4 Pizza and Pogo-Juggling

Chapter 4 Pizza and Pogo-Juggling Mr. Tony seemed like he was really mean. But suddenly, he broke out into a big grin. "I was just kidding with that army stuff," he said. "Welcome to the ASKK program! Are you kids ready to have fun?" "Yes!" said all the girls. "No," said all the boys. "Before we have fun," Andrea said, "may I ask you a question, Mr. Tony?" "Certainly," he replied. "Why were you juggling on a pogo stick?" "I'm trying to get into The Guinness Book of World Records," Mr. Tony said. "The record for pogo-juggling is almost 25 minutes. I want to break it."

第四章披萨和波高杂耍托尼先生看起来很刻薄。 但突然，他咧开嘴笑了。 他说：“我只是在开玩笑。” “欢迎来到ASKK节目！”孩子们准备好玩了吗？”“是的！”所有的女孩都说。 “不，”所有的男孩都说。“在我们玩之前，”安德里亚说，“我可以问你一个问题吗，托尼先生？”“当然，”他回答。 “你为什么要在弹簧高跷上玩杂耍？”“我正在努力进入吉尼斯世界纪录，”托尼说。 波高杂耍的世界纪录是将近25分钟。 我想打破它。”

Pogo-juggling? Now I knew Mr. Tony was weird. "Did you get hurt pogo-juggling?" asked Emily. "Is that why you have a Band-Aid on your arm?" "It's not a Band-Aid. It's a nicotine patch," Mr. Tony explained. "I'm trying to quit smoking." "Cigarettes are really bad for you," said Ryan. "I know," Mr. Tony said. "I used to be a chain-smoker." "You smoked chains?" I asked. "That's

Pogo-juggling吗?现在我知道托尼先生是个怪人。 “你玩弹簧腿杂耍时受伤了吗？”艾米丽问。 “这就是你胳膊上有创可贴的原因吗？”“这不是创可贴。 这是一个尼古丁贴片，”托尼解释说。 “我正在努力戒烟。” “香烟真的对你有害，”瑞恩说。 “我知道，”托尼说。“我以前烟瘾很大。” “你抽烟吗？”我问。 “这是

weird." "A chain-smoker is somebody who smokes all the time, Arlo!" Andrea said. She calls me by my real name because she knows I don't like it. "I knew that," I lied. "My doctor says that if I do a lot of exercise, it will help me quit smoking," Mr. Tony said. "So I thought I would try to do something active and get into The Guinness Book of World Records. If I was the best in the world at something, I think I would have the confidence to stop smoking." That made sense, I guess. Mr. Tony took us on a tour of the ASKK room. "On nice days you can play out in the playground," he told us, "but there are lots of fun things to do in here too." The ASKK room was divided into a bunch

奇怪的。”“老烟鬼就是一直抽烟的人，阿乐！”安德里亚说。 她叫我的真名，因为她知道我不喜欢这样。 “我知道。”我撒了个谎。“我的医生说，如果我做大量的运动，它会帮助我戒烟，”托尼说。 “所以我想我应该尝试做一些积极的事情，并进入吉尼斯世界纪录。 如果我在某方面是世界上最好的，我想我会有信心戒烟。” 我想这是有道理的。托尼先生带我们参观了ASKK的房间。 “天气好的时候，你可以在操场上玩，”他告诉我们，“但这里也有很多有趣的事情可以做。” ASKK房间被分成了几个部分

of little stations. There was one station for drawing pictures, one station for arts and crafts, one station for cooking, one station for making stuff with beads and Legos, and one station for playing board games.3 "You can do whatever you want," said Mr. Tony. "You can even do your homework if you'd like, over here in the homework station." That's where Andrea will probably spend her time. She loves homework. I bet that on her birthday she asks her parents to give her more homework. "I don't want to do any of that stuff," I told Mr. Tony. "Me neither," said Ryan. "We don't want to be here," said Michael. "Yeah, we want to go home," said Neil the nude kid.

小车站。有一个车站是画画的，一个车站是工艺品的，一个车站是做饭的，一个车站是用珠子和乐高积木做东西的，还有一个车站是玩棋盘游戏的。“你想做什么就做什么，”托尼先生说。 “如果你愿意，你甚至可以在这里的作业站做作业。” 安德里亚可能会在那里消磨时间。 她喜欢家庭作业。我敢打赌，在她生日那天，她要求她的父母给她更多的家庭作业。 “我不想做那些事，”我告诉托尼先生。 “我也是，”瑞恩说。“我们不想待在这里，”迈克尔说。 “是的，我们想回家，”裸体小孩尼尔说。

Mr. Tony looked sad for a minute. But then he snapped his fingers. "I have an idea for something you boys would like to do!" he said. "Let's make a pizza!" Pizza? I love pizza! I could eat pizza all day long. Well, maybe not in the shower. That would be weird. "We don't know how to make a pizza," said Ryan. "I'll show you how!" Mr. Tony said. "It's easy." He told us he was born in Italy, and his father has been making pizza for fifty years. "Doesn't your father get tired?" I asked. Nobody laughed even though I said something funny.

托尼先生看上去很难过。 但接着他打了个响指。 “我有一个主意，你们男孩子会喜欢做的事！”他说。 “我们一起做披萨吧！”披萨? 我喜欢披萨！我可以吃一整天的披萨。 好吧，也许不是在洗澡的时候。 那会很奇怪。“我们不知道怎么做披萨，”瑞恩说。 “我教你怎么做！”托尼先生说。 “这很简单。”他告诉我们他出生在意大利，他父亲做披萨已经有五十年了。 “你爸爸不累吗？”我问。 即使我说了一些有趣的话，也没有人笑。

Mr. Tony showed us how to throw the pizza dough up in the air. We all got to help spread the sauce and the cheese on top of it. Then we put the pizza in the oven for like a million hundred minutes. When it was done, each of us got a slice. The pizza was great! In fact, it was more

托尼先生教我们怎样把披萨面团抛向空中。 我们都要帮忙把酱汁和奶酪涂在上面。 然后我们把披萨放进烤箱里烤一百万分钟。 做完后，我们每个人都有一份。 披萨太棒了！事实上，还不止这些