10 October

10 October Everybody was having so much fun celebrating our silly holidays that we pretty much forgot all the old holidays we were missing. But it was only a matter of time until there was a silly holiday I didn't like. It happened on October 3—National Boyfriend Day.*

10月10日每个人都很开心地庆祝我们愚蠢的节日，我们几乎忘记了我们错过的所有旧节日。 但这只是一个时间问题，直到有一个愚蠢的假期，我不喜欢。 事情发生在10月3日——全国男友节

Now let me say one thing right here. I'm nobody's boyfriend. The guys tease me all the time and say Andrea is my girlfriend, but she isn't! Andrea is annoying. But the guys just won't stop. "Oooooh!" Ryan said, "It's National Boyfriend Day. A.J., you should get a present for your girlfriend, Andrea."

现在让我在这里说一件事。 我不是任何人的男朋友。那些家伙总是取笑我，说安德里亚是我女朋友，但她不是！安德里亚很烦人。 但这些家伙就是不肯罢休。 “嗡嗡!”瑞安说：“今天是全国男友节。 aj，你应该给你女朋友安德里亚买件礼物。”

"When are you gonna get married?" asked Michael. They teased me all day long. It was even worse two days later. October 5 is Do Something Nice Day. "Doing nice things for people makes the world a better place," said Mrs. Roopy. "Today, I'd like each of you to say something nice to one of your classmates." I was determined NOT to say anything nice to Andrea or the guys would really let me have it. Mrs. Roopy wrote our names on slips of paper and put them in a box. She mixed them up and told us to pick out a slip and say something nice to that person. We had to go in alphabetical order. I was happy to go first. Chances are, I would pick Alexia. Or Emily. Or Ryan. Or Michael. Or Neil. Anybody but Andrea. I put my hand in the box. I pulled out a piece of paper. I looked at the paper. It had one name written on it: Andrea. NOOOOOOO! "Can I pick again?" I asked Mrs. Roopy. "I don't want to say something nice to Andrea."

“你打算什么时候结婚？”迈克尔问。 他们整天取笑我。 两天后情况更糟了。 10月5日是“做点好事”日。 “为人们做好事会让世界变得更美好，”鲁比太太说。 “今天，我想让你们每个人对你们的一位同学说些好听的话。” 我决定不对安德里亚说什么好话，否则他们真的会让我拥有它。 鲁比太太把我们的名字写在纸条上，放在一个盒子里。 她把它们混在一起，让我们挑一张纸条，对那个人说些好听的话。 我们得按字母顺序去。 我很高兴第一个去。很有可能，我会选亚历克西亚。 艾米丽。或瑞安。或迈克尔。 和尼尔。除了安德里亚。 我把手放进盒子里。我拿出一张纸。 我看了看报纸。上面写着一个名字：安德里亚。 千万千万不要带!“我能再摘一次吗？”我问鲁比太太。 “我不想对安德里亚说什么好话。”

"That's mean, Arlo!" said Andrea, who calls me by my real name because she knows I don't like it. "What's wrong with saying something nice to Andrea?" Mrs. Roopy asked me.

“这太刻薄了，阿乐！”安德里亚说，她叫我的真名，因为她知道我不喜欢这样。 “对安德里亚说些好听的话有什么不对吗？”鲁比太太问我。

"Ryan and Michael are gonna tease me," I told her. Mrs. Roopy went over to Ryan and Michael. "Boys," she said seriously. "Do you promise not to tease A.J. if he says something nice to Andrea?" "We promise," said Ryan and Michael. "Good," said Mrs. Roopy. "Now A.J., say something you like about Andrea." Everybody was looking at me. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to say. I had to think fast. "I like... your curly brown hair," I said. "Thank you, Arlo," replied Andrea. "And I like that shirt you're wearing today." I looked over at Ryan and Michael. They didn't say a word. "Now that wasn't so hard, was it?" asked Mrs. Roopy. "See, this is what Do Something Nice Day is all about." A minute later, two notes landed on my desk. I opened them up. The first one said: "Oooooh! You like Andrea's hair. You must be in love!"

“瑞恩和迈克尔会取笑我的，”我告诉她。 鲁比太太走向瑞恩和迈克尔。 “男孩们，”她严肃地说。 "你保证不取笑a。j。 如果他对安德里亚说些好听的话？”“我们保证，”瑞恩和迈克尔说。 “很好，”鲁比太太说。a。j。说说你喜欢安德里亚的地方 每个人都看着我。 我不知道该怎么办。我不知道该说什么。 我必须快速思考。“我喜欢…… 你那卷曲的棕色头发，”我说。 “谢谢你，阿乐。”安德烈答道。 “我也喜欢你今天穿的这件衬衫。” 我看了看瑞恩和迈克尔。 他们一句话也没说。“这倒没那么难，是吧？”鲁比太太问。 “看，这就是‘做点好事’的意义所在。” 一分钟后，两张纸条落在我的桌子上。 我把它们打开了。第一个说：“哦哦！你喜欢安德里亚的发型。 你一定是恋爱了！”

The second one said: "When are you gonna get married?" If those guys weren't my best friends, I would hate them.

第二个说：“你打算什么时候结婚？”如果他们不是我最好的朋友，我会讨厌他们的。