2 Payback Time

2 Payback Time We were on the playground at recess, hanging on the monkey bars. Why do they call them monkey bars? I've never seen any monkeys in the playground. Anyway, we were all pretty mad about what happened in Chapter 1.

课间休息时，我们在操场上玩单杠。 为什么叫猴架？ 我从来没在操场上看到过猴子。 不管怎样，我们都对第一章发生的事很生气。

"I can't believe Miss Banks got us again," said Ryan. "She's always pulling pranks on us," said Michael. "And we always fall for them," said Neil. "Miss Banks is mean," said Alexia. "We're not gonna take it!" "Do you know what we should do?" asked Andrea. "We should pull a prank on Miss Banks." "That's right," said Emily, who always thinks Andrea is right. I was surprised that Andrea wanted to pull a prank on Miss Banks. Andrea never breaks the rules. She never does anything that might get herself in trouble or prevent her from getting into Harvard someday. Andrea must have been pretty mad about Miss Banks's constant pranking. "It's payback time," Alexia said. "What prank should we pull on Miss Banks?" "How about we tell her it's National Sitting Day?" suggested Neil. "So we can sit down for the rest of the day." "We sit down every day," Andrea pointed out. "How about we put bubble wrap under the rug?" suggested Ryan. "So when she steps on it,

“我不敢相信班克斯小姐又把我们骗走了，”瑞恩说。 “她总是捉弄我们，”迈克尔说。 尼尔说：“我们总是上当受骗。” “班克斯小姐很刻薄，”阿列克谢说。 “我们不接受！”“你知道我们该怎么办吗？”安德烈问。 “我们应该对班克斯小姐开个玩笑” “没错，”爱米丽说，她一直认为安德里亚是对的。 我很惊讶安德里亚想对班克斯小姐恶作剧。 安德里亚从不违反规则。 她从不做任何可能给自己带来麻烦或妨碍她有朝一日进入哈佛的事情。 安德莉亚对班克斯小姐不断的恶作剧一定很生气。 “现在是报复的时候了，”亚历克西娅说。 “我们该对班克斯小姐开什么玩笑？”“我们告诉她今天是国家静坐日怎么样？”尼尔建议道。 “这样我们今天剩下的时间就可以坐下来了。” “我们每天都坐下来，”安德里亚指出。 “我们在地毯下面铺上气泡膜怎么样？”瑞恩建议道。 “所以当她踩到它的时候，

it'll pop and freak her out." "She already did that to us," said Andrea. "Remember?" "How about we let the air out of the tires on her car?" suggested Michael. "That might be illegal," Ryan said. "We could go to jail." "I don't want to go to jail!" whined Emily. She looked like she might start crying, as usual.

它会爆掉，把她吓坏的。” “她已经这样对我们了，”安德烈说。 “记得吗?”“要不我们给她的车放个气怎么样？”迈克尔建议道。 “这可能是违法的，”瑞安说。 “我们会进监狱的。”“我不想进监狱！”爱米丽抱怨道。 她看起来像往常一样要哭了。

"Nobody's going to jail," Andrea assured Emily. We needed to come up with the perfect prank. We needed a prank that would get Miss Banks good but wouldn't put us in jail. We thought and thought and thought. I thought so hard, I thought my brain was going to explode. That's when I came up with the greatest prank in the history of the world. "I have an idea!" I whispered, so nobody else would hear. "When Miss Banks goes to write something on the board, we should all turn our chairs and desks around so we're facing the back of the room. That would be hilarious." "Actually, that's not a bad idea," said Andrea. "Oooooh!" Ryan said. "Andrea likes A.J.'s idea. They must be in LOVE!" "When are you gonna get married?" asked Michael. If those guys weren't my best friends, I would hate them.

“没人会进监狱，”安德里亚向艾米丽保证。 我们需要想出一个完美的恶作剧。 我们需要一个既能让班克斯小姐开心又不会让我们进监狱的恶作剧。 我们想啊想啊想。 我想了很久，我的大脑都要爆炸了。 于是我想出了世界历史上最伟大的恶作剧。 “我有个主意！”我小声说，免得别人听见。 “当班克斯老师在黑板上写东西的时候，我们都应该把椅子和桌子转过来，这样我们就能面对房间的后面了。 那会很搞笑的。”“事实上，这是个不错的主意，”安德烈说。 “嗡嗡!”瑞恩说。“安德里亚喜欢aj的想法。 他们一定是相爱了！”“你打算什么时候结婚？”迈克尔问。 如果他们不是我最好的朋友，我会讨厌他们的。

"Miss Banks will be totally surprised," said Neil. I should get the Nobel Prize for my great idea. That's a prize they give out to people who don't have bells. After recess, we went back to the classroom and took our seats. We were all giggling in anticipation of our great prank. "This afternoon," Miss Banks told us, "we're going to learn about the digestive system. It includes the parts of the body that turn food and liquids into the fuel our bodies need blah blah blah blah..."

“班克斯小姐会非常惊讶的，”尼尔说。 我的好主意应该得诺贝尔奖。 那是他们发给没有铃铛的人的奖品。 课间休息后，我们回到教室坐了下来。 我们都咯咯地笑着，期待着我们的大恶作剧。 “今天下午，”班克斯小姐告诉我们，“我们将学习消化系统。 它包括将食物和液体转化为我们身体所需的燃料的身体部位，等等等等……”

She went on and on. We waited for her to write on the board so we could turn our chairs and desks around. "The parts of the digestive system," continued Miss Banks, "are the mouth, the esophagus, the stomach, the intestines, and blah blah blah blah..." The digestive system is really gross. I waited for Miss Banks to turn around and draw a picture of a stomach or something on the whiteboard. But she didn't do it! She just kept talking. It felt like we were waiting a million hundred hours. Finally, Miss Banks looked at her watch and told us she had to step out of the room for a minute. "Now!" I shouted as soon as she walked out the front door of the class. We all rushed to turn our desks and chairs around until we were facing the back of the room. Everybody was giggling. "This is gonna be great," whispered Alexia. That's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. The back door of the classroom opened, and Miss Banks walked in.

她说个不停。我们等她在黑板上写字，这样我们就可以把椅子和桌子转过来。 “消化系统的组成部分，”班克斯小姐继续说，“是嘴、食道、胃、肠，等等等等……” 消化系统真的很恶心。 我等着班克斯小姐转过身来，在白板上画个胃什么的。 但不是她干的！她一直在说。 感觉我们等了上百万个小时。 最后，班克斯小姐看了看表，告诉我们她得出去一会儿。 “现在!”她一走出教室的前门，我就喊道。 我们都急忙把桌子和椅子转过来，直到我们面对着房间的后面。 每个人都在咯咯地笑。“这太棒了，”亚历克西娅小声说。 就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 教室的后门开了，班克斯小姐走了进来。