4. May the Force Be with You

4 May the Force Be with You It felt like a million hundred days until my birthday finally arrived. It was a sunny day, so that meant we could have the party in our backyard instead of inside the house. Yay! Outdoor birthday parties are way more fun than indoor birthday parties. That's

愿原力与你同在我的生日终于到来，感觉像是过了一百万个日子。 那是一个阳光明媚的日子，所以这意味着我们可以在后院而不是在房子里举行聚会。 耶!户外生日派对比室内生日派对有趣多了。 这是

the first rule of birthday parties. About nine o'clock in the morning, a truck came and dropped off three porta potties in our backyard. It didn't occur to me that if you're going to have a bunch of people over to your house, you're going to need more bathrooms. "Wow, I'm glad we hired Mr. Marty," said my mom. "He thinks of everything. That's why he's the number one party planner in the area." "I guess he's also the number two party planner in the area," my dad said. Then he started cracking up even though he didn't say anything funny. The porta potty said "MR. JOHN" on it. My parents told me that toilets used to be called "johns." Nobody knows why. I'm just glad my name isn't John, because then it would be like I was a

生日聚会的第一条规则。 早上9点左右，一辆卡车来了，在我们的后院放下了三个移动厕所。 我没有想到，如果你要邀请一群人来你家，你就需要更多的浴室。 “哇，我很高兴我们雇了马蒂先生，”我妈妈说。 “他考虑到一切。这就是为什么他是这个地区的头号派对策划人。” “我猜他也是这个地区第二大派对策划人，”我爸爸说。 然后他开始大笑起来，尽管他没有说什么好笑的话。 移动便盆上写着“约翰先生”。 我父母告诉我，厕所以前被称为“johns”。 没人知道为什么。我很高兴我的名字不是约翰，因为那样的话我就像是

toilet. Soon the doorbell rang. My mom went to answer it. And you'll never believe who poked his 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 his head into the doorway. It was Mr. Marty. He had the Mini-Marty sock puppet on his hand, of course. "Happy birthday, A.J!" said Mini-Marty. "You're going to have a fabulous party. Are you folks excited? This is going to be amazing! Darth Vader will be here any minute. The pizza should be here at noon. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

厕所。不久，门铃响了。 我妈妈去接电话。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。 是马蒂先生。当然，他手里拿着迷你马蒂布偶。 “生日快乐，aj !”迷你马蒂说。 “你会有一个很棒的派对。 你们兴奋吗？这将是惊人的！达斯·维德随时会到。 披萨应该中午就到。 废话，废话，废话，废话

blah..." He went on like that for a while. Mr. Marty gave my parents some papers to sign, and they gave him a credit card to pay for the party. While they were doing that, the doorbell rang again. "I'll get it!" I yelled. "It's probably Ryan, Michael, and Neil." But it wasn't my friends. You'll never believe who walked into the door at that moment. Nobody! Aren't you paying attention? We just discussed this a few sentences ago! But you'll never believe who walked into the doorway. It was Darth Vader! Yes! The real Darth Vader! Well, Darth Vader is just a character in the movies, so there's no real Darth Vader. But it was a guy in a real Darth

胡说……”他这样说了一会儿。 马蒂先生给了我父母一些要签字的文件，他们给了他一张信用卡来支付聚会的费用。 就在他们这么做的时候，门铃又响了。 “我去拿！”我喊道。“可能是瑞安、迈克尔和尼尔。” 但那不是我的朋友。你绝对不会相信那一刻谁走进来了。 没有人!你没注意听吗？ 我们几句前才讨论过这个！但你绝对不会相信谁走进了门口。 是达斯·维德！是的!真正的黑武士！嗯，达斯·维德只是电影中的一个角色，所以没有真正的达斯·维德。 但那是一个人在真实的地球上

Vader costume, and that's pretty cool. He was tall and scary looking, and he had his lightsaber with him. I couldn't believe the famous Darth Vader was standing right in front of me, staring me in the face. "Happy birthday," Darth Vader said in a plain old regular guy's voice. "Can I use your bathroom?"* Wow! Darth Vader wanted to use our bathroom. I was speechless.

维德的服装，那很酷。 他又高又吓人，还带着光剑。 我简直不敢相信著名的达斯·维德就站在我面前，盯着我的脸。 “生日快乐。”达斯·维德用一种普通的老男人的声音说。 “我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？”*哇!达斯·维德想用我们的浴室。 我无言以对。

"It's kind of an emergency," he added.

“情况有点紧急，”他补充说。