5. Smell-O-Vision

5 Smell-O-Vision Miss Banks laughed her head off after she tricked the whole class into walking around the woods, flapping our arms, and calling out "Sloof Lirpa" over and over again. She even shot a video of us on her cell phone. I bet she's going to show it to the teachers in the teachers' lounge. Miss Daisy, our second-grade teacher,

’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ 她甚至用手机拍了我们的视频。 我敢打赌她会在教师休息室给老师们看。 Daisy小姐，我们二年级的老师，

was weird. Mr. Granite and Mr. Cooper, our third-grade teachers, were weird too. But now that I'm older and wiser and in fourth grade, I'm beginning to think Miss Banks is the weirdest teacher of all of them. "Before we move on to math," she announced, "who wants gum?" "I do!" "I do!" "I do!" In case you were wondering, everybody said they wanted gum. To be honest, I'm not a big gum fan. Gum is okay, but it loses its flavor and tastes yucky after five minutes. Then you have to keep this tasteless ball of gunk in your mouth until you can find a garbage can. But I said "I do" anyway when Miss Banks offered us gum. Why? Because teachers never give us gum! They're always telling us to spit out our gum. "Do you have any Oreos?" I asked. "I'm

是奇怪的。我们三年级的老师格拉尼特先生和库珀先生也很奇怪。 但现在我长大了，聪明了，上了四年级，我开始觉得班克斯老师是所有老师中最奇怪的。 “在我们开始数学之前，”她宣布，“谁想要口香糖？”“我做的!”“我做的!”“我做的!”如果你想知道，每个人都说他们想要口香糖。 说实话，我不太喜欢口香糖。 口香糖还可以，但五分钟后就会失去味道，尝起来很恶心。 那你就得把这团无味的黏糊糊的东西含在嘴里直到你找到垃圾桶。 但班克斯小姐给我们口香糖的时候我还是说了“我愿意” 为什么?因为老师从不给我们口香糖！他们总是让我们把口香糖吐出来。 “你有奥利奥吗？”我问。 “我

not a big gum fan." "No," said Miss Banks. "I just have gum." She brought around a plate with a bunch of pieces of gum on it, and they were all different colors. I picked a green piece and popped it in my mouth. Yuck! It tasted awful. "This isn't gum!" shouted Ryan. "It's Play-Doh!"* "Ugh! Gross," I shouted. "It's terrible!" "Oops!" said Miss Banks. "My mistake! Aha-ha! Time is fun when you're having flies!" What did that mean? I can't believe I fell for another one of Miss Banks's pranks! I should have known better and refused to eat the gum. That's it. I promised myself that I would never ever eat anything else that Miss Banks offered me.

我不太喜欢口香糖。”“不，”班克斯小姐说。 “我只有口香糖。”她拿来一个盘子，上面放着一堆口香糖，它们的颜色各不相同。 我摘了一片绿色的，塞进嘴里。 讨厌的东西!味道很糟糕。“这不是口香糖！”瑞恩喊道。 “这是橡皮泥!”*”啊!恶心，”我喊道。 “这真是太可怕了!”“哎呀！”班克斯小姐说。 “我的错误!Aha-ha !当你有苍蝇的时候，时间是有趣的！”那是什么意思？ 真不敢相信我又被班克斯小姐的恶作剧骗了！我应该更明智，拒绝吃口香糖。 就是这样。我向自己保证，我再也不吃班克斯小姐给我的任何东西了。

"What are we going to learn in math this year?" asked Miss I-Want-to-Know-Everything. "Oh, we're going to learn about percentages and fractions and decimals and three-digit multiplication and blah blah blah blah..." Zzzzzzzzzzz. Oh, sorry. I dozed off there for a minute. It's hard to keep my eyes open when anyone is talking about math. "But today I have a special surprise for

“今年我们要学什么数学？”我想知道一切的老师问道。 “哦，我们要学习百分比、分数、小数、三位数乘法等等……” Zzzzzzzzzzz。哦,对不起。我在那儿打了一会儿盹。 当别人在谈论数学的时候，我很难保持睁开眼睛。 “但今天我有一个特别的惊喜

you," said Miss Banks. Uh-oh. I could only imagine what kind of surprise she was going to pull on us. I was expecting the worst. But Miss Banks opened a big box and pulled out a bunch of laptop computers. She handed one to each of us. "These are called Domebooks," she told us. "All fourth graders in the district get them." "Are they free?" asked Emily. "Yes," said Miss Banks. "Just take good care of your Domebook and give it back at the end of the school year." Cool! I always wanted my own laptop so I could play video games on school time. "These laptops are not for playing video games on school time," Miss Banks warned us. "We're going to use them for lots of subjects, including math. In fourth grade, you're going to learn about mixed numbers and blah blah blah blah..."

班克斯小姐说。哦。 我只能想象她会给我们带来什么样的惊喜。 我以为会有最坏的结果。 但是班克斯小姐打开一个大盒子，拿出一堆笔记本电脑。 她递给我们每人一个。 “这些书叫做Domebooks，”她告诉我们。 “这个学区所有的四年级学生都有。” “它们是免费的吗？”艾米丽问。 “是的，”班克斯小姐说。“好好保管你的课本，在学期末把它还给我。” 太酷了!我一直想拥有自己的笔记本电脑，这样我就可以在上学时间玩电子游戏了。 班克斯老师警告我们：“这些笔记本电脑不是用来在上课时间玩电子游戏的。” “我们将在很多科目中使用它们，包括数学。 四年级的时候，你们要学习带分数等等……”

She went on like that for a million hundred hours. I thought I was gonna die from old age. Finally, she told us how to turn on our Domebooks. "These are very advanced laptops," Miss Banks explained. "They have a built-in app that produces smells to go with certain numbers. Like when you press the number one key, the screen gives off a smell like an apple. And when you press the number two key, it smells like strawberry. It's called Smell-O-Vision, and it's going to help you learn math." I never heard of laptops giving off smells. But I guess it could be possible. They're doing amazing things with computers these days. "Go ahead," said Miss Banks. "Try it." We all started pressing the keys on our Domebooks to see what smells came out. "I think I smell it!" said Andrea. "It's... cinnamon!" "Me too!" said Emily, who smells

她这样说了无数个小时。 我以为我要老死了。 最后，她告诉我们如何打开我们的家庭书籍。 “这些都是非常先进的笔记本电脑，”班克斯小姐解释说。 “他们有一个内置的应用程序，可以根据特定的数字产生气味。 比如当你按下1号键时，屏幕会发出一股苹果的味道。 当你按下2号键时，它闻起来像草莓。 它被称为嗅觉视觉，它将帮助你学习数学。” 我从没听说过笔记本电脑会发出气味。 但我想这是有可能的。 现在人们用电脑做了很多了不起的事情。 “说吧，”班克斯小姐说。 “试试。”我们都开始按课本上的键，看看有什么气味出来。 “我想我闻到了！”安德烈说。 “这是……肉桂!”“我也是！”爱米丽说，她闻到了