3. It’s a Tough World Out There

3 It's a Tough World Out There "Eeeeeeeek!" I screamed. "Girls! Who let you in here? Girls can't be Beaver Scouts!" "They can too!" Andrea replied. "Can not!" I said. We went back and forth like that for a while.

3 .外面的世界很艰难我尖叫起来。 “女孩!谁让你进来的？ 女孩子不能当海狸侦察兵！”“他们也可以！”安德里亚回答说。 “不能!”我说。我们这样来来回回聊了一会儿。

"They changed the rules, Arlo," Andrea said. "Boys and girls can be Beaver Scouts. This is the twenty-first century, you know." I knew perfectly well what century it was. What did that have to do with anything? I was going to say something mean to Andrea, but I didn't have the chance. Because you'll never believe who poked her head into the door at that moment. Nobody! Poking your head into a door would hurt. I thought we went over that in Chapter 2. But you'll never believe who poked her head into the doorway. "A ten... shun!" a lady shouted. I had no idea what that meant, but everybody else did, because they all stood up straight, the way soldiers do in

“他们改变了规则，阿乐，”安德里亚说。 “男孩和女孩都可以成为海狸童子军。 你知道，现在是21世纪了。” 我很清楚这是哪个世纪。 那有什么关系吗？ 我本想对安德里亚说些刻薄的话，但我没有机会。 因为你绝对不会相信那一刻是谁探出头来的。 没有人!把头伸进门里会很疼。 我想我们在第二章已经讲过了。 但你绝对不会相信是谁从门口探出头来的。 “一百一十……顺！”一位女士喊道。 我不知道那是什么意思，但其他人都知道，因为他们都站得笔直，就像士兵那样

the army. "I'm Miss Blake," the lady barked. "I'm your Beaver Scout leader." Miss Blake was wearing a Beaver Scout uniform like mine, but with a cooler shoulder patch. She looked mean. "Hello, Miss Blake," my dad said, sticking out his hand to shake. "We're so happy to—"

军队。“我是布莱克小姐，”那位女士叫道。 “我是你们的海狸侦察兵队长。” 布莱克小姐穿着海狸童子军的制服，和我的一样，只是肩部有一个更酷的补丁。 她看上去很刻薄。“你好，布莱克小姐，”爸爸说，伸出手和我握手。 “我们很高兴——”

But my dad didn't have the chance to finish his sentence. "All parents out of the room!" barked Miss Blake. "Can we just stand in the back and take a few pictures?" my mom asked. "No!" barked Miss Blake.* "Parents, get out!" The parents made a beeline for the door. That was weird, because I've never seen bees get in a line. They usually just fly around every which way. "Are we going to learn how to blow stuff up?" I asked after all the parents were gone. "No!" barked Miss Blake. "Line up for inspection, in size order!" We all pringled up. I had to stand in front of Andrea, who's the tallest kid in our class. Emily is the shortest. She

但我爸没机会把话说完。 “所有家长都离开房间！”布莱克小姐吼道。 “我们可以站在后面拍几张照片吗？”妈妈问。 “不！”布莱克小姐吼道。“父母，出去！”父母径直向门口走去。 真奇怪，因为我从没见过蜜蜂排成一队。 它们通常会到处飞。 “我们要学习怎么炸东西吗？”等所有家长都走了，我才问。 “不！”布莱克小姐吼道。“按尺寸顺序排队接受检查！”我们都打扮得漂漂亮亮。 我不得不站在安德莉亚面前，她是我们班最高的孩子。 艾米丽是最矮的。她

looked like she was going to cry, as usual. Miss Blake walked down the line, looking everybody over. "Disgraceful!" she barked at Emily. "Stop whimpering like a jellyfish!" "Filthy!" she barked at Michael. "Tie your shoes!" "Disgusting!" she barked at Neil. "Comb your hair!" "Slovenly!" she barked at Ryan. "Trim your fingernails!" "A mess!" she barked at Alexia. "Neatness counts!" Miss Blake was standing in front of me. She looked me up and down. I was shaking with fear. I thought I was gonna die. She stuck her face about two inches from mine. "I heard what you said when I came

看起来她像往常一样要哭了。 布莱克小姐走过队伍，打量着每个人。 “可耻！”她对爱米丽吼道。 “别像水母一样呜咽！”“肮脏！”她对迈克尔吼道。 “系好鞋带！”“恶心！”她对尼尔吼道。 “梳头！”“邋遢！”她对瑞恩吼道。 “修剪你的指甲！”“一团糟！”她对阿丽克西娅吼道。 “整洁数!”布莱克小姐站在我面前。 她上下打量了我一番。 我吓得浑身发抖。我以为我要死了。 她把脸贴在离我两英寸的地方。 “我来的时候听到了你说的话