2 The Long Goodbye

2 The Long Goodbye Everybody was sad that Mr. Klutz had to retire. It was hard to pay attention in Mr. Cooper's class while he was trying to teach us math and social studies. "Okay, everyone," said Mr. Cooper. "Let's try to focus." "Why should we try to focus?" I asked. "We're not cameras."

2漫长的告别每个人都为克鲁茨先生不得不退休而难过。 当库珀先生教我们数学和社会研究时，我们很难集中注意力。 “好了，各位，”库珀先生说。 “让我们试着集中注意力。”“我们为什么要集中精力？”我问。 “我们不是相机。”

"Not that kind of focus, Arlo!" said Andrea, who calls me by my real name because she knows I don't like it. I was just yanking Andrea's chain. I know what focus means. When it was time for lunch, none of us were in the mood to eat. We went out to play on the monkey bars during recess, but all anybody could talk about was Mr. Klutz.

“别那么专注，阿乐！”安德里亚说。她直呼我的真名，因为她知道我不喜欢这样。 我只是在拉安德里亚的链子 我知道专注是什么意思。午饭时间到了，我们谁也没有心情吃东西。 课间休息的时候，我们出去玩单杠，但所有人都在谈论克鲁茨先生。

"I can't believe he has to retire," Ryan said with tears in his eyes. "Mr. Klutz is the only principal we've ever had." "And he's not even that old," said Alexia. "Bald men don't look as old as they are," said Neil, "because they can't lose any more hair."

“我真不敢相信他要退役了，”瑞恩含着泪说。 “克鲁茨先生是我们唯一的校长。” “他还没那么老呢。”阿列克谢说。 “秃顶的男人看起来不像他们实际那么老，”尼尔说，“因为他们不能再掉头发了。”

"I heard that when some people get old," I said, "they get put on ice floes and floated off into the sunset." "That's not a thing, Arlo," Andrea said, rolling her eyes. "It is too a thing," I told her. "No way that's a thing," said Andrea. "It's a thing!" I insisted. We went back and forth like that for a while. "Oooh, A.J. and Andrea are arguing about what a thing is," said Ryan. "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. Andrea and I kept arguing over whether or not it was a thing to put old people on ice floes. Then I remembered

“我听说有些人老了，”我说，“就会被放在浮冰上，飘到夕阳里去。” “不可能，阿乐。”安德烈说，翻了个白眼。 “这是一件大事，”我告诉她。 “不可能，”安德烈说。 “这是一个东西！”我坚持。 我们这样来来回回聊了一会儿。 “哦，A.J.和安德里亚在争论什么是东西，”瑞安说。 “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。 安德里亚和我一直在争论是否应该把老人放在浮冰上。 然后我想起来了

that we were talking about Mr. Klutz. He was a great principal. "One time," I said, "I got sent to the principal's office because I was bad. I thought Mr. Klutz was going to punish me, but instead he gave me a candy bar." "Remember the time he climbed up to the top of the flagpole and got stuck there?" asked Ryan. "Remember the time he let us dye his head like an Easter egg?" asked Alexia. "Remember the time he married a turkey?" asked Michael. Ah, those were the good old days. Mr. Klutz was nuts, but he was a good principal. "I bet we're going to get some boring, normal principal," said Neil. "Maybe Mrs. Jafee will be our new

我们说的是克鲁茨先生 他是一位伟大的校长。“有一次，”我说，“我被送到校长办公室，因为我很坏。 我以为克鲁茨先生要惩罚我，没想到他给了我一块糖果。” “还记得那次他爬到旗杆的顶端却被卡在那里吗？”瑞恩问道。 “还记得那次他让我们把他的头染得像复活节彩蛋吗？”亚历克西娅问。 “还记得那次他娶了一只火鸡吗？”迈克尔问。 啊，那是美好的旧日时光。 克鲁茨先生是个疯子，但他是个好校长。 “我敢打赌，我们会遇到一些无聊的、普通的校长，”尼尔说。 “也许杰菲太太会成为我们的新人

principal," said Emily. "Yes," agreed Andrea. "When the president leaves office in the middle of the term, the vice president becomes president. So Mrs. Jafee should be the new principal." "Mrs. Jafee is no fun at all," groaned Michael. That's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. A marching band marched out of the school. They formed a line on the playground and started to play some song called "Hail to the Chief."* "Where did that marching band come from?" asked Ryan. "Rent-A-Marching-Band," I told him. "You can rent anything." Our custodian, Miss Lazar, rolled a long red carpet out onto the playground. Mr. Klutz came out of the school and

校长，”爱米丽说。“是的，”安德烈同意道。 “当总统在任期中期离职时，副总统就会成为总统。 所以杰菲夫人应该当新校长。” “杰菲太太一点也不好玩，”迈克尔呻吟道。 就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 仪仗队走出了学校。 他们在操场上排起了队，开始演奏一些名为“向酋长致敬”的歌曲。*“那个游行乐队是从哪儿来的？”瑞恩问。 “租一支仪仗队。”我告诉他。 “你可以租任何东西。”我们的管理员拉扎尔小姐在操场上铺了一条长长的红地毯。 克鲁茨先生从学校出来了