3. Glub, Glub

3 Glub, Glub Just about everybody in my class signed up for the Swimming Club. Of course! Swimming is fun, and we never get the chance to swim during school hours. So after school on Tuesday, we all went home to change into bathing suits.* Then our parents dropped us off at the local swim club.

我们班几乎每个人都报名参加了游泳俱乐部。 当然!游泳很有趣，在上课时间我们从来没有机会游泳。 所以周二放学后，我们都回家换泳衣。*然后父母把我们送到当地的游泳俱乐部。

When we got there, you'll never believe who was waiting for us in the parking lot. It was Mrs. Marge! "I didn't know you were in charge of the Swimming Club, Mrs. Marge," I said to her. "I'm not," she replied. "This is the Underwater Hockey Club." "The WHAT?!" "The Underwater Hockey Club," she repeated. "I thought this was the Swimming Club," said Emily. "Oh, there will be lots of swimming," said Mrs. Marge, "while you play hockey." I figured she had to be kidding this time. But Mrs. Marge wasn't smiling. She walked us over to the pool and gave each of us a hockey stick. I looked in the pool. Under the water at each end was a goal.

当我们到达那里时，你绝对不会相信谁在停车场等我们。 是玛姬太太！“我不知道你是游泳俱乐部的负责人，玛姬太太，”我对她说。 “我没有，”她回答。“这里是水下曲棍球俱乐部。” “什么? !”“水下曲棍球俱乐部。”她重复道。 “我以为这是游泳俱乐部，”艾米丽说。 “哦，在你们打曲棍球的时候，会有很多游泳活动，”玛姬太太说。 我想她这次一定是在开玩笑。 但玛姬太太没有笑。 她带我们走到泳池边，给了我们每人一根曲棍球棒。 我往游泳池里看了看。两端的水下各有一个球门。

"We're actually going to play hockey?" asked Michael. "Underwater?" "Yes!" said Mrs. Marge. "Why else would it be called the Underwater Hockey Club?" Mrs. Marge explained to us that a regular hockey game moves very fast, and

“我们真的要去打曲棍球吗？”迈克尔问。 “水下?”“是的！”玛姬太太说。 “不然为什么叫‘水下曲棍球俱乐部’呢？”马姬太太向我们解释说普通的冰球比赛进行得很快，而且

a lot of kids can't keep up. She also said that regular hockey can be dangerous because the players are always bumping into each other and falling down on the hard ice. Playing hockey underwater is much slower and safer, she told us. It made sense, I guess. Hockey is cool. Maybe underwater hockey would be cool too. "I'm scared," said Emily, who's scared of everything. "Don't worry, Emily," said Andrea, "I've got this. Last year, I took a class after school in underwater hockey." Of course. Andrea takes classes in everything after school. If they gave a class on how to stand on your head, Andrea would take that class so she could get better at it. "Let's see," said Mrs. Marge. "How can we divide you kids into two teams?" "Girls against boys!" shouted Andrea. "Yeah!" all the boys shouted.

很多孩子都跟不上。 她还说，普通的曲棍球可能很危险，因为球员们总是互相碰撞，摔倒在坚硬的冰上。 她告诉我们，在水下打冰球要慢得多，也安全得多。 我想这是有道理的。曲棍球很酷。 也许水下曲棍球也会很酷。 “我害怕，”爱米丽说，她什么都害怕。 “别担心，艾米丽，”安德里亚说，“我能行。 去年，我在放学后参加了一个水下曲棍球班。” 当然可以。安德里亚放学后要上各种课程。 如果他们开了一门关于如何倒立的课，安德里亚会去上这门课，这样她就能做得更好。 “让我想想。”玛姬太太说。 “我们怎么能把你们分成两队呢？”“女孩对男孩！”安德烈喊道。 “耶！”所有的男孩都喊道。

"Okay," said Mrs. Marge. "Two on two. Ryan and A.J. will be on one team. Andrea and Emily will be on the other team." "What about the rest of us?" complained Michael. "I want to play underwater hockey too." "You'll get your turn," said Mrs. Marge. "Be patient. Okay, the first four kids into the pool!" Me and Ryan and Andrea and Emily jumped into the pool. It was too deep to stand, so we had to tread water. "Are you coming in, Mrs. Marge?" asked Andrea. "No, I don't like to get wet," Mrs. Marge replied. "I'm going to drop the puck in the middle of the pool. The object of the game is to move the puck to the other end and score a goal on your opponents. Ready... Set..." Mrs. Marge blew her whistle and dropped the puck into the water. We all started yelling and screaming and hooting

“好吧。”玛姬太太说。“二对二。 瑞恩和aj会在一个队。 安德里亚和艾米丽将在另一组。” “我们其他人怎么办？”迈克尔抱怨道。 “我也想玩水下曲棍球。” “会轮到你的。”玛姬太太说。 “要有耐心。好了，前四个孩子先进泳池！”我和瑞恩，安德里亚和艾米丽跳进了游泳池。 水太深了，站不住，所以我们只好踩水。 “你进来吗，玛姬太太？”安德烈问。 “不，我不喜欢淋湿，”玛姬太太回答。 “我要把冰球扔到池子中央。 游戏的目的是把冰球移到另一端，并在对手身上得分。 准备好了…集……”玛姬太太吹了吹口哨，把冰球扔进了水里。 我们都开始大喊大叫

and hollering and freaking out. "Get it!" "I don't see it!" "Where is it?" "Hold your breath!" "Ow! You hit me with your stick!" "I did not!" "Help!" "Pass the puck!" "I can't! I lost my stick!" "I have water up my nose!" "I can't swim!" "I can't breathe!" "I'm drowning!" "Glub, glub!" glubbed Emily. People who are drowning always say "glub, glub." Nobody knows why. Underwater hockey turned out to be no fun at all. Bubbles were everywhere. I couldn't see. I thought I was gonna die. It was ridorkulous. I wanted to run away to Antarctica and go live with the penguins. Penguins don't have to play

大喊大叫，惊慌失措。 “得到它!”“我没看见！”“它在哪儿？”“屏住呼吸！”“噢!你用你的棍子打我！”“我没有！”“救命!”“把冰球传过来！”“我不能!我的手杖丢了！”“我鼻子里有水！”“我不会游泳！”“我不能呼吸了！”“我溺水了!”“咕咕，咕咕！”艾米丽咕咕地说。 溺水的人总是会说“咕咕，咕咕”。 没人知道为什么。水下曲棍球结果一点也不好玩。 泡沫无处不在。我看不见。 我以为我要死了。 这太荒谬了。我想逃到南极洲，和企鹅一起生活。 企鹅不需要玩耍