6 The Land of No Toilets

Chapter 6 The Land of No Toilets When I got to school on Monday morning, everybody was putting cans of food into big cardboard boxes by the front office. The kids at our school collected a lot of food. And you'll never believe in a million hundred years what happened at school that day. Nothing. No, really! I mean it. I'm not just saying that. Nothing happened. It was the most boring day in the history of the world. But at the end of the day, I went to the ASKK room with the guys. A few minutes later Mr. Tony showed up. He wasn't jumping on a pogo stick and juggling this time. He was jogging with a spoon in his

周一早上我到学校的时候，每个人都在把罐头食品放进前台的大纸箱里。 我们学校的孩子们收集了很多食物。 你永远也不会相信那天在学校发生了什么。 什么都没有。不,真的!我是认真的。 我不是说说而已。什么也没有发生。 这是世界历史上最无聊的一天。 但在一天结束的时候，我和其他人一起去了ASKK的房间。 几分钟后，托尼先生出现了。 这次他没有在弹簧高跷上跳来跳去。 他在慢跑，手里拿着勺子

mouth, and there was an egg on the spoon. "Mr. Tony reporting for duty!" he said after he took the spoon out of his mouth. We all giggled because he said "duty" again. "Mr. Tony, why were you holding a spoon in your mouth with an egg on it?" Andrea asked. "I'm trying to get into The Guinness Book of World Records for egg-jogging," Mr. Tony

嘴，勺子上有一个鸡蛋。 “托尼先生来报到了！”他把勺子从嘴里拿出来后说道。 我们都咯咯地笑，因为他又说了“责任”。 “托尼先生，你为什么嘴里衔着一个上面有鸡蛋的勺子？”安德里亚问道。 “我正试图以鸡蛋慢跑的方式获得吉尼斯世界纪录，”托尼先生说

told us. "The record for running a mile while holding a spoon in your mouth with an egg on it is over eight minutes. I'm trying to break it." "And that's going to help you quit smoking?" Andrea asked. "Yes!" Mr. Tony said. "As long as I have a spoon in my mouth, I can't smoke." Mr. Tony sure comes up with weird ways to quit smoking. "Hey, how about we play a word game today?" he said. "Who can use the word 'spaghetti' in a sentence?" Andrea got all excited and was waving her arm in the air like it was on fire. But Mr. Tony called on me. So nah-nah-nah boo-boo on Andrea. "Abraham Lincoln gave the Spaghettisburg Address," I said. Everybody laughed even though I didn't

告诉我们的。“嘴里含着一个鸡蛋的勺子跑一英里的记录是8分钟以上。 我想打破它。”“那就能帮你戒烟吗？”安德里亚问道。 “是的!”托尼先生说。“只要我嘴里含着勺子，我就不能抽烟。” 托尼先生真是想出了很多奇怪的戒烟方法。 “嘿，我们今天玩个文字游戏怎么样？”他说。 “谁能在句子中使用‘spaghetti’这个词？”安德里亚非常兴奋，她在空中挥舞着手臂，就像着火了一样。 但是托尼先生拜访了我。 所以安德里亚的糗事。 “亚伯拉罕·林肯发表了意大利面堡演说，”我说。 大家都笑了，虽然我没有

say anything funny. "Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address, Arlo!" Little Miss Perfect said, rolling her eyes. "Not Spaghettisburg!" "Oh, snap!" said Ryan. "Try another one, A.J.," Mr. Tony said. "Can you use the word 'toiletries' in a sentence?" "Sure," I said. "Out in the forest there were some oak trees, some maple trees, and some toilet trees." Everybody laughed again even though I didn't say anything funny. "There's no such thing as a toilet tree, Arlo!" Andrea said, rolling her eyes again. "Yeah, toilets don't grow on trees," said Emily. "Toiletries are what you bring in a little bag when you go on vacation."

说点有趣的。“林肯在葛底斯堡发表了演说，阿乐！”完美小姐翻着白眼说。 “不是Spaghettisburg !”“哦，糟了！”瑞恩说。 “再来一个，a.j.，”托尼说。 “你能在句子中使用‘toiletries’这个词吗？”“当然，”我说。 “森林里有一些橡树，一些枫树和一些厕所树。” 大家又笑了，尽管我没说什么好笑的话。 “根本就没有什么厕所树，阿乐！”安德烈说，又翻了个白眼。 “是啊，厕所不是长在树上的，”艾米丽说。 “洗漱用品就是你去度假时带在小包里的东西。”

"Oh, yeah?" I said. "Why would you take a toilet with you on vacation? Where do you go on vacation anyway? The Land of No Toilets? When I go on vacation, they have toilets there already. I don't have to bring one with me." "Oh, snap!" said Ryan. I was just yanking her chain, but Emily looked like she was going to cry, as usual. Sheesh, get a grip! That girl needs to go to

“哦,是吗?”我说。“你为什么要带着厕所去度假？” 你假期都去哪里？ 没有厕所的国度？当我去度假的时候，那里已经有厕所了。 我不需要随身携带。” “哦，糟了！”瑞恩说。我只是在拉她的链子，但艾米丽看起来像往常一样要哭了。 嘿，控制一下！那女孩得去

the drugstore and buy a chill pill. She'll cry at the drop of a hat. Actually, it's true. One time after school I took Emily's hat and dropped it in a puddle. She started crying, of course. "No arguing in the ASKK room," said Mr. Tony. "I have an idea! Let's play Simon Says!" "I hate Simon Says," I said. "Well, we're going to play Simon Says, A.J., and I want you to be Simon," said Mr. Tony. "We will do anything you tell us to do as long as you say 'Simon Says' first." "Anything?" I asked. "Anything," Mr. Tony said. "Anything?" I repeated. "Anything," Mr. Tony repeated. We went back and forth like that for a while. "Okay," I said. "Simon Says we stop

去药店买一颗镇静剂。 她动不动就会哭。 事实上，这是真的。有一次放学后，我把艾米丽的帽子掉在了水坑里。 当然，她哭了起来。 “在ASKK的房间里不许争吵，”托尼先生说。 “我有个主意！”我们来玩《西蒙说》吧！”“我讨厌《西蒙说》，”我说。 “好吧，我们要玩西蒙说，a.j.，我想让你扮演西蒙，”托尼先生说。 “只要你先说‘西蒙说’，我们就会照你说的做。” “什么?”我问。“什么都可以，”托尼说。 “什么?”我又说了一遍。“什么都可以，”托尼重复道。 我们这样来来回回聊了一会儿。 “好吧，”我说。“西蒙说我们停下来