9. The Prank of the Century

9 The Prank of the Century We walked a million hundred miles to room 123. I couldn't wait to pull off the prank of the century. I was rubbing my hands together with excitement. That's what you do when you're excited. You rub your hands together. Nobody knows why. When we walked into the room, Miss Banks was waiting for us.

9世纪的恶作剧我们走了一百多万英里来到123房间。 我迫不及待地想搞个世纪大恶作剧。 我兴奋地搓着双手。 你兴奋的时候就会这么做。 你搓搓双手。 没人知道为什么。当我们走进房间时，班克斯小姐正在等我们。

"For homework tonight," she said, "please read the first five chapters in your social studies book, write an essay on what you did over summer vacation, and create a life-size animal out of items you have around the house." WHAT?! "Just kidding!" said Miss Banks. "There's no homework tonight. But starting tomorrow, we're going to work on multidigit multiplication, the parts of speech, and blah blah blah blah..." That fake homework assignment was just another one of Miss Banks's pranks, of course. Well, she had her little fun. But now it was my turn. It was time to begin my counterattack. While Miss Banks was talking, I put my hand in the air. "Do you have a question, A.J.?" she asked. "No," I told her. "I'm just pointing at the ceiling." A few kids giggled.

“今晚的家庭作业，”她说，“请阅读社会研究书的前五章，写一篇关于你暑假做了什么的文章，用你家里的东西做一个真人大小的动物。” 什么? !“开个玩笑！”班克斯小姐说。 “今晚没有家庭作业。 但是从明天开始，我们要学习多位数乘法，词性，等等……” 当然，那个假的家庭作业只是班克斯小姐的另一个恶作剧。 好吧，她有她的小乐趣。 但现在轮到我了。是时候开始反击了。 班克斯小姐说话的时候，我把手举了起来。 “你有问题吗，A.J.?”她问。 “不，”我告诉她。“我只是指着天花板。” 几个孩子咯咯地笑。

But that wasn't my genius prank. No, I was going to start off easy. I wanted to warm up before I unleashed my genius prank to end all pranks. "Very funny, A.J.," said Miss Banks. "As I was saying, starting tomorrow, we're going to work on adding and subtracting fractions and blah blah blah blah..." She passed out a handout. After I got mine, I put my hand up in the air again.

但那不是我的天才恶作剧。 不，我本来想轻松开始的。 我想先热身然后再施展我的天才恶作剧来结束所有的恶作剧。 “真有趣，a.j.，”班克斯小姐说。 “就像我说的，从明天开始，我们要学习分数的加减法，等等等等……” 她分发了一份讲义。拿到我的手后，我又把手举起来了。

"Yes, A.J.?" Miss Banks asked. "I don't get it," I said. "What don't you get, A.J.?" "I don't understand how they can take a tree and turn it into this thin sheet of paper," I said. A few kids giggled. Miss Banks stopped passing out her handout and looked at me for a moment. She seemed a little annoyed. Good. "Neither do I, A.J.," muttered Miss Banks. "Now back to our work for tomorrow. We're going to learn about the solar system, electricity, and blah blah blah blah..." I could see I was getting to her. I looked at the clock on the wall. It was four minutes before two o'clock. Perfect. It was time for me to move in for the kill. It was time to give Miss Banks a taste of her own medicine.* Here's the awesome prank I told the gang about during lunch: At exactly two

“是的,A.J. ?”班克斯小姐问。 “我不明白，”我说。“你不明白什么，A.J.?”“我不明白他们怎么能把一棵树变成这么薄的一张纸，”我说。 几个孩子咯咯地笑。班克斯小姐停止分发救济品，看了我一会儿。 她似乎有点恼火。 好。“我也不知道，a.j.，”班克斯小姐喃喃地说。 “现在回到我们明天的工作上来。 我们将学习太阳系、电学等等……” 我能看到我在接近她。 我看了看墙上的钟。 这时是两点差四分钟。 完美的。是时候让我出手杀敌了。 是时候以其人之道还治其人之身了。*这是我在午餐时告诉大家的一个很棒的恶作剧：两点整

o'clock, everybody in the class was going to drop our books on the floor. All at the same time. It would be hilarious. Even Andrea and Emily agreed to do it. This was going to be great! "Blah blah blah blah..." said Miss Banks. As she spoke, we were all peeking at the clock. It was three minutes before two o'clock. I piled my books up on top of my desk. "Blah blah blah blah..." said Miss Banks. It was two minutes before two o'clock. I looked over at Ryan, and he looked over at me. It was hard not to laugh, thinking about the great prank we were about to pull off. It was one minute before two o'clock. This was going to be awesome. We all watched the clock as the second hand moved closer to the twelve. Alexia gave me a quick thumbs-up, and I gave

一点钟，班上每个人都要把书扔在地板上。 都是同时发生的。那会很搞笑的。 就连安德里亚和艾米丽也同意了。 这将是伟大的！“废话，废话……” 班克斯小姐说。她说话的时候，我们都在看钟。 这时是两点差三分钟。 我把书堆在书桌上。 “废话，废话，废话……”班克斯小姐说。 现在是两点差两分钟。 我看了看瑞安，他也看了看我。 想到我们即将完成的伟大恶作剧，很难不笑出来。 这时是两点差一分钟。 这本来会很棒的。 当秒针接近十二点时，我们都注视着钟。 亚历克西娅给了我一个大拇指，我也给了

her one back. 10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... Tick, tick, tick. It was time! As the second hand reached the twelve, I swept my arm across my desk. My books went flying. Everybody's books went flying. BAM! All the books hit the floor. "AHHHHHHH!" Miss Banks swung around and screamed. The noise took her by surprise. I thought she was going to jump out of her skin. "Okay, I've had it with you kids!" she shouted. "That's the last straw!"

她的一个回来了。十……9……8… 7……6……5……4……嘀嗒，嘀嗒，嘀嗒。 是时候了！当第二只手伸到十二只手的时候，我用手臂在桌子上扫了一下。 我的书飞了起来。每个人的书都飞了起来。 砰!所有的书都掉在地板上。 “AHHHHHHH !”班克斯小姐转过身来尖叫起来。 那声音使她吃了一惊。 我以为她要跳出来了。 “好了，我受够你们这些孩子了！”她喊道。 “真是忍无可忍了！”