2. The Steve Club

2 The Steve Club Fun? Every time a grown-up tells me something is going to be fun, it's never fun. It's just a way for grown-ups to teach us more stuff. It's bad enough that we have to learn so much stuff in school. Then we have to learn even more stuff after school too. No fair! I'm onto their tricks, though. There was

史蒂夫俱乐部好玩吗？每次有大人跟我说什么事会很好玩，其实一点都不好玩。 这只是大人教我们更多东西的一种方式。 我们在学校要学那么多东西已经够糟糕的了。 然后放学后我们还要学更多的东西。 不公平!不过我知道他们的把戏。 有

no way these extracurricular activities were going to be fun. At dismissal on Monday, we had to Pringle up and march to the gym. Alexia was the line leader. Emily was the door holder. There was a big banner on the wall of the gym that said SIGN UP FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES! A skinny lady I had never seen before was standing behind a table. Mrs. Stoker introduced her. "This is Mrs. Marge," she told us. "She's in charge of the extracurricular activities program here at Ella Mentry School." "Welcome, Fourth Graders!" said Mrs. Marge. "Joining clubs will give you the

这些课外活动不可能很有趣。 星期一下课的时候，我们不得不收拾行装去健身房。 亚历克西娅是领队。 艾米丽是看门的。 体育馆的墙上挂着一条大横幅，上面写着：报名参加课外活动！一位我从未见过的瘦骨嶙峋的女士站在桌子后面。 斯托克太太把她介绍给大家。 “这是玛姬太太，”她告诉我们。 “她负责艾拉门特瑞学校的课外活动项目。” “欢迎，四年级学生！”玛姬太太说。 “参加俱乐部会给你

opportunity to explore your interests blah blah blah blah learn new things blah blah blah blah connect with others who have similar hobbies blah blah blah blah express your creativity blah blah blah blah get involved blah blah blah blah..." What a snoozefest! There were a bunch of clipboards on the table, and each one was for a different club we could join. I looked over the list of clubs—the Math Club, the Chess Club, the Computer Club, the Drama Club, the Book Club... Book club? Ugh. No way I was going to join that club! Books are boring. I don't even know why you're reading this one. All those clubs sounded boring to me. But that's when I saw a club that seemed really interesting—the Steve Club. "What's the Steve Club?" I asked Mrs. Marge. "It's a club for people named Steve," she replied. WHAT?!

有机会探索你的兴趣，等等，学习新事物，等等，等等，与有相似爱好的人联系，等等，等等，等等，表达你的创造力，等等，等等，等等……” 真是个懒虫！桌子上有一堆剪贴板，每个都是我们可以加入的不同俱乐部。 我浏览了一下俱乐部的名单——数学俱乐部、国际象棋俱乐部、计算机俱乐部、戏剧俱乐部、读书俱乐部…… 读书俱乐部?啊。我才不会加入那个俱乐部呢！书很无聊。 我都不知道你为什么要读这本书。 那些俱乐部对我来说都很无聊。 但就在那时，我看到了一个看起来非常有趣的俱乐部——史蒂夫俱乐部。 “什么是史蒂夫俱乐部？”我问玛姬太太。 “那是一个叫史蒂夫的人的俱乐部，”她回答。 什么? !

I figured she was just making a joke. A club for people named Steve?* I don't know anybody named Steve. I think there's only one kid in the whole school named Steve. I decided that it would be hilarious to join a club for people named Steve. So I picked up the pen that was attached to the clipboard. "What's your name?" asked Mrs. Marge. "A.J.," I replied. "Why do you want to be in the Steve Club, A.J.?" she asked. "I always liked the name Steve," I told her. "My parents almost named me Steve." "I see," said Mrs. Marge. "Well, Ella Mentry School is all about acceptance and inclusion. Ordinarily, the Steve Club is made up of kids named Steve. But it wouldn't be fair if we only let certain people join certain clubs. So we'll make an exception in your case. Congratulations, A.J. You are officially a member of the

我以为她只是在开玩笑。 叫史蒂夫的人的俱乐部？我不认识叫史蒂夫的人。 我想全校只有一个孩子叫史蒂夫。 我觉得加入一个叫史蒂夫的人的俱乐部会很有趣。 于是我拿起了夹在写字板上的笔。 “你叫什么名字？”玛姬太太问。 “a.j.，”我回答。“你为什么想加入史蒂夫俱乐部，A.J.?”她问。 “我一直很喜欢史蒂夫这个名字，”我告诉她。 “我父母差点给我取名史蒂夫。” “我明白了，”玛姬太太说。“嗯，艾拉门特瑞学校的宗旨就是接纳和包容。 通常，史蒂夫俱乐部都是由叫史蒂夫的孩子组成的。 但如果我们只让某些人加入某些俱乐部，那就不公平了。 所以我们对你的情况破例一次。 恭喜你，aj，你正式成为

Steve Club." "YAY!" I shouted, which is also "YAY" backward. I signed the clipboard. Ryan heard what was going on and walked over. "Hey, did you join a club?" he asked me. "Yeah," I said. "I just joined the Steve Club." "That sounds cool," said Ryan. "Can I

史蒂夫俱乐部。”“耶!”我喊道，这也是“耶”的反向。 我在剪贴板上签了名。瑞安听到了，走了过来。 “嘿，你参加俱乐部了吗？”他问我。 “是的，”我说。“我刚加入史蒂夫俱乐部。” “听起来很酷，”瑞恩说。 “我可以

join too?" "You have to ask Mrs. Marge," I told him. "She gave me special permission even though my name isn't Steve." Ryan looked up at Mrs. Marge. "I'd like to join the Steve Club," he said. "What's your name?" she asked him. "Ryan," said Ryan. "Is your middle name Steve?" "No." "Why do you want to join the Steve Club, Ryan?" asked Mrs. Marge. "I want to be in a club with A.J.," he replied. "Hmmm," said Mrs. Marge. "Our school doesn't discriminate against people just because they aren't named Steve. So, welcome to the Steve Club, Ryan." "YAY!" Ryan and I shouted. Michael and Neil came over to see what all the fuss was about. We told them that we signed up for the Steve Club. "No fair!" said Michael. "I want to be in

加入吗?”“你得问玛吉太太，”我告诉他。 “她给了我特别的许可，尽管我的名字不是史蒂夫。” 瑞安抬头看着玛姬太太。 “我想加入史蒂夫俱乐部，”他说。 “你叫什么名字？”她问他。 “瑞恩，”瑞恩说。“你的中间名是史蒂夫吗？”“没有。” “你为什么想加入史蒂夫俱乐部，瑞恩？”玛吉太太问。 “我想和aj在一个俱乐部里，”他回答。 “嗯，”玛姬太太说。“我们学校不会因为人们不叫史蒂夫就歧视他们。 所以，欢迎来到史蒂夫俱乐部，瑞恩。” “耶!”瑞安和我喊道。 迈克尔和尼尔过来看看这是怎么回事。 我们告诉他们我们报名参加了史蒂夫俱乐部。 “不公平！”迈克尔说。“我想加入