4 Good Luck

4 Good Luck After we finished arguing, we pledged the allegiance and did Word of the Day. The word of the day was "shamrock." A shamrock is a four-leaf clover that only has three leaves. If you ask me, it should be called a three-leaf clover. Mr. O'Cooper

我们争论结束后，我们宣誓效忠，开始做每日一词。 当天的关键词是“三叶草” 三叶草是一种只有三片叶子的四叶草。 如果你问我，我觉得应该叫三叶草。 O 'Cooper先生

told us the shamrock is the national flower and the emblem of Ireland. "Should we turn to page twenty-three in our math books?" asked Emily. "No," said Mr. O'Cooper. "We're not going to do math today." Yay! I hate math. "Instead, we're going to learn about Ireland," said Mr. O'Cooper.* Boo! Mr. O'Cooper went to the whiteboard and started drawing pictures of shamrocks. "If four of us each had four shamrocks," he said, "how many shamrocks would we have altogether?"

告诉我们三叶草是爱尔兰的国花和象征。 “我们应该翻到数学课本的第二十三页吗？”艾米丽问。 “不，”奥库珀先生说。“我们今天不做数学。” 耶!我讨厌数学。“相反，我们要去了解爱尔兰，”奥库珀说。*嘘!奥库珀走到白板前，开始画三叶草。 “如果我们四个人每人有四棵三叶草，”他说，“我们一共有多少棵三叶草？”

"Sixteen!" shouted Michael. "Because four times four is sixteen." "Very good, Michael," said Mr. O'Cooper. "Now try this one. There are about five million Irish people living in Ireland. There are about thirty-two million Irish people living in the United States. How many more Irish people live in the United States than live in Ireland?" We all thought that over for a while.

“十六岁！”迈克尔喊道。 “因为4乘4等于16。” “很好，迈克尔，”奥库珀先生说。 “现在试试这个。大约有500万爱尔兰人生活在爱尔兰。 大约有3200万爱尔兰人生活在美国。 住在美国的爱尔兰人比住在爱尔兰的爱尔兰人多多少？”我们都想了一会儿。

"Twenty-seven million!" shouted Neil. "Correct!" said Mr. O'Cooper. "Hey, wait a minute!" I shouted. "You said we weren't going to do math today. This sounds a lot like a math lesson to me." "No, no. Don't be silly," said Mr. O'Cooper. "We're not learning math. We're learning about Ireland." Mr. O'Cooper taught us a bunch of other stuff about Ireland, and it all involved addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Not fair! When he was done, you'll never believe who came through the door. Nobody! You can't come through a door. Doors are made of wood. I thought we went over that in Chapter 1. But you'll never believe who came through the doorway. It was our music teacher, Mr. Loring! He said we should call him Mr. O'Loring on Saint Patrick's Day, and he started singing a song. Oh, Danny Boy The pipes, the pipes are calling...

“2700万！”尼尔喊道。 “正确！”奥库珀先生说。 “嘿，等一下！”我叫道。 “你说我们今天不做数学。 这听起来很像数学课。” “不,不。别傻了，”奥库珀先生说。 “我们不是在学习数学。我们正在了解爱尔兰。” 奥库伯先生还教了我们很多关于爱尔兰的知识，全都是加法、减法、乘法和除法。 不公平的!当他结束的时候，你绝对不会相信谁进来了。 没有人!你不能从门进来。 门是木头做的。我想我们在第一章已经讲过了。 但你绝对不会相信是谁走了进来。 是我们的音乐老师，洛林先生！他说我们应该在圣帕特里克节叫他奥洛林先生，然后他开始唱歌。 哦，丹尼小子，风笛，风笛在呼唤…

That's a weird song. If your pipes are calling, that means somebody must be stuck in your pipes. You need to call a plumber right away. "Follow me, everybody," said Mr. O'Loring. "Where are we going?" Alexia asked. "You'll find out," Mr. O'Loring replied. He led us down the hall and out the back door to the playground. Beyond the blacktop is a big grassy area where we play soccer and stuff. "It's time for our four-leaf-clover hunt!" said Mr. O'Loring. "Yay!" we all shouted. Mr. O'Loring told us that each leaf of a fourleaf clover has a meaning—hope, faith, love, and luck. He said four-leaf clovers are really rare. If we found one, he said, it would bring us good luck for the rest of the day. We got down on our hands and knees and looked for four-leaf clovers. Some of the teachers came out to help—Mr. O'Macky, Miss O'Small, and Mrs. O'Yonkers. Even Mrs. Patty was out there with Jake the Snake in a basket.

这首歌真怪。如果你的管道在叫，那就意味着有人卡在你的管道里了。 你得马上叫个水管工来。 “大家跟我来，”奥洛林先生说。 “我们要去哪儿？”亚莉克希亚问道。 “你会知道的，”奥洛林回答。 他领着我们穿过大厅，走出后门来到操场。 柏油路那边是一大片草地，我们在那里踢足球和做其他事情。 “是我们寻找四叶草的时候了！”奥洛林先生说。 “耶！”我们都喊道。奥洛林先生告诉我们，四叶草的每一片叶子都有一个意义——希望、信仰、爱和幸运。 他说四叶三叶草真的很罕见。 如果我们找到一个，他说，它会给我们带来一天的好运气。 我们跪在地上，寻找四叶草。 一些老师出来帮助老师。 欧麦基，欧斯莫尔小姐，还有欧扬克斯太太。 就连帕蒂太太也在外面，和蛇杰克在一个篮子里。

"Would you like to touch Jake the Snake?" she asked us. "We already touched him," I reminded her. "We're looking for four-leaf clovers now." We searched for a million hundred minutes. There were a lot of clovers with three leaves, but we couldn't find any four-leaf clovers. That's when I got the greatest idea in the history of the world. "Hey, Ryan," I whispered. "Why don't we just tear one of the leaves in half so it looks like a fourleaf clover?" "That would be cheating, A.J.," Ryan whispered back. "If you cheat, you'll have bad luck for the rest of the day."

“你们想摸摸蛇杰克吗？”她问我们。 “我们已经碰过他了。”我提醒她。 “我们现在在找四叶三叶草。” 我们找了一百万分钟。 有很多三片叶子的三叶草，但是我们找不到任何四片叶子的三叶草。 就在那时，我想到了世界历史上最伟大的主意。 “嘿，瑞恩，”我低声说。“我们为什么不把其中一片叶子撕成两半，这样它看起来就像四叶草了？”“那是作弊，aj，”Ryan小声回答。 “如果你作弊，今天剩下的时间你都会倒霉的。”