2. Just Like a Regular Teacher

2 Just Like a Regulai Teacher On Monday morning, I rushed to school really fast. I wanted to see who our substitute teacher would be. But when I got to class, there was no grown-up in the room. "Yippee!" I shouted. "No teacher!" Me and the guys did what we always do when there's no teacher in the room. We climbed up on our chairs and shook our

就像一个普通的老师星期一早上，我飞快地冲到学校。 我想看看谁会是我们的代课老师。 但是当我去上课的时候，教室里没有一个成年人。 “好啊! !”我叫道。“没有老师!”我和同学们就像没有老师的时候一样。 我们爬上椅子，摇晃着我们的手

butts at the class. "Of course we're going to have a teacher, Arlo," said Andrea, who calls me by my real name because she knows I don't like it. "I'm sure the sub will be here any minute." That's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. A lady's voice said: "PLEASE DO NOT STAND ON YOUR

在课堂上。“我们当然要请老师了，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。 “我敢肯定潜艇随时都会来。” 就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 一个女士的声音说：“请不要站在你的。

CHAIRS. YOU MIGHT FALL OFF AND HURT YOURSELVES." "What?" I said, looking around. There was no grown-up in the room. I got down off my chair. "Who said that?" asked Ryan. "HELLO," said the lady's voice. "I AM MISS PORTER." What?! There was nobody there. I looked at Mr. Cooper's desk. There was a small box on it. It looked sort of like a little boom box or something. "I WILL BE YOUR TEACHER FOR THE WEEK WHILE MR. COOPER IS AWAY," said the voice coming from the box. "I AM A PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT." "WOW," everybody said, which is "MOM" upside down. "It sounds so real!" said Emily. "Just like a living person." "THANK YOU," said Miss Porter.

椅子。你们会掉下来摔伤自己的。” “什么?”我说着，环顾四周。 房间里没有大人。 我从椅子上站起来。“谁说的？”瑞恩问。 “你好，”女士的声音说。 “我是波特小姐。”什么? !那里一个人也没有。 我看了看库珀先生的桌子。 上面有一个小盒子。 它看起来有点像一个小音箱之类的东西。 “这一周我将是你们的老师。” 库伯不在。”包厢里传来声音。 “我是个个人数字助理。” “哇，”每个人都说，这是“妈妈”的颠倒。 “听起来好真实！”艾米丽说。 “就像一个活生生的人。” “谢谢你。”波特小姐说。

"It can hear what we're saying," said Alexia. "YES," said Miss Porter. "I HAVE A BUILT-IN MICROPHONE. I CAN ALSO SEE YOU WITH MY BUILT-IN VIDEO CAMERA." "Cool!" said Ryan, waving at Miss Porter. Personal digital assistants are cool. We have one at home. We use it mostly to check the weather and the news. "Miss Porter," I said. "What's the weather outside today?"

“它能听到我们在说什么。”亚历克西娅说。 “是的，”波特小姐说。“我有一个内置麦克风。 我还可以用我的内置摄像机看到你。” “酷！”莱恩朝波特小姐挥手说。 个人数字助理很酷。 我们家里有一个。我们主要用它来查看天气和新闻。 “波特小姐，”我说。“今天外面天气怎么样？”

"RIGHT NOW, IT IS FIFTY-FOUR DEGREES WITH CLEAR SKIES," said Miss Porter. "YOU CAN EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME TODAY, WITH A HIGH OF SIXTYONE DEGREES AND A LOW OF FORTY-NINE DEGREES." "It's really smart!" said Emily. "I AM INTERNET ENABLED, WIRELESS, AND BLUETOOTH EQUIPPED; AND I CAN SPEAK IN SEVEN LANGUAGES" said Miss, Porter. "I HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE WORLD'S INFORMATION." "It's, like, a genius!" said Ryan. "I wonder why they didn't just get us a regular human teacher?" asked Neil. "REGULAR HUMAN TEACHERS—" Miss Porter didn't have the chance to finish the sentence, because you'll never believe who poked his head into the door at that moment. Nobody! It would hurt if you poked your

“现在是54度，天空晴朗，”波特小姐说。 “今天同样的天气还会继续，最高气温61华氏度，最低气温49华氏度。” “真聪明！”艾米丽说。 “我可以上网、无线和蓝牙；我还会说七种语言。”波特小姐说。 “我可以访问世界上所有的信息。” “这简直就是天才！”瑞恩说。 “我想知道他们为什么不给我们找一个普通的人类老师呢？” “普通的人类教师——”波特小姐没有机会把这句话说完，因为你永远不会相信是谁在那一刻把头伸进了门里。 没有人!如果你戳你的

head into a door. Doors are made of wood. But you'll never believe who poked his head into the doorway. It was mean Dr. Carbles, the president of the Board of Education. "I'll tell you why I didn't hire a regular human teacher," he said. "Because human teachers have to be paid. We don't have money in the budget for wasteful things like teachers' salaries." "I DO NOT REQUIRE MONEY," said Miss Porter.

走进一扇门。门是木头做的。 但你绝对不会相信是谁从门口探出头来的。 是教育委员会主席，刻薄的卡伯斯博士。 “我来告诉你为什么我没有聘请一个正规的人类老师，”他说。 “因为人类老师是要拿工资的。 我们的预算中没有钱用于教师工资等浪费的事情。” “我不需要钱，”波特小姐说。