4 Let The Prank War Begin!

4 Let The Prank War Begin! Over the weekend, we got together to think of some cool pranks to pull on Miss Banks. Ryan said we should glue some coins to the floor and watch when she tries to pick them up. Neil said we should put confetti in her umbrella so when she opens it, the confetti will go flying all over.

让恶作剧之战开始吧！周末，我们聚在一起想了一些可以捉弄班克斯小姐的酷恶作剧。 瑞恩说我们应该把硬币粘在地板上然后看着她捡起来。 尼尔说我们应该在她的伞里放些五彩纸屑，这样当她打开伞的时候，五彩纸屑就会飞得到处都是。

Michael said we should call her cell phone and ask if her refrigerator is running. When she says yes, we should tell her, "You'd better go catch it!" We had lots of good ideas. When we got to school on Monday morning, there was a big whiteboard next to the front office. It looked like a scoreboard, with Teachers on the left side and Students on the right side. The gang and I were walking down the hallway to class when we saw Miss Banks. "Are you kids ready for The Prank War?" she asked us. "Oh, yeah," I replied. "The teachers are going down!" "I don't think so," said Miss Banks. "I was talking with some of the other teachers over the weekend, and we really want that hot tub."

迈克尔说我们应该打她的手机，问问她的冰箱是不是还开着。 当她说是的时候，我们应该告诉她，“你最好去抓住它！”我们有很多好主意。 当我们周一早上到学校时，在前厅旁边有一块大白板。 它看起来像一个计分板，左边是老师，右边是学生。 我和大家正沿着走廊去上课，这时我们看到了班克斯小姐。 “孩子们，准备好参加恶作剧大战了吗？”她问我们。 “哦，是的，”我回答。“老师们要完蛋了！”“我不这么认为，”班克斯小姐说。 “周末我和其他一些老师谈过，我们真的很想要那个热水浴缸。”

"Well, you're not gonna get it," Ryan told her. "The teachers are old and tired. We're kids, so we're young and full of energy." "Yeah," added Michael, "and we can't delay our gratification." Miss Banks stopped and turned to us. "You think some snot-nosed kids are going to beat the teachers?" she asked. "No way! We've had years of experience pulling pranks on kids." "Yeah, hundreds of years," I added. "Oh, snap!" said Ryan.

“好吧，你不会得到它的，”瑞恩告诉她。 “老师们又老又累。 我们是孩子，所以我们年轻，充满活力。” “是啊，”迈克尔补充说，“我们不能推迟我们的满足。” 班克斯小姐停下来，转向我们。 “你认为一些流鼻涕的孩子会打败老师吗？”她问道。 “不可能!我们有多年捉弄孩子的经验。” “是的，几百年了。”我补充道。 “哦，糟了！”瑞恩说。

"May the better team win," Miss Banks replied. Principal Stoker was walking right behind us, and I guess she heard what we were saying. "Enough trash talk," she told us. "We still have to do our regular schoolwork this week. Don't forget that." We walked into our classroom. Everybody put their backpacks in their cubbies. "Before we start The Prank War," said Miss Banks, "who wants a piece of sponge cake?" "I do!" "I do!" "I do!" In case you were wondering, everybody wanted sponge cake. Of course! Sponge cake is my favorite kind of cake. Miss Banks handed out paper plates and napkins to all of us and opened a cake box on her desk. I was about to take a piece of cake. Then I stopped. "Hey, wait a minute," I said. "I remember the time you offered us brownies. But you didn't have any brownies. You had a plate with brown letter E's cut out of paper! You said they were brownies. So no thanks. I don't want any sponge cake."

班克斯小姐回答说：“希望更好的队伍赢。” 斯托克校长走在我们后面，我猜她听到了我们说的话。 “废话说够了，”她告诉我们。 “这周我们还得做常规的功课。 别忘了这一点。”我们走进教室。 每个人都把书包放在小柜子里。 “在我们开始恶作剧大战之前，”班克斯小姐说，“谁想要一块海绵蛋糕？”“我做的!”“我做的!”“我做的!”如果你想知道，每个人都想要海绵蛋糕。 当然!海绵蛋糕是我最喜欢的一种蛋糕。 班克斯小姐把纸盘和餐巾纸分发给我们所有人，并打开她桌上的一个蛋糕盒。 我正要吃一块蛋糕。 然后我停了下来。“嘿，等一下，”我说。 “我记得那次你请我们吃布朗尼蛋糕。 但是你没有巧克力蛋糕。 你有一个盘子，上面有从纸上剪下来的棕色字母E ！你说那是巧克力蛋糕。 所以不用了，谢谢。我不想要海绵蛋糕。”

"That's right," said Alexia. "You also offered us doughnuts, but it turned out that they were veggies." "Yeah, we're not falling for that old trick again," said Andrea. "Nice try." "Suit yourself," Miss Banks told us. "That just means more sponge cake for me." She put a piece of sponge cake on a plate and started eating it.* She closed her eyes and sighed. "Yummmmm!" she said. "I lovvvvvvvvve sponge cake." So do I. Watching Miss Banks eat, I could almost taste the sponge cake. "It sure looks like sponge cake," said Emily. Emily was right. The cake looked like real sponge cake, and it looked delicious. It had pink icing and sprinkles on top. My mouth was watering. But not really. How would you water a mouth? "There's gotta be a trick," said Michael. "She's pranking us again."

“没错。”阿列克谢说。 “你还请我们吃甜甜圈，但结果是蔬菜。” “是的，我们不会再上那个老把戏的，”安德里亚说。 “想得美。”“随你便，”班克斯小姐对我们说。 “这对我来说意味着更多的海绵蛋糕。” 她把一块海绵蛋糕放在盘子里，开始吃起来。她闭上眼睛叹了口气。 “嗯哼！”她说。“我喜欢海绵蛋糕。” 我也是。看着班克斯小姐吃东西，我几乎能尝到海绵蛋糕的味道。 “它看起来确实像海绵蛋糕，”艾米丽说。 艾米丽是对的。蛋糕看起来像真的海绵蛋糕，而且看起来很好吃。 上面有粉红色的糖霜和糖屑。 我流口水了。但事实并非如此。 你怎么给嘴巴喝水？ “一定有什么诡计。”迈克尔说。 “她又在捉弄我们了。”

"What trick?" Miss Banks asked as she took another bite of sponge cake. "Look at it. Smell it." "Do you promise that this is sponge cake?" asked Andrea. "I promise," said Miss Banks. "It's one hundred percent real, genuine sponge cake." "Well... okay," I said. Miss Banks put pieces of sponge cake on paper plates and passed them around.

“什么把戏?”班克斯小姐又咬了一口海绵蛋糕，问道。 “看看它。它的气味。”“你能保证这是海绵蛋糕吗？”安德烈问。 “我答应，”班克斯小姐说。 “这是百分之百正宗的海绵蛋糕。” “嗯……好吧，”我说。班克斯小姐把一块块海绵蛋糕放在纸盘子里，分发给大家。