2. Practice Makes You Worse

2 Practice Makes... You Worse The next day, Mr. Cooper came running into the class, all excited. Mr. Cooper thinks he's a superhero, and he wears a cape. What's up with that? "We have five days to get ready for the F.A.R.T.," he announced. "We're not going to let Dr. Carbles shut down Ella

熟能生巧第二天，库珀先生兴奋地跑进教室。 库珀先生以为自己是超级英雄，还披着斗篷。 这是怎么回事？他宣布：“我们有五天时间为联邦紧急援助计划做准备。” “我们不会让布朗博士(Dr。 Carbles关闭了Ella

Mentry School, are we, kids?" "No!" shouted all the girls. "Yes!" shouted all the boys. "We're gonna fight for our school!" said Mr. Cooper. "Isn't that right, kids?" "Yes!" shouted all the girls. "No!" shouted all the boys. There were some basic disagreements about education between the boys and the girls. "You kids are going to crush the F.A.R.T.!" yelled Mr. Cooper. "CRUSH... THE... F.A.R.T.!" Ryan chanted as he stood up. "CRUSH... THE... F.A.R.T.!" We all jumped up and started chanting "CRUSH THE F.A.R.T.!" Chanting is cool. You should chant stuff whenever you can. That's the first rule of being a kid.

是士官学校吧，孩子们？”“不！”所有的女孩喊道。 “是的！”所有的男孩都喊道。 “我们要为我们的学校而战！”库珀先生说。 “对不对，孩子们？”“是的！”所有的女孩都喊道。 “不！”所有的男孩喊道。 男孩和女孩在教育问题上有一些基本的分歧。 “你们这些孩子会打败联邦航空运输管理局的！”库珀喊道。 “粉碎………F.A.R.T. !”瑞安站了起来，嘴里念叨着。 “粉碎………F.A.R.T. !”我们都跳了起来，开始高喊“打倒F.A.R.T.!”诵经很酷。 只要有机会，你就应该唱圣歌。 这是当孩子的第一准则。

Mr. Cooper lowered his voice to a whisper, like he was going to tell us a big secret. "I'm going to tell you a big secret," he whispered. "Oooh, I love secrets!" said Alexia. "I went on the internet," said Mr. Cooper, "and I downloaded a practice F.A.R.T. This will help to prepare you for the real F.A.R.T." "I love practice tests!" said Andrea, who loves any kind of test, because it gives her the chance to show everybody how smart she is. "Me too," said Emily, of course.

库珀先生压低了声音，像是要告诉我们一个大秘密。 “我要告诉你一个大秘密，”他低声说。 “哦，我喜欢秘密！” “我上网，”库珀说，“下载了一份F.A.R.T.练习 这将帮助你为真正的F.A.R.T.做准备。” “我喜欢练习测试！”安德里亚说，她喜欢任何类型的测试，因为这给了她向大家展示她有多聪明的机会。 “我也是，”爱米丽当然说。

What is their problem? I hate all tests, real or practice.

他们的问题是什么？我讨厌所有的考试，无论是真题还是练习题。

Andrea waved her hand in the air like she was washing a big window with a sponge. "Yes, Andrea?" asked Mr. Cooper. "Is the F.A.R.T. a multiple-choice test?" she asked. Ugh. I hate multiple-choice tests. A multiple-choice test is a test that has more than one choice for the answers, so it has the perfect name. They give you the right answer. It's staring you in the face. But they also throw in a bunch of wrong answers so you don't know which answer is the right one. That's mean! It would be a lot easier if multiple-choice tests only gave you one choice.* "No, Andrea," said Mr. Cooper. "It's not multiple-choice. The F.A.R.T. is a fill-in-the-blanks test." Oh, good! Filling in blanks is a lot

安德里亚在空中挥舞着她的手，就像她在用海绵擦一扇大窗户一样。 “怎么了，安德里亚？”库珀先生问。 “F.A.R.T.是一个选择题测试吗？”她问。 啊。我讨厌多项选择题。 选择题考试是一种有多个选项的考试，所以它有一个完美的名字。 他们会给你正确的答案。 它就在你的脸上。 但他们也会抛出一堆错误的答案，所以你不知道哪个答案是正确的。 的意思!如果多项选择题只给你一个选择，那就容易多了。“不，安德里亚，”库珀先生说。 “这不是多项选择题。 F.A.R.T.是一个填空测试。” 哦,好!填空是很麻烦的

easier. You can write anything you want. Mr. Cooper told us to take out our number two pencils. We all started giggling because Mr. Cooper said "number two." Anytime a grown-up says "number two," you should giggle. Because we all know what number two means, and it has nothing to do with pencils. "I'm going to pass out—" Mr. Cooper said. "He's going to pass out!" shouted Ryan. "Call an ambulance!" shouted Michael. "I'm going to pass out the practice tests," said Mr. Cooper. "Oh," said Ryan and Michael. "This will be just like a real F.A.R.T.," Mr. Cooper explained as he

更容易。你想写什么就写什么。 库珀先生叫我们拿出二号铅笔。 我们都咯咯地笑起来，因为库珀先生说了“第二名”。 每当大人说“第二”的时候，你就应该傻笑。 因为我们都知道数字2是什么意思，它和铅笔没有任何关系。 “我要晕过去了——”库珀先生说。 “他要晕过去了！”瑞恩喊道。 “叫救护车！”迈克尔喊道。 “我要发练习题，”库珀先生说。 “哦，”瑞恩和迈克尔说。 “这就像一辆真正的F.A.R.T，”库珀一边解释，一边说