Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO On Monday morning the girls loaded fruit and fresh-baked pastries on to their plates. Big vases of white and pink winter lilies decorated the long tables. Scarlett pounced on Olivia and Layla as they sat down next to her. "Have you heard? Lessons are over from now on!" "What?" said Layla. "Yes! Billy said Ms Primrose is about to make an announcement." At that very moment, Ms Primrose, their old, wise headteacher, stood up and held up a hand for silence. The students stopped chattering. "Good morning," said Ms Primrose, her eyes

第二章星期一早晨，姑娘们把水果和新鲜出炉的糕点装进盘子里。 长长的桌子上装饰着白色和粉红色的大花瓶。 当奥利维亚和莱拉在她身边坐下时，思嘉扑了过去。 “你听说了吗？”从现在开始，课程结束了！”“什么？”莱拉说。 “是啊!比利说樱草花女士要宣布一件事。” 就在那一刻，他们睿智的老校长樱草花女士站了起来，举起一只手让大家安静下来。 学生们停止了闲聊。 “早上好，”樱草花女士用眼睛说

twinkling in her wrinkled face. "This is a very special week and for most of you it will be your last at Unicorn Academy. The Graduation Ball will take place on Friday evening. It's a tradition that each dormitory decorates one area of the academy and also puts on a show before the ball to demonstrate to the parents the skills that you and your unicorns have developed this year. Lessons are now officially over to allow you to prepare for this." A loud cheer filled the dining hall. Hiding a smile, Ms Primrose pulled out a piece of paper. "Diamond dormitory, you will decorate the ballroom." "Yay!" Billy and Jack, two of the boys from that dorm, fist-bumped each other. "Emerald dorm…" Valentina De Silva and her friends looked up eagerly. "You will decorate the stables." "The stables?" exclaimed Valentina in disgust.

闪烁在她布满皱纹的脸上。 “这是非常特殊的一周，对你们大多数人来说，这将是你们在独角兽学院的最后一周。 毕业舞会将在星期五晚上举行。 这是一个传统，每个宿舍装饰学院的一个区域，并在舞会前进行表演，向父母展示你和你的独角兽在这一年发展起来的技能。 现在课程正式结束，你们可以开始准备了。” 餐厅里充满了欢呼声。 樱草花女士忍住微笑，拿出一张纸。 “钻石宿舍，你来装饰舞厅。” “耶!”比利和杰克，那个宿舍的两个男生，用拳头撞了对方。 “翡翠宿舍……”瓦伦蒂娜·德·席尔瓦和她的朋友们急切地抬起头来。 “你来装饰马厩。” “马厩？”瓦伦蒂娜厌恶地叫道。

"Yes, Valentina, the stables," said Ms Primrose firmly. She raised her eyebrows and Valentina subsided into her seat with a glare. Ms Primrose continued reading aloud until finally she looked at Olivia and her friends. "This year the girls in Sapphire dormitory have been extra-special guardians, stopping several attempts to sabotage Sparkle Lake and our school. Therefore, I am giving Sapphire dormitory the lake and its surroundings to decorate." Another huge cheer almost lifted the ceiling, with the whole school clapping. Almost the whole school, thought Olivia, seeing Valentina give them a death stare. As Ms Primrose sat down, Valentina started talking angrily to her best friends Delia and Jacinta. "I don't want to decorate the stables! My parents are governors. I am going to demand to swap. I shall see my aunt about this." "She's not swapping with us," said Isabel

“是的，瓦伦蒂娜，马厩。”樱草花女士坚定地说。 她扬起眉毛，瓦伦蒂娜怒目而视地坐在座位上。 樱草花女士继续大声朗读，直到最后她看着奥利维亚和她的朋友们。 “今年，蓝宝石宿舍的女孩们都是特别的守护者，阻止了几次破坏闪耀湖和我们学校的企图。 因此，我给蓝宝石宿舍布置了湖泊及其周围环境。” 另一个巨大的欢呼声几乎掀翻了天花板，整个学校都在鼓掌。 几乎是全校的人，奥利维亚想，看见瓦伦蒂娜死死地瞪了他们一眼。 迎春花女士坐下后，瓦伦蒂娜开始生气地和她最好的朋友迪莉娅和杰辛塔说话。 “我不想装饰马厩！”我的父母是州长。 我要要求交换。 这件事我得去找舅妈商量。” “她不会和我们交换的，”伊莎贝尔说

firmly. "Not after all those times we've saved the lake. Remember when someone tried to pollute it? Then a while later it froze over?" "And there was the time it nearly flooded the school. And what about those flash flies that mysteriously appeared at the end of the summer? They killed all the leaves on the trees, which almost clogged the lake up," chipped in Scarlett. "So many bad things have happened here this year," said Ava, tucking her chin-length dark hair behind her ears. "And not just to the lake– there was the time the sky-berry bushes all failed and the poor unicorns didn't have any berries to eat." "I'm glad we've been able to help each time," said Layla. Sophia looked anxious. "Who's going to look after things here after we've left?" "Me!" said Olivia. As she spoke, she warmed to the idea. Someone had to keep an

坚定。“在我们拯救了这个湖那么多次之后。 还记得有人试图污染它吗？ 过了一会儿就结冰了？”“还有一次，洪水几乎淹没了学校。 还有那些在夏末神秘出现的闪光苍蝇呢？ 他们把树上的叶子都弄死了，几乎把湖给堵住了，"思嘉插嘴说。 “今年这里发生了太多不好的事情，”艾娃说，她把长到下巴的黑发掖在耳后。 “不只是去湖边，还有一段时间，天空莓丛都枯萎了，可怜的独角兽没有浆果吃。” “我很高兴我们每次都能帮上忙，”莱拉说。 索菲亚看上去很焦虑。“我们走了以后，谁来照看这里的东西？”“我！”奥利维亚说。 她边说边对这个想法产生了兴趣。 总得有人保持警惕

eye on things until the person responsible for trying to sabotage the academy was caught. If she stayed on, then she could help. "If I don't graduate, I'll still be here." "But you are going to graduate!" protested Isabel. "We're going to make sure of it!" chorused Sophia and Ava, linking arms with her as they left the dining hall. On the way out, they saw Valentina talking with her aunt, Ms Nettles, the strict Geography and Culture teacher. Ms Nettles kept breaking off to sneeze into a tissue. "I don't know why Valentina's so steamed up," said Ava. "The stables will be a lovely place to decorate." "And why does Ms Nettles keep sneezing?" said Scarlett. "It's her hay fever," said Layla. "I bet all those vases of flowers on the tables set her off." "I'm sorry, Valentina. There isn't anything I

监视事态直到试图破坏学院的人被抓。 如果她留下来，她就能帮上忙。 “如果我不毕业，我还会在这里。” “可你就要毕业了！”伊莎贝尔抗议道。 “我们一定会做到的！”索菲娅和艾娃齐声说道，她们手挽着手离开了食堂。 在出去的路上，他们看见瓦伦蒂娜正在和她的姨妈、严厉的地理文化老师内特尔斯女士交谈。 纳特尔斯女士不停地对着纸巾打喷嚏。 “我不知道瓦伦蒂娜为什么这么生气，”艾娃说。 “马厩将是一个装饰的好地方。” “那荨麻太太为什么老是打喷嚏呢？"思嘉问。 “这是她的花粉症，”莱拉说。 “我敢打赌，桌子上的那些花瓶肯定把她惹火了。” “对不起，瓦伦蒂娜。没有什么我

can do," they heard Ms Nettles saying as they passed. "But, Auntie—" Ms Nettles sneezed again. "No, Valentina. I have tried to help you this year but I cannot do anything about this. Now I really must go and

他们经过时，听到奈特尔斯女士说。 “可是，姨妈——”荨麻小姐又打了个喷嚏。 “不,瓦伦提娜。今年我一直想帮你，但我对此无能为力。 现在我真得走了