7 BELIEVE IT OR NOT

BELIEVE IT OR NOT "Breaking a world record is harder than it looks," said Emma the next day at recess. The second-graders who had gathered around The Amazing Book of World Records the day before were huddled under the play structure again. Without the book. "I could get two spoons stuck on my cheeks, no problem," Emma went on, "and for a second, I got three. But that's all. I wish the book said how that kid did it." "Did you try your nose?" asked Drew. "Sure I tried my nose," Emma said. "It slid right off." "Maybe he has a very sticky face," said Ivy. "Maybe he even puts something on his face to make it sticky." "Maybe," said Emma, "but forget it. I'm tired of trying to put spoons on my face."

信不信由你“打破世界纪录比看起来要难，”第二天课间休息时艾玛说。 前一天聚集在《神奇世界纪录大全》周围的二年级学生，现在又挤在操场下面。 没有书。“我可以让两个勺子粘在我的脸颊上，没问题，”艾玛接着说，“有那么一瞬间，我粘上了三个勺子。 但仅此而已。我真希望书上能写那孩子是怎么做到的。” “你试过你的鼻子吗？”德鲁问。 “当然，我试过了，”艾玛说。 “它直接滑下来了。”“也许他的脸很黏，”艾薇说。 “也许他甚至会在脸上涂些东西，让它变得黏糊糊的。” “也许吧，”艾玛说，“算了吧。 我厌倦了把勺子放在脸上。”

There was a silence. Bean didn't want to be a braggy kid. Everyone hates braggy kids. She would wait to tell about the dinosaur bones until someone else told about breaking a record. "How'd the cartwheels go?" she asked Zuzu. "Super-great," said Zuzu. "You did it?" asked Ivy. "A hundred and eleven cartwheels?" Everyone looked impressed. "Wow!" "That's great!" "Are you going to be in the book?" Zuzu pulled the zipper on her jacket down and up. "I didn't do a hundred and eleven cartwheels. I did thirty-two." She looked around at the faces watching her. "That's a lot. I set the record for Emerson School for sure",. There was a short silence while everyone thought about that. Then Bean said, "Did you fall down or what?"

一阵沉默。比恩不想成为一个爱吹牛的孩子。 每个人都讨厌爱吹牛的孩子。 她会等到别人告诉她打破记录的事时再讲恐龙骨头的事。 “侧手翻怎么样？”她问祖祖。 “太棒了。”祖祖说。“是你干的？”艾薇问。 “一百一十一次侧手翻？”每个人看起来都印象深刻。 “哇!”“太好了!”“你会出现在书里吗？”祖祖把夹克上的拉链上下拉了拉。 “我没有做111个侧手翻。 我做了32个。”她环顾四周看着她的面孔。 “这是很多。我肯定创造了爱默生学校的记录。” 大家都在想这件事，一阵短暂的沉默。 然后比恩说：“你是摔倒了还是怎么了？”

"I crashed into the fence" said Zuzu., "Got a bunch of splinters." She held up her knee. It looked like she had pepper under her skin. "Ouch," said Ivy. She hated splinters. "If my backyard was a mile long, I bet I could have done it "said Zuzu.,

“我撞到栅栏上了。”祖祖说。“有一堆碎片。” 她抬起膝盖。她的皮肤下面好像有胡椒。 “哎哟，”艾薇说。她讨厌碎片。 祖祖说：“如果我的后院有一英里长，我打赌我也能做到。”

"Eric's not at school today," said Vanessa. "I wonder if he ate five hundred M&M's." "He didn't", said Dusit. "He ate a hundred and twelve, and then he threw up." "But a hundred and twelve is hardly anything." "He didn't chew," said Dusit. "He just poured them down his throat." "Yuck," said Emma. "That's gross." "His mom is really mad," said Dusit

“埃里克今天没去上学，”凡妮莎说。 “我想知道他是不是吃了500颗M&M巧克力豆。” “他没有，”杜西特说。“他吃了一百一十二个，然后就吐了。” “但是一百一十二几乎不算什么。” “他不嚼东西，”杜西特说。 “他只是把它们灌进了喉咙。” “恶心，”艾玛说。“这是恶心。” “他妈妈真的很生气，”杜西特说

glumly. "She took the rest of his money away." "What about you, Bean?" asked Vanessa. "Did you get all those straws in your mouth?" "Straws?" Bean had almost forgotten the straws. "Oh. No. But Ivy and I broke another record—" "How many did you get in?" asked Zuzu. "What? Oh. Forty-four. But guys," said Bean, "Ivy and I broke another record yesterday afternoon." She stopped and waited. "Well?" said Vanessa. "What record?" "We became the youngest paleontologists in the world!" There was a little pause. "What's a paleontologist?" asked Drew. "A person who digs up dinosaur bones," said Bean. "And that's what we did! We

郁闷的。“她把他剩下的钱都拿走了。” “你呢，比恩？”凡妮莎问。 “你把那些吸管都塞进嘴里了吗？”“吸管呢?”比恩几乎忘了拿吸管。 “哦。否。但是我和艾薇打破了另一项纪录——”“你们录取了多少人？”祖祖问。 “什么?哦。44。“但是，伙计们，”比恩说，“我和艾薇昨天下午又打破了一项纪录。” 她停下来等着。“怎么样？”凡妮莎说。 “什么记录?”“我们成为了世界上最年轻的古生物学家！”沉默了一会儿。 “古生物学家是什么？”德鲁问。 “挖恐龙骨头的人，”比恩说。 “我们就是这么做的！”我们

dug seventeen dinosaur bones out of my backyard yesterday. And today we're going to get more. And then we're going to put them together and make a dinosaur skeleton!" Nobody said anything. "Isn't that cool?" said Bean. What was the matter with them? "You did not," said Dusit, finally. "We did too!" cried Bean. "Seventeen dinosaur bones? No way," said Emma. "Yes way," said Bean firmly. Zuzu and Emma gave each other a look. Bean felt her face get hot.

昨天在我家后院挖了十七块恐龙骨头。 今天我们会得到更多。 然后我们要把它们放在一起，做一个恐龙骨架！”没人说话。 “那不是很酷吗？”比恩说。 他们怎么了？ “你没有。”杜西特最后说。 “我们也是！”比恩叫道。“17块恐龙骨头？” 不可能，”艾玛说。“当然可以。”比恩坚定地说。 祖祖和艾玛对视了一下。 比恩感到她的脸开始发热。