7 My Genius Idea

Chapter 7 My Genius Idea My mom told me that her catering company wasn't doing very well. The Six Moms still didn't have any customers, and nobody wanted to buy their fancy sandwiches. Mom said it was because of the economy, whatever that means. But the food drive at school was going great. Every morning there was more food in the cardboard boxes by the front office. And then, finally, one morning we saw a big sign on the wall... WE DID IT! WE COLLECTED 3,000 POUNDS OF FOOD! GREAT JOB, ELLA MENTRY SCHOOL STUDENTS!

我妈妈告诉我，她的餐饮公司经营得不太好。 六位妈妈仍然没有顾客，没有人愿意买他们的美味三明治。 妈妈说是因为经济，不管那是什么意思。 但是学校的食物募捐活动进行得很顺利。 每天早晨，前台旁边的纸板箱里都装着更多的食物。 然后，终于，有一天早上，我们在墙上看到了一个大招牌…… 我们成功了！我们收集了3000磅食物！干得好，艾拉小学的学生们！

At lunchtime I sat in the vomitorium with the guys. Andrea and her girlie friends sat at the next table so they could annoy us. Me and Michael had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (that weren't fancy at all). Ryan and Neil the nude kid bought the school lunch. Ugh, disgusting! "When is Mr. Klutz going to jump out of a plane in an ape suit?" asked Neil the nude kid. "I hope he does it when we're at ASKK," said Michael.

午餐时，我和同事们坐在礼堂里。 安德里亚和她的女朋友们坐在邻桌，这样她们就可以烦我们了。 我和迈克尔吃了花生酱和果冻三明治（一点也不好吃）。 瑞恩和尼尔那个裸体小孩请学校吃午餐。 啊,真恶心!“克鲁茨先生什么时候会穿着猩猩服从飞机上跳下来？”裸体小孩尼尔问。 “我希望我们在ASKK的时候他会这么做，”迈克尔说。

"Hey, do you think Mr. Tony will pogo-juggle or egg-jog today?" asked Ryan. "Who knows?" said Neil. "He sure is a weird guy." "Maybe Mr. Tony isn't really the ASKK director at all," I told the guys. "Did you ever think of that?" "What do you mean, A.J.?" asked Michael. "Well, maybe Mr. Tony is an evil genius who wants to take over the world," I said.

“嘿，你觉得托尼先生今天会玩蹦蹦跳跳还是鸡蛋慢跑？”瑞恩问。 “谁知道呢？”“他真是个奇怪的家伙。” “也许托尼先生根本就不是真正的ASKK主管，”我对他们说。 “你想过吗？”“你是什么意思，A.J.?”迈克尔问。 “嗯，也许托尼先生是一个想要统治世界的邪恶天才，”我说。

"Maybe he kidnapped our real ASKK director and has him tied up to some railroad tracks. Stuff like that happens all the time, you know." At the next table, Andrea looked all worried. "What's the matter?" I asked her. "Are you afraid that our real ASKK director is tied to the railroad tracks?" "No, Arlo," Andrea said. "I'm worried about Mr. Tony." "What about him?" I asked. "My mother is a psychologist," she said. "She told me that some people are so desperate to be famous that they'll do just about anything to draw attention to themselves and make people like them. Like those parents who said their son was up in a hot-air balloon last year. And those two people who crashed a party at the White

“也许他绑架了我们真正的ASKK主管，把他绑在铁轨上。 你知道，这样的事情经常发生。” 邻桌的安德烈看上去很担心。 “怎么啦？”我问她。 “你怕我们真正的ASKK董事被绑在铁轨上吗？”“不，阿乐，”安德烈说。 “我很担心托尼先生。” “他怎么了？”我问。 “我妈妈是一位心理学家，”她说。 “她告诉我，有些人非常渴望出名，他们会做任何事情来吸引人们的注意，让人们喜欢他们。 就像那些父母说他们的儿子去年坐上了热气球。 还有那两个闯进白宫派对的人

House." "You think Mr. Tony is crazy?" I asked. "No," Andrea said. "But it's sad that he thinks he has to do such crazy things so people will like him. My mom thinks that's why he's addicted to cigarettes, too." "I know how to solve this problem," I said. "How?" asked Emily. "It's simple," I told them. "We just need to make Mr. Tony famous." "And how are we going to do that, Arlo?" Andrea asked. We all thought and thought and thought for a million hundred seconds. That's when I came up with the greatest idea in the history of the world. It was like a lightbulb appeared over my head.4 "Mr. Tony is great at making pizza, right?" I asked.

房子。”“你认为托尼先生疯了吗？”我问。 “不，”安德烈说。“但令人难过的是，他认为他必须做这些疯狂的事情，这样人们才会喜欢他。 我妈妈认为这也是他抽烟上瘾的原因。” “我知道怎么解决这个问题，”我说。 “怎么做？”爱米丽问。“很简单，”我告诉他们。 “我们只需要让托尼先生出名。” “我们该怎么做呢，阿乐？”安德里亚问道。 我们都想了又想，想了一百万分之一秒。 就在那时，我想到了世界历史上最伟大的想法。 就像一个灯泡出现在我头上。4”。 托尼很擅长做披萨，对吧？”我问。

"Right," everybody replied. "Well," I said, "what if he made the biggest pizza in the world? That would make him famous. Maybe he would get into The Guinness Book of World Records. And if your mom is right, maybe Mr. Tony would stop smoking, too." "That just might work, Arlo!" Andrea said. "A.J., you're a genius!" said Michael. I should get the No Bell Prize for that idea. That's a prize they give out to people who don't have bells.

“对，”每个人都回答。 “嗯，”我说，“如果他做了世界上最大的披萨呢？ 那会使他出名的。 也许他会被列入吉尼斯世界纪录。 如果你妈妈是对的，也许托尼先生也会戒烟。” “这也许有用，阿乐！”安德里亚说。 “aj，你真是个天才！”迈克尔说。 我这个主意应该得诺贝尔奖。 那是他们发给没有铃铛的人的奖品。