6. The Joker Club

6 The Joker Club I love Batman. I saw all the Batman movies—Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman and Robin, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, and Batman v Superman. I even watched reruns of the old Batman TV series. I have a collection of Batman action figures and a Batman

我喜欢蝙蝠侠。 我看了所有的蝙蝠侠电影——《蝙蝠侠》、《蝙蝠侠归来》、《永远的蝙蝠侠》、《蝙蝠侠与罗宾》、《蝙蝠侠之谜》、《黑暗骑士》、《黑暗骑士崛起》和《蝙蝠侠大战超人》。 我甚至看了旧版《蝙蝠侠》电视剧的重播。 我收集了一些蝙蝠侠的人偶和一个蝙蝠侠

poster on my bedroom wall. I'm obsessed with Batman! One Halloween, I dressed up as the Joker. He's Batman's archenemy and my favorite bad guy. So when I found out that Mrs. Marge was starting the Joker Club, I was the first to sign up. Ryan was the second. Like me, he loves everything to do with Batman. The first meeting of the Joker Club was in the basement of the school. I thought that was perfect. The Joker is a really weird and creepy guy, so he would probably live in a basement. Ryan and I wandered around for a long time down there until we saw a sign on a door that said THE JOKER CLUB on it. Ryan pulled open the door. Mrs. Marge was in there, of course. "Welcome to the Joker Club," she told us. "The meeting will begin in a few minutes. Take a seat." Nobody else was in there. I guess Ryan and I were the only kids who signed up to

我卧室墙上的海报。 我痴迷于蝙蝠侠！有一年万圣节，我打扮成小丑。 他是蝙蝠侠的死敌，也是我最喜欢的坏人。 所以当我发现马姬太太要创办小丑俱乐部时，我是第一个报名的。 瑞恩是第二名。和我一样，他喜欢与蝙蝠侠有关的一切。 小丑俱乐部的第一次聚会是在学校的地下室举行的。 我觉得那很完美。 小丑是一个非常奇怪和令人毛骨悚然的家伙，所以他可能住在地下室。 瑞安和我在那里转了很长时间，直到我们看到一扇门上写着“小丑俱乐部”的牌子。 赖安拉开了门。 玛姬太太当然在里面。 “欢迎来到小丑俱乐部，”她告诉我们。 “会议几分钟后就要开始了。 请坐。”里面没有其他人。 我想只有我和瑞恩报名参加了

be in the Joker Club. "This is gonna be so cool!" said Ryan, rubbing his hands together as we sat down. "I love the Joker." "Me too," I said. Mrs. Marge put two milk cartons on each of our desks. "I don't want any milk," I told her. "Sorry, there's a two-drink minimum."*

加入小丑俱乐部。“这太酷了！”我们坐下时，瑞安搓着双手说。 “我喜欢小丑。”“我也是，”我说。 玛吉太太在我们每人的桌子上放了两个牛奶盒。 “我不要牛奶，”我告诉她。 “对不起，最少要喝两杯。”＊

I looked at Ryan, who shrugged. "That was weird," I said. Suddenly, the lights went off. It was completely dark. And then a white spotlight lit up the brick wall. "Heeeerrre's... the Joker!" announced Mrs. Marge. I was so excited. Mrs. Marge must have hired a guy dressed up like the Joker to kick off our first meeting. What a great idea! But you'll never believe who walked into the door at that moment. Nobody! Doors are made out of wood. Why would you walk into one? I thought we went over that in Chapter One. But you'll never believe who walked into the doorway. It was Mrs. Stoker! "Good afternoon!" she said. "I just flew in from the coast and boy are my arms tired! Say, did you hear about the cake store that hired a pig? Yeah, it was really good at bacon. Get it? Bacon? Bakin'? But

我看着瑞恩，他耸了耸肩。 “真奇怪，”我说。突然，灯灭了。 四周一片漆黑。然后一束白色的聚光灯照亮了砖墙。 “Heeeerrre……小丑！”玛姬太太宣布。 我太兴奋了。马姬太太一定是雇了一个打扮成小丑的人来开我们第一次见面的头。 好主意！但你绝对不会相信那一刻谁走进来了。 没有人!门是用木头做的。 你为什么要走进去？ 我想我们在第一章已经讲过了。 但你绝对不会相信谁走进了门口。 是斯托克太太！“下午好！”她说。 “我刚从海岸飞过来，我的胳膊累坏了！”嘿，你听说蛋糕店雇了一头猪的事了吗？ 是啊，它很擅长做培根。 明白了吗?熏肉吗?Bakin”?但

seriously, did you ever notice that crabs never give any money to charity? If you ask me, they are totally shellfish..." "Wait a minute," I interrupted. "This is the Joker Club. What are you doing here, Mrs. Stoker?" "Telling jokes, of course!" she replied.

说真的，你有没有注意到螃蟹从来不给慈善机构捐钱？ 要我说，它们完全是贝类……” “等一下，”我打断他。 “这是小丑俱乐部。你在这儿干什么，斯托克太太？”“当然是开玩笑了！”她回答。

"That's what the Joker Club is all about. You get to hear my new comedy routine." WHAT?! "But I thought we were going to learn all about Batman," said Ryan. "Why would you want to learn about Batman when you could listen to my jokes?" asked Mrs. Stoker. Ryan and I sat there while Mrs. Stoker told more jokes. "Did you know that bees are actually allergic to pollen?" she told us. "Yeah, it makes them break out in hives. It's really sad. Speaking of sad, I have to tell you about my friend Bob. The other day, he just evaporated. It's true! He will be mist. Get it? Missed? Mist?" Mrs. Stoker went on and on telling more of her terrible jokes, and we had to laugh at all of them. I thought I was gonna die.

“这就是小丑俱乐部的意义所在。 你可以听到我的新喜剧节目。” 什么? !“但我以为我们会了解蝙蝠侠的一切，”瑞恩说。 “既然你能听我讲笑话，为什么还要学习蝙蝠侠呢？”斯托克太太问。 瑞安和我坐在那里，斯托克太太讲了更多的笑话。 “你知道蜜蜂实际上对花粉过敏吗？”她告诉我们。 “是的，这会让它们长出荨麻疹。 这真的很可悲。说到悲伤，我得跟你说说我的朋友鲍勃。 有一天，他突然消失了。 这是真的!他将是雾。 明白了吗?错过了吗?雾?”斯托克太太不停地讲她那些可怕的笑话，我们都忍不住笑了。 我以为我要死了。