6. What a Snoozefest!

6 What a Snoozefest! "GET OUT OF HERE!" Miss Porter shouted at the men. "ALL OF YOU! I CAN'T MARRY ANY OF YOU. I'M NOT A HUMAN BEING!" That was weird. It took a long time for all the male teachers to untangle themselves, get off the floor, and leave the room. "OKAY," said Miss Porter. "TURN TO PAGE TWENTY-THREE IN YOUR MATH

真是个懒虫！“滚出去！”波特小姐朝男人们喊道。 “你们所有人！”我不能嫁给你们中的任何一个。 我不是人！”这很奇怪。 所有的男老师花了很长时间才理清头绪，从地板上站起来，离开了房间。 “好吧，”波特小姐说。“翻到数学课本第二十三页

BOOKS." Ugh, I hate math. "Wait, we have to do schoolwork?" Michael asked. "Really? I thought you said your motto was 'Fun, Fun, Fun.'" "Yeah, can we order another pizza instead of doing schoolwork?" I asked. "NO," said Miss Porter. "TURN TO PAGE TWENTY-THREE IN YOUR MATH BOOKS." Bummer in the summer! I was pretty sure that an announcement was going to come over the loudspeaker. That's what always happens. Every time our teacher says to turn to page twenty-three in our math books, an announcement comes over the loudspeaker, and we get called down to the all-porpoise room for an assembly.

书。”我讨厌数学。“等等，我们还得做作业？”迈克尔问道。 “真的吗?我记得你说过你的座右铭是“有趣，有趣，有趣”。’”“是的，我们可以再点一个披萨，而不是做作业吗？我问。 “不，”波特小姐说。“翻到数学课本的第二十三页。” 夏天的流浪者！我很确定扩音器里会传出一个通告。 这是常有的事。 每次老师让我们翻到数学课本的第二十三页时，扩音器里就会发出通知，我们就被叫到海豚室集合。

Andrea and Emily took out their math books. The rest of us were waiting to hear an announcement over the loudspeaker. But there was no announcement over the loudspeaker. "I SAID, TURN TO PAGE TWENTY-THREE IN YOUR MATH BOOKS," said Miss Porter. No fair! I got out my math book and

安德里亚和艾米丽拿出了她们的数学书。 我们其余的人都等着听扩音器里的通告。 但扩音器里没有任何公告。 “我说，翻到数学课本的第二十三页，”波特小姐说。 不公平!我拿出数学书，然后

turned to page twenty-three. "BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH," said Miss Porter. "BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH..." I had no idea what it was talking about. It had something to do with math, I think. What a snoozefest. Why do we need math when we have calculators? The boring math lesson went on forever. Then, finally, the bell rang. BRRRRRRIIIINNNNNGGGGG!* It was time for lunch. "Miss Porter, will you be going to the teachers' lounge for lunch?" asked Emily. "NO," it replied. "REMEMBER, PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS DO NOT EAT. PRINGLE UP, EVERYONE." We all lined up in single file, like Pringles. Michael was the line leader. Andrea was the door holder. We walked a million hundred miles to the vomitorium,

翻到第二十三页。 “废话，废话，废话，”波特小姐说。 “废话，废话，废话，废话……” 我不知道它在说什么。 我想这和数学有关。 真是个懒虫。既然有了计算器，为什么还需要数学？ 那节无聊的数学课没完没了地讲下去。 然后，终于，铃声响了。 BRRRRRRIIIINNNNNGGGGG !该吃午饭了。 “波特小姐，你要去教师休息室吃午饭吗？”艾米丽问。 “不，”它回答。“记住，个人数字助理是不吃饭的。 大家都振作起来。”我们排成一排，就像品客薯片一样。 迈克尔是领班。 安德里亚是看门的。 我们走了一百多公里才到体育馆，

which used to be called the cafetorium until some first grader threw up in there. On the way to the vomitorium, we passed by the front office. Our computer teacher, Mrs. Yonkers, was standing there. She was carrying a big cardboard box, and it looked like she was crying. "What's the matter, Mrs. Yonkers?" asked Emily. "I just got fired," Mrs. Yonkers replied. WHAT?! "Why?" asked Alexia. "Who's going to be the new computer teacher?" "There won't be a new computer teacher," Mrs. Yonkers replied sadly. "I have been replaced by a personal digital assistant." WHAT?!

以前叫食堂直到有个一年级学生吐在那里。 在去体育馆的路上，我们经过了前台。 我们的计算机老师扬克斯夫人正站在那里。 她拿着一个大纸板箱，看起来像是在哭。 “怎么了，扬克斯太太？”爱米丽问。 “我刚被解雇了，”扬克斯太太回答。 什么? !“为什么？”亚历克西娅问。 “谁将成为新的计算机老师？”“不会有新的计算机老师了，”扬克斯太太伤心地回答。 “我已经被一个个人数字助理取代了。” 什么? !