1 Penguins Don’t Recite Poems

1 Penguins Don't Recite Poems My name is A.J., and I hate poetry. There, I said it. This whole mess started on the first day of April. You know what that day is, right? April Fools' Day. On April 1, you can't believe anything anybody says or does because they're probably pranking you.

企鹅不会背诗我叫a.j.，我讨厌诗歌。 好了，我说出来了。整个混乱始于四月的第一天。 你知道那天是什么日子吧？ 愚人节。在4月1日，你不能相信任何人说的或做的任何事，因为他们可能是在捉弄你。

Our teacher, Miss Banks, pulls pranks every day of the year.* We knew she was going to try something on April Fools' Day, so I was on my guard. You can never tell what Miss Banks is going to do. "Good morning, everyone!" she said as we walked into the classroom that morning. We put our backpacks into our cubbies. No prank. We pledged the allegiance. No prank. We did Word of the Day. No prank. Everything seemed completely normal! But we all knew it was just a matter of time until Miss Banks would try to trick us. She's a master of pranking. I was on to her, though. She was just keeping us in suspense, waiting until we least expected it. Then, at the perfect moment, she was going to surprise us with the prank of the century. "Let's open our math books to page twentythree," Miss Banks said. I looked at Ryan, who will eat anything, even stuff that isn't food.

我们的老师班克斯小姐一年中每天都在搞恶作剧。*我们知道她要在愚人节这天做点什么，所以我很警惕。 你永远不知道班克斯小姐会做什么。 “大家早上好！”那天早上我们走进教室时，她说。 我们把背包放进小柜子里。 没有恶作剧。我们宣誓效忠。 没有恶作剧。我们做了每日一词。 没有恶作剧。一切似乎都很正常！但我们都知道班克斯小姐想骗我们只是时间问题。 她是恶作剧大师。 不过我发现她了。她只是在吊我们的心，等我们最意想不到的时候。 然后，在一个完美的时刻，她会用世纪恶作剧给我们一个惊喜。 班克斯小姐说：“让我们把数学书翻到第二十三页。” 我看着瑞恩，他什么都吃，甚至不是食物的东西。

Ryan looked at Michael, who never ties his shoes. Michael looked at Andrea Young, this annoying girl with curly brown hair. Andrea looked at Emily, her crybaby friend. Emily looked at Neil, who we call the nude kid even though he wears clothes. Neil looked at Alexia, who rides a skateboard all the time. We were all looking at each other. I finally asked Miss Banks, "Aren't you going to prank us?" "Don't be silly," she replied. "Why would I do that?" And you'll never believe who walked through the door at that moment. Nobody! You can't walk through a door! Doors are made out of wood. But you'll never believe who walked through the doorway. It was Ms. Coco, the gifted and talented teacher! That doesn't mean she's gifted and talented. It just means she teaches kids who are gifted and talented.

瑞恩看着迈克尔，他从不系鞋带。 迈克尔看着安德里亚·杨，这个棕色卷发的讨厌女孩。 安德里亚看着爱哭的朋友艾米丽。 艾米丽看着尼尔，我们管他叫裸体小孩，尽管他穿着衣服。 尼尔看着亚历克西娅，她一直在玩滑板。 我们都面面相觑。 最后我问班克斯小姐：“你不打算捉弄我们吗？”“别傻了，”她回答。 “我为什么要那么做？”你绝对不会相信那一刻是谁走进来的。 没有人!你不能穿过一扇门！门是用木头做的。 但你绝对不会相信谁走进了门口。 是可可老师，一位才华横溢的老师！这并不意味着她有天赋和才华。 这只意味着她教的是有天赋的孩子。

Andrea and I are the only ones in the class who are in the G and T program. Don't ask me how I got in. The only talent I have is making farting noises with my armpits. But the whole class had to take a test, and Ms. Coco decided I was gifted and talented.

安德里亚和我是班里仅有的两个G和T项目的学生。 别问我怎么进来的。 我唯一的天赋就是用腋窝发出放屁的声音。 但是全班都要参加考试。 可可觉得我很有天赋。