8. Arguing with Arlo

8 Arguing with Ar10 We spent a long time going up and down every aisle at Staples. Our cart was almost filled to the top. These are some of the things I picked out.... a box of crayons (with a built-in crayon sharpener!). a new cork bulletin board for my room. a school year calendar

与Ar10争吵我们花了很长时间在斯台普斯百货公司的每个过道上走来走去。 我们的车几乎装满了。 这是我挑选的一些东西.... 一盒蜡笔（有一个内置的蜡笔刀！） 我房间的新软木布告栏。 学年日历

.a bunch of Book Sox (They're like socks for your books!). a lunch box with Cray-Z on it (He's my favorite singer.). a bottle of hand sanitizer (because I don't want to get everybody else's germs). two-pocket folders with pictures of kittens on them (I almost picked the ones with bunnies, but the kittens were cuter.). erasers (but I don't need many of those because I hardly ever make mistakes). a name badge (so it will be easier for everybody to remember my name on the first day of school). a notepad in the shape of a cupcake (It's adorable!). a plastic organizer for my desk drawer (I love organizing things. It's fun to put different school supplies into

一堆书袜（它们就像你的书的袜子！） 一个印有克雷- z的午餐盒（他是我最喜欢的歌手）。 一瓶洗手液（因为我不想传染别人的细菌）。 两个口袋的文件夹，上面有小猫的照片（我差点就选了那些有小兔子的，但小猫更可爱）。 橡皮擦（但我不需要很多，因为我几乎从不犯错）。 一个名牌（这样开学第一天大家就更容易记住我的名字了）。 一个纸杯蛋糕形状的笔记本（太可爱了！） 一个塑料的抽屉整理器(我喜欢整理东西。 把不同的学习用品放进去很有趣

separate containers.). a new backpack. a tape dispenser (in the shape of a high-heeled shoe!). oh, and a box of staples (I couldn't forget them!) "Look, Arlo!" I said. "They even sell laminating sheets! We can laminate things at home. Isn't that exciting?" "This place is a snoozefest," said Arlo. "Can we get out of here now?" Boys just don't understand shopping. We found our moms, and they paid for the school supplies. When we got home, Arlo parked himself in front of the TV (of course). I went to my room to organize my things.

独立的容器)。一个新的背包。 磁带分配器（高跟鞋的形状！） 哦，还有一盒订书钉（我不能忘记它们！）“看,奥尔罗!”我说。 “他们甚至还卖复合薄膜！”我们可以在家里给东西贴膜。 这不是很令人兴奋吗？”“这地方真让人打瞌睡。”阿乐说。 “我们现在可以离开这里了吗？”男孩子就是不懂购物。 我们找到了妈妈，她们付了学习用品的钱。 当我们回到家，阿乐把自己停在电视机前（当然）。 我去我的房间整理我的东西。

First I removed all the tags from the clothes I bought and hung the clothes neatly in my closet. I organized the outfits in the order of which one I would wear on each day of the week for the first two weeks of school. Next I lined up all my school supplies in

首先，我把买来的衣服上所有的标签都撕下来，整齐地挂在衣橱里。 我按照开学前两周每天要穿的衣服来整理衣服。 接下来，我把所有的学习用品都放了进去

alphabetical order. (Lining things up is fun.) Then I put all the school supplies into separate containers and stuck labels on them so I would know what was inside each one. I was all ready for the first day of school. My new clothes were hanging up. My school supplies were ready to go. My bedroom was neat and clean. I even looked up a bunch of words in the dictionary just in case I would need to know those words for the new school year. There wasn't anything else to do except sit around and wait for school to start. I went downstairs. Arlo was in the living room playing video games. "Is that all you ever do?" I asked him. "Watch TV and play video games?" "I like watching TV and playing video games," he said. "It's fun. Your problem is,

字母顺序排列。（把东西排列起来很有趣。）然后我把所有的学习用品放进不同的容器里，并在上面贴上标签，这样我就知道每个容器里装的是什么了。 我已经为开学的第一天做好了准备。 我的新衣服挂起来了。 我的学习用品都准备好了。 我的卧室整洁干净。 我甚至在字典里查了一堆单词，以防我在新学年需要用到这些单词。 除了坐着等学校开学，没有别的事可做。 我下了楼。阿乐在客厅玩电子游戏。 “你就只做这些吗？”我问他。 “看电视和玩电子游戏？”“我喜欢看电视和玩电子游戏，”他说。 “这很有趣。你的问题是，

you don't know how to have fun." "I do too!" I told him. "I have lots of fun." "Yeah, you have fun organizing your school supplies." (Actually, I do have fun organizing my school supplies. But I didn't want to admit that.) I was tired of arguing with Arlo all the time. I went into the kitchen, where my mom and Arlo's mom were drinking coffee (of course) and whispering to each other. They stopped whispering when they saw me. "What are you whispering about?" asked them. "Oh, nothing," they said really quickly. "I'm bored," I told them. "Why don't you and A.J. go out to play?" said Arlo's mom. "What?!" Arlo yelled from the living

你不知道怎么找乐子。” “我也是！”我告诉了他。“我有很多乐趣。” “是啊，你整理学习用品很有趣。” (事实上，整理学习用品确实很有趣。 但我不想承认这一点。)我厌倦了一直和阿乐争论。 我走进厨房，我妈妈和阿乐的妈妈正在那里喝咖啡（当然了），互相窃窃私语。 他们一看到我就不窃窃私语了。 他们说：“你们说的是什么话？” “哦，没什么，”他们很快地说。 “我很无聊，”我告诉他们。“你和A.J.为什么不。 出去玩？”阿乐的妈妈说。 “什么? !”阿乐从起居室喊道