13 Saying Good-bye to Mr. Granite

Chapter 13 Saying Good-bye to Mr. Granite At three o'clock on Friday, the school secretary, Mrs. Patty, made an announcement that everybody had to go to the all-purpose room. When we got there, Mr. Klutz was up on the stage. He was holding a piece of paper. "I have big news!" Mr. Klutz told us. "Mr. Klutz has a big nose," I whispered to Ryan. "Are we the greenest school in the county?" asked Neil the nude kid. "No, we came in second place," Mr. Klutz said. Everybody groaned because that meant

第十三章告别格拉尼特先生星期五三点钟，学校秘书帕蒂夫人宣布，所有人都必须到多功能教室去。 当我们到达那里时，克鲁茨先生站在舞台上。 他手里拿着一张纸。 “我有个大新闻！”克鲁茨先生告诉我们。 “克鲁茨先生是个大鼻子，”我低声对瑞安说。 “我们是全县最环保的学校吗？”裸体小孩尼尔问。 “不，我们是第二名，”克鲁茨说。 每个人都在呻吟，因为这意味着

we weren't going to have a chocolate cake party. "Second place?" Michael asked. "How could any school be greener than ours?" "Well," said Mr. Klutz, "the students at one of the other schools actually painted their school green! Too bad we didn't think of that." I looked at Ryan. Ryan looked at Michael. Michael looked at me. "So what's the big news?" asked Neil the nude kid. "The big news is that we received a letter from the president of the United States!" said Mr. Klutz. "WOW!" we all said, which is "MOM" upside down. I stuck my tongue out at Andrea, because she had thought it was a dumb idea to write to the president. Mr. Klutz read the letter:

我们不打算举办巧克力蛋糕派对。 “第二呢?”迈克尔问道。 “哪所学校能比我们的更环保呢？”“嗯，”克鲁茨先生说，“另一所学校的学生竟然把学校漆成了绿色！可惜我们没有想到这一点。” 我看着瑞恩。瑞恩看着迈克尔。 迈克尔看着我。“那么有什么大新闻呢？”裸体小孩尼尔问。 “大新闻是，我们收到了美国总统的一封信！” “哇！”我们都说，这是“妈妈”的上下颠倒。 我向安德里亚吐了吐舌头，因为她认为给总统写信是个愚蠢的主意。 克鲁茨读了信：

Dear Students of Ella Mentry School, Thank you for the nice letter. I just wanted to let you know that I do not have a nose attached to my foot. Sincerely, The President It was cool to get a letter from the president, even if the letter made no sense at all. "I have more big news," Mr. Klutz told us. "Our third-grade teacher, Mr. Granite, is from a planet called Etinarg; and he is going home today. So we're going to have a going-away party… with chocolate cake!" "YAY!" everybody yelled. We went out to the playground, where there was the biggest chocolate cake in the

亲爱的艾拉门特瑞学校的学生们：谢谢你们的来信。 我只是想让你知道我的脚上没有鼻子。 收到总统的来信感觉很酷，即使这封信毫无意义。 “我还有更重要的消息，”克鲁茨告诉我们。 “我们三年级的老师格拉尼特先生来自一个叫埃蒂纳尔的星球；他今天就要回家了。 所以我们要办一个送别派对……还有巧克力蛋糕！”“耶！”每个人都喊道。 我们去了操场，那里有世界上最大的巧克力蛋糕

history of the world. Everybody was out there, even Jackie Macky. Mr. Brad cut the cake and Mrs. Jafee passed out pieces to everybody. Mr. Granite's spaceship was out in the field, near the cows. It was covered with potatoes. "MOOOOOOOO," said a cow.

世界历史。所有人都去了，包括杰基·麦基。 布拉德先生切蛋糕，杰菲太太把蛋糕分给大家。 格拉尼特先生的飞船在田野里，靠近奶牛。 上面覆盖着土豆。 “哞——哞，”一头牛说。

We stuffed our faces with so much cake, I thought I was gonna throw up. It was the greatest day of my life. After we finished, Mr. Granite put on a space suit, and we went over to say good-bye to him. It was really sad. "I'm going to miss you kids," said Mr. Granite. "When I get home, I'm going to name my Etinarg friends A.J., Andrea, Ryan, Emily, Michael, and Neil." "We'll miss you too," said Andrea. "I hope that after I am gone," Mr. Granite told us, "you will keep saving energy and living green." "We will!" we all shouted. Everybody was sad to see Mr. Granite go. Emily cried, of course. So did some of the teachers. Mr. Granite waved to us as he climbed into his spaceship. Everybody gathered around. Mrs. Yonkers went over to

我们吃了那么多蛋糕，我都快吐了。 那是我一生中最美好的一天。 完事后，格拉尼特先生穿上太空服，我们走过去和他道别。 真的很难过。“我会想念你们的，孩子们，”格拉尼特先生说。 “当我回到家，我要给我的Etinarg朋友取名为A.J, Andrea, Ryan, Emily， Michael和Neil。” “我们也会想念你的，”安德烈说。 “我希望在我死后，”格拉尼特先生告诉我们，“你们会继续节约能源，过绿色生活。” “我们会的！” 格拉尼特先生走了，大家都很难过。 爱米丽当然哭了。一些老师也是如此。 格拉尼特先生爬进他的宇宙飞船时向我们挥了挥手。 大家都围了过来。 扬克斯太太走过去

her computer and announced the countdown. "10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1!" said Mrs. Yonkers. "Begin microwaving the potatoes!" Our science teacher, Mr. Docker, flipped a switch. Nothing happened for like a million hundred seconds. Then there was a little ding sound. Steam started pouring out of the potatoes. The whole field smelled like baked potatoes. Slowly, the spaceship began rising off the ground.

她的电脑和宣布倒计时。 “十……9……八……七……六……五……四……三……二……1 !”扬克斯太太说。 “开始用微波炉加热土豆！”我们的科学老师，多克先生，按下了开关。 有一百万分之一秒什么都没发生。 然后传来了一声轻微的叮叮声。 蒸汽开始从土豆里冒出来。 整个田地都散发着烤土豆的味道。 慢慢地，宇宙飞船开始离开地面。