2 The Mystery of the Girls’ Bathroom

Chapter 2 The Mystery of the Girls' Bathroom When we got back to our classroom, two big guys wearing overalls were carrying out Mr. Granite's desk. "Hey, what are you doing?" Mr. Granite shouted. "Sorry, bud," one of the guys said. "Budget cuts." Mr. Granite was mad because he didn't have a desk anymore. But he still had to teach us math. I raised my hand to ask a question, and Mr. Granite said it had to be about math.

当我们回到教室时，两个穿着工装裤的大个子正抬着格拉尼特先生的桌子。 “嘿，你在干什么？”格拉尼特先生喊道。 “对不起，伙计，”其中一个说。 “预算削减。”格拉尼特先生很生气，因为他没有桌子了。 但他还是得教我们数学。 我举手想问一个问题，格拉尼特先生说必须是关于数学的。

"How many dollars is a million?" I asked. "Well, let's say you have one dollar," Mr. Granite told me, "and then you get a million more dollars. Then you'd have a

“一百万是多少美元？”我问。 “好吧，假设你有一美元，”格拉尼特先生告诉我，“然后你又得到了一百万美元。 然后你会得到

million dollars." That made sense. "No you wouldn't," said Andrea. "You'd have a million and one dollars." Andrea had a big smile on her face, like she was all proud of herself. Why can't a million dollars fall on her head? A million dollars in coins. We were all sad about the school closing down. Mr. Granite wasn't in the mood to teach, and nobody was in the mood to learn anything. Not even Andrea. Luckily, we have art class on Mondays. We walked a million hundred miles to the art room. Ms. Hannah, the art teacher, was cutting a piece of cardboard into a bunch of tiny little squares. "What are we doing in art today?" asked Emily. "Because of the budget cuts, I can only

百万美元。”这很有道理。 “不，你不会的，”安德烈说。 “你会有一百零一美元。” 安德里亚脸上挂着灿烂的笑容，好像她为自己感到骄傲。 为什么一百万美元不能砸到她头上？ 一百万美元的硬币。 学校要关门了，我们都很难过。 格拉尼特先生没心情教书，没人有心情学东西。 甚至连安德里亚也不知道。幸运的是，我们星期一有美术课。 我们走了一百多英里才到美术室。 美术老师汉娜正在把一张硬纸板切成一堆小方块。 “我们今天上什么美术课？”艾米丽问。 “由于预算削减，我只能

use one sheet of cardboard for the whole class," said Ms. Hannah. "So today we're going to make postage stamps." "Postage stamps?" we all asked. "We all have to do our part to save money," she said. I made a little frowny face on my stamp, and there wasn't room to draw anything else. Making postage stamps in art class is lame. When we got back to Mr. Granite's room, Mrs. Patty made an announcement over the loudspeaker. "A.J., please report to the girls' bathroom." What?! I thought I was gonna die. Ryan, Michael, and Neil thought it was hilarious. They were falling off their chairs. "A.J. has to go to the girls' bathroom," Michael said. "He must be a girl!"

全班都用一张硬纸板。” 汉娜。“所以今天我们要制作邮票。” “邮票？”我们都问。 她说：“我们都必须尽自己的一份力来省钱。” 我在邮票上画了一张愁眉苦脸，没有地方再画别的了。 在美术课上做邮票真没意思。 当我们回到格拉尼特先生的房间时，帕蒂太太通过扩音器宣布了一件事。 “ aj，请到女洗手间报到” 什么? !我以为我要死了。 瑞安、迈克尔和尼尔都觉得很好笑。 他们正从椅子上摔下来。 “A.J.得去女厕所，”迈克尔说。 “他一定是个女孩！”

"There must be some mistake," Mr. Granite said. "I'm not going to the girls' bathroom," I announced. "What if there are girls in there?" "Of course there will be girls in there," Andrea said. "It's the girls'—" She didn't have the chance to finish her sentence because Mrs. Patty made another announcement. "Ryan, please report to the girls' bathroom." What?! "I'm not going to—" Ryan didn't have the chance to finish his sentence because Mrs. Patty made another announcement. "Andrea, please report to the girls' bathroom." What?!

“一定是搞错了，”格拉尼特说。 “我不去女厕所，”我宣布。 “如果里面有女孩呢？”“那里当然会有女孩，”安德里亚说。 “是女孩们的——”她还没来得及说完这句话，因为帕蒂太太又宣布了一件事。 “瑞恩，请到女洗手间报到。” 什么? !“我不打算——”莱恩还没来得及说完这句话，因为帕蒂太太又宣布了一件事。 “安德里亚，请到女洗手间报到。” 什么? !

And then Mrs. Patty made another announcement. "Emily, please report to the girls' bathroom." "I guess the four of you should go to the girls' bathroom," Mr. Granite told us. He gave me, Ryan, Andrea, and Emily passes; and we walked down the hall to the girls' bathroom. "You open the door," I told Andrea. "You're a girl." Andrea put her hand on the doorknob. Andrea turned the doorknob. She pulled open the door.

然后帕蒂夫人又宣布了另一件事。 “艾米丽，请到女洗手间报到。” “我想你们四个应该去女洗手间，”格拉尼特先生告诉我们。 他给了我、瑞安、安德里亚和艾米丽通行证；我们穿过大厅来到了女洗手间。 “你去开门，”我对安德里亚说。 “你是个女孩。”安德烈把手放在门把手上。 安德烈转动门把手。 她拉开了门。