3 WHO’S THAT UGLY GUY

WHO'S THAT UGLY GUY? Even before Ivy and Bean were friends, they had both been in Ms. Aruba-Tate's second- grade class. They didn't sit together. But after the day they threw worms at Bean's sister Nancy, they asked Ms. Aruba-Tate if they could share a table. Ms. Aruba-Tate just loved it when people were friends. She smiled and said, "That's wonderful, girls! The two of you will be a great team!" After a minute, though, she added, "But if there's talking, I'm going to have to separate you." So far, Ivy and Bean had been separated six times. This was not a big surprise. Bean had been separated from everyone in the class at least once. No matter who she sat next to, Bean talked. Even MacAdam, who mostly talked to himself, had to be

那个丑家伙是谁？甚至在艾薇和比恩成为朋友之前，他们都曾在纽约大学。 阿鲁巴-泰特的二年级班级。 他们没有坐在一起。但是在他们向比恩的妹妹南希扔虫子的那天之后，他们问比恩太太。 阿鲁巴-泰特，如果他们能共享一张桌子。 阿鲁巴-塔特只是喜欢人们成为朋友的感觉。 她笑着说：“太好了，姑娘们！你们俩会是一个很棒的团队！”但过了一会儿，她又说：“但如果有人说话，我就得把你们分开。” 到目前为止，艾薇和比恩已经分开六次了。 这并不是什么大意外。 比恩至少有一次和班上的每个人分开过。 不管坐在谁旁边，比恩总是说话。 就连一向自言自语的麦克亚当也不得不这样

separated from Bean. Once, Ms. Aruba- Tate had Bean sit by herself, but Bean just talked louder. Bean tried not to talk. She promised not to talk. But every day she talked. Mostly, she was trying to be helpful. She was trying to explain things to kids who didn't understand. For example, regrouping. Eric didn't understand regrouping. Ms. Aruba- Tate had explained it, but he didn't

和豆子分开了。一次,女士。 阿鲁巴-塔特让比恩独自坐着，但比恩说话更大声了。 比恩尽量不说话。她答应不说话。 但她每天都说话。大多数情况下，她是想帮忙。 她试图向不懂的孩子们解释一些事情。 例如，重组。埃里克不理解重组。 阿鲁巴-塔特女士解释过，但他没有

understand it. So he added instead of subtracting. Bean couldn't stand to watch him add when she knew he was supposed to subtract. Just knowing that he was adding made it impossible for her to do her own subtraction. She had to tell him that he was doing it wrong. She had to tell him how to do it right. "Bean is only responsible for Bean," Ms. Aruba-Tate kept saying. But Bean thought that wasn't true, because Ms. Aruba-Tate also kept saying that a class was like a family. And families were responsible for each other. When Bean pointed this out, Ms. Aruba-Tate opened her mouth and then closed it again. Ivy was very quiet. She was the quietest kid in the class. So Ms. Aruba-Tate kept putting Bean back with Ivy. "I think she hopes it will rub off on me," Bean explained to her mom. "But so far, it

理解它。所以他是加而不是减。 当比恩知道他应该做减法时，她无法忍受看着他做加法。 只要知道他在做加法，她就不可能自己做减法了。 她不得不告诉他，他做错了。 她得告诉他怎么做才对。 “憨豆只对自己负责。” 阿鲁巴-塔特不停地说。但比恩认为事实并非如此。 阿鲁巴-塔特还一直说，一个班级就像一个家庭。 家庭要对彼此负责。 当比恩指出这一点时。 阿鲁巴-塔特张开嘴，又闭上了。 艾薇很安静。她是班上最安静的孩子。 所以阿鲁巴-塔特女士一直让比恩和艾薇在一起。 比恩向妈妈解释说：“我想她是希望我也能染上这种感觉。” “但到目前为止，它

hasn't." Even though she hadn't learned how to be quiet, Bean had learned a lot by sitting next to Ivy. One thing she had learned was that Ivy wasn't as quiet as she seemed. Ivy talked. She just talked so softly that no one could hear her. After lunch, the second-graders had science. They were doing a unit on dinosaurs. Bean's favorites were the ones

还没有。”尽管比恩还没有学会如何保持安静，但她坐在艾薇旁边学到了很多东西。 她明白了一件事，那就是艾薇并不像看上去那么安静。 艾薇说。她只是轻声细语，没人能听见。 午饭后，二年级学生上科学课。 他们正在做一个关于恐龙的单元。 比恩最喜欢的是那些

that had big, bony skulls they cracked together when they fought. Ivy liked the bird-dinosaurs with feathers and sharp claws and red eyeballs. Today, the second-graders were learning about swimming dinosaurs. Actually, they weren't dinosaurs at all. Ms. Aruba-Tate was saying, "These prehistoric creatures are called marine reptiles. One marine reptile is—" "Pteranodon!" Eric hollered, waving his arm in the air. "Plesiosaur," breathed Ivy so only Bean could hear her. "Plesiosaur" said Bean out loud., "I like the way that Emma is raising her hand. Emma?" said Ms. Aruba-Tate. Emma stared at her. "Um. I forget." Ms. Aruba-Tate said, "Bean, will you repeat what you said?"

它们的头骨又大又骨，打架时就会撞到一起。 艾薇喜欢那些长着羽毛、利爪和红眼珠的鸟恐龙。 今天，二年级的学生正在学习会游泳的恐龙。 事实上，它们根本不是恐龙。 阿鲁巴-泰特说，“这些史前生物被称为海洋爬行动物。 一种海洋爬行动物是——”“无翼龙！”埃里克喊道，在空中挥舞着手臂。 “蛇颈龙。”艾薇低声说，这样只有豆子能听见。 “蛇颈龙”比恩大声说。“我喜欢艾玛举手的样子。 艾玛？”阿鲁巴-泰特说。 艾玛盯着她。“嗯。我忘了。” 阿鲁巴-泰特说：“比恩，你能再说一遍吗？”

"Plesiosaur," said Bean. "Ivy said it, really." "Thank you, Ivy and Bean," said Ms. Aruba-Tate. Then she held up a picture of something that looked like a whale and a giraffe glued together. "Who's that ugly guy?" Dusit shouted. Then he laughed so hard that he fell out of his chair. "Dusit, will you please go sit on the rug?" said Ms. Aruba-Tate. "Do sit, Dusit!" hollered Eric. He fell out of his chair, too. Ms. Aruba-Tate put the picture down in her lap. "Class, if you can't make more

“蛇颈龙，”比恩说。“是艾薇说的，真的。” “谢谢你们，艾薇和比恩。” Aruba-Tate。然后，她举起一张像鲸鱼和长颈鹿粘在一起的东西的照片。 “那个丑家伙是谁？”Dusit喊道。 然后他笑得很厉害，从椅子上摔了下来。 “杜斯特，请你去坐在地毯上好吗？” Aruba-Tate。“坐下，杜西特！”埃里克喊道。 他也从椅子上摔了下来。 阿鲁巴-塔特把照片放在腿上。 “同学们，如果你们不能做更多