11 November

11 November Like all the other holidays, we weren't allowed to celebrate Halloween at school. But it was okay because November 4 is... Pumpkin Destruction Day. "Let's celebrate!" we all shouted. We all brought in our leftover pumpkins from Halloween. Then we went up on the roof of the

和其他节日一样，学校不允许我们庆祝万圣节。 不过没关系，因为11月4日是…… 南瓜毁灭日。“让我们庆祝一下吧！” 我们都把万圣节剩下的南瓜带来了。 然后我们上了屋顶

school and threw the pumpkins off the roof. It was cool watching the pumpkins hit the playground and break into a million hundred pieces. While we did it, our music teacher, Uncle Fred, played songs by a band called Smashing Pumpkins.

然后把南瓜从屋顶上扔了下去。 看着南瓜撞到操场上，碎成一百万个碎片，真是太酷了。 当我们做的时候，我们的音乐老师弗雷德叔叔播放了一个叫粉碎南瓜的乐队的歌曲。

Afterward, we cleaned up the mess and loaded the chunks of pumpkins on a truck that brought them to a composting center. That way, the pumpkins wouldn't end up in a landfill. Pumpkin Destruction Day is one of my favorite holidays. On November 8, it was International Tongue Twister Day. "Let's celebrate!" we all shouted. Tongue twisters are fun, and our speech teacher, Miss Laney, told us that practicing them helps your pronunciation skills. She gave each of us a tongue twister to work on. Then we went to the front office to say our tongue twister over the loudspeaker for the whole school to hear. "Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread," said Ryan. "Nick kicked a slick brick at Rick, but the slick brick hit Nick," said Alexia. "Can clams cram cans of candy?" said Michael. "Snakes slither slowly," said Emily. "Rubber baby buggy bumpers," I said. "She sells seashells by the seashore," said Neil.

之后，我们清理了乱七八糟的东西，把南瓜块装上卡车，运到堆肥中心。 这样，南瓜就不会被扔进垃圾填埋场。 南瓜毁灭日是我最喜欢的节日之一。 11月8日是国际绕口令日。 “让我们庆祝一下吧！” 绕口令很有趣，我们的演讲老师兰尼小姐告诉我们，练习绕口令有助于提高发音技能。 她给我们每人发了一个绕口令。 然后我们去了前厅，用扩音器念我们的绕口令，全校都能听到。 “弗雷德喂泰德面包，泰德喂弗雷德面包，”瑞恩说。 “尼克朝里克踢了一块光滑的砖头，但光滑的砖头击中了尼克，”亚历克西亚说。 “蛤蜊能塞满糖果罐头吗？”迈克尔说。 “蛇爬得很慢，”埃米莉说。 “橡胶婴儿车保险杠，”我说。 “她在海边卖贝壳，”尼尔说。

"A big bug bit the little beetle, but the little beetle bit the big bug back," said Andrea. Tongue twisters are cool. We had a lot of fun on International Tongue Twister Day. November 14 was National Family PJ Day. "Let's celebrate!" we all shouted. So we all wore our PJs to school. Did you know that pajamas were invented in India, and the word "pajamas" comes from the Hindi words "pae jama"? I didn't know that. November 19 is World Toilet Day. "Let's celebrate!" we all shouted. I thought that World Toilet Day might be the day Thomas Crapper invented the flush toilet or the day Joseph Gayetty invented toilet paper. They're my heroes. But Mrs. Roopy told us that World Toilet Day is an official United Nations day to tackle the global sanitation crisis. "The global what?" Neil asked. "Hundreds of millions of people in the world cannot go to the bathroom," Mrs. Roopy told us. "They should try taking laxatives," I said.* "No," said Mrs. Roopy. "These people don't have toilets. So their poop and pee end up in rivers

“一只大虫子咬了小甲虫，但小甲虫又咬了大虫子，”安德里亚说。 绕口令很酷。我们在国际绕口令日玩得很开心。 11月14日是全国家庭睡衣日。 “让我们庆祝一下吧！” 所以我们都穿着睡衣去上学。 你知道睡衣是在印度发明的吗？“睡衣”这个词来自印地语“pae jama”。 我不知道。11月19日是世界厕所日。 “让我们庆祝一下吧！” 我以为世界厕所日可能是托马斯·克拉珀发明抽水马桶的日子，或者是约瑟夫·盖耶蒂发明卫生纸的日子。 他们是我的英雄。但鲁比夫人告诉我们，世界厕所日是联合国为解决全球卫生危机而设立的官方节日。 “全球什么？”尼尔问。 “世界上有数亿人不能上厕所，”鲁比太太告诉我们。 “他们应该试着吃泻药，”我说。“不，”鲁比太太说。 “这些人没有厕所。 所以他们的粪便和尿液最终流入河流

and lakes." Yuck! "That pollutes the drinking water," she continued. "It's a big problem." "We've got to do something!" shouted Emily, and then she went running out of the room. She's weird. To celebrate World Toilet Day, Mrs. Roopy brought us to the art room. Our art teacher, Ms. Hannah, helped us build a toilet bowl out of papier-maché. It was cool. Then she helped us make some signs that said "Toilets for Everyone."

和湖泊。”讨厌的东西!“这会污染饮用水，”她继续说。 “这是个大问题。”“我们得做点什么！”爱米丽喊道，然后跑出了房间。 她很奇怪。为了庆祝世界厕所日，鲁比太太带我们去了美术室。 我们的美术老师汉娜女士帮我们用纸制机器做了一个抽水马桶。 很酷。然后她帮我们做了一些标语，上面写着“人人有厕所”。