10 A Surprise Assembly

Chapter 10 A Surprise Assembly We couldn't believe it! Miss Laney had just been hired, and now she was fired! It took us about a week to get over the shock. Teachers were getting fired left and right that week. Mrs. Yonkers, the computer teacher, was the next to go. Then Ms. Coco, the gifted and talented teacher, got fired a few days later. Even our vice principal, Mrs. Jafee, lost her job. It was depressing saying good-bye to them all. We were in class when Mrs. Patty announced that everybody had to go to the all-purpose room for a surprise assembly. When we got there, Mr. Klutz was up on the stage. He looked serious. Nobody was cracking jokes. "I just wanted to say how proud I am of

第十章意外集会我们简直不敢相信！兰尼小姐刚刚被雇用，现在她被解雇了！我们花了大约一个星期才从震惊中恢复过来。 那一周到处都有老师被解雇。 计算机老师扬克斯夫人是下一个走的。 几天后，这位才华横溢的可可老师被解雇了。 就连我们的副校长杰菲夫人也丢了工作。 和他们所有人告别真令人沮丧。 我们正在上课的时候，帕蒂夫人宣布每个人都必须去多功能教室参加一个意外集会。 当我们到达那里时，克鲁茨先生站在舞台上。 他看起来很严肃。没有人开玩笑。 “我只是想说我是多么的骄傲

you kids," he told us. "You've been working very hard to raise money to save the school. But it wasn't enough. I'm very sad to tell you that today is my last day at Ella Mentry School. I just got fired." "NO!" we all shouted. Mr. Klutz couldn't be fired! How can you have a school with no principal? Everybody was freaking out. That's when the most amazing thing in the history of the world happened. Mrs. Patty came running into the all-purpose room. "Turn on the TV!" she shouted. "Turn on the TV!" We hardly ever get to watch TV at school. The custodian, Miss Lazar, wheeled a big TV on the stage and turned it on. "Welcome back to Win Money or Eat Bugs! I'm your host, Dickie Blinkbarker!"

你们这些孩子，”他对我们说。“你一直在努力筹集资金来拯救学校。 但这还不够。我很难过地告诉你们，今天是我在艾拉门特瑞学校的最后一天。 我刚被解雇了。”“不！”我们都喊道。 不能开除克鲁茨先生！你的学校怎么能没有校长呢？ 每个人都吓坏了。 就在那时，世界历史上最神奇的事情发生了。 帕蒂太太跑进了多功能室。 “打开电视！”她喊道。 “打开电视！”我们在学校几乎没有机会看电视。 看门人拉扎尔小姐把一台大电视推到舞台上，打开了电视。 “欢迎回到‘赢钱还是吃虫子’节目！”我是你的主人，迪基·布林巴克！”

The studio audience cheered. "That's my favorite show!" I yelled. The TV camera pulled back. There was a lady sitting in a chair. She had dark hair. I leaned forward to see the TV better. The lady was… Miss Laney! "Miss Laney's on TV!" we all started shrieking. "Miss Laney's on TV!" Everybody was yelling and screaming

演播室的观众欢呼起来。 “那是我最喜欢的节目！”我喊道。 电视摄像机往后退。 有一位女士坐在椅子上。 她有一头黑发。为了看得更清楚，我身体前倾。 这位女士是兰尼小姐！“兰尼小姐上电视了！”我们都尖叫起来。 “兰尼小姐上电视了！”每个人都在大喊大叫

and freaking out. "Okay! Miss Laney won ten thousand dollars in round one," said Dickie Blinkbarker, "and she didn't have to eat a single bug." "Yay!" we all shouted. "I hear you're a speech teacher, Miss Laney, and you love game shows." "Yes, Dickie," said Miss Laney, "and I want to say hi to all the kids at Ella Mentry School. That's who I'm playing for today. Every dollar I win goes directly to the school." She waved at the camera. We waved back at the TV screen. "That's fantastic!" said Dickie Blinkbarker. "Miss Laney, you know the rules to Win Money or Eat Bugs. You can eat one bug at the start of round two and walk away with the ten thousand dollars you

而且吓坏了。“好吧!“兰尼小姐在第一轮中赢得了一万美元，”迪基·布林巴克说，“而且她一个虫子都没吃。” “耶！”我们都喊道。“我听说你是个演讲老师，兰尼小姐，而且你喜欢游戏节目。” “是的，迪基，”兰尼小姐说，“我想向艾拉门特里学校所有的孩子们问好。 我今天就是为他们而战。 我赢的每一块钱都直接捐给了学校。” 她对着镜头挥了挥手。我们也向电视屏幕挥了挥手。 “太棒了！”迪基·布林巴克说。 “兰尼小姐，你知道赢钱或吃虫子的规则。 你可以在第二轮开始时吃一只虫子然后带着一万美元离开

already won. Or you can keep going. But if you get a question wrong from now on, you'll lose the money you won, and you'll have to eat a whole plate full of bugs." "EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" everybody said when they showed a plate full of bugs. "The questions get harder in round two," Dickie added. "So, what do you want to do?" "Eat the bug!" some kids yelled. "Keep going!" other kids yelled. "I'm going to keep going, Dickie," said

已经赢了。或者你可以继续。 但从现在起，如果你答错了一道题，你就会失去赢来的钱，而且你还得吃掉一整盘虫子。” “ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww !”当他们展示一个装满虫子的盘子时，每个人都说。 迪基补充说：“第二轮的问题会更难。 “那么，你想做什么？”“把虫子吃了！”一些孩子喊道。 “继续！”其他孩子喊道。 “我要继续走下去，迪基，”迪基说

Miss Laney. "I want to win a million dollars." "Miss Laney is gonna win enough money to save our school!" Michael shouted. "YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" Mr. Klutz made the shut-up peace sign with his fingers so we could hear. "Okay, she's going to risk it all!" said Dickie Blinkbarker. "Here's your first question, Miss Laney. What is the longest word in the English language?" "Oh no!" I whispered to Michael. "Nobody knows that. Miss Laney's gonna have to eat all those bugs." "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoc said Miss Laney. "That's right!" Dickie Blinkbarker yelled. "Hardly anybody knows that! Miss Laney, you just won fifty thousand dollars!" "YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

兰妮小姐。“我想赢一百万美元。” “兰尼小姐将赢得足够的钱来拯救我们的学校！”迈克尔喊道。 “YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY !”克鲁茨先生用手指做了个闭嘴的和平手势，这样我们就能听到了。 “好吧，她要冒这个险！”迪基·布林巴克说。 “这是你的第一个问题，兰尼小姐。 英语中最长的单词是什么？”“哦,不!”我低声对迈克尔说。 “没人知道。兰尼小姐要把这些虫子都吃掉了。” 兰尼小姐说：“硅酸盐火山。” “没错!”迪基·布林巴克喊道。 “几乎没人知道！”兰尼小姐，你刚赢了五万美元！”“YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY !”