2. Say Cheese!

2 Say Cheese! We had to wait a million hundred days for the Beaver Scout meeting. But it was okay, because the flyer said we needed to wear the official Beaver Scout uniform. So my parents and I went on the official Beaver Scout website to buy an official Beaver Scout uniform.

说Cheese！我们得等上一百天才能见到海狸侦察兵。 不过没关系，因为传单上说我们需要穿海狸童子军的官方制服。 所以我的父母和我去海狸童子军的官方网站上买了一套海狸童子军的官方制服。

On the website, they sell all kinds of stuff Beaver Scouts need—official Beaver Scout sleeping bags, official Beaver Scout tents, official Beaver Scout bug spray, and even official Beaver Scout toiletries.* Finally, we found the page with the uniform. It's cool. It's brown, with a Beaver Scout patches and stripes on the sleeves. It comes with a cap that has a B on it and an official Beaver Scout neckerchief. A neckerchief is a lot like a handkerchief, except you wear it around your neck and you don't blow your nose into it. My parents ordered all that stuff. It cost them a million dollars. Plus shipping. I guess that means a ship delivers the stuff to your house. No wonder it costs so much money.

在网站上，他们出售各种海狸童子军需要的东西——官方的海狸童子军睡袋、官方的海狸童子军帐篷、官方的海狸童子军防虫喷雾，甚至还有官方的海狸童子军洗漱用品。最后，我们找到了穿制服的那一页。 天气凉爽。它是棕色的，袖子上有海狸侦察兵的补丁和条纹。 它配有一顶有字母B的帽子和一条官方的海狸侦察兵围巾。 围巾和手帕很像，只不过你把它戴在脖子上，而且你不用对着它擤鼻子。 这些东西都是我父母订的。 这花了他们一百万美元。 加上航运。我猜这意味着一艘船会把东西送到你家。 难怪要花这么多钱。

We were afraid the Beaver Scout uniform wouldn't arrive in time for the first meeting. But that morning, we got a package in the mail. The regular mailman brought it. There was no ship. I ran upstairs to try on my uniform. It looked cool. I came downstairs and made a grand entrance for my parents and my sister, Amy. "You look soooo handsome, A.J.," my mom said. She was getting a little choked up as she took pictures of me in my Beaver Scout uniform. "What a dweeb," commented my sister. We drove to school. When I got out of the car, I saw Ryan, Michael, and Neil in their Beaver Scout uniforms. Ryan's mom is really emotional, and she was wiping tears from her eyes. "You

我们担心海狸童子军的制服不能在第一次会议上及时到达。 但那天早上，我们收到了一个包裹。 是邮递员送来的。 没有船。我跑上楼去试制服。 看起来很酷。我下楼，隆重地迎接父母和妹妹艾米。 “你看起来太帅了，aj，”我妈妈说。 她在拍我穿着海狸童子军制服的照片时有点哽咽了。 “真是个笨蛋，”我姐姐评论道。 我们开车去学校。当我下车时，我看到瑞恩、迈克尔和尼尔穿着海狸童子军的制服。 瑞恩的妈妈很情绪化，她在擦眼泪。 “你

boys are getting so big," she blubbered. "Look at my baby Ryan. It seems like only yesterday that you were in diapers." "You were wearing diapers yesterday?" I asked Ryan. "We need to take pictures!" my mother said, pulling out her cell phone. "Yes!" agreed all the parents. Ugh. Parents love taking pictures. "Do we have to?" I asked.

男孩都长这么大了，”她哭着说。 “看看我的宝贝瑞恩。你还裹着尿布，好像就在昨天。” “你昨天还穿着尿布？”我问瑞恩。 “我们需要拍照！”妈妈说着，拿出她的手机。 “是的！”所有的家长都同意。 啊。父母喜欢拍照。 “我们必须这么做吗？”我问。

"Of course we have to," my mother said. "This is a milestone." With grown-ups, everything is a milestone. You could burp and my mother would act like you graduated from college. When grown-ups want to take pictures, there's no stopping them. "Say cheese!" my mom ordered,

“当然，我们必须这样做，”我母亲说。 “这是一个里程碑。”对成年人来说，一切都是里程碑。 你打个嗝我妈就会假装你是大学毕业的。 当大人们想拍照时，没有人能阻止他们。 “说cheese!”妈妈命令道，

pointing her phone at me. "Cheese," I grumbled. After that, she took a picture of my dad and me together. Then she took a picture of me and my sister. Then she took a picture of me and my dad and my sister. Then she took a picture of my dad and my sister. Then she asked my dad to take a picture of me and her. Then she asked me to take a picture of her and Dad. Then she asked me to take a picture of her and my sister. Then she asked Ryan's dad to take a picture of our whole family. I thought I was gonna die of old age. When grown-ups take a picture, they have to get a shot of every possible combination of people. That's the first rule of being a grown-up. Finally, we finished the picture

用手机指着我。“奶酪，”我抱怨道。 在那之后，她给我和爸爸拍了一张合影。 然后她给我和我妹妹拍了一张照片。 然后她给我、我爸爸和我妹妹拍了一张照片。 然后她给我爸爸和我妹妹拍了一张照片。 然后她让我爸爸给我和她拍张照片。 然后她让我给她和爸爸拍张照片。 然后她让我给她和我妹妹拍张照片。 然后她让瑞恩的爸爸给我们全家拍了一张照片。 我以为我要老死了。 当成年人拍照时，他们必须拍下每一个可能的人物组合。 这是成年人的第一准则。 最后，我们完成了这幅画