9 Plays Are Boring

Chapter 9 Plays Are Boring The next day me and Ryan were walking up the front steps to school. "Maybe Miss Laney isn't a real speech teacher," said Ryan. "Maybe she's just some crazy person who loves game shows." "Yeah," I said, "maybe she kidnapped our real speech teacher and locked her in a grass hut on a desert island. Stuff like that happens all the time, y'know." When we got to Mr. Granite's class, two guys in overalls were taking the whiteboard off the wall. "What's going on?" Mr. Granite shouted. "Sorry, pal," the guys said as they carried the whiteboard away. "Budget cuts."

第9章戏剧很无聊第二天，我和瑞恩走上前门的台阶去上学。 “也许兰尼小姐不是一个真正的演讲老师，”瑞恩说。 “也许她只是一个喜欢游戏节目的疯子。” “是啊，”我说，“也许她绑架了我们真正的演讲老师，把她锁在荒岛上的一个草屋里。 你知道，这样的事情经常发生。” 当我们来到格拉尼特先生的教室时，两个穿工装裤的家伙正在把白板从墙上取下来。 “发生什么事了？”格拉尼特先生喊道。 “对不起，伙计，”他们一边说一边把白板搬走了。 “预算削减。”

"Mr. Granite, you've got to do something!" Emily said. "I don't want to rock the boat," said Mr. Granite sadly. What boat? I didn't get the chance to ask why everybody's always talking about boats, because guess who came running into the door at that moment? Nobody, because if you ran into a door it

“花岗岩先生，你得做点什么！”艾米丽说。 “我可不想惹事生非，”格拉尼特先生悲哀地说。 什么船?我没有机会问为什么每个人都在谈论船，因为你猜当时谁跑进了门？ 没有人，因为如果你撞到一扇门

would hurt. But guess who came running into the doorway? It was Miss Laney! She had a laundry bag over her shoulder. "I just thought of how we can save the school!" Miss Laney shouted excitedly. "We can put on a play! People would pay to get in. All your parents and friends would come. We could make a million dollars!" "I love plays!" said the girls. "I hate plays," said the boys. "Plays are boring," I said. "Especially plays where people start singing for no reason." "It doesn't have to be a musical," Miss Laney said. "We can put on a Shakespeare play." "I love him!" said Andrea. "Over the summer I memorized The Complete Works of Shakespeare!"

会受伤。但猜猜谁跑到门口来了？ 是兰尼小姐！她肩上背着一个洗衣袋。 “我只是想到了如何拯救学校！”兰尼小姐兴奋地喊道。 “我们可以演一出戏！人们愿意花钱进去。 你所有的父母和朋友都会来。 我们可以赚一百万美元！”“我喜欢戏剧！”女孩们说。 “我讨厌戏剧，”男孩们说。 “戏剧很无聊，”我说。 “尤其是那些人们无缘无故就开始唱歌的戏。” “不一定非得是音乐剧，”兰尼说。 “我们可以上演莎士比亚的戏剧。” “我爱他！”安德烈说。 “整个夏天我都在背《莎士比亚全集》！”

What is Andrea's problem? "Maybe the kids could do Romeo and Juliet," suggested Mr. Granite. "That's my favorite play." "Great idea!" said Miss Laney. I didn't like where this was going. Miss Laney would probably make me play Romeo. Andrea was sure to be Juliet. And then the guys would make fun of me and say I love Andrea. "Wait a minute," I said. "Is there gonna be kissing in this play?" "No," Miss Laney assured me. "In fact, Romeo and Juliet is a very violent story. At the end Juliet stabs herself and dies." "Andrea should play Juliet," I said. "Arlo, that's mean!" Andrea said. "And Romeo drinks poison and dies," Mr. Granite added. "Well, Andrea should play him too," I

安德里亚怎么了？“也许孩子们可以演罗密欧与朱丽叶，”格拉尼特先生建议道。 “那是我最喜欢的戏剧。” “好主意！”兰尼小姐说。 我不喜欢事情的发展方向。 兰尼小姐可能会让我演罗密欧。 安德里亚肯定是朱丽叶。 然后他们会取笑我，说我爱安德里亚。 “等一下，”我说。“这出戏里会有接吻吗”“不，”兰尼小姐向我保证。 “事实上，《罗密欧与朱丽叶》是一个非常暴力的故事。 最后朱丽叶用刀刺死了。” “安德烈应该扮演朱丽叶，”我说。 “阿乐，这太卑鄙了！”安德里亚说。 “罗密欧喝了毒药，死了，”格拉尼特补充说。 “嗯，安德烈也应该演他，”我说

suggested. "You can't have the same person play Romeo and Juliet!" Emily said. "We have to hold auditions," Miss Laney said. "That will make it fair." She dumped out her laundry bag and made us put on weird clothes with puffy shoulders that nobody in their right mind would ever wear. At least I got a sword, which was cool. Then Miss Laney passed out scripts and made us each read a line out loud. "Good night, Good night!" Michael said. "Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow."

建议。“你不能让同一个人扮演罗密欧与朱丽叶！”艾米丽说。 “我们必须举行海选，”兰尼小姐说。 “这样才公平。”她把她的洗衣袋倒了出来，让我们穿上那些肩膀浮肿的奇怪衣服，那些衣服是正常人都不会穿的。 至少我得到了一把剑，这很酷。 然后兰尼小姐把剧本发给我们，让我们每人大声念一段台词。 “晚安，晚安！”迈克尔说。 “离别是如此甜蜜的忧伤，我要道晚安直到天明。”

"What's in a name?" said Emily. "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." "See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!" said Neil the nude kid. "O that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek!"

“名字有什么关系？”艾米丽说。 “我们把玫瑰叫做别的名字，它还是一样香。” “看，她用手托着脸颊！”裸体小孩尼尔说。 “啊，但愿我是那只手上的手套，那样我就可以抚摸那张脸颊了！”