8. A Total Waste of Time

8 A Total Waste of Time Extracurricular Activity Week continued, and Mrs. Marge encouraged us to join the many clubs that small humans like myself can participate in at Ella Mentry School. I signed up for the Arm Wrestling Club because arm wrestling is cool. But Mrs. Marge told me that not enough kids signed up for the Arm Wrestling Club, so she put

课外活动周继续进行，玛姬太太鼓励我们加入艾拉门特瑞学校的许多俱乐部，像我这样的小人儿可以参加这些俱乐部。 我报名参加了扳手腕俱乐部，因为扳手腕很酷。 但马姬太太告诉我报名参加掰手腕俱乐部的孩子不够多，所以她把

me in the Ant Lovers Club instead. It is a club for students who love ants. I signed up for the Bowling Club because bowling is cool. But Mrs. Marge told me that not enough kids signed up for the Bowling Club, so she put me in the Upside Down Club instead. It is a club for students who like to hang upside down. I signed up for the Fishing Club because fishing is cool. But Mrs. Marge told me that not enough kids signed up for the Fishing Club, so she put me in the Free Hugs Club instead. It is a club for students who like to go around hugging complete strangers. That was weird.

让我去蚂蚁情侣俱乐部 这是一个热爱蚂蚁的学生的俱乐部。 我报名参加了保龄球俱乐部，因为保龄球很酷。 但是马姬太太告诉我报名参加保龄球俱乐部的孩子不够多，所以她把我安排到了倒立俱乐部。 这是一个为喜欢倒挂的学生准备的社团。 我报名参加了钓鱼俱乐部，因为钓鱼很酷。 但是马姬太太告诉我，报名参加钓鱼俱乐部的孩子不够多，所以她把我安排到了自由拥抱俱乐部。 这是一个为喜欢到处拥抱完全陌生的学生而设的俱乐部。 这很奇怪。

I signed up for the Archery Club because shooting arrows at a target is cool. But Mrs. Marge told me that not enough kids signed up for the Archery Club, so she put me in the Squirrel Watching Club instead. It is a club for students who like to go outside and act like they have never seen a squirrel before.

我报名参加了射箭俱乐部，因为朝靶子射箭很酷。 但是马姬太太告诉我报名射箭俱乐部的孩子不够多，所以她把我安排到了松鼠观赏俱乐部。 这是一个为那些喜欢出去玩，假装从未见过松鼠的学生开设的俱乐部。

I signed up for the Kayaking Club because kayaking is cool. But Mrs. Marge told me that not enough kids signed up for the Kayaking Club, so she put me in the Waffle Eating Club instead. It is a club where you sit around eating waffles. Eating the first waffle was fun, but after two or three waffles, I didn't want to see another waffle for the rest of my life. I signed up for the Kids Who Hate Clubs Club because I decided that I hate clubs. But Mrs. Marge told me that not enough kids signed up for the Kids Who Hate Clubs Club, so she put me in the Open a Jar Club

我报名参加了皮划艇俱乐部，因为皮划艇很酷。 但是马姬太太告诉我，报名参加皮划艇俱乐部的孩子不够多，所以她把我安排到了吃华夫饼俱乐部。 这是一个你坐在那里吃华夫饼的俱乐部。 吃第一块华夫饼很有趣，但吃了两三块华夫饼后，我就再也不想吃华夫饼了。 我报名参加了讨厌俱乐部的孩子俱乐部因为我觉得我讨厌俱乐部。 但是马姬太太告诉我，没有足够多的孩子报名参加“讨厌俱乐部的孩子”俱乐部，所以她把我安排进了“开罐子俱乐部”

instead. It's a club for people who need help unscrewing the lids off jars.* None of these silly clubs were any fun at all. I felt that they were a total waste of time, and they were only put in this book because it was 102 pages long and it needs to be 104 pages long.

代替。这是为需要帮助的人开瓶盖的俱乐部。*这些愚蠢的俱乐部一点也不好玩。 我觉得它们完全是浪费时间，它们之所以被放在这本书里，是因为它有102页长，而这本书需要104页长。