10 The Un-Civil War

Chapter 10 The Un-Civil War Well, I know one thing—studies do not show that kids learn better if we eat lots of ice cream, cookies, cake, and candy. After the experiment in Mrs. Jafee's office, I had to go home and lie down for the rest of the day. I may never eat junk food again. Or at least, not for a few days. The next morning was Friday, the best day of the week.* I was a little late getting to school. By the time I arrived, everybody was in the playground. I ran over there and found the kids in my class. "What's going on?" I asked Ryan. "Beats me," he replied. That's when two guys in army uniforms marched out of the gym. One of them was that guy Stonewall Jackson, who I'm pretty

嗯，我知道一件事——研究并没有表明如果我们吃很多冰淇淋、饼干、蛋糕和糖果，孩子们学得更好。 在杰菲太太的办公室做完实验后，我不得不回家躺了一整天。 我可能再也不吃垃圾食品了。 至少，这几天不会。 第二天早上是星期五，一周中最好的一天。我上学有点晚了。 我到的时候，大家都在操场上。 我跑过去，发现孩子们在我班上。 “发生什么事了？”我问瑞恩。 “我不知道，”他回答。就在这时，两个穿军装的人从健身房走了出来。 其中一个是那个叫斯通沃尔·杰克逊的家伙，我挺帅的

sure was really our librarian, Mrs. Roopy. The other one was wearing a blue uniform and a beard. But it was obviously Mrs. Jafee. "You guys and gals gave me an idea the other day," she said. "Studies show the best way to learn is to do the thing you're learning. So I thought the best way to learn about the Civil War would be to reenact it, right here at Ella Mentry School!" "WHAT?!" "We're gonna have a war in the playground?" one of the fourth graders asked. "You betcha!" Mrs. Jafee said. "I will be General Grant of the Union army. And you know General Stonewall Jackson of the Confederate army. Any questions?" "Are we going to use real guns?" Andrea asked. "Guns are dangerous." "Of course not," said Mrs. Jafee. "We will

确实是我们的图书管理员，鲁比夫人。 另一个穿着蓝色制服，留着胡子。 但显然是杰菲太太。 “你们那天给了我一个主意，”她说。 “研究表明，最好的学习方法是做你正在学习的东西。 所以我认为了解内战最好的方式就是在艾拉门特瑞学校重演它！”“什么? !”“我们要在操场上打一场仗？”一个四年级学生问。 “那还用说!”杰菲太太说。 "我将成为联邦军的格兰特将军。 你知道南方邦联军队的斯通沃尔·杰克逊将军。 有什么问题吗?”“我们要用真枪吗？”安德里亚问道。 “枪是危险的。”“当然不是，”杰菲太太说。 “我们将

act out the war with water guns." The teachers came out of the gym and passed out Super Soakers to everybody. It was cool. Mrs. Jafee told everybody in second and third grade to go to one end of the playground and everybody in first and fourth grade to go to the other end. The kindergarten kids were given drums to play on the side, because they're too little to handle Super Soakers. Stonewall Jackson led us to our end of the playground. We all gathered around him, I mean her.

用水枪表演这场战争。” 老师们从体育馆出来，给每个人发了超级球员。 很酷。杰菲老师告诉二年级和三年级的学生去操场的一端，一年级和四年级的学生去操场的另一端。 幼儿园的孩子们被安排在一旁打鼓，因为他们太小了，打不动超级水杯。 石墙杰克逊把我们带到操场的那一头。 我们都围着他，我是说她。

"Kids," she said, "we, the people, have

“孩子们，”她说，“我们这些人

nothing to fear but fear itself. Four score and seven years ago, the torch was passed to a new generation. And now, it's morning in America." I didn't know what she was talking about. "Charge!" Mrs. Jafee suddenly yelled from across the playground. I looked up and saw about a hundred kids screaming as they ran toward us with Super Soakers. I thought I was gonna die! "Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes!" Stonewall Jackson shouted. After that it was all pretty confusing. Kids were running all over the place, screaming and shooting water everywhere. Some of those fourth graders were big kids. They were drenching our second graders. We were all getting soaked. Kids were falling down, freaking out, and calling out for their

除了恐惧本身，没什么好害怕的。 87年前，火炬传递给了新一代。 现在是美国的早晨。” 我不知道她在说什么。 “收费!”杰菲太太突然从操场对面喊道。 我抬头一看，看到大约有一百个孩子在尖叫，他们拿着Super sokers向我们跑来。 我以为我要死了！“在你看到他们的眼白之前不要开枪！”石墙杰克逊喊道。 在那之后，一切都很混乱。 孩子们到处乱跑，尖叫着，把水溅得到处都是。 其中一些四年级学生已经是大孩子了。 他们把我们二年级的学生都湿透了。 我们都湿透了。 孩子们摔倒了，吓坏了，喊着他们的

mothers. "Run for your lives!" shouted Neil the nude kid. "Retreat! Retreat!" hollered Stonewall Jackson, and we all gathered around her again at the back of the playground. "Listen up," she said. "Those Yankees are beating us badly." "Yankees?" I asked. "Why would we fight a baseball team?" Everybody laughed even though I didn't say anything funny. Andrea rolled her eyes. "I thought this was supposed to be a civil war," she complained. "It doesn't seem very civil to me." "What are we gonna do, General Jackson?" asked Michael. "There's only one thing we can do," Stonewall Jackson said. "We need to capture Mrs. Jafee, I mean General Grant."

母亲。“逃命！”裸体小孩尼尔喊道。 “撤退!撤退！”斯通沃尔·杰克逊喊道，我们又在操场后面围着她。 “听着，”她说。“那些北方佬把我们打得很惨。" “洋基队?”我问。“我们为什么要和棒球队作战？”大家都笑了，尽管我没说什么好笑的话。 安德烈翻了个白眼。“我以为这应该是一场内战，”她抱怨道。 “这在我看来不太礼貌。” “我们该怎么办，杰克逊将军？”迈克尔问。 “我们能做的只有一件事，”斯通沃尔·杰克逊说。 “我们得抓住杰菲夫人，我是说格兰特将军。”