2. The Petting Zoo

2 The Petting Zoo After a few minutes of staring at the geese, we went back to class. "Turn to page twenty-three in your math books," said Mr. Cooper. That's when an announcement came over the loudspeaker: "MR. COOPER'S CLASS, PLEASE

我们盯着鹅看了几分钟后，就回去上课了。 “翻到数学课本的第二十三页，”库珀先生说。 就在这时，扩音器里传来了广播：“MR。 请上库珀的课

REPORT TO ROOM 303." Yay! No math! Mr. Cooper slammed his math book closed. "Room 303?" asked Ryan. "What's room 303?" "I never heard of room 303," said Andrea, Little Miss Know-It-All. "Me neither," said Emily, who's only heard of stuff that Andrea has heard of. We lined up like Pringles and walked a million hundred miles to room 303. A sign over the door said BAND ROOM. Oh, yeah! The band room. That's where they keep musical instruments. We've never been in there. Only the upper grades get to play instruments. We looked around. The room was

到303室报到。”耶!没有数学!库珀先生猛地合上数学书。 “303房？”瑞恩问。“303房间是什么？”“我从来没听说过303号房间，”安德烈说，这位小万事通小姐。 “我也是，”艾米丽说，她只听说过安德里亚听说过的事情。 我们像品客薯片一样排队，走了一百多英里来到303房间。 门上的牌子上写着“乐队室”。 哦,耶!乐队室。那是他们放乐器的地方。 我们从来没进去过。 只有高年级的学生才能演奏乐器。 我们环顾四周。房间是

filled with drums and trumpets and saxophones and lots of other stuff you hit or blow into. And you'll never believe who walked into the door at that moment. Nobody! It would hurt if you walked into a door. But you'll never believe who walked into the doorway. It was our music teacher, Mr. Loring.* He teaches us how to sing weird songs like "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." Mr. Loring is boring. He handed out name tags for us to wear. "Are you the band teacher too?" asked Andrea. "No," said Mr. Loring. "I'm the band aide." We all giggled because Mr. Loring said he was a Band-Aid. "I'm here to introduce you to Mrs.

里面装满了鼓，小号，萨克斯管还有很多其他的东西。 你绝对不会相信那一刻谁走进来了。 没有人!如果你撞到门会疼的。 但你绝对不会相信谁走进了门口。 是我们的音乐老师，洛林先生。*他教我们怎么唱奇怪的歌，比如“划，划，划你的船”。 洛林先生很无聊。他发给我们名牌让我们佩戴。 “你也是乐队老师吗？”安德烈问。 “不，”洛林先生说。“我是乐队助理。” 我们都咯咯地笑，因为洛林先生说他是个创可贴。 “我来这里是要把你介绍给Mrs。

Bacon," said Mr. Loring. "Before she became the school band teacher, she was a conductor." "She drove trains?" I asked. "Not that kind of conductor, dumbhead!" said Andrea. 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! Why would anybody poke her head into a door? Didn't we just go over that a few paragraphs ago? But you'll never believe who poked her head into the doorway. It was Mrs. Bacon, of course. Who else could it be? Her name is right on the cover of the book! Mrs. Bacon was wearing an army

培根，”洛林说。“在成为学校乐队老师之前，她是一名指挥。” “她开火车？”我问。 “不是那种售票员，笨蛋！”安德烈说。 我本想对安德里亚说些刻薄的话，但我没有机会，因为你永远不会相信那一刻是谁把头伸进门里来的。 没有人!为什么会有人把她的头伸进门里？ 我们不是几段前就讲过了吗？ 但你绝对不会相信是谁从门口探出头来的。 当然是培根太太。 还能是谁呢？她的名字就在这本书的封面上！培根太太穿着军装

uniform and holding a chopstick in her hand. We all clapped, which is what you do whenever somebody gets introduced. "Why do you think Mrs. Bacon has a chopstick in her hand?" Michael whispered to me. "Maybe she's going out for Chinese food after this," I whispered back. "Thank you," said Mrs. Bacon. "I love music. I feel the passion of music in my soul. Playing music can heal the sick. It can end wars. Music can bring people together. It can change the world."

穿着制服，手里拿着一根筷子。 我们都鼓掌，每当有人被介绍时，大家都会这样做。 “你认为为什么培根夫人手里拿着筷子？”迈克尔低声对我说。 “也许在这之后她要出去吃中国菜，”我小声回答。 “谢谢你，”培根太太说。 “我喜欢音乐。我从灵魂深处感受到音乐的激情。 演奏音乐可以治愈病人。 它可以结束战争。音乐可以使人们走到一起。 它可以改变世界。”

"Everybody loves music!" said Andrea. What a brownnoser. "That's right!" said Mrs. Bacon. "Music is the universal language." "Does that mean they have music on other planets of the universe?" I asked.

“每个人都喜欢音乐！”安德烈说。 真是个马屁精。“没错！”培根太太说。 “音乐是世界通用的语言。” “这是否意味着在宇宙的其他行星上也有音乐？”我问。