6. Bad News and Worse News

6 Bad News and Worse News "A.J.... A.J.... A.J...." Oh no, not again! I had been sleeping peacefully when I heard more voices above my bed. I opened my eyes. This time, there were three ghosts floating over me!

6坏消息和更坏的消息”A.J.... A.J……A.J……”哦，不，又来了！我正睡得很安稳，突然听到床上传来更多的说话声。 我睁开眼睛。这一次，有三个鬼魂在我身上漂浮！

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" It was Miss Daisy, Mr. Granite, and Mr. Cooper—all three teachers I've had at Ella Mentry School! I had never seen them together. "Hello, A.J.," said the ghost of Mr. Granite. "Long time no see." "Mr. Granite!" I said. "I thought you went back to your home planet." "I did," he replied. "But I came back here because we have some important news for you." "What is it?" "There's bad news and worse news," said the ghost of Miss Daisy. "Which do you want to hear first?" "This has been a horrible night so far," I told them. "Give me the bad news first."

“Ahhhhhhhhhhh !”是黛西小姐、格拉尼特先生和库珀先生——我在艾拉门特里学校的三位老师！我从未见过他们在一起。 “你好，a.j.，”格拉尼特先生的鬼魂说。 “好久不见。”“花岗岩先生!”我说。 “我以为你回母星去了。” “是的，”他回答说。“但我回来是因为我们有一些重要的消息要告诉你。” “什么事？”“有坏消息和更坏的消息，”黛西小姐的鬼魂说。 “你想先听哪一个？”“到目前为止，这是一个可怕的夜晚，”我告诉他们。 “先告诉我坏消息。”

"You're going to have to repeat third grade," said the ghost of Mr. Cooper. "What?! I have to do third grade all over again?" "That's right," the ghost of Mr. Cooper told me. "Why? What did I do?" "Let me see," said the ghost of Mr. Cooper. "You talk in class. You shout things out without raising your hand. You don't turn in your homework. You come to school late...." Hmmm. I couldn't argue with that. "You're absent too many days," continued the ghost of Mr. Granite. "You go to the bathroom just to get out of class. You put a worm in Emily's sneaker during recess. You wrote KICK ME on a piece of paper and taped it to Andrea's back.* You told Emily she had six toes on each foot. You started a

“你要重读三年级了，”库珀先生的鬼魂说。 “什么? !我还得重新上三年级？”“没错，”库珀先生的鬼魂告诉我。 “为什么?我做了什么？”“让我看看，”库珀先生的鬼魂说。 “你在课堂上讲话。你不举手就大声说出来。 你不交作业。 你上学迟到了....” 嗯。这一点我无法反驳。 “你缺席的日子太多了，”格拉尼特先生的鬼魂继续说。 “你去洗手间只是为了离开教室。 你在课间休息时在艾米丽的球鞋里放了条虫子。 你在一张纸上写了“KICK ME”，然后把它粘在安德里亚的背上。*你告诉艾米丽她每只脚有六个脚趾。 你开始了

war by shooting rubber bands at the girls' Barbie dolls. You hypnotized Andrea and told her that her feet smell like rotten cabbage...."

用橡皮筋射击女孩们的芭比娃娃。 你催眠了安德里亚，告诉她她的脚闻起来像腐烂的卷心菜....”

"Should we continue?" said the ghosts of Mr. Cooper and Mr. Granite. "But I don't want to go through third grade all over again!" "Are you ready for the worse news?" asked the ghost of Miss Daisy. "No," I groaned. "Before you go through third grade all over again," she said, "you have to go through second grade all over again. And first grade too. You're going to have to start school all over again from the beginning." "WHAT?!" I shouted. "No! That's not fair!" "Sorry," said the ghost of Mr. Granite. "And oh, by the way, from now on, school is going to be all year round. No more summer vacation." "WHAT?!" "Yes, the Board of Education changed the

“我们要继续吗？”库珀先生和格拉尼特先生的鬼魂说。 “但我不想再经历一遍三年级！”“你准备好接受更坏的消息了吗？”黛西小姐的鬼魂问。 “不，”我呻吟着说。“在你重新上三年级之前，”她说，“你必须再上一遍二年级。 一年级也是。你得从头开始学了。” “什么? !”我叫道。“不!这不公平！”“对不起，”格拉尼特先生的鬼魂说。 “哦，顺便说一下，从现在起，学校将是全年开放的。 再也没有暑假了。”“什么? !”“是的，教育委员会改变了