3. Girls Rule. Boys Drool

Chapter 3 Girls Rule. Boys Drool. The guys and I all agreed that sword fighting was cool. Instead of us playing games in fizz ed, they should let us fight with swords. All that running and jumping and stabbing each other would be good exercise. After the assembly we went back to Mr. Granite's class. It was time for math. I hate math. "Let's say there are fifteen lightbulbs burning in your house," Mr. Granite told us, "and you turn off seven of them when you leave for school. How many are still burning?" "Eight!" we all shouted. "Wrong!" said Mr. Granite. "The correct answer is zero. You should never leave any

第三章女孩的统治。男孩流口水。 我和兄弟们都认为斗剑很酷。 他们应该让我们用剑来战斗，而不是用嘶嘶声来玩游戏。 跑啊，跳啊，互刺啊都是很好的锻炼。 集会结束后，我们回到格拉尼特先生的教室。 该做数学题了。我讨厌数学。 “假设你的房子里有15个灯泡在燃烧，”格拉尼特先生告诉我们，“你去上学的时候关掉了其中的7个。 有多少还在燃烧？”“八个！” “错了！”格拉尼特先生说。 正确答案是零。 你不应该留下任何

lights burning when you leave your house. It's a waste of electricity." That's when the most amazing thing in the history of the world happened. Ms. Leakey, the health teacher, came running into the room. That lady must run everywhere. "To what do we owe the pleasure of your company?" asked Mr. Granite. That's grown-up talk for "What are you doing here?" "It's time for health class!" Ms. Leakey said, all excited. "Everybody up on your feet!" "Uh, we're in the middle of a math lesson right now," said Mr. Granite. "Great!" said Ms. Leakey. "The kids can count while they do jumping jacks! Let's go! One! Two! Three! Four!" Mr. Granite didn't look very happy that

当你离开家的时候，灯还亮着。 这是浪费电力。” 就在那时，世界历史上最神奇的事情发生了。 健康课老师利基女士跑进了教室。 那位女士一定是到处跑。 “什么风把你吹来了？”格拉尼特先生问。 这是成年人说的“你在这里干什么”“该上健康课了！”Ms。 利基兴奋地说。“大家都站起来！”“嗯，我们现在正在上数学课，”格拉尼特先生说。 “太好了！”利基女士说。“孩子们在做开合跳的时候会数数！”我们走吧!一个!两个!三!四个!”格拉尼特先生看起来不太高兴

his math lesson had been interrupted. He picked up a newspaper and started reading it. We all got up and started doing jumping jacks with Ms. Leakey. I don't really like to do jumping jacks, but it was better than doing math. "Five! Six! Seven! Eight!" shouted Ms. Leakey. "Let's get that blood flowing!" "Ew, disgusting!" I said as I jumped up and down. "I don't want my blood flowing."

他的数学课被打断了。 他拿起一份报纸开始读起来。 我们都站起来，开始做开合跳。 利基。我真的不喜欢做开合跳，但它比做数学要好。 “五!六个!七个!八！” 利基。“让血液流动起来！”"哟,恶心!”我边说边跳上跳下。 “我不想让我的血液流动。”

"If your blood didn't flow, you would die, Arlo," said Andrea, who calls me by my real name because she knows I don't like it. "Your face should die" I told Andrea., Ms. Leakey made us touch our toes, reach for the sky, bend over backward, and do all kinds of other weird stuff. Then she told us to sit down so she could talk about nutrition. "Your body is like a machine," Ms. Leakey told us. "The heart is like the engine of your body, and the food you eat is like the battery. Candy, chips, cookies, and junk food make weak batteries. If you want strong batteries, you need to eat fruits and vegetables—things that grow out of the ground." "Ew, I'm not gonna eat something that grew in dirt!" I said. "That's disgusting."

“如果你的血液不流动，你会死的，阿乐，”安德里亚说，她叫我的真名，因为她知道我不喜欢这样。 “你的脸该死了。”我对安德里亚说。,女士。 利基让我们触摸脚趾，触摸天空，向后弯腰，以及做各种各样奇怪的事情。 然后她让我们坐下来，让她谈谈营养。 “你的身体就像一台机器。” 利基告诉我们。“心脏就像你身体的引擎，你吃的食物就像电池。 糖果、薯片、饼干和垃圾食品会使电池变弱。 如果你想要强大的电池，你需要吃水果和蔬菜——从地里长出来的东西。” “恶心，我才不要吃长在土里的东西！”我说。 “这是恶心。”

"Sugar grows in dirt," Ms. Leakey told me. "That must be some sweet dirt," I said. "Do you kids know which is the most important meal of the day?" asked Ms. Leakey. Little Miss Perfect was waving her arm around like it was on fire. Naturally, Ms. Leakey called on her. "Breakfast!" Andrea said, all proud of herself. "That's right," Ms. Leakey said. "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." "Breakfast is conceited," I said. "Mr. Granite told us you shouldn't think you're more important than anyone else." I looked at Mr. Granite. He was in the back of the room reading his newspaper. He

“糖生长在泥土里，”她说。 利基告诉我的。“那一定是一些甜土，”我说。 “你们知道一天中哪顿饭最重要吗？” 利基。完美小姐像着了火一样挥舞着手臂。 很自然，利基女士去拜访了她。 “早餐!”安德烈说，为自己感到骄傲。 “没错，”利基说。 “早餐是一天中最重要的一餐。” “早餐是自负的，”我说。 “格拉尼特先生告诉我们，你不应该认为自己比任何人都重要。” 我看着格拉尼特先生。他在房间的后面看报纸。 他

looked annoyed. "Yeah," said Ryan. "How does that make lunch feel?" "Do you think lunch and dinner are jealous of breakfast because it's more important?" asked Michael. "Lunch and dinner don't have feelings," Ms. Leakey told us. "They're just meals." "Didn't we learn in social studies that all meals are created equal?" I asked. "That's men, dumbhead!" said Andrea. "All men are created equal." "Your face is a man," I told Andrea. "That doesn't even make sense, Arlo!" "Your face doesn't make sense," I told Andrea. "Oh, snap!" said Ryan. "I think breakfast is selfish," said Neil the nude kid. "You eat shellfish for breakfast?" I asked.

看起来生气。“是的，”瑞恩说。 “这让午餐感觉如何？”“你认为午餐和晚餐会因为早餐更重要而嫉妒早餐吗？”迈克尔问。 “午餐和晚餐是没有感情的。” 利基告诉我们。“它们只是一顿饭。” “我们不是在社会研究中学到所有的食物都是平等的吗？”我问。 “那是男人，笨蛋！”安德烈说。 “人人生而平等。” “你的脸像个男人，”我告诉安德里亚。 “这根本说不通，阿乐！”“你的表情让人看不懂，”我告诉安德里亚。 “哦，糟了！”瑞恩说。“我认为早餐是自私的，”裸体小孩尼尔说。 “你早餐吃贝类吗？”我问。