1. My Side of the Story

1 My side of the story. My name is Andrea and I love school! Ha! I bet you were expecting this story would be told by my boyfriend and future husband, A.J. Well, think again, silly! Arlo (that's his real name) and his family are on summer vacation in Bermuda. They're not coming back until next week, when school starts. So now it's my turn. Finally, I get to tell my side of the story.

1 .我的说法。我叫安德里亚，我爱学校！哈!我敢打赌，你一定在期待这个故事会由我的男朋友，也就是未来的丈夫a。j。来讲述 好吧，再想想，傻瓜！阿乐（这是他的真名）和他的家人正在百慕大度暑假。 他们要到下周开学时才回来。 现在轮到我了。最后，我要讲讲我的故事了。

This is going to be fun! I even got a special notebook to write in. I love writing. Don't you? (Oh, I guess you can't answer that question because you're on that side of the book and I'm on this side.) Aren't parentheses fun? (Answer yes or no here.) I love parentheses because I can pretend that I'm whispering into somebody's ear (like this). Let's get started! Aren't exclamation points fun? I love exclamation points because I can pretend that I'm shouting (LIKE THIS!). Exclamation points are sort of like the opposite of parentheses. The more exclamation points you use, the louder you can shout!!!!!!!!!!!!! (See?) I like question marks, too. (Don't you?????) In general, I'm a big fan of punctuation.

这会很有趣的！我甚至准备了一个专门的笔记本来写。 我喜欢写作。你不? （哦，我猜你回答不了这个问题，因为你在书的那一边，我在这一边。）括号不是很有趣吗？ （请回答是或不是。）我喜欢括号，因为我可以假装我在别人耳边低语（像这样）。 我们开始吧！感叹号不是很有趣吗？ 我喜欢感叹号，因为我可以假装我在喊叫（就像这样！） 感叹号有点像括号的反义词。 你使用的感叹号越多，你就能喊得越大声！！！！！！！！！！！！！(明白吗?)我也喜欢问号。 (不是吗? ?)总的来说，我很喜欢标点符号。

(Can you tell?) Anyway, as I was saying, I love school. School is cool. You can't spell "SCHOOL" without "COOL," right? The only thing I don't like about school is that we can't go there during the summer. Do you know the reason why we don't go to school in the summer? It's because a long time ago when most kids lived on farms, they had to help out in the fields during July and August. I know that's true because I looked it up in my encyclopedia. (I love looking up stuff.) Most of us don't live on farms these days, so we should really go to school all year round, if you ask me. Anyway, back to the story... Ding-dong! Oh, wait. Hang on a second. Somebody just rang the doorbell. That's weird. It's nighttime. Why would somebody be coming

（你能看出来吗？）不管怎样，就像我说的，我喜欢学校。 学校很酷。你不能把“SCHOOL”拼写成没有“COOL”，对吧？ 我唯一不喜欢学校的是我们不能在夏天去学校。 你知道我们夏天不去上学的原因吗？ 这是因为很久以前，当大多数孩子住在农场时，他们不得不在七八月份的时候在地里帮忙。 我知道这是真的，因为我在我的百科全书中查过。 （我喜欢查资料。）现在我们大多数人都不住在农场了，所以如果你问我的话，我们真的应该一年四季都去上学。 不管怎样，回到故事…… 叮咚!哦,等等。等一下。 刚才有人按了门铃。 这是奇怪的。这是夜间。 为什么会有人来

over to my house now? I'll be right back. "I'll get it, Mom!" I shouted. "Who could that be at this hour?" my mom asked. Well, you'll never believe who rang the doorbell. It was Arlo! The #1 reason why I love school... Our wonderful teachers! I love teachers because they are so nice to

现在去我家了吗？我马上就回来。 “我去拿，妈妈！”我叫道。 “这时候会是谁呢？”妈妈问。 你绝对不会相信是谁按的门铃。 是阿乐！我爱学校的首要原因…… 我们的好老师！我喜欢老师，因为他们很好

devote their lives to children (not even their own children!). Maybe I'll be a teacher when I grow up. Or maybe I'll be a veterinarian. Or a singer. Or a dancer. Maybe I'll be a singing and dancing veterinarian who teaches in her spare time! I'm really not sure what I want to be when I grow up. But I don't have to decide that right now, do I? If you ask me, a teacher should win the Nobel Prize. That's a prize they give out to people who do something good for the world. What, you thought it was for something else?

把他们的生命献给孩子（甚至不是他们自己的孩子！） 也许我长大后会成为一名教师。 或者我可能会成为一名兽医。 或者是个歌手。或者是个舞者。也许我会成为一名又唱又跳的兽医，在业余时间教书！我真的不确定我长大后想做什么。 但我不需要现在就做决定，对吧？ 如果你问我，我认为教师应该获得诺贝尔奖。 这是他们给那些为世界做了好事的人的奖励。 怎么，你以为是为了别的事吗？