3. The Mystery of Mr. E

3 The Mystery of Mr. E We were in Mr. Cooper's class that afternoon, working on a boring writing exercise. "Pencils down," said Mr. Cooper. "It's time for fizz ed." Yay! Fizz ed is my favorite subject. We walked a million hundred miles to the gym.

那天下午，我们在库珀先生的课上做一项无聊的写作练习。 “放下铅笔，”库珀先生说。 “是时候喝fizz了。”耶!汽水是我最喜欢的科目。 我们走了百万里路去健身房。

"Do you think we'll have relay races today?" Neil asked as we walked down the hall. "Maybe we're going to climb the ropes," said Ryan. Our fizz ed teacher is Miss Small. One time, she fell out of a tree and broke her leg.* When we got to the gym, we saw the weirdest thing in the history of the world. There was a giant map that covered the whole floor! And the gym is big. "What's up with the map?" I asked Miss Small. "We have an exciting activity today," she replied. And you'll never believe who walked into the door at that moment. Nobody! It would hurt if you walked into a door. Didn't we go over that in chapter two?

“你认为我们今天会有接力赛吗？”我们走过大厅时，尼尔问道。 “也许我们要爬上绳子，”瑞恩说。 我们活泼的老师是斯莫尔小姐。 有一次，她从树上掉下来摔断了腿。*当我们到达体育馆时，我们看到了世界历史上最奇怪的事情。 一张巨大的地图铺满了整个地板！体育馆很大。 “这张地图是怎么回事？”我问斯莫尔小姐。 “我们今天有一个令人兴奋的活动，”她回答说。 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。 我们不是在第二章讲过吗？

But you'll never believe who walked into the doorway. It was Mrs. Barr! She had her globe and suitcase with her. "Do you mind if I open a window?" she asked. "Go right ahead," said Miss Small. "What's our activity?" asked Alexia. "We're going on a globetrotting adventure," said Mrs. Barr. "We're gonna play basketball?" I

但你绝对不会相信谁走进了门口。 是巴尔夫人！她带着地球仪和手提箱。 “你介意我打开窗户吗？”她问。 “说吧，”斯莫尔小姐说。 “我们在干什么？”亚历克西娅问。 “我们要进行一次环球旅行，”巴尔说。 “我们要打篮球？”我

asked. "Cool!" "Not that kind of globetrotting, dumbhead!" Andrea told me. I was going to say something mean to Andrea, but I didn't have the chance because Mrs. Barr and Miss Small led us over to a part of the giant map. We were standing on the United States. Mrs. Barr gathered everybody around her like a football team in a huddle. She lowered her voice as if she had a big secret. "There's something fishy going on," she whispered. Huh? Why is everybody always talking about fish? "An international jewel thief named Mr. E is on the run," Mrs. Barr whispered. "We've got to catch him." "How are we going to do that?" asked Emily. "He left a series of clues that will tell

问。“酷!”“不是那种环球旅行，笨蛋！”安德莉亚告诉我的。 我本想对安德里亚说些刻薄的话，但我没有机会，因为巴尔太太和斯莫尔小姐把我们带到了大地图的一部分。 我们站在美国。 巴尔夫人把所有人都聚集在她周围，就像一个足球队聚集在一起一样。 她压低了声音，好像有什么大秘密似的。 “有些可疑的事情发生了，”她低声说。 嗯?为什么每个人都在谈论鱼？ “一个叫E先生的国际珠宝大盗在逃，”巴尔低声说。 “我们必须抓住他。”“我们要怎么做呢？”艾米丽问。 “他留下了一系列线索

us where he is," whispered Mrs. Barr. "Look! There's the first clue!" She went over and picked up a piece of yellow paper that was taped to the floor. She unfolded it and showed it to us... I AM HIDING OUT NEAR A CLOCK CALLED BIG BEN. —Mr. E. "Big Ben is in London!" shouted Alexia. "That's right!" said Mrs. Barr. "Let's go to England!" "We'll have to swim across the Atlantic Ocean," said Miss Small. "Everybody get down and swim!" We all got down on the floor and pretended to swim across the ocean. It's hard to swim without water. Mrs. Barr told us we swam over three thousand

我们知道他在哪儿，”巴尔夫人低声说。 “看!这是第一个线索！”她走过去拿起粘在地板上的一张黄色的纸。 她把它打开给我们看。 我躲在一个叫大本钟的钟附近。 -E。“大本钟在伦敦！” “没错！”巴尔夫人说。 “我们去英国吧！”“我们得游过大西洋，”斯莫尔小姐说。 “大家都下来游泳！”我们都趴在地板上，假装游过海洋。 没有水很难游泳。 巴尔太太告诉我们我们游过了三千多米

miles. "Okay, we're in London, England," said Mrs. Barr. "And look! There's Big Ben." "And there's another clue!" shouted Ryan. Mrs. Barr picked up another piece of yellow paper. This is what it said... I AM HIDING OUT IN THE SMALLEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. —Mr. E "Rhode Island!" I shouted. "Mr. E is in Rhode Island!"

英里。“好吧，我们在英国伦敦，”巴尔夫人说。 “看!大本钟在那儿。” “还有一条线索！”瑞恩喊道。 巴尔太太又拿起一张黄色的纸。 上面是这样写的……我躲在世界上最小的国家里。 -“罗德岛！”我叫道。 “E先生在罗德岛！”