了起来。 “血布丁是一种香肠，”玛丽小姐说。 “你应该叫它香肠，”迈克尔说。 “我也喜欢鱼和薯条，”玛丽小姐说，“还有香肠和土豆泥。” “香肠?”尼尔问。“什么是banger?”“那也是一种香肠，”玛丽小姐告诉我们。 “你为什么不直接叫‘香肠’呢？”我建议。 “人们肯定会吃很多香肠

England," Andrea said. "Well, what do you Americans like to eat?" asked Miss Mary. "I like hot dogs," said Michael. "You heat up dogs and eat them?" asked Miss Mary. "How horrid! In England dogs are our pets. We would never eat them." "No!" I told her. "We don't eat dogs here either! A hot dog is sort of like… a sausage." "Then why don't you call it a sausage?" asked Miss Mary. "Beats me," I said. "I guess everybody likes sausage," said Ryan, "but nobody wants to call it sausage." "Say, can I tell you kids a secret?" asked Miss Mary. "Yeah!" we all shouted. "We love secrets," Andrea said. "Promise you won't tell?" asked Miss Mary.

英格兰，”安德里亚说。“那么，你们美国人喜欢吃什么？”玛丽小姐问。 “我喜欢热狗，”迈克尔说。 “你把狗热了吃吗？”玛丽小姐问。 “多可怕啊!在英国，狗是我们的宠物。 我们永远不会吃它们。”“不!”我告诉了她。 “我们这里也不吃狗！”热狗有点像……香肠。” “那你为什么不叫它香肠呢？”玛丽小姐问。 “我不知道，”我说。“我想每个人都喜欢香肠，”瑞恩说，“但没人愿意叫它香肠。” “喂，孩子们，我能告诉你们一个秘密吗？”玛丽小姐问。 “耶！”我们都喊道。“我们喜欢秘密，”安德里亚说。 “你保证不会说出去？”玛丽小姐问。