7. Round One

7 Round One

7第一轮

"Let's go over the rules," said Mr. Porky. "I will ask each team a question blah blah blah blah ten seconds to answer blah blah blah blah one point for each correct answer blah blah blah blah then a lightning round blah blah blah blah and one final question for both teams blah blah blah blah. There may be a few trick questions in there too, so stay on your toes." Why should we stay on our toes? That made no sense at all. I was going to sit on a chair like everybody else. "Before we begin round one," continued Mr. Porky, "please join me in singing the Porky's Pork Sausage jingle." Two fifth graders from our school orchestra came up on the stage with violins. They played while Peter Porky sang... Porky's Pork Sausages

“我们来复习一下规则，”波奇先生说。 “我会问每个队一个问题，等等，等等，十秒钟回答，等等，等等，每个正确答案得一分，等等，等等，然后是闪电，等等，等等，最后一个问题给两队，等等，等等，等等。 可能也会有一些刁钻的问题，所以要时刻保持警惕。” 我们为什么要保持警惕呢？ 这完全说不通。 我要像其他人一样坐在椅子上。 “在我们开始第一轮之前，”波奇先生继续说，“请和我一起唱波奇的猪肉香肠广告歌。” 我们学校管弦乐队的两个五年级学生拿着小提琴走上舞台。 他们玩着，彼得·波奇唱歌…… 猪肉香肠

The best sausages in the land. Porky's Pork Sausages You can eat them with your hands What a dumb song. "I don't approve of these violins," whispered to Andrea. "Quiet, Arlo." I looked over at that doofus Tommy. He was still picking his nose. "Okay, let's get started with round one," said Mr. Porky, reaching into his pocket. "I'll flip a coin to see which school goes first. Call it!" "Heads!" I shouted as Mr. Porky flipped the coin.

世界上最好的香肠。 猪肉香肠你可以用手吃多蠢的歌啊。 “我不喜欢这些小提琴，”安德烈低声说。 “安静,奥尔罗。”我看了看那个笨蛋汤米。 他还在挖鼻子。 “好吧，我们从第一轮开始。”波奇先生说着把手伸进口袋。 “我来掷硬币，看哪个学校先去。 叫它!”“头!”波奇先生抛硬币时，我喊道。

"Heads, it is," said Mr. Porky. "Ella Mentry School gets the first question. Is everybody ready?" "Ready!" Andrea and I shouted. "Ready!" Morgan and Tommy shouted. "Okay," said Mr. Porky. "Which president had a pet raccoon that would roam around the White House?" What? I didn't know that. Why would anybody know that? I looked at Andrea. She shrugged her shoulders.

“是正面，”波奇先生说。 艾拉门特里学校得到了第一个问题。 大家都准备好了吗？”“准备好了!”安德里亚和我喊道。 “准备好了!”摩根和汤米喊道。 “好吧，”猪先生说。“哪位总统的宠物浣熊会在白宫里游荡？”怎么啦？ 我不知道。怎么会有人知道呢？ 我看着安德里亚。她耸了耸肩。

"I'll give you a hint," said Mr. Porky. "The raccoon's name was Rebecca." "Calvin Coolidge!" shouted Andrea. "That's right!" said Mr. Porky. "One point for the Ella Mentry team." Everybody cheered. Andrea smiled the smile that she smiles to let everybody know she knows something nobody else knows. I leaned over to her. "Wait a second," I whispered. "You didn't know which president had a raccoon, but you knew the name of the raccoon?" "Yes!" Andrea whispered back. That was weird. "The next question is for Dirk School," said Mr. Porky. "Name two presidents who signed the Declaration of Independence." Morgan and Tommy whispered to each other for a few seconds. "John Adams and Thomas Jefferson,"

“我给你个提示，”波奇先生说。 “浣熊的名字叫丽贝卡。” “卡尔文·柯立芝！” “没错！”猪先生说。 “艾拉·门特里队得一分。” 每个人都欢呼起来。安德烈笑了笑，她笑的目的是让大家知道她知道一些别人不知道的事情。 我向她俯下身来。“等一下，”我低声说。 “你不知道哪位总统养了一只浣熊，但你知道浣熊的名字？”“是的!”安德烈小声回答。 这很奇怪。“下一个问题是给德克学校的，”波奇先生说。 “请举出两位签署《独立宣言》的总统。” 摩根和汤米窃窃私语了几秒钟。 “约翰·亚当斯和托马斯·杰斐逊”