4. Every Good Burger Deserves Fries

4 Every Good Burger Deserves Fries We only meet with Mrs. Bacon once a week. The next Thursday, before going into school, I went out to the playground to see if the geese were still there. Not only were they still there, but now there were four of them. They were squawking and honking at each other. I

每个好汉堡都配得上薯条我们每周只和培根太太见一次面。 第二个星期四，在上学之前，我去操场看看鹅是否还在那里。 他们不仅还在那儿，而且现在是四个人了。 它们互相叫着，叫着。 我

guess this is their mating season. The bell rang, and I made it to Mr. Cooper's class just in time to pledge the allegiance. "Turn to page twenty-three in your math books," said Mr. Cooper. "Sorry," I told him. "We have to go to room 303." We all got up and went to room 303. "We get our instruments today!" Neil said when we got there. "I can't wait to get my drum." "I'm so excited!" Andrea said. "Me too!" said Emily, who's always excited when Andrea is excited. Mrs. Bacon was waiting for us at the door.* "Oh, you're not ready to play instruments yet," she told us. "Today, we're going to learn how to read

我猜这是它们的交配季节。 下课铃响了，我及时赶到库珀先生的教室，宣誓效忠。 “翻到数学课本的第二十三页，”库珀先生说。 “对不起，”我告诉他。“我们得去303房间。” 我们都起身去了303房间。 “我们今天拿到仪器了！”尼尔说，当我们到达那里。 “我等不及要拿我的鼓了。” “我太兴奋了！”安德里亚说。 “我也是！”艾米丽说，当安德里亚兴奋时，她总是很兴奋。 培根太太在门口等我们。“哦，你还没准备好演奏乐器，”她告诉我们。 “今天，我们要学习如何阅读

music." What?! I hate reading. Reading is boring. I don't even know why you're reading this book. "I already know how to read music," said Andrea, who loves letting everybody know that she knows stuff nobody else knows. "I've been playing violin for three years." "Don't you get tired?" I asked. Mrs. Bacon went to the board and drew five lines and a funny-looking squiggle. "Each line represents a different musical note," she told us. "E, G, B, D, and F. They're easy to remember. Just think of Every Good Burger Deserves Fries. Or Elvis's Guitar Broke Down Friday. Or Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips. Or..."

音乐”。什么? !我讨厌读书。 读书很无聊。我都不知道你为什么要看这本书。 “我已经知道怎么读谱了，”安德里亚说，她喜欢让大家知道她知道别人不知道的东西。 “我拉小提琴已经三年了。” “你不累吗？”我问。 培根太太走到黑板前，画了五条线，还画了一个滑稽的歪歪扭扭。 “每条线代表一个不同的音符，”她告诉我们。 “E， G， B， D, f。它们很容易记住。” 想想每个好汉堡都配得上薯条吧。 或者是埃尔维斯的《吉他坏了》 或者在爸爸翻之前倒垃圾。 或者……”

She went on like that for a while. "Each space represents a different note too," continued Mrs. Bacon. "F, A, C, and E. Just think of the word 'face.'" I didn't get it. One of the lines was the note F and one of the spaces was also the note F. How can there be two Fs? This was starting to get confusing.

她这样说了一会儿。 “每个空间也代表一个不同的音符，”培根夫人继续说。 “F， A， C, e。只要想想‘脸’这个词。’”我听不懂。 其中一行是音符F，其中一个空格也是音符F。 怎么会有两个f ？这开始让人困惑了。

Then Mrs. Bacon drew five more lines below the first five lines, and another funny-looking squiggle. "Let's move down to the bass clef," she said. "The lines here are G, B, D, F, and A. You can remember that by saying Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart, or Great Big Dogs Fight Animals. The spaces here are A, C, E, and G. You can remember that by saying All Cows Eat Grass." Huh? What's a clef? Playing video games is a lot easier than learning how to read music. "This is called a rest," Mrs. Bacon said, drawing a squiggly thing on the board. "It means you take a little rest between notes." "I'm not tired," I said. "What if I don't want to take a rest?"

然后，培根太太在前五行下面又画了五条线，又画了一个滑稽的歪歪扭扭。 “让我们转到低音谱号，”她说。 “这里的线是G、B、D、F和A。 你可以记住这句话：好的墨西哥卷饼不会散架，或者伟大的大狗会打架。 这里的空格是A， C， E和G。 你可以通过‘所有的牛都吃草’来记住这一点。” 嗯?谱号是什么？玩电子游戏比学习如何读音乐容易得多。 “这叫休息，”培根夫人说着，在黑板上画了一个弯弯曲曲的东西。 “这意味着你在音符之间休息一下。” “我不累，”我说。“如果我不想休息怎么办？”

Andrea rolled her eyes. "Let's talk about notes," said Mrs. Bacon, drawing on the board. "This is a half note. There are whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, and blah blah blah blah..." By this time, I was totally confused. I started pretending my pencil was a rocket ship flying across my desk. Any time you're bored at school, just pretend your pencil is a rocket ship. That's the first rule of being a kid. "I don't get it," I said. "Why would I want to play half a note? I say if you're going to play a note, you should play the whole note. My parents always tell me if you're going to do something, you should do it right." "This is going to be harder than I thought," mumbled Mrs. Bacon.

安德烈翻了个白眼。“我们来谈谈笔记吧，”培根太太边说边在黑板上画图。 “这是半音。有全音、半音、四分音符，等等等等……” 这时，我完全糊涂了。 我开始假装我的铅笔是一艘从我桌子上飞过的火箭飞船。 当你在学校感到无聊的时候，就假装你的铅笔是一艘火箭飞船。 这是当孩子的第一准则。 “我不明白，”我说。“我为什么要弹半个音符？” 我说如果你要演奏一个音符，你应该演奏整个音符。 我父母总是告诉我，如果你要做一件事，你应该把它做好。” “这比我想象的要难多了，”培根太太嘟囔着。