Chapter 12

Chapter 12 Breaking News breaking news (n) a news story that is unfolding at the moment that reporters are reporting it There was a mad scramble as all the kids in 4-O ran to their desks to look for boxes of candy hearts. Jessie's desk was very neat, so it took her no time to find hers. But other kids had to pull out crumpled papers and notebooks and pencil cases before they uncovered the familiar pink and red box with the little cellophane window. Everyone started rattling the boxes, and soon the room sounded like a maraca band in full swing. "Mine says CAPTAIN JACK," shouted Jack Bagdasarian, and he growled like a pirate to show that he deserved the name.

第12章突发新闻突发新闻记者正在报道的正在发生的新闻4年级的孩子们都争先恐后地跑到他们的办公桌前去找一盒盒心形糖果。 杰西的桌子很整洁，所以她很快就找到了自己的。 但是其他的孩子不得不拿出皱巴巴的纸、笔记本和铅笔盒，然后才打开那个熟悉的粉红色和红色的盒子，盒子上有玻璃纸的小窗户。 每个人都开始摇箱子，很快整个房间就像一支马拉卡琴乐队在热烈演奏。 “我的是杰克船长。”杰克·巴格达萨里安喊道，他像海盗一样咆哮着，以表明他配得上这个名字。

"Look at mine!" said Michael Mahoney. "FLY HIGH!" Michael's dad was a commercial pilot, and Michael took lots of trips on airplanes. Jessie carefully removed one of the hearts from her box and read the message. GOOD IDEAS. Where had she heard that before? She tried to think, but Mrs. Overton shouted out in a near panic, "Do not eat any of this candy!" and Jessie's attention switched to her teacher. Mrs. Overton looked like the cartoon character Wile E. Coyote when he realizes he's about to drop one thousand feet into a canyon. Jessie pulled out her reporter's notebook. This was breaking news, and she didn't want to miss anything. "Where is this candy coming from?" asked Mrs. Overton. "Can I please go to the bathroom?" asked Evan in a loud voice. "Not right this second, Evan," said Mrs. Overton, rubbing a hand across her forehead. "I need to go now!" Evan nearly shouted. Jessie

“看看我的！”迈克尔·马奥尼说。 “飞高!”迈克尔的父亲是一名商业飞行员，迈克尔经常乘飞机旅行。 杰西小心翼翼地从盒子里取出一颗心，读了上面的信息。 好主意。她以前从哪里听到的？ 她试着思考，但奥弗顿太太近乎惊慌地喊道：“不要吃这些糖果！”杰西的注意力转向了她的老师。 奥弗顿夫人看起来像卡通人物怀尔·E。 当他意识到自己即将坠入一千英尺高的峡谷时。 杰西拿出她的记者笔记本。 这是个突发新闻，她不想错过任何消息。 “这些糖果是从哪儿来的？”奥弗顿太太问。 “我能去趟洗手间吗？”埃文大声问道。 “现在不行，埃文，”奥弗顿太太说，用手在额头上擦了擦。 “我现在得走了！”埃文差点叫出声来。 杰西

stared at her brother. Was he about to pee in his pants? But his face didn't have that kind of look on it. Instead, he looked like he was ready to rip someone's head off. What could Evan be mad about? "Yes, go. But come straight back. We've got to figure out..." Mrs. Overton didn't even seem to know how to finish her sentence. Jessie watched as Evan grabbed the big wooden bathroom pass from the hook by the door, then stormed out of the room. There was something red in his hand. She made a note of this in her notebook. A lot of the kids were circulating around the

盯着她的弟弟。他要尿裤子了吗？ 但他的脸上没有那种表情。 相反，他看起来像是准备把别人的头扯下来。 埃文为什么生气呢？ “是的,走了。但是要直接回来。 我们得想办法……” 奥弗顿夫人似乎都不知道如何把话说完。 杰西看着埃文从门边的钩子上抓起浴室的大木门，然后气冲冲地走出房间。 他手里有个红色的东西。 她把这件事记在笔记本上。 很多孩子都在

classroom, comparing candy-heart messages. Mrs. Overton stood with her hands on her hips for a moment, then made a beeline for the classroom phone. Meanwhile, Jessie meandered over to Evan's desk and took a quick peek inside. As expected, it was an atrocious mess, but there was no box of candy hearts. Jessie stooped down and looked under Evan's desk. "Jessie, you're not eating candy, are you?" asked Mrs. Overton, still talking on the phone. "No, Mrs. O. I'm just looking for trash." If something was on the floor, it was trash. Everybody knew that. "Nobody eat anything. Take your seats. I'm going to collect the candy—"

教室里，比较甜蜜的信息。 奥弗顿夫人双手叉腰站了一会儿，然后径直走向教室的电话。 与此同时，杰西慢悠悠地走到埃文的办公桌前，飞快地瞥了一眼里面。 不出所料，那里一团糟，但却没有一盒心形糖果。 杰西弯下腰往埃文的桌子底下看。 “杰西，你不是在吃糖吧？”奥弗顿太太问，还在讲电话。 “不，欧夫人，我只是在找垃圾。” 如果地板上有东西，那就是垃圾。 每个人都知道。“没人吃东西。 请入座。我去收集糖果——”

There was a shout from the classroom. "No way!" called out Scott. "I'm not giving mine up!" Almost everyone in the class was against the idea of Mrs. Overton confiscating their Valentine treat. "Jessie, it's private property, right?" asked Tessa. "Can a teacher take something that belongs to us? I mean, legally?" At the beginning of the school year, Jessie had organized the entire class into a courtroom to put Scott Spencer on trial for the theft of two hundred and eight dollars. Whenever there was a question about the law, the kids in 4-O turned to Jessie. Jessie shrugged. "We're kids." She'd learned the hard way that the legal system couldn't be counted on to fix the injustices of the world. "We're not even allowed to own property." "Is that true, Mrs. Overton?" asked Paul. "That stinks!" said Jack. "You can take stuff from us?" said Ray. "That's

教室里传来一声喊叫。 “不可能！”斯科特喊道。 “我不会放弃我的！”班上几乎每个人都反对奥弗顿夫人没收他们的情人节礼物。 “杰西，这是私人财产，对吗？”特莎问。 “老师能拿走属于我们的东西吗？” 我是说，法律上？”新学年开始时，杰西把全班学生组织到法庭上，以斯科特·斯宾塞盗窃208美元的罪名对他进行审判。 每当有关于法律的问题，4-O区的孩子们就会去找杰西。 杰西耸耸肩。“我们的孩子。” 她从惨痛的教训中认识到，不能指望法律体系来解决世界上的不公正问题。 “我们甚至不允许拥有房产。” “这是真的吗，奥弗顿太太？”保罗问。 “太臭了！”杰克说。“你可以拿走我们的东西？”雷说。 “这是

not fair!" "Look," said Mrs. Overton. "I just don't want anyone getting sick. We don't know where this candy is coming from." "Nobody's gotten sick yet, and we've been eating these hearts all week," said David. "I'm pretty sure if they were poisoned, someone would have died by now." The class agreed. When Mrs. Overton finally got everyone to quiet down, Megan raised her hand. "Maybe you could let us take them home and let our parents decide?" Evan walked back in the room at that moment, but no one noticed except Jessie. She watched him hang the bathroom pass on its hook, then return to his seat. He still had that angry look on his face, but it wasn't quite as bad as when he'd left the room. And his hands were empty. Jessie wrote this fact in her notebook.

不公平!”“瞧，”奥弗顿太太说。 “我只是不想让任何人生病。 我们不知道这些糖果是从哪里来的。” 大卫说：“还没有人生病，我们整个星期都在吃这些心脏。” “我敢肯定，如果他们中毒了，早就有人死了。” 全班都同意了。当奥弗顿太太终于让大家安静下来时，梅金举起了手。 “也许你可以让我们带他们回家，让我们的父母来决定？”这时埃文走回房间，但除了杰西没有人注意到。 她看着他把浴室的门挂在钩子上，然后回到座位上。 他脸上仍然带着愤怒的表情，但已经不像他离开房间时那么糟糕了。 他的手是空的。杰西在她的笔记本上写下了这个事实。