8. Good News and Bad News

8 Good News and Bad News When my mom picked me up after school, I gave her the business card and told her what Dr. Floss said. "This could be an emergency," my mom said as she hit the gas. "Let's go to her office right now!" This was the worst thing to happen since TV Turnoff Week! I wanted to go to

8一个好消息和一个坏消息当我妈妈来接我放学后,我给她的名片,告诉她什么。 牙线说。“这可能是紧急情况，”我妈妈边踩油门边说。 “我们现在就去她的办公室吧！”这是电视关闭周以来发生的最糟糕的事情！我想去

Antarctica and live with the penguins. I'll bet a million hundred dollars that penguins never have to go to the dentist. But I'm no dummy. I reached into the back seat of the car and put on my football helmet. "A.J., why are you wearing your football helmet?" Mom asked me. "The dentist won't be able to get into your mouth with that face guard in the way."

和企鹅住在一起。 我赌100万美元，企鹅永远不用去看牙医。 但我不是傻瓜。我把手伸进汽车后座，戴上了足球头盔。 “ aj，你为什么戴着橄榄球头盔”妈妈问我。 “有了那个护脸罩，牙医就无法进入你的口腔了。”

"Exactly," I said. It didn't take long to drive to Dr. Floss's office. Mom made me leave my football helmet in the car. That's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. When we walked into the waiting room, there was a bowl of candy on the table. And a bunch of cool toys. And a video game

“没错，”我说。没过多久我就开车去了。 牙线的办公室。妈妈让我把橄榄球头盔留在车里。 就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 当我们走进候诊室时，桌上有一碗糖果。 还有一堆很酷的玩具。还有一个电子游戏

system hooked up to a big-screen TV! It was paradise. "This place is cool," I told my mom. "Can I live here?" Mom said I could play a video game while she talked with the receptionist. I told her to take all the time she needed. I was just about to press the START button when— "Dr. Floss will see you now, A.J.," said the receptionist. Bummer in the summer! "I'll be right here waiting for you," my mother told me. "Come in with me, Mom," I said. "I'm scared." "You're a big boy," she replied. "I'll be right here when you're done." The receptionist walked me down a long hallway. I felt like one of those prisoners being taken to jail. Finally we got to a little room. Dr. Floss was in there.

系统连接到一个大屏幕电视！那是天堂。 “这地方真酷，”我对妈妈说。 “我能住在这里吗？”妈妈说她和接待员谈话的时候我可以玩电子游戏。 我让她慢慢来。 我正要按下开始键，这时——” 弗洛斯现在要见你了，a.j.。”接待员说。 夏天的流浪者！“我就在这里等你，”妈妈告诉我。 “跟我进来，妈妈，”我说。 “我害怕。”“你是个大男孩了，”她回答。 “你做完的时候我就在这儿。” 接待员带我走过一条长长的走廊。 我感觉自己就像一个被关进监狱的囚犯。 最后我们到了一个小房间。 弗洛斯医生在里面。

"Hi A.J.!" she said cheerfully. "It's nice to see you again." I looked around the room. It was scary. There was a dentist chair with a big light hanging over it, and all kinds of dentist tools. Then I looked on the windowsill. There were a bunch of pliers lined up there. "AHHHHHHHH!" I shouted. "Is that what you use to pull out people's teeth?" "Oh no, that's my collection of antique pliers," Dr. Floss said. "Remember this morning I told you that I collect old tools?" Oh yeah. I looked around the office some more. In the corner, leaning against the wall, was a giant jackhammer. "AHHHHHHHH!" I shouted. I thought I was gonna die. "Is that what you use to drill people's teeth?"

“嗨，A.J.!”她高兴地说。 “很高兴再次见到你。” 我环顾了一下房间。太可怕了。 那里有一把牙医椅，上面挂着一盏大灯，还有各种各样的牙医工具。 然后我看了看窗台。 有一堆钳子排在那里。 “AHHHHHHHH !”我叫道。“你就是用这个给人拔牙的吗？”“哦，不，那是我收藏的古董钳子。” 牙线说。“还记得今天早上我告诉你我收集旧工具吗？”噢,是的。 我在办公室里又看了看。 角落里，靠在墙上的是一把巨大的手提钻。 “AHHHHHHHH !”我叫道。我以为我要死了。 “你是用这个给人钻牙吗？”

"Of course not!" said Dr. Floss.

“当然不是！”弗洛斯博士说。