2. A Real Globetrotter

2 A Real Globetrotter I thought that was the end of our geography lesson. But it wasn't! The next day, we were in the middle of silent reading, and guess who walked through the door. Nobody! You can't walk through a door! Doors are made of wood. But our principal, Mr. Klutz, walked

我以为我们的地理课到此结束了。 但事实并非如此！第二天，我们正在默读，猜猜是谁走了进来。 没有人!你不能穿过一扇门！门是木头做的。 但是我们的校长，克鲁茨先生，走了

through the doorway. He has no hair at all. I mean none. He can probably wax his car and his head at the same time. "Mr. Cooper told me you kids are having trouble with geography," said Mr. Klutz. "So I said he could bring in someone to help you learn about it. Mrs. Barr, will you come in, please?" A lady came into the classroom. She had bracelets and necklaces dangling all over her, and she was wearing a dress that looked like a map of the world. In one hand she was holding a basketball, and the other hand was pulling a suitcase. "Hello!" she said cheerfully. "Bonjour! Hola! Guten Tag! Shalom!" She said some other words I never heard before. "All those words mean hello in other languages," said Mr. Cooper. "I met Mrs. Barr when I was in Spain. She's visiting our country, and she agreed to come talk to you."

穿过门口。他根本没有头发。 我是说没有。他可能会同时给他的车和头打蜡。 “库珀先生告诉我，你们这些孩子在地理方面有困难，”克鲁茨说。 所以我说他可以找个人来帮你了解一下。 巴尔太太，请进来好吗？”一位女士走进教室。 她浑身上下都挂着手镯和项链，穿着一件看起来像世界地图的裙子。 她一只手拿着篮球，另一只手拉着行李箱。 “你好！”她高兴地说。 “你好!你好!您好!您好!”她还说了一些我从没听过的话。 “所有这些词在其他语言中都是hello的意思，”库珀说。 “我是在西班牙认识巴尔夫人的。 她正在访问我们的国家，她同意来和你谈谈。”

"Do you mind if I open a window?" asked Mrs. Barr. "It's a little stuffy in here." "Go right ahead," said Mr. Cooper. "Mr. Cooper tells me you're a real globetrotter," Mr. Klutz said to Mrs. Barr. "Is that why you have a basketball?" I asked. "Not that kind of globetrotter,

“我开窗你介意吗？”巴尔太太问。 “这里有点闷。” “说吧，”库珀先生说。 “库珀先生告诉我，你是一个真正的环球旅行家，”克鲁茨对巴尔夫人说。 “所以你才有篮球吗？”我问。 “不是那种环游世界的人，

dumbhead!" whispered Andrea, rolling her eyes.* "Oh, this isn't a basketball," Mrs. Barr told me. "It's a globe. Yes, I've been all over the world. I've visited a hundred and ninety-five countries." "WOW," we all said, which is "MOM" upside down. "Mrs. Barr has generously offered to spend this week at our school," said Mr. Klutz. "And she isn't charging us a penny. She's doing this out of the goodness of her heart. Isn't that wonderful?" We gave her a round of applause. That's what you're supposed to do when people do nice things for free. "I just love geography," said Mrs. Barr. "I am at your disposal." "You're a garbage can?" I asked. "Arlo!" shouted Andrea. "That's not nice!"

笨蛋！”安德烈低声说，翻白眼。“哦，这不是篮球，”巴尔夫人告诉我。 “这是一个地球仪。是的，我去过世界各地。 我去过195个国家。” “哇，”我们都说，这是“妈妈”的上下颠倒。 “巴尔夫人慷慨地提出要在我们学校度过这一周，”克鲁茨先生说。 “而且她不收我们一分钱。 她这么做是出于好心。 这不是很奇妙吗？”我们给了她一阵掌声。 当别人免费为你做好事时你就该这么做。 “我就是喜欢地理，”巴尔说。 “我听候您的差遣。”“你是个垃圾桶？”我问。 “阿乐！”安德烈喊道。“这可不好！”

"Why do you have a suitcase?" Michael asked Mrs. Barr. "I never know when I might want to travel somewhere," she replied. "I like to be ready at all times. So I take it wherever I go." "Do you take it when you go to the bathroom?" I asked. "Yes!" she replied. "How about in the shower?" asked Ryan. "Do you take your suitcase in the shower with you?" "Well, no," she replied with a laugh. "I don't take it in the shower." It would be weird to take a shower with a suitcase. "Your necklaces are pretty!" said Andrea. "Thank you!" Andrea and Emily were oohing and aahing over Mrs. Barr's jewelry. "I got these necklaces on a trip to

“你为什么带着一个手提箱？”迈克尔问巴尔太太。 “我永远不知道什么时候我可能会想去某个地方旅行，”她回答说。 “我喜欢随时做好准备。 所以我走到哪里都带着它。” “你上厕所的时候吃吗？”我问。 “是的！”她回答。“洗澡怎么样？”瑞恩问。 “你洗澡的时候带着你的手提箱吗？”“哦，不，”她笑着回答。 “我不洗澡的时候喝。” 带着行李箱洗澡会很奇怪。 “你的项链真漂亮！”安德烈说。 “谢谢你!”安德里亚和艾米丽对巴尔夫人的珠宝啧啧称奇。 “我在一次旅行中得到了这些项链

China," she said. "China is amazing. And I got this bracelet when I was visiting India. India is amazing. And I got these earrings in Brazil. Brazil is amazing!" I still can't believe that people poke holes in their ears and stick stuff in them. I don't care what anybody says. That's just weird. "Isn't travel amazing?" asked Mrs. Barr. "Yes!" shouted all the girls. "No!" shouted all the boys. Mr. Cooper told us that Mrs. Barr speaks seven languages: English, Spanish, Turkish, Yiddish, Polish... "Can you speak gibberish?" I asked. "That's not a language, dumbhead!" said Andrea, rolling her eyes. I wish her eyes would roll right out of her head. "Have you ever been to Egypt?" asked Neil. "Oh yes!" Mrs. Barr replied. "I went

中国，”她说。“中国太神奇了。 这手镯是我去印度的时候买的。 印度太神奇了。这些耳环是我在巴西买的。 巴西太棒了！”我还是不敢相信人们会在耳朵上戳洞，然后往里面塞东西。 我不在乎别人怎么说。 这太奇怪了。“旅行不是很神奇吗？”巴尔夫人问。 “是的！”所有的女孩都喊道。 “不！”所有的男孩喊道。 库珀先生告诉我们巴尔夫人会说七种语言：英语、西班牙语、土耳其语、意第绪语、波兰语…… “你会说胡言乱语吗？”我问。 “那不是一种语言，笨蛋！”安德烈翻着白眼说。 我真希望她的眼珠子能滚出来。 “你去过埃及吗？”尼尔问。 “哦,是的!”巴尔夫人回答。 “我去