7. Antisocial Studies

7 Antisocial Studies We were all really mad that Miss Banks gave us toothpaste-filled Oreos. Nobody took another bite. Well, nobody except Ryan, of course. He'll eat anything. "Miss Banks," said Little Miss Perfect, "what are we going to learn in social studies this year?" "Oh, we're going to learn about the

班克斯老师给我们装了牙膏的奥利奥时，我们都很生气。 没有人再咬一口。当然，除了瑞恩没人知道。 他什么都吃。“班克斯小姐，”完美小姐说，“今年我们要学什么社会研究？”“哦，我们要学习

thirteen colonies and Lewis and Clark and geography and the Revolutionary War and the Bill of Rights* and the three branches of government and blah blah blah blah..." Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... Oh, sorry. I dozed off again. Brrrrrriiiiinnnnnnggggg! It was the lunch bell. That woke me up. Our lunch bell makes a sound like the word "bring." Nobody knows why. Everybody started lining up to go to the vomitorium. "A.J.," said Miss Banks, "before you go to lunch, may I speak with you for a moment?" "OOOOOOH!" everybody oooooohed. "A.J.'s in trouble!" When everybody had left the room, Miss Banks came over to my desk. "I just wanted you to know," she told me, "that I'm not picking on you. I like to pull pranks on all of my students. It's what I do."

十三个殖民地、刘易斯和克拉克、地理、独立战争、人权法案、政府的三个部门等等……” Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…… 哦,对不起。我又睡着了。 Brrrrrriiiiinnnnnnggggg !午餐铃响了。 这把我吵醒了。我们的午餐铃发出“带来”的声音。 没人知道为什么。每个人都开始排队去体育馆。 “a.j.，”班克斯小姐说，“在你去吃午饭之前，我能和你说几句话吗？”“哦哦！”每个人都发出了哦哦哦的声音。 “A.J.她有麻烦了！”当大家都离开房间后，班克斯小姐走到我的桌前。 “我只是想让你知道，”她对我说，“我不是在捉弄你。 我喜欢对我所有的学生恶作剧。 这就是我的工作。”

"That's okay," I told her. "I can handle it." "Great!" she said as she went over to the sink and filled two glasses with water. "I bet you can't balance a glass of water on both hands at the same time." Hey, nobody tells me what I can or can't do. "I bet I can," I told her. "Here," Miss Banks said, "put your hands on your desk, palms down." I put my hands on my desk. Miss Banks carefully put one of the glasses of water on my left hand. Then she put the other glass of water on my right hand. "See?" I said. "I can balance both of them at the same time." "I guess you're right," she said. "Very good, A.J. I'll see you later." And then she walked out of the room. "But—" I looked around. I was all by myself in the classroom. I had two glasses of water

“没关系，”我告诉她。 “我能应付。”“太好了！”她边说边走到水池边，往两只杯子里倒满了水。 “我敢打赌，你不可能双手同时拿稳一杯水。” 没人告诉我该做什么不该做什么。 “我打赌我能，”我告诉她。 “来，”班克斯小姐说，“把手放在桌子上，掌心朝下。” 我把手放在桌子上。 班克斯小姐小心地把一杯水放在我的左手上。 然后她把另一杯水放在我的右手上。 “看到了吗?”我说。“我可以同时平衡两者。” “我想你是对的，”她说。 “很好，a。j。待会儿见。” 然后她走出了房间。 “可是——”我环顾四周。我一个人在教室里。 我喝了两杯水

on my hands. If I moved either of my hands even a little bit, the glasses would fall off and water would spill all over my desk and stuff! There was nothing I could do! "Miss Banks!" I shouted. But she was gone. She had pranked me!

在我手上。只要我的任何一只手稍微动一下，杯子就会掉下来，水就会溅得到处都是。我什么也做不了！“银行小姐!”我叫道。 但她已经走了。她捉弄了我！

Again! "Help!" I shouted. "Somebody! Help!" I was standing there with the glasses of water on my hands for like a million hundred hours! It looked like I was going to be there for the rest of my life! To make things worse, I suddenly realized that I had to go to the bathroom. I didn't know what to do! And you'll never believe who walked into the door at that moment. Nobody! Why would you walk into a door? You could break your nose! I thought we went over this in Chapter Five. But you'll never believe who walked into the doorway. It was Mrs. Stoker, our principal! "A.J.," she said. "Why aren't you at lunch with the rest of your class?" "Miss Banks pranked me!" I said. "She bet I couldn't balance these glasses of water on my hands. Then she left me like this. And now I have to go to the

再一次!“救命!”我叫道。“有人!救命!”我站在那里，手里端着一杯水，足足站了一百万个小时！看起来我要在那里度过余生了！更糟糕的是，我突然意识到我必须去洗手间。 我不知道该怎么办！你绝对不会相信那一刻谁走进来了。 没有人!你为什么要撞门？ 你可能会打断你的鼻子！我想我们在第五章已经讲过了。 但你绝对不会相信谁走进了门口。 是斯托克夫人，我们的校长！“a.j.，”她说。 “你怎么没和其他同学一起吃午饭？”“班克斯小姐捉弄了我！”我说。 她打赌说我拿不稳这两杯水。 然后她就这样离开了我。 现在我得去

bathroom!" I was trying not to cry. "Calm down, A.J.," Mrs. Stoker said as she picked up the glasses. "You can go to the bathroom and then meet your class in the lunchroom." I walked a million hundred miles to the bathroom. After I did my business, I washed my hands and went over to the

浴室!”我试着不哭出来。 “冷静点，a.j.，”斯托克太太一边拿起眼镜一边说。 “你可以先去洗手间，然后在餐厅和同学见面。” 我走了一百多公里才到洗手间。 做完我的事，我洗完手，走到