6. First Impressions Count

6 First Impressions Count Shopping is fun! And I don't think there's anything in the world that I love more than shopping for clothes. Think of it—if we didn't shop for clothes, we would be walking around naked all the time. Ewww, gross! We piled into my mom's minivan and drove to the mall, where they have this store called Macy's. It's a department store. That's a store that has lots of different

购物很有趣！我觉得世界上没有什么比买衣服更让我喜欢的了。 想想看——如果我们不去买衣服，我们就会一直光着身子走来走去。 呦,恶心!我们挤进妈妈的小货车，开到购物中心，那里有一家叫梅西百货的商店。 这是一家百货公司。这家店有很多不同的

departments, so it has the perfect name. When we walked inside, Arlo looked like we were taking him to his own funeral.

系，所以它有一个完美的名字。 当我们走进去的时候，阿乐看起来就像我们要带他去参加他自己的葬礼。

"Don't you want to look handsome for the first day of school?" I asked him. "No." Arlo and his mom went off to the boys' department, and my mom and I went to the girls' department. There were so many important decisions to be made. Should I get a long, flowy skirt, or should I get a skort? (That's a skirt with shorts underneath.) Should I get pleather pants (that's fake leather), or should I get jeggings? (Those are leggings that look like jeans.) The outfit that I wear on the first day of school is crucial, because first impressions count. I picked out a bunch of things and went into the fitting room. I tried on a short skirt, a long skirt, and a high-low skirt. Then I came out and looked in the mirror with my mom to decide which things looked the best

“你不想在第一天上学时看起来帅一点吗？”我问他。 “没有。”阿乐和他妈妈去了男生区，我妈妈和我去了女生区。 有很多重要的决定要做。 我应该买一条飘逸的长裙，还是一条短裙？ （里面有短裤的裙子。）我应该买皮裤（那是假皮革），还是应该买打底裤？ （那些打底裤看起来像牛仔裤。）上学第一天的着装至关重要，因为第一印象很重要。 我挑了一堆衣服，走进试衣间。 我试穿了一条短裙、一条长裙和一条高低短裙。 然后我出来和妈妈一起照镜子，决定哪些东西最好看

on me. A few minutes after we started shopping, I saw Arlo and his mom coming over to the girls' department. They were carrying a bunch of bags. "You're done already?" my mom asked. "He's a boy," said Arlo's mom. "We finished half an hour ago." "Can we leave now?" Arlo asked. "Leave?" we all said. "We're just getting started!" Someday, when Arlo and I are married, I'll get him to dress up in nice clothes. He will look so handsome. But for now I couldn't worry about Arlo. I had important shopping decisions to make. I tried on a fringed crop top with rhinestones on it. I came out of the fitting room and spun around so Arlo could get the full effect.

在我身上。我们开始购物几分钟后，我看见阿乐和他妈妈来到了女装部。 他们提着一堆袋子。 “你已经做完了？”妈妈问。 “他是个男孩，”阿乐的妈妈说。 “我们半小时前就做完了。” “我们现在可以走了吗？”奥尔罗问道。 “离开？”我们都说。“我们才刚刚开始！”总有一天，当阿乐和我结婚的时候，我会让他穿上漂亮的衣服。 他会看起来很帅的。但现在我不能担心阿乐。 我要做重要的购物决定。 我试穿了一件镶有水钻的流苏露脐上衣。 我从试衣间出来，转过身来，好让阿乐看到完整的效果。

"What do you think of this?" I asked. "I hate it." "Oh, you're just saying that to tease me," I told him. "You really love it, right?" "No, I really hate it." "I think you really mean the opposite," I told him. "You're right. I really love it," Arlo said. "You mean you hate it?" I asked. I wasn't sure if Arlo was using psychology on me or not. Shopping for clothes takes a long time. Poor Arlo was really bored. But what was I supposed to do? You don't want to make a mistake and get stuck with clothes you'll never wear. I got a nice rainbow dress for Picture Day. And just for the fun of it, I got a pair of pink sunglasses and a bathing suit with butterflies on it to wear at the beach.

“你觉得这个怎么样？”我问。 “我讨厌它。”“哦，你这么说只是为了逗我，”我告诉他。 “你真的很喜欢，对吧？”“不，我真的很讨厌。” “我认为你的意思恰恰相反，”我告诉他。 “你是对的。我真的很喜欢，”阿乐说。 “你是说你讨厌它？”我问。 我不确定阿尔洛是不是对我用了心理学。 买衣服要花很长时间。 可怜的阿乐真的很无聊。 但我该怎么做？ 你不想犯一个错误，被你永远不会穿的衣服困住。 我为拍照日买了一条漂亮的彩虹裙。 为了好玩，我买了一副粉红色的太阳镜和一件有蝴蝶图案的泳衣，准备在海滩上穿。

"I picked out all my outfits for the first two weeks of school," I told Arlo. "I don't like waiting until the last minute." "Then why don't you start planning your

“我挑选了开学前两周要穿的衣服，”我告诉阿乐。 “我不喜欢等到最后一分钟。” “那你为什么不开始计划你的。