7 The Secret Swimming Pool

7 The Secret Swimming Pool We tried everything to prank Miss Banks. We put signs on both classroom doors that said Door Is Broken. Use Other Door. She just climbed in through the window. We tried to play "The Why Game." That's when you keep asking "Why?" whenever a grown-up says anything. But Miss

我们想尽办法捉弄班克斯小姐。 我们在两间教室的门上贴了“门坏了”的牌子。 使用其他门。她只是从窗户爬进来的。 我们试着玩“为什么”游戏 所以每次大人说什么你都要问“为什么” 但小姐

Banks played "The Because Game" right back at us. Every time we tried to pull a prank on Miss Banks, she would pull one on us instead. The other fourth-grade classes weren't doing much better. By lunchtime on Wednesday, the scoreboard near the front office said Teachers 12– Students 4. The teachers were clobbering us! We needed to do something... and fast. We were running out of time. During lunch period, we held an emergency meeting in the vomitorium. "We should pull a prank with balloons," suggested Andrea. "No, snakes," Michael said. "Like, we could put a snake in Miss Banks's desk drawer. That would totally freak her out." "I hate snakes," I said. "Where would we get snakes, anyway?" asked Alexia. "From Rent-A-Snake," said Ryan. "You can rent anything." "Balloons!" insisted Andrea. "Snakes!" insisted Michael.

班克斯也跟我们玩了“因为游戏” 每次我们想捉弄班克斯小姐，她就会转而捉弄我们。 其他四年级的班级也好不到哪里去。 到周三的午餐时间，前台附近的计分板显示，老师12比学生4。 老师们在痛打我们！我们需要做点什么…… 和快速。我们快没时间了。 午餐期间，我们在体育馆召开了紧急会议。 “我们应该用气球来个恶作剧，”安德里亚建议道。 “不，是蛇，”迈克尔说。 “比如，我们可以在班克斯小姐的抽屉里放一条蛇。 那会把她吓坏的。” “我讨厌蛇，”我说。“我们上哪儿弄蛇呢？”亚历克西娅问。 “从租蛇公司来的，”瑞恩说。 “你可以租任何东西。”“气球！”安德烈坚持说。 “蛇！”迈克尔坚持道。

Lunch period was over, and we couldn't agree on a prank. We went back to class. That's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. Miss Banks walked into the room. Well, that's not the weird part because Miss Banks walks into the room all the time. The weird part was what she was wearing... a bathing suit! WHAT?! "Why are you wearing a bathing suit, Miss Banks?" asked Emily. "Oh," Miss Banks replied as she dried her hair with a towel. "I just got back from a swim." "Where did you go swimming?" asked Andrea. "In the teachers' lounge," she replied. WHAT?! "There's a swimming pool in the teachers' lounge?" Neil asked. "Didn't anybody tell you?" said Miss Banks. "It was installed over the summer."

午餐时间结束了，我们没能就恶作剧达成一致。 我们回到教室。就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 班克斯小姐走进房间。 这还不是奇怪的地方因为班克斯小姐总是走进房间。 奇怪的是她的穿着…… 泳衣！什么? !“你为什么穿着泳衣，班克斯小姐？”艾米丽问。 “哦，”班克斯小姐一边用毛巾擦干头发一边回答。 “我刚游完泳回来。” “你去哪儿游泳了？”安德烈问。 “在教师休息室，”她回答。 什么? !“教师休息室里有游泳池吗？”尼尔问。 “没人告诉你吗？”班克斯小姐说。 “它是在夏天安装的。”

I thought about that. Was there really a swimming pool in the teachers' lounge, or was Miss Banks just pranking us again?

我想过这个。教师休息室里真的有游泳池吗，还是班克斯小姐又在捉弄我们？

"There's no swimming pool in the teachers' lounge," insisted Alexia. "Sure there is," said Miss Banks. "We swim laps and play water polo after you kids go home every day. That's why we want to win the hot tub. It would feel so good to come out of the swimming pool and get into a hot tub." Well, she was right about that. Hot tubs are great. It was time to go to fizz ed, so we walked a million hundred miles to the gym. When we passed the art room, our art teacher, Ms. Hannah, was wearing a bathing suit too. And she was holding a beach ball. When we passed by the music room, our music teacher, Mr. Loring, was wearing a bathing suit and flip-flops, and was holding a boogie board. And there was a clothesline outside the music room with towels and goggles hanging on it. "Hi, Mr. Loring," Miss Banks said as we passed him. "Hello, Miss Banks," he replied. "Are you coming to the staff pool party after school today?" "You bet!" said Miss Banks.

“教师休息室里没有游泳池，”亚历克西娅坚持说。 “当然有，”班克斯小姐说。 “孩子们每天回家后，我们一起游泳、打水球。 所以我们才想要赢得热水浴缸。 从游泳池出来，进入热水浴缸的感觉会很好。” 嗯，她说得对。 热水浴缸很好。是时候去健身房了，所以我们走了一百多英里去健身房。 当我们经过美术室时，我们的美术老师。 汉娜也穿着泳衣。 她拿着一个沙滩球。 当我们经过音乐室时，我们的音乐老师洛林先生穿着泳衣和人字拖，手里拿着冲浪板。 音乐室外面有一条晾衣绳，上面挂着毛巾和护目镜。 “嗨，洛林先生，”当我们经过他身边时，班克斯小姐说。 “你好，班克斯小姐，”他回答。 “你今天放学后会来参加教职工泳池派对吗？”“当然！”班克斯小姐说。

This was getting weird. "Hey," whispered Ryan, "maybe there is a swimming pool in the teachers' lounge." "How come the teachers get a swimming pool and we don't?" whispered Neil. "It's not fair!" "That's ridorkulous!" whispered Andrea. "Nobody has a swimming pool! They're just trying to prank us again." "You've never been inside the teachers' lounge," Alexia said to Andrea. "You don't know for sure. Maybe they do have a swimming pool."

这变得越来越奇怪了。“嘿，”瑞恩小声说，“也许教师休息室里有个游泳池。” “为什么老师们有游泳池，而我们没有？”尼尔小声说。 “这不公平！”“这太荒唐了！”安德烈低声说。 “没有人有游泳池！”他们只是想再捉弄我们一次。” “你从来没进过教师休息室。”亚历克西娅对安德烈说。 “你不能肯定。也许他们真的有游泳池。”