7 Mr. Granite Goes Overboard

Chapter 7 Mr. Granite Goes Overboard It was recess. We were on the swings in the playground. Me and the guys were talking about important stuff, like who won the big game last night. Andrea and her friends were talking about girlie stuff, like what color they should paint their toenails. That's when Mr. Granite came over. He was carrying some kind of machine. "Everybody off the swings!" he shouted. "Why?" we all asked. "I need to attach this generator to the top of the swing set," Mr. Granite replied. "So every time you swing back and forth, you'll be making electricity."

第七章格拉尼特先生落水休息。 我们在操场上荡秋千。 我和朋友们在谈论一些重要的事情，比如昨晚谁赢了那场大赛。 安德里亚和她的朋友们在谈论一些女孩子的事情，比如她们应该把脚趾甲涂成什么颜色。 这时格拉尼特先生过来了。 他带着某种机器。 “所有人都离开秋千！”他喊道。 “为什么？”我们都问。“我需要把这个发电机安装在秋千的顶部，”格拉尼特回答说。 “所以每次你来回摆动，就会产生电。”

We had to get off the swing set and go over to the field near the cows and the windmill. "I miss Mrs. Daisy," said Neil the nude kid. "She was normal." "We used to say Mrs. Daisy was weird," Michael said. "But Mr. Granite is even weirder." "MOOOOOOOOOO," said a cow. "Mr. Granite is going overboard with this

我们不得不从秋千上下来，走到奶牛和风车附近的田野。 “我想念黛西太太，”裸体小孩尼尔说。 “她很正常。”“我们过去常说黛西太太很奇怪，”迈克尔说。 “但格拉尼特先生更奇怪。” “哞——哞——”一头牛说。 “格拉尼特先生太过分了

green stuff," said Ryan. "He's falling out of a boat?" I asked. "No, dumbhead," said Ryan. "I mean he's getting carried away." "I don't see anybody carrying him away," I pointed out. I looked around to make sure nobody was carrying Mr. Granite away. "MOOOOOOOOOO," said a cow. "I heard that Mr. Granite is working on a machine that makes electricity every time you blink your eyes," Michael told us. "We'll have to wear it like a pair of glasses." "That's crazy!" I said. "I heard that Mr. Granite asked the music teacher, Mr. Loring, to write a song with just one note in it," said Neil the nude kid. "Why?" we all asked. "So he wouldn't waste any notes," Neal

绿色的东西，”瑞恩说。“他从船上掉下去了？”我问。 “不，笨蛋，”瑞恩说。 “我是说他有点忘乎所以了。” “我没看见有人把他抬走。”我指出来。 我环顾四周，确保没有人把格拉尼特先生抬走。 “哞——哞——”一头牛说。 “我听说格拉尼特先生正在研究一种机器，它能在你每次眨眼的时候发电，”迈克尔告诉我们。 “我们得像戴一副眼镜一样戴着它。” “这太疯狂了!”我说。“我听说格拉尼特先生要求音乐老师洛林先生写一首只有一个音符的歌，”裸体孩子尼尔说。 “为什么？”我们都问。“这样他就不会浪费笔记了，”尼尔说

said. "That will be the most boring song in the history of the world," I said. "MOOOOOOOOOO," agreed a cow. Andrea and her friends were sitting on a bench a few feet away, looking all worried. "What's eating you?" I asked Andrea. "Did you get an A-minus on the math quiz?" "No, Arlo," Andrea replied. "I got an A-plus. But I just figured something out." "What?" we all asked. "Maybe Mr. Granite isn't a real teacher at all," Andrea said. "Did you ever think of that?" "What do you mean?" I asked. "Maybe he's just pretending to be a teacher," she said. "I think that Mr. Granite… is from another planet!" "That's nuts!" I told her.

说。“那将是世界历史上最无聊的歌，”我说。 “哞——哞——”一头母牛附和道。 安德里亚和她的朋友们坐在几英尺外的长凳上，看起来很担心。 “你怎么啦？”我问安德烈。 “你数学测验得了a -吗？”“不，阿乐，”安德烈回答。 “我得了A +。但我刚刚想到了一些事情。” “什么？”我们都问。“也许格拉尼特先生根本就不是一个真正的老师，”安德里亚说。 “你想过吗？”“你是什么意思？”我问。 “也许他只是假装是个老师，”她说。 “我认为格拉尼特先生……来自另一个星球！”“这是坚果!”我告诉了她。

"Think about it, Arlo!" Andrea said. "Mr. Granite knows a lot about planets and stars and space, right?" "Yeah." "And he doesn't understand the English language very well, right?" "Yeah." "He has super vision too," added Neil. "He can see through walls." "Did you ever notice that Mr. Granite doesn't have any hair growing out of his ears or nose?" Ryan asked. Andrea might be right! After all, the first rule of being a grown-up is that you have hair growing out of your ears and nose. My dad has to trim his nosehair every week. Maybe Mr. Granite is from another planet! "MOOOOOOOOOO," said a cow. "He doesn't look like an alien," said

“想想吧，阿乐！”安德里亚说。 “格拉尼特先生很了解行星、恒星和太空，对吧？”“是的。” “而且他不太懂英语，对吧？”“是的。” “他也有超能力，”尼尔补充说。 “他能看穿墙。” “你有没有注意到格拉尼特先生的耳朵和鼻子上没有长毛发？”瑞恩问道。 安德里亚可能是对的！毕竟，作为一个成年人的第一条规则就是你的耳朵和鼻子上长出了毛发。 我爸爸每周都要修剪他的鼻毛。 也许花岗岩先生来自另一个星球！“哞——哞——”一头牛说。 “他看起来不像外星人，”他说

Michael. "Aliens are little green guys with big heads." "Maybe Mr. Granite is disguised as a human," I suggested. "Yeah," said Ryan. "Maybe if we peeled off his human mask, underneath we'd find a little green guy with a big head." "Mr. Granite is nice," Emily said. "Maybe he's a good alien."

迈克尔。“外星人是长着大脑袋的小绿家伙。” “也许格拉尼特先生是伪装成人类的，”我建议道。 “是的，”瑞恩说。“也许如果我们剥下他的人类面具，我们会发现下面是一个大头的绿色小家伙。” “格拉尼特先生很好，”艾米丽说。 “也许他是个好外星人。”