9 September

9 September July and August were over. We had no vacation at all. Bummer in the summer! In September, everything was perfectly normal at Ella Mentry School. It was just like any other school. September 3 was World Whistling Day. In music class, Uncle Fred taught us how to whistle. September 4 was Eat an Extra Dessert Day. Our

7月和8月结束了。 我们根本没有假期。 夏天的流浪者！9月，艾拉门特里学校的一切都很正常。 就像其他学校一样。 9月3日是世界吹口哨日。 在音乐课上，弗雷德叔叔教我们吹口哨。 9月4日是多吃甜点日。 我们的

lunch lady, Ms. Hall, let each of us have an extra dessert. September 5 was Be Late for Something Day. We were allowed to come to school a half an hour later than usual. Then came September 19. When we got to school, our speech teacher, Miss Laney, was standing on the front steps wearing a hat with a skull and crossbones on it. She had a patch over one eye, a peg leg instead of a foot, and a hook at the end of her arm instead of her hand. "Ahoy, mateys!" she shouted. "What happened to you, Miss Laney?" asked Andrea. "Arrrrrrr!" she replied, scrunching up her face. "I was tryin' to batten down the hatches in the teachers' lounge when I tripped over Davy Jones's locker. Arrrrrrr!"

午餐小姐霍尔女士，让我们每人多吃一份甜点。 9月5日是“迟到日”。 我们被允许比平时晚半个小时到校。 然后是9月19日。当我们到达学校时，我们的演讲老师兰尼小姐正站在前面的台阶上，她戴着一顶帽子，上面有一个骷髅和交叉的骨头。 她一只眼睛上戴着眼罩，一只假腿代替了一只脚，手臂末端的钩子代替了她的手。 “嘿，伙计们！”她喊道。 “你怎么了，兰尼小姐？”安德烈问。 “啊——啊！”她皱着脸回答道。 “我正想把教师休息室的舱口封上，突然被戴维·琼斯的储物柜绊倒了。 Arrrrrrr !”

Huh? Miss Laney had a gravelly voice, and she was grunting and growling. She's a speech teacher! She never talks like that. "Why are you talking funny?" asked Ryan. "Arrrrrrr!" said Miss Laney. "Today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day!" OHHHHHHH! "Let's celebrate!" we all shouted. Miss Laney taught us how to talk like pirates. It's easier than you think. All you need to do is say "Arrrrrrr" all the time. "Avast, ye hearties," shouted Andrea. "Hoist the Jolly Roger!" "Shiver me timbers!" shouted Neil. "Hoist it yourself, ya scallywag!" "Yo-ho-ho!" shouted Alexia. "Yer nothin' but a binge rat, ya son of a biscuit eater!" "Aye!" shouted Michael. "I'll make ye walk the plank, ya lily-livered landlubber! You'll be shark bait!" "Blimey!" shouted Ryan. "I'll keelhaul you, ya bilge-sucking scurvy dog!" "Arrrrrrr!" I shouted. "Let's settle this out on the poop deck, lads and lassies!"*

嗯?兰尼小姐声音沙哑，嘴里嘟哝着，咆哮着。 她是个演讲老师！她从来不那样说话。 “你为什么说话这么滑稽？”瑞恩问。 “啊——啊！”兰尼小姐说。 “今天是国际海盗讲话日！”OHHHHHHH !“让我们庆祝一下吧！” 兰尼小姐教我们如何像海盗一样说话。 这比你想象的要简单。 你所需要做的就是一直说“Arrrrrrr”。 “走开，亲爱的，”安德烈喊道。 “升起Jolly Roger!”尼尔喊道：“颤抖吧！” “你自己把它吊起来，你这个混蛋！”“哟——嗬——嗬！” “你就是个暴饮暴食的老鼠，你这个吃饼干的家伙！”“是啊！”迈克尔喊道。 “我要让你走跳板，你这个胆小鬼！”你会成为鲨鱼的诱饵！”“天哪！”瑞恩喊道。 “我要把你拖走，你这个吸臭气的臭狗！”“Arrrrrrr !”我叫道。 “咱们到尾楼甲板上去解决吧，小伙子们姑娘们！”＊

International Talk Like a Pirate Day was fun because we got to say words like "scuttlebutt" and "hornswoggle." I don't know what they mean, but they sound like they're not appropriate for kids. We talked like pirates all day. It was weird, but cool.

“国际海盗讲话日”很有趣，因为我们要说“scuttlebutt”和“hornswoggle”这样的词。 我不知道他们是什么意思，但听起来他们不适合孩子。 我们像海盗一样聊了一整天。 很奇怪，但很酷。