3 Meet Mrs Stoker

3 Meet Mrs. Stoker Only a few minutes had passed after Mr. Klutz's helicopter flew away. We were about to go back inside the school. But Dr. Carbles came out and told us to stay on the playground. That's when I heard a weird noise up in the sky. It was another helicopter! This one was red. And it was heading right for

几分钟后，克鲁兹先生的直升机飞走了。 我们正准备回学校。 但是卡伯斯医生出来让我们待在操场上。 就在这时，我听到天空中有一种奇怪的声音。 那是另一架直升机！这个是红色的。 它正朝着

the playground! "It must be our new principal!" somebody shouted. "I thought I would be the new principal!" said Mrs. Jafee. "Beat it, Jafee," said Dr. Carbles. "Go count the spoons in the lunchroom, or whatever it is vice principals do all day." "Oh, snap!" said Ryan. Mrs. Jafee stormed inside the school. She looked really mad. The helicopter hovered overhead for a few seconds, and then it landed on the blacktop. The rotors stopped spinning. The marching band played that song about hail again. We waited for the helicopter door to open. There was electricity in the air! Well, not really. If there was electricity in the air, we would have all

操场上!“一定是我们的新校长！”有人喊道。 “我以为我会成为新校长！”杰菲太太说。 “走开，杰菲。” Carbles。“去餐厅数勺子，或者其他副校长整天做的事” “哦，糟了！”瑞恩说。杰菲太太冲进了学校。 她看上去真的很生气。直升机在头顶盘旋了几秒钟，然后降落在柏油路上。 转子停止转动。 游行乐队又演奏了那首关于冰雹的歌。 我们等着直升机的门打开。 空气中充满了电！嗯，不完全是。 如果空气中有电，我们就都有了

been electrocuted. But we were all glued to our seats. Well, not exactly. We weren't even sitting down. Why would you glue yourself to a seat, anyway? How would you get the glue off your pants? Dr. Carbles went over to the helicopter and opened the door. A lady stepped out. She was young and skinny, and she had strawberry blonde hair. "I'd like to introduce the new principal of Ella Mentry School," announced Dr. Carbles. "This is... Mrs. Stoker!" We all clapped even though she didn't do anything except step out of the helicopter. What's up with that? Getting out of a helicopter isn't any big deal. "It's great to be here," Mrs. Stoker said into the microphone. "Me, I didn't like school very much when I was a kid.

被触电。但我们都被粘在座位上了。 嗯，不完全是。我们甚至都没有坐下。 你为什么要把自己粘在座位上呢？ 你怎么把裤子上的胶水弄掉？ 卡伯斯医生走到直升机前，打开了舱门。 一位女士走了出来。她很年轻，很瘦，一头草莓色的金发。 “我想向大家介绍艾拉门特里学校的新校长。” Carbles。“这是……斯托夫人!”尽管她什么也没做，只是走下直升机，我们还是鼓掌了。 这是怎么回事？从直升机上下来没什么大不了的。 “很高兴来到这里，”斯托克太太对着麦克风说。 “我，我小时候不太喜欢上学。

I always got punished for things I didn't do. Like my homework!" Everybody laughed. Mrs. Stoker smiled. "No, I wasn't a very good student," she continued. "One time, my teacher asked me to write a sentence with the word 'lettuce' in it. I wrote 'Lettuce out of school early.'" Everybody laughed again. "Hey, the new principal is funny!" somebody shouted. "Yes," she continued, "school was really hard for me. In fact, I almost drowned when I got my report card one time. It's true. My grades were below C level. Get it? Drowned? Below C level?"

我总是因为我没做的事而受到惩罚。 比如我的家庭作业！”每个人都笑了。 斯托克太太笑了。“不，我不是一个好学生，”她继续说。 “有一次，老师让我写一个含有‘lettuce’这个词的句子。 我写了“莴苣提早放学”。’”大家又笑了。 “嘿，新校长真有趣！”有人喊道。 “是的，”她继续说，“上学对我来说真的很难。 事实上，有一次我拿到成绩单的时候差点淹死。 这是真的。我的成绩低于C级。 明白了吗?淹死了吗?C级以下？”

I didn't get it. Only a few kids laughed. Mrs. Stoker tapped the microphone with her finger. "Is this thing on?" she asked. "Hey, nice monkey bars over there. I didn't know monkeys were allowed in bars. But seriously, kids, do you know why the kindergartner crossed the

我没明白。只有几个孩子笑了。 斯托克太太用手指轻敲麦克风。 “这东西开着吗？”她问。 “嘿，那边的猴架不错。 我不知道猴子可以进酒吧。 说真的，孩子们，你们知道那个幼儿园的孩子为什么要跨过

playground? To get to the other slide!" "Ha ha ha!" laughed Dr. Carbles. "You are hilarious, Mrs. Stoker. Welcome to Ella Mentry School." She told a few more jokes, and then we gave her another round of applause. As Mrs. Stoker was walking into the school, Andrea ran over to her. Of course. It figured that Andrea would try to get in good with the new principal before anybody else. "My name is Andrea," said Andrea. "Where did you work as a principal before, Mrs. Stoker?" "Oh, no," replied Mrs. Stoker. "I've never been a principal before." "So I guess you used to be a teacher?" asked Andrea. "Nope," said Mrs. Stoker. "I've never been a teacher." "A librarian?"

操场上吗?去另一个滑梯！”“哈哈哈！” Carbles。“你真搞笑，斯托克太太。 欢迎来到艾拉门特瑞学校。” 她又讲了几个笑话，然后我们又给了她一轮掌声。 斯托克夫人走进学校时，安德烈向她跑去。 当然可以。我想安德里亚会在别人之前和新校长搞好关系。 “我叫安德烈，”安德烈说。 “你以前在哪里当过校长，斯托克夫人？”“哦，不，”斯托克太太回答。 “我以前从来没当过校长。” “那么我猜你以前是个老师？”安德里亚问。 “没有，”斯托克太太说。“我从来没当过老师。” “图书馆员吗?”