5 D.E.A.R

5 D.E.A.R. When we got back to Mr. Cooper's class, it was D.E.A.R. time. That stands for DROP EVERYTHING AND READ. We have to sit quietly and read a book for fifteen whole minutes. Ugh. Reading books is boring. I don't even know why you're reading this one.

当我们回到库珀先生的教室时，是D.E.A.R. 时间。意思是放下一切，开始阅读。 我们必须安静地坐着，读一本书整整十五分钟。 啊。读书很无聊。 我都不知道你为什么要读这本书。

I looked around. Ryan was reading. Michael was reading. Alexia was reading. Even Neil was reading, and he hates reading as much as I do. Everybody was reading. But you know who wasn't reading? The biggest reader of them all—Little Miss Perfect! Andrea was sitting there with her mean face on. "What's the matter?" I whispered to her. "Was your clog-dancing lesson canceled today?"* "No," Andrea whispered back. "I have a problem with Mrs. Stoker." "More reading, less talking!" said Mr. Cooper. "This is D.E.A.R. time, kids." "What do you have against Mrs. Stoker?" I whispered to Andrea. "She's going to make a terrible principal," whispered Andrea.

我环顾四周。瑞安在看书。 迈克尔正在看书。亚历克西娅在看书。 甚至尼尔也在读书，他和我一样讨厌读书。 每个人都在读书。但你知道谁没读吗？ 他们中最大的读者——小完美小姐！安德里亚坐在那里，一脸刻薄。 “怎么啦？”我低声对她说。 “你今天的木屐舞课取消了吗？”“不，”安德烈小声回答。 “我和斯托克太太有矛盾。” “多读书，少说话！”库珀先生说。 “这是D.E.A.R.的时间，孩子们。” “你对斯托克太太有什么不满？”我低声对安德里亚说。 “她会成为一个糟糕的校长，”安德里亚低声说。

"But she's funny," I whispered back. "Stop talking, you two," warned Mr. Cooper. "Mrs. Stoker is so immature," Andrea whispered. "Grown-ups are supposed to act... grown up." "You need to get a sense of humor transplant," I whispered to Andrea. "Oooh," whispered Ryan. "A.J. and Andrea are whispering secret messages to each other. They must be in love!" "When are you gonna get married?" whispered Michael. "I said STOP it!" shouted Mr. Cooper. "You're going to get us in trouble, Arlo," whispered Andrea. "Your face is in trouble!" I whispered back at her. "All right," shouted Mr. Cooper. "That's the last straw!"

“但她很有趣，”我小声回答。 “别说话了，你们两个，”库珀先生警告说。 “斯托克太太太不成熟了，”安德烈低声说。 “成年人应该采取行动…… 长大了。”“你需要接受幽默感移植手术。”我低声对安德里亚说。 “哦，”瑞恩低声说。“A.J. 和安德里亚互相窃窃私语。 他们一定是相爱了！”“你打算什么时候结婚？”迈克尔小声问。 “我说了，住手！”库珀先生喊道。 “你会给我们带来麻烦的，阿乐。”安德烈低声说。 “你的脸出了问题！”我低声对她说。 “好吧，”库珀先生喊道。 “真是忍无可忍了！”

Huh? What do straws have to do with anything? Why are grown-ups always running out of straws? If you ask me, they should buy a new box of straws before the old one is empty. "A.J. AND ANDREA!" shouted Mr. Cooper. "BOTH OF YOU. GO TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE!" "What did I do?" I asked. "But... but... but..." I giggled because Andrea said "but," which sounds just like "butt" even though it only has one T. Andrea and I walked a million hundred miles to the principal's office. She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me the whole time. Andrea never gets in trouble. She probably figured this was going to be on her permanent record and prevent her from getting into Harvard someday.

嗯?吸管和这事有什么关系？ 为什么大人们总是把吸管用光？ 如果你问我，他们应该在旧的吸管空之前买一盒新吸管。 “A.J.和安德里亚！”库珀先生喊道。 “你们两个。到校长办公室去！”“我做了什么？”我问。 “但是……但是…但是……”我咯咯地笑，因为安德里亚说了“但是”，听起来就像“屁股”，尽管它只有一个T。 安德里亚和我走了一百多英里去校长办公室。 她很生气，一直不跟我说话。 安德里亚从不惹上麻烦。 她可能认为这将成为她的永久记录，并阻止她有一天进入哈佛。

When we got to the principal's office, nobody was there. The door was open, so we walked in. The office was almost empty. There was no desk or anything—just a bare brick wall with a

当我们到达校长办公室时，没有人在那里。 门开着，所以我们走了进去。 办公室里几乎空无一人。 没有桌子之类的东西，只有一面光秃秃的砖墙

stool in front of it and a microphone on a stand. That was weird. Mrs. Patty, the school secretary, came in. She had two folding chairs. "Have a seat," she told us. "Mrs. Stoker will be here in a minute. Would you kids like some milk?" "Uh, okay," Andrea and I replied. Mrs. Patty went out and came back with two cartons of milk for each of us. "Here, have a second carton," she said as she handed us the milk. "I don't want another carton of milk," I told her. "You have to take another carton," she replied. "Why?" "We have a two-drink minimum," said Mrs. Patty. That was weird. Andrea and I sat down. The lights

前面放个凳子，架子上放个麦克风。 这很奇怪。学校秘书帕蒂夫人走了进来。 她有两把折叠椅。 “请坐，”她对我们说。 “斯托克太太马上就到。 孩子们，你们想喝点牛奶吗？”“嗯，好吧，”安德里亚和我回答。 帕蒂太太出去了，回来时给我们每人拿了两盒牛奶。 “给，再来一盒，”她边说边把牛奶递给我们。 “我不想再要一盒牛奶了，”我告诉她。 “你得再拿一盒，”她回答。 “为什么?”“我们至少要喝两杯，”帕蒂太太说。 这很奇怪。安德里亚和我坐了下来。 的灯