1. Cheese Doesn’t Have Ears

1 Cheese Doesn't Have Ears My name is A.J. and I hate getting my picture taken. Why do we always have to say "cheese" when somebody takes our picture? What does cheese have to do with anything? I guess it might make sense if you

奶酪没有耳朵我叫A.J. 我讨厌拍照。 为什么别人给我们拍照时，我们总是要说“cheese” ？ 奶酪和这事有什么关系？ 我想如果你

were taking a picture of a piece of cheese. But why would anybody take a picture of cheese? And even if you were crazy enough to take pictures of cheese, why would you bother saying "cheese" out loud? The cheese can't hear you. Cheese doesn't have ears. Anyway, the guys and I had just finished lunch in the vomitorium, and we scraped off our plates. Our plan was to go out on the monkey bars during recess and play with our Striker Smith action figures. Striker Smith is a superhero from the future who fights crime. As I was taking Striker out of my backpack, I noticed a flyer taped to a table. It said...

我们正在给一块奶酪拍照。 但为什么会有人给奶酪拍照呢？ 即使你疯狂到可以给奶酪拍照，你为什么要费劲大声说“奶酪”呢？ 奶酪听不到你说话。 奶酪没有耳朵。总之，我和伙计们刚在体育馆吃完午饭，我们把盘子刮干净了。 我们的计划是在课间休息的时候去上猴架，玩我们的“射手史密斯”人偶。 射手史密斯是一个来自未来打击犯罪的超级英雄。 当我把斯特莱克从背包里拿出来时，我注意到一张桌子上贴着一张传单。 它说…

Become A Beaver Scout We all got excited. It said there was going to be a meeting in the vomitorium on Friday night. "I always wanted to be a Beaver Scout," said Neil, who we call the nude

成为海狸侦察员我们都很兴奋。 上面说星期五晚上要在体育馆开个会。 “我一直想成为一名海狸侦察员，”尼尔说，他被我们称为裸体者

kid even though he wears clothes. Beaver Scouts are cool. My friend Billy who lives around the corner is a Beaver Scout. He gets to wear a uniform and win cool badges and stuff. Billy's always going on camping trips, and he told me Beaver Scouts get to do cool stuff like shoot bows and arrows, make rockets, and blow stuff up. I'm not sure Beaver Scouts really get to blow stuff up. But I do know that they get to make campfires. Burning stuff up is almost as cool as blowing stuff up. And the best part about being a Beaver Scout—no girls are allowed! "I'm joining up," I said. "Me too," said Michael, who never ties his shoes. "Me three," said Ryan, who will eat

孩子，尽管他穿衣服。 海狸侦察兵很酷。我的朋友比利住在附近，他是海狸侦察兵。 他可以穿上制服，赢得很酷的徽章什么的。 比利总是去露营，他告诉我，海狸童子军可以做一些很酷的事情，比如射箭、造火箭、炸东西。 我不确定海狸侦察兵真的有机会炸东西。 但我知道他们可以生火。 烧东西几乎和炸东西一样酷。 当海狸童子军最棒的一点是——女生是不允许入内的！“我要加入，”我说。 “我也是，”迈克尔说，他从来不系鞋带。 “我三个，”瑞恩说，他会吃的

anything, even stuff that isn't food. But you'll never believe who walked by the table at that moment. It was two girls from our class, annoying Andrea and crybaby Emily. "Shhhhh!" Ryan whispered as the girls approached. "Don't tell Andrea and Emily we're going to be Beaver Scouts! They'll be jealous." I sat on the edge of the table so Andrea and Emily wouldn't see the Beaver Scout announcement. We all started whistling to let the girls know we weren't hiding something. Because when you're whistling, you can't be hiding anything.* "Whatcha doing, Arlo?" asked Andrea, who calls me by my real name because she knows I don't like it. "Nothing," I said. "Hanging out.

任何东西，甚至不是食物的东西。 但你绝对不会相信那一刻谁从桌子旁边走过。 是我们班的两个女生，烦人的安德里亚和爱哭的艾米丽。 “嘘!”当女孩们走近时，瑞恩小声说。 “别告诉安德里亚和艾米丽我们要去当海狸童子军！”他们会嫉妒的。” 我坐在桌子边上，不让安德里亚和艾米丽看到海狸侦察兵的通告。 我们都开始吹口哨，让女孩们知道我们没有隐瞒什么。 因为当你吹口哨的时候，你不可能隐藏任何东西。“你在干什么，阿乐？”安德里亚问，她叫我的真名，因为她知道我不喜欢这样。 “没什么，”我说。“出去玩。