9 Good Surprises and Bad Surprises

9 Good Surprises and Bad Surprises "What's tonight's evening activity?" Ryan asked Uncle Ray as we scraped our dinner plates into the garbage can. "It's a surprise," he replied. Hmmmm. It could be a good surprise, like a pizza party or pickleball. Or it could be a not-sogood surprise, like a meteor hitting the earth and

“今晚有什么活动？”当我们把餐盘扔进垃圾桶时，瑞恩问雷叔叔。 “这是一个惊喜，”他回答。 嗯。这可能是一个惊喜，比如披萨派对或匹克球。 也可能是一个不太好的惊喜，就像流星撞击地球一样

wiping out all the humans. You never know with surprises. Uncle Ray led us to the rec hall, which is this big building behind the flagpole. It was pretty dark inside, except for some flashing lights that were shooting around like laser beams. Cool! The evening activity was laser tag! I had a laser tag birthday party one year. It was great. But as soon as we got in the door, I realized that we weren't going to be playing laser tag. You'll never believe in a million hundred years what was on the other side of the rec hall. GIRLS! NOOOOOOOOOOO! It looked like all the girls from Camp Botshagotta were there. "Oh no!" said Neil. "Let's get out of here," I said. "We can't," said Michael, turning around. "They closed the doors behind us!" We were trapped, like rats in a cage. I wished the surprise had been a meteor that hit the earth and wiped out all the humans. All the girls were on one side of the rec hall, and all the boys were on the other. Awkward!

消灭所有的人类。 你永远不会知道惊喜是什么。 雷叔叔带我们去了娱乐厅，就是旗杆后面的那栋大楼。 里面很黑，除了一些像激光束一样闪烁的灯光。 太酷了!晚上的活动是激光枪战！有一年我举办了一个激光射击生日派对。 太棒了。但我们一进门，我就意识到我们不是在玩激光枪战。 你永远也不会相信在娱乐大厅的另一边发生了什么。 女孩!NOOOOOOOOOOO !好像所有波沙哈塔营地的女孩都在那里。 “哦，不！”尼尔说。“我们离开这里吧，”我说。 “我们不能。”迈克尔说着，转过身来。 “他们在我们身后把门关上了！”我们被困住了，就像笼子里的老鼠。 我希望这个惊喜是一颗流星撞向地球，消灭了所有的人类。 所有的女孩都在体育馆的一边，所有的男孩都在另一边。 尴尬的!

Uncle Ahdoanwanna, the camp director, walked out to the middle of the room. "Boys and girls," he said, "welcome to the Camp Ahdoanwanna social. We're going to have a great time tonight. I'd like to introduce our guest DJ, Mr. Klutz, better known as 'The Funkmaster.'" Mr. Klutz came running out wearing a sparkly suit that looked like it was made out of tiny mirrors. He was like a living disco ball. Everybody clapped because that's what you do when people get introduced even though they didn't do anything yet.

营地主管阿多旺纳叔叔走到房间中央。 “孩子们，”他说，“欢迎来到阿多旺纳营社交活动。 我们今晚会玩得很开心的。 我想向大家介绍我们的嘉宾DJ，克鲁茨先生，更广为人知的名字是放克大师。’”克鲁兹跑了出来，穿着一套闪闪发光的西装，看起来像是用小镜子做成的。 他就像一个活生生的迪斯科球。 每个人都鼓掌，因为当人们被介绍时，你就会这样做，即使他们还没有做任何事情。

"Yo! Yo! Yo!" Mr. Klutz shouted like a rapper. "It's time to get down and funky! I'm gonna drop some beats and spin the tunes you cool cats and kittens dig, you feel me? So let's cut a rug and get your groove on. Shake your booty! We're gonna party like it's 1999." Huh? That was a long time ago. What was he talking about? Mr. Klutz is nuts. Loud, thumping music started coming out of the speakers. Me and the guys went into a huddle, like a football team. "He wants us to dance with those girls," said Ryan. "What are we gonna do?" asked Neil. "I'm not dancing," I said firmly. "Me neither," said Michael. The laser beams were shooting all over the place. Mr. Klutz was scratching the record on a turntable in front of him, bopping up and down to the music, and shouting into a mic. "Come on, you guys!" yelled Mr. Klutz. "Don't be shy. The girls don't bite." The Botshagotta girls were on the other side of the room, giggling and whispering. It was like two armies lined up against each other before a battle.

“哟!哟!哟!”克鲁茨像说唱歌手一样大声喊叫。 “是时候振作起来了！”我要放一些节奏，然后旋转你们这些酷猫喜欢的曲调，明白吗？ 所以让我们剪下地毯，开始你的最佳状态吧。 甩甩你的屁股！我们要像1999年一样开派对。” 嗯?那是很久以前的事了。 他在说什么？ 克鲁茨先生是个疯子。扬声器里开始传出响亮、砰砰的音乐。 我和其他人挤成一团，就像足球队一样。 “他想让我们和那些女孩跳舞，”瑞恩说。 “我们该怎么办？”尼尔问。 “我不跳舞，”我坚定地说。 “我也是。”迈克尔说。 激光束到处乱射。 克鲁茨在他面前的转盘上抓挠着唱片，随着音乐跳上跳下，对着麦克风大喊大叫。 “加油，伙计们！”克鲁茨先生喊道。 “不要害羞。女孩子不咬人。” 波沙哈达的女孩们在房间的另一边，咯咯地笑着，窃窃私语。 这就像两支军队在一场战斗前互相对抗。

"Maybe we should go over there and talk to them," Ryan said.

“也许我们应该过去和他们谈谈，”瑞安说。

"Girls are scary," said Neil. "I'm not going over there," I announced. "Mr. Klutz can't make us." "Yeah, all for one and one for all," said Michael. "That's what the three musketeers said."* It felt like a million hundred minutes went by. Finally, Uncle Ray walked across the rec hall and went over to one of the girl counselors. He whispered something in her ear, and then the two of them started dancing together. "I'm going over there," Ryan said. "No!" I shouted. "Don't do it, Ryan!" "A.J.," he said, putting his arm on my shoulder. "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do." Ryan walked over to the other side of the rec hall, went over to a girl, and the next thing we knew, the two of them were dancing. "Look!" shouted Neil. "Ryan is dancing with a girl!" Traitor! The song ended, and Mr. Klutz started playing a new song. Ryan came back over to our side of the rec hall.

“女孩很可怕，”尼尔说。 “我不去那儿，”我宣布。 “克鲁茨先生不能强迫我们。” “是啊，人人为我，我为人人，”迈克尔说。 “那三个火枪手也是这么说的。”感觉就像过了100万分钟。 最后，雷叔叔穿过体育馆，走到一个女辅导员面前。 他在她耳边低语了几句，然后两人开始一起跳舞。 “我要过去一趟，”瑞恩说。 “不!”我叫道。“别这样，瑞恩！”“aj，”他说着，把胳膊搭在我的肩膀上。 “男人要做男人该做的事” 瑞安走到体育馆的另一边，走向一个女孩，然后我们就知道，他们俩在跳舞。 “看！”尼尔喊道。“瑞恩在和一个女孩跳舞！”叛徒!歌曲结束了，克鲁茨开始演奏一首新歌。 瑞安回到了我们这边的娱乐厅。