7. Open Wide and Say Ah!

7 Open Wide and Say Ah! National Dessert Day was winding down. It was almost time for dismissal. "Okay, finally we can get some work done," said Mr. Cooper. "Turn to page twenty-three in your math books." And you'll never believe who poked her head into the door at that moment. Nobody! If you poked your head into a

7张开嘴说啊！国家甜点日即将结束。 差不多是下课的时候了。 “好了，我们终于可以完成一些工作了，”库珀说。 “翻到数学课本的第二十三页。” 你绝对不会相信那一刻是谁探出头来的。 没有人!如果你把头伸进

door, you might chip a tooth. And it would hurt. Didn't we go over that in Chapter Three? But you'll never believe who poked her head into the doorway. It was Dr. Floss, of course.* "Is it tooth hurty yet?" she asked. "I mean, two thirty?" Mr. Cooper rubbed his forehead. "I have more free stuff to give away!" Dr. Floss announced. "Yay!" everybody shouted, because everybody loves getting free stuff even though our parents pay for everything anyway. I figured that Dr. Floss would be giving out free skateboards or footballs or something cool like that. But instead, she passed out toothbrushes. Bummer in the summer! She also passed out these teeny tiny tubes of toothpaste. I guess they're for brushing teeny tiny teeth.

门，你可能会咬坏一颗牙。 这会很痛。我们在第三章没有讲过吗？ 但你绝对不会相信是谁从门口探出头来的。 当然是弗洛斯博士。“牙齿疼了吗？”她问。 “我是说，两点半？”库珀先生揉了揉额头。 “我有更多免费的东西可以送人！”博士。 牙线宣布。“耶！”每个人都喊道，因为每个人都喜欢得到免费的东西，即使我们的父母无论如何都要付钱。 我以为弗洛斯博士会免费送人滑板或者足球之类的东西。 但相反，她分发了牙刷。 夏天的流浪者！她还分发了一些小管牙膏。 我猜是用来刷牙的。

"These are just souvenirs," Dr. Floss told us. "Don't brush your teeth with them. Remember, if you brush your teeth, you won't get cavities. And if you don't get cavities, you won't need me. And if you don't need me, I won't be able to buy a new car." "You're just joking about that, right?" asked Andrea. "You really want us to brush our teeth, don't you?"

“这些只是纪念品。” 弗洛斯告诉我们。“不要用牙刷刷牙。 记住，如果你刷牙，你就不会得蛀牙。 如果你没有蛀牙，你就不需要我了。 如果你不需要我，我就买不起新车了。” “你只是在开玩笑，对吧？”安德烈问。 “你真的想让我们刷牙，是吗？”

"That's for me to know and you to find out," Dr. Floss replied. "But wasn't National Dessert Day fun?" "Yes!" shouted all the girls. "No!" shouted all the boys. "There's just one more thing I need to do before you kids leave for the day," she told us. "What?" "Look in your mouth," she said. "I can't look in my mouth," I said. "It's part of my head." "No, I mean I need to look in your mouth," said Dr. Floss. Oh. That's different. Dr. Floss had us all line up. She gave each of us a little tablet to chew on. She said the tablets had vegetable dye in them so she would be able to see if we have a lot of plaque on our teeth.

“这是我知道的，你自己去发现。” 牙线答道。“但是国家甜点日不是很有趣吗？”“是的！”所有的女孩都喊道。 “不！”所有的男孩喊道。 “在你们这些孩子放假之前，我还有一件事要做，”她告诉我们。 “什么?”“看看你的嘴巴，”她说。 “我不能看我的嘴，”我说。 “这是我脑袋的一部分。”“不，我的意思是我需要看看你的嘴。” 牙线。哦。这是不同的。 弗洛斯医生让我们都排好队。 她给了我们每人一块小药片咀嚼。 她说，这些药片里含有植物色素，这样她就能看到我们的牙齿上是否有很多牙菌斑。

"I hope you kids have lots of plaque and some nice cavities," Dr. Floss said as she passed out the tablets. "If you do, I may ask you to come to my office after school today. Tell your moms and dads to bring their checkbooks and credit cards, because it's going to cost them a lot of money. New cars are expensive, you know." I chewed the tablet. It tasted kind of bitter. "I've never had a cavity," bragged Andrea, who has to be the best at everything all the time. Dr. Floss said Andrea could go first. "Open wide and say ah!" "Ahhh..." said Andrea. Dr. Floss took a little flashlight out of her

“我希望你们孩子们有很多牙菌斑和一些漂亮的蛀牙。” 弗洛斯一边发药片一边说。 “如果你愿意，我可以请你今天放学后到我的办公室来。 告诉你的父母带上他们的支票簿和信用卡，因为这会花掉他们很多钱。 你知道，新车很贵。” 我嚼了嚼药片。它尝起来有点苦。 “我从来没有长过蛀牙，”安德里亚吹嘘道，她在任何时候都必须做到最好。 弗洛斯医生说安德里亚可以先来。 “张开嘴说啊！”“啊……” 安德里亚说。弗洛斯医生从她手里拿了个小手电筒

pocket and looked around in Andrea's mouth with a stick that had a little mirror on the end. "You have a lovely mouth, Andrea," she said. "No cavities in here, darn it." "I knew it!" said Andrea. Dr. Floss gave her a lollipop. "If you eat enough lollipops," Dr. Floss told Andrea, "you'll get a mouth full of cavities." No fair! I wanted a lollipop. Next it was Ryan's turn. Dr. Floss looked in his mouth with the little mirror. "Ahhh..." "You have a beautiful smile, Ryan," she said, and gave him a lollipop too. "Thank you!" Ryan said. Next it was Neil's turn. Dr. Floss looked in his mouth. Then she took out her wallet and pulled out a dollar. "Here's a dollar," she told Neil as she

他拿着一根末端有一面小镜子的棍子，在安德里亚的嘴里四处张望。 “你的嘴很可爱，安德里亚，”她说。 “这里没有蛀牙，该死的。” “我早就知道！”安德烈说。博士。 弗洛斯给了她一根棒棒糖。 “如果你吃足够多的棒棒糖，”他说。 弗洛斯告诉安德里亚：“你会满嘴蛀牙的。” 不公平!我想要一个棒棒糖。 接下来轮到瑞恩了。博士。 弗洛斯用小镜子照照自己的嘴。 “啊……”“你的笑容真美，瑞恩，”她说着，也给了他一根棒棒糖。 “谢谢你!”瑞恩说。接下来轮到尼尔了。 弗洛斯医生看了看他的嘴巴。 然后她拿出钱包，掏出一美元。 “给你一美元，”她一边走一边告诉尼尔