8 The World’s Biggest iPod

Chapter 8 The World's Biggest iPod All afternoon I was watching Mr. Granite very carefully to see if his face was going to come off. Finally, three o'clock came and the bell rang. "Any questions?" Mr. Granite said as we got our stuff out of our cubbies. "Are you going to destroy our planet?" I asked. "Will you peel off your face?" Neil asked. "Don't be silly," replied Mr. Granite. Once we got outside, me, Michael, and Ryan raced to the bike rack. Andrea and Emily were already there. "How will we find out where Mr. Granite

世界上最大的iPod整个下午我都在仔细观察格拉尼特先生，看他的脸会不会掉下来。 终于，三点钟到了，上课铃响了。 “有什么问题吗?”格拉尼特先生说，我们把东西从柜子里拿出来。 “你要毁灭我们的星球吗？”我问。 “你会把脸剥下来吗？”尼尔问。 “别傻了，”格拉尼特先生回答。 我们一出门，我、迈克尔和瑞安就跑到自行车架上。 安德里亚和艾米丽已经在那里了。 “我们怎样才能找到格拉尼特先生。

lives?" asked Emily. "We should drop pieces of candy on the ground," said Ryan. "That's what the boy did in E.T." "I'm not wasting my candy," I said. "We should stalk Mr. Granite," suggested Michael. "You mean we should hit him with celery?" I asked. "What good would that do?" "No, dumbhead!" said Andrea. "Stalking is—" She never got the chance to finish her sentence, because at that very second Mr. Granite zoomed past us on his bike. "Look!" said Ryan. "There he goes!" We all hopped on our bikes and followed Mr. Granite, being careful not to let him see us. "Maybe Mr. Granite will make our bikes

还活着吗？”爱米丽问。“我们应该把糖果扔在地上，”瑞恩说。 “《E.T.外星人》里那个男孩就是这么做的。” “我可不想浪费我的糖果，”我说。 “我们应该跟踪格拉尼特先生，”迈克尔建议道。 “你是说我们应该用芹菜打他？”我问。 “那有什么用呢？”“不，笨蛋！”安德烈说。 “跟踪是——”她还没来得及说完这句话，因为就在那一刻，格拉尼特先生骑着自行车从我们身边飞驰而过。 “看！”瑞恩说。“他走了！”我们都跳上自行车跟着格拉尼特先生，小心翼翼地不让他看到我们。 “也许花岗岩先生会为我们制造自行车

fly," said Ryan. "That's what E.T. did." "Will you forget about E.T. already?" Michael told Ryan. Finally, Mr. Granite turned into a driveway. Well, I don't mean he became a driveway. That would be weird. He just rode his bike up into a driveway next to a house. There was a big white box in front of the garage. It had the word "PODS" on it. "Hey, check it out!" I told everybody. "Look at the size of that iPod!" "Mr. Granite lives in an iPod?" asked Michael.

“飞吧，”瑞恩说。“这就是E.T. 了。”“你能忘记外星人吗？ 已经?”迈克尔告诉瑞安。 最后，格拉尼特先生拐进了一条车道。 我不是说他变成了车道。 那会很奇怪。他只是骑着自行车来到一所房子旁边的车道上。 车库前有一个白色的大盒子。 上面有“ pod ”这个词。 “嘿，快看！”我告诉了所有人。 “看那iPod的大小！”“先生。 花岗岩住在iPod里？”迈克尔问。

"Man!" I said. "How many songs do you think will fit on that iPod?" "It's not an iPod, dumbheads," said Andrea. "It's one of those big storage boxes. It says PODS." Oh. It made sense that Mr. Granite lived in a pod. I saw this movie called Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It had these pod people who look just like humans. But they worked secretly to spread more pods until they could replace the entire human race. It was cool.

“男人!”我说。“你觉得iPod能装下多少首歌？”“这不是iPod，笨蛋，”安德里亚说。 “这是一个大储物箱。 上面写着pod。”哦。格拉尼特先生住在豆荚里是说得通的。 我看了一部电影，叫《夺身奇兵》。 那里有一群长得像人类的人。 但他们秘密地传播更多的豆荚，直到他们可以取代整个人类。 很酷。

"Anybody who lives in a pod has to be an alien," I said. "My mom says we should accept people no matter where they live," Emily said. "Your mom is weird," I told her. "Maybe he's building a transmitter in there to contact his home planet," said Ryan. "Like in E.T." "Give it a rest with E.T., will you?" I told Ryan. Mr. Granite opened a door and went inside the pod thing. We all snuck up to it, like we were secret agents. It was cool. Andrea took a little camera out of her backpack. "I'll bet he's taking off his human mask in there," Michael whispered. "I'll snap the picture when he peels off his face," Andrea whispered. "That will be a real Kodak moment," I

“住在豆荚里的人一定是外星人，”我说。 “我妈妈说我们应该接受人们，不管他们住在哪里，”艾米丽说。 “你妈妈很奇怪，”我告诉她。 “也许他正在那里建造一个发射机来联系他的母星，”瑞恩说。 “就像在《E.T.外星人》里一样。”“别再跟e.t.纠缠了，好吗？”我告诉了瑞恩。 格拉尼特先生打开一扇门，走进了那个豆荚。 我们都偷偷溜过去，就像我们是特工一样。 很酷。安德里亚从背包里拿出一个小相机。 “我敢打赌，他正在那儿取下他的面具。”迈克尔小声说。 “等他把脸剥下来，我就拍下来，”安德里亚低声说。 “那将是真正的柯达时刻，”我说

whispered. "I'm scared!" whispered Emily. "Maybe we should—" But she never got the chance to finish her sentence. Because at that very second, Mr. Granite popped out of the pod! "EEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK!" we all screamed. "G'day, mates!" Mr. Granite said. He looked completely normal. "What can I do for you blokes?" "Uh," I said, "we were just wondering if you trim your nose hair." "You followed me home to ask if I trim my nose hair?" asked Mr. Granite. "Well, actually, we wanted to know where you were born," said Andrea. "I came from Neptune," said Mr. Granite. "WOW," we all said, which is "MOM"

小声说。“我害怕！”爱米丽小声说。 “也许我们应该——”但是她没有机会把话说完。 因为就在那一刻，花岗岩先生从舱里跳出来了！“eeeeeeeekkkkkkk !”我们都尖叫起来。 “喂!,啊!”格拉尼特说。 他看起来完全正常。 “我能为你们做些什么？”“呃，”我说，“我们只是想知道你会不会修剪鼻毛。” “你跟踪我回家，问我是否修剪了鼻毛？”格拉尼特先生问。 “嗯，实际上，我们想知道你出生在哪里，”安德里亚说。 “我来自海王星，”格拉尼特先生说。 “哇，”我们都说，也就是“妈妈”。