5. The Greatest Song in the World

5 The Greatest Song in the World The next Thursday I got to school early, so I went around to the playground to look at the geese. And you'll never believe what I saw out there. More geese! There were eight of them. It was creepy. Where were all these geese coming from? Canada, I

接下来的星期四，我很早就到了学校，所以我到操场去看那些鹅。 你绝对不会相信我在那里看到了什么。 更多的鹅!他们有八个人。 这让人毛骨悚然。这些鹅是从哪里来的？ 加拿大,我

guess. The bell rang, and I went inside the school. That's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. All the grown-ups were wearing earmuffs! Mrs. Roopy, our librarian, was wearing earmuffs. Mr. Docker, our science teacher, was wearing earmuffs.

猜测。下课铃响了，我走进了学校。 就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 所有的大人都戴着耳罩！我们的图书管理员鲁比太太戴着耳套。 我们的科学老师多克先生戴着耳罩。

Mrs. Cooney, our nurse, was wearing earmuffs. "Why are you wearing earmuffs?" I asked Mrs. Cooney. "Uh, I'm chilly," she replied. When I got to class, an announcement came over the loudspeaker: "THIRD GRADERS CAN PICK UP THEIR INSTRUMENTS TODAY IN THE BAND ROOM. AND TEACHERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE NOISE-CANCELING HEADPHONES CAN GET THEM IN THE FRONT OFFICE." After we pledged the allegiance, we went to room 303. Our instruments were lined up waiting for us. Ryan got his French horn. Michael got his trumpet. Andrea got her clarinet. Emily

我们的护士库尼太太戴着耳罩。 “你为什么戴着耳罩？”我问库尼太太。 “呃，我有点冷，”她回答。 当我到教室时，扩音器里传来通告：“三年级的学生今天可以在乐队室拿起他们的乐器了。 想要购买降噪耳机的老师可以在前台购买。” 宣誓效忠后，我们去了303房间。 我们的仪器都排好了队等着我们。 瑞恩拿到了他的圆号。迈克尔拿到了他的小号。 安德里亚拿到了她的单簧管。艾米丽

got her flute. Alexia got her trombone. Neil got his drum. I got my tuba. It was cool.* "Are we going to learn more about reading music today?" asked Andrea. "No," said Mrs. Bacon. "I think reading music is a little bit advanced for some students. Our first recital is in three weeks. So I've decided to teach you how to play by ear." WHAT?! How was I supposed to play a tuba with my ears? "Can't I use my mouth instead?" I asked.

拿到了她的笛子。亚历克西娅拿到了她的长号。 尼尔拿了他的鼓。我有大号。 很酷。“今天我们要学习更多关于读谱的知识吗？”Andrea问。 “不，”培根太太说。“我认为读音乐对一些学生来说有点高级。 我们的第一次独奏会是在三周后。 所以我决定教你如何凭耳朵演奏。” 什么? !我怎么能用耳朵吹大号呢？ “我不能用嘴代替吗？”我问。

Everybody laughed even though I didn't say anything funny. Mrs. Bacon told us to take the mouthpiece off our instrument so we could learn how to blow into it the right way. She showed each of us how to do it. "Now blow," she said. We blew into our mouthpieces. It was an awful sound. "Cheeks and leaks make squeaks," said Mrs. Bacon. "Try again." It was still pretty horrible, but a little better. We did it a few more times. After we started getting the hang of it, Mrs. Bacon said it was time to try our first song. We put the mouthpieces back on our instruments. "This is one of my favorites," Mrs. Bacon said, getting some paper out of

大家都笑了，尽管我没说什么好笑的话。 培根夫人告诉我们把吹嘴从乐器上拿下来，这样我们就可以学习如何正确地吹气。 她教我们每个人怎么做。 “现在吹吧，”她说。我们对着吹嘴吹气。 这是一个可怕的声音。“脸颊和缝隙会发出吱吱声，”培根夫人说。 “再试一次。”还是很可怕，但已经好一点了。 我们又做了几次。 在我们开始掌握窍门之后，培根夫人说是时候尝试我们的第一首歌了。 我们把吹嘴放回乐器上。 “这是我最喜欢的书之一，”培根夫人一边说，一边从纸盒里拿出一些纸

her desk. "It's called 'Hot Cross Buns.' I'm going to pass out—" "She's gonna pass out!" shouted Ryan. "Call an ambulance!" I shouted. "I'm going to pass out a piece of paper to each of you," said Mrs. Bacon. Oh. The paper had the words to "Hot Cross Buns" on it. It goes like this... Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns! What a ridorkulous song. Why would anybody make a song about buns? And you're not going to make much money if you sell buns for a

她的书桌上。“这道菜叫‘热十字面包’。我要晕过去了——”“她要晕过去了！”瑞恩喊道。 “叫救护车！”我叫道。 “我要给你们每人发一张纸，”培根夫人说。 哦。报纸上写着“热十字面包”。 它是这样的……热十字面包！热十字面包！一个一分钱，两个一分钱，热十字面包！多么可笑的一首歌。 为什么会有人写关于面包的歌？ 如果你卖面包赚不到多少钱