8. More Bad News

8 More Bad News

8更多的坏消息

The clock struck two. "A.J.... A.J.... A.J.... A.J.... A.J.... A.J...." "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" I opened my eyes to see that my bedroom was filled with ghosts. There must have been seven or eight of them floating around in there!

钟敲了两点。“A.J… A.J……A.J……A.J……A.J…… A.J……”“Ahhhhhhhhhhh !”我睁开眼睛，看到我的卧室里到处都是鬼。 肯定有七八个漂浮在那里！

I recognized Mrs. Yonkers, our computer teacher, and Ms. Leakey, our health teacher. Miss Small, our Fizz Ed teacher, was there. So was Miss Tracy, who came to school to teach us about astronomy. And Miss Newman, the local TV weather lady. There was Mr. Will, the guy who drives the Ding-Dong ice cream truck. And Mr. Burke, the guy who mows the lawn at school. And Mrs. Lilly, a reporter for the local newspaper. "We are ghosts," they all said at the same time. "I kinda figured that," I told them. "What are you all doing here?" "I have some bad news, A.J.," said the ghost of Mr. Will. "Oh great," I groaned. "Who doesn't? What's your bad news?" "I ran out of ice cream today," said the ghost of Mr. Will.

我认出了扬克斯夫人，我们的计算机老师。 利基，我们的健康老师。 斯莫尔小姐，我们的Fizz Ed老师，也在那里。 特蕾西老师也是，她来学校教我们天文学。 还有纽曼小姐，当地电视台的气象小姐。 还有威尔先生，那个开叮当冰淇淋车的家伙。 还有伯克先生，那个在学校修草坪的人。 还有莉莉太太，她是当地报纸的记者。 “我们是鬼。”他们异口同声地说。 “我也猜到了，”我告诉他们。 “你们都在这儿干什么？”“我有个坏消息，a.j.，”威尔先生的鬼魂说。 “哦，太好了。”我呻吟道。“谁不? 你的坏消息是什么？”“我今天的冰淇淋吃完了，”威尔先生的鬼魂说。

"That's not so bad," I told him. "You can get more ice cream tomorrow." "No," the ghost of Mr. Will replied. "I'm afraid there's no more ice cream left. There's a worldwide ice cream shortage." WHAT?! "How long is the ice cream shortage supposed to last?" I asked. "Forever," replied the ghost of Mr. Will. "There's no more candy either," said the ghost of Ms. Leakey. "It's all gone." "Nooooooo!" I shouted. "No more ice cream or candy? Those are the two most important food groups! How am I going to survive?" "Sports have been canceled this summer too," said Miss Small sadly. "And all the swimming pools have to be drained," said Mr. Burke. "WHAT?!" I shouted. "No more sports?

“没那么糟，”我告诉他。 “明天你可以买更多的冰淇淋。” “不，"威尔先生的鬼魂回答。 “恐怕没有冰淇淋了。” 全世界都在短缺冰淇淋。” 什么? !“冰淇淋短缺会持续多久？”我问。 “永远，”威尔先生的鬼魂回答。 “也没有糖果了。” 利基。“都没了。”“千万千万不要带!”我叫道。 “不再吃冰淇淋和糖果了？” 这是最重要的两类食物！我要怎么活下去？”“今年夏天的体育活动也取消了，”斯莫尔小姐伤心地说。 “所有的游泳池都必须排干水，”伯克说。 “什么? !”我叫道。“不再运动了？”

No swimming either? What happened?" "We believe it has something to do with the earth's rotation," said Mrs. Yonkers. "I've been tracking it on the computer." "Perhaps I can explain," said Miss Tracy. "For reasons we don't quite understand, the speed that the earth turns around its axis has sped up in the last few days. What happened was, radiation blah blah gravitation blah blah constellation blah blah calculation blah blah calibration blah blah combination blah blah dehydration blah blah navigation blah blah situation blah blah transformation blah blah...." I had no idea what she was talking about. "You see," said Mrs. Newman, "there was a high-pressure blah blah, which caused a thermal inversion vector blah blah, which led to global blah blah and wind chill factor

也不游泳吗？发生了什么事?”“我们认为这与地球自转有关，”扬克斯太太说。 “我一直在电脑上追踪它。” “也许我可以解释，”特雷西小姐说。 “由于我们不太了解的原因，地球绕地轴旋转的速度在过去几天里加快了。 实际情况是，辐射，引力，星座，计算，校准，组合，脱水，导航，情况，变换，...." 我不知道她在说什么。 “你看，”纽曼夫人说，“有一个高压什么的，引起了一个热逆温矢量什么的，导致了全球的什么的和风寒因素

blah blah blah blah." I had no idea what she was talking about either. But I knew one thing for sure. It was the most horrible thing to happen in the history of the world! "This is big news!" said Mrs. Lilly, sticking a microphone in my face. "I'm writing a story about it for the newspaper. Do you care to comment, A.J.?" "Get out of here!" I shouted at all of them. "Get out of my room!" The ghosts let out eerie cackling laughs before they lined up in single file and flew out the window.* This was the worst night in the history of my life. I simply could not fall back asleep after everything they said. My life was ruined.

诸如此类。”我也不知道她在说什么。 但有一件事我很确定。 这是世界历史上发生的最可怕的事情！“这可是个大新闻！”莉莉太太说着，把麦克风塞到我脸上。 “我正在为报纸写一篇关于它的报道。 你愿意评论一下吗，A.J.?”“滚出去！”我对他们所有人大喊大叫。 “滚出我的房间！”幽灵们发出诡异的咯咯笑声，然后排成一列纵队飞出窗外。这是我一生中最糟糕的夜晚。 他们说了那么多，我就是睡不着。 我的生活被毁了。