2. Funderama

2 Funderama We all followed Mrs. Stoker outside, where the school bus was waiting.* Our bus driver is Mrs. Kormel, who is not normal. "Bingle boo!" she said. That means "hello." Mrs. Kormel invented her own secret language. Nobody knows why.

我们都跟着斯托克太太出了门，校车正在那儿等着。*我们的公共汽车司机是Kormel夫人，她不正常。 “嘭！”她说。意思是“你好”。 科梅尔太太发明了她自己的秘密语言。 没人知道为什么。

She drove us a million hundred miles. Well, it seemed like that, anyway. Finally, the bus pulled up to a building with a big sign out front that said "NBN-TV'S Funderama." "Funderama!" we all shouted at the same time. Funderama is a TV show for kids. It's on every Saturday morning. The host is this guy named Uncle Fred. "I used to watch Uncle Fred on Funderama when I was little," I said. "So did I!" said Mrs. Kormel. Everybody watched Funderama when they were little. The show has been on TV for something like thirty years. I bet George Washington watched Funderama when he was a kid. "We've been invited to be part of the Funderama studio audience!" Mrs. Stoker said excitedly. "So we get to watch them film the TV show?" asked Ryan. "Live and in-person!" said Mrs. Stoker.

她开车带我们跑了上百万英里。 好吧，反正看起来是这样。 最后，公共汽车停在一座建筑物前，前面有一个大牌子，上面写着“NBN-TV’s Funderama”。 “方达玛！”我们异口同声地喊道。 Funderama是一个儿童电视节目。 它在每个星期六早上。 主持人是一个叫弗雷德叔叔的人。 “我小时候经常看《方达玛》里的弗雷德叔叔，”我说。 “我也是！”考梅尔太太说。 大家小时候都看《方达玛》 这个节目在电视上播放了大约30年。 我敢打赌乔治·华盛顿小时候一定看过《方得玛》 “我们被邀请成为Funderama工作室观众的一员！”斯托克太太兴奋地说。 “所以我们可以看他们拍电视剧？”瑞恩问。 “活生生的，面对面的！”斯托克太太说。

"I met Uncle Fred at Giggles Comedy Club the other night. He gave me free tickets for you kids." Everybody was excited. Well, everybody except me. I watched Funderama when I was in first grade. Now that we're in fourth grade, I'm too old for that silly stuff. Funderama was sure to be totally lame. "My mother used to watch a kids' show called Howdy Doody," Mrs. Kormel said as we got off the bus. Everybody laughed because Mrs. Kormel said "doody." It's okay to say "duty," but we're not supposed to say "doody." Nobody knows why. "Wait a minute," I said. "Somebody's name was Doody?" "Yes!" Mrs. Kormel replied. "He lived in a town called Doodyville." Everybody laughed again. "Howdy Doody" is probably part of the secret language she made up. Mrs. Kormel is definitely not normal.

“那天晚上我在咯咯笑喜剧俱乐部遇见了弗雷德叔叔。 他给了我免费票给你们这些孩子。” 每个人都很兴奋。嗯，除了我，所有人都喜欢。 我一年级的时候看过《方达玛》 现在我们都上四年级了，我已经长大了，不适合做这些蠢事了。 方达玛肯定很差劲。 “我妈妈过去常看一个叫《你好，杜迪》的儿童节目，”我们下车时，考梅尔太太说。 大家都笑了，因为考梅尔太太说了句“好极了”。 说“职责”是可以的，但我们不能说“便便” 没人知道为什么。“等一下，”我说。 “有人叫杜迪？”“是的!”科梅尔太太回答说。 “他住在一个叫杜迪维尔的小镇上。” 大家又笑了。“你好，杜迪”可能是她自创的秘密语言的一部分。 科梅尔夫人绝对不正常。

As we walked inside the NBN-TV studio, each of us was given a name tag. The set looked like somebody's living room, with a fire in the fireplace and everything. There was a big video screen on the wall that said UNCLE FRED'S PLAYHOUSE. There must have been fifty other kids there, sitting on bleachers.

当我们走进NBN-TV演播室时，我们每个人都拿到了一个名牌。 布景看起来就像某个人的客厅，壁炉里生着火，什么都有。 墙上有一块大屏幕，上面写着“弗雷德叔叔的剧场”。 那里肯定还有五十个孩子坐在露天看台上。

Hey, why do they call them bleachers? I guess they have to wash them with bleach after some little kids pee in their pants during Funderama. We had to sit boy-girl-boy-girl, so we wouldn't talk to anybody. I had to sit between annoying Andrea and crybaby Emily. The TV studio was filled with lights and video screens and big cameras and balloons. We waited a long time until some lady ran onto the stage. "Good morning, everybody!" she said excitedly. "I'm Mrs. Crump, the head of the NBN-TV network. Say, kids, what time is it?" "IT'S UNCLE FRED TIME!" we all screamed, because we've heard that a million hundred times. "Are you kids excited?" Mrs. Crump asked. "YEAH!" We all screamed our heads off again.

嘿，他们为什么叫露天看台？ 我猜他们得用漂白剂洗因为有小孩在Funderama期间尿裤子了。 我们必须坐成男女同坐的姿势，这样我们就不会和任何人说话。 我不得不坐在烦人的安德里亚和爱哭的艾米丽之间。 电视演播室里到处都是灯光、大屏幕、大摄像机和气球。 我们等了很长时间，直到有一位女士跑上了舞台。 “大家早上好！”她兴奋地说。 “我是特朗普夫人，nbn电视台的负责人。 喂，孩子们，现在几点了？”“是弗雷德叔叔！”我们都尖叫起来，因为这句话我们已经听过无数遍了。 “你们兴奋吗？”克朗普夫人问。 “是啊!”我们又尖叫起来。

"Are we gonna have fun?" "YEAH!" "I-CAN'T-HEAR-YOU!" Grown-ups are always saying they can't hear us. It's just sad. I guess that's what happens when you get old. "YEAH!" we screamed louder. "Are you ready?" "YEAH!" "Here's... Uncle Fred!" Some guy held up cue cards that said WAVE and GO CRAZY, so we all waved and went crazy. The Uncle Fred theme song started playing... It's Uncle Freddy time. He loves to sing and rhyme. He likes to dance and play. He'll dance the day away. He's like a little kid. He'll make you flip your lid. Forget about bedtime, it's Uncle Freddy time!

“我们会玩得开心吗？”“是啊!”“我听不见你说什么!”大人们总是说他们听不到我们说话。 这太可悲了。我想人老了就会这样吧。 “耶！”我们尖叫得更大声了。 “你准备好了吗？”“是啊!”“这是…… 弗雷德叔叔!”有人举着提示卡，上面写着挥手和疯狂，所以我们都挥手和疯狂。 弗雷德叔叔的主题曲开始播放了…… 弗雷迪叔叔的时间到了。他喜欢唱歌和押韵。 他喜欢跳舞和玩耍。 他会整天跳舞。他就像个小孩。 他会让你翻脸的。 别想着睡觉了，现在是弗莱迪叔叔的时间！