8 Sherry & Stella

CHAPTER 8 Sherry & Stella Mrs. Finkel said Lucy's announcement counted as disruptive behavior and we weren't allowed to make any more announcements without permission, or else we'd be sent to Mr. O'Neil. I didn't think it was exactly fair that Willa, Talisa, and I got in trouble, too—since Lucy was the one who made the announcement. For the rest of the day, I tried to be extra good in class. After school, Zoey's mom, Mrs. Benson,

第八章 雪莉和斯特拉 芬克尔老师说，露西的通知属于扰乱课堂纪律的行为，未经允许我们不许再随便通知事情，不然就会被送到奥尼尔老师那里去。 我觉得一点都不公平：我、薇拉和塔莉莎明明都受了牵连，毕竟通知明明是露西发的呀。 那天剩下的时间里，我在课堂上都努力表现得特别乖。 放学后，佐伊的妈妈本森太太

drove the carpool home. Mrs. Benson's car has a back seat and a way back too, but the way back doesn't face backwards so we don't have to take turns. Willa and I always sit in the back seat, and Penny and Zoey always sit in the way back. We all got into the car. Penny and Zoey got in first, and then Willa and me—Willa, who was now Caramel. Mrs. Benson made sure we were all buckled up before she started the car. "Hey, Sherry," Willa said. Penny leaned forward. "Who are you talking to?" she asked. "Your sister," Willa said. "Her name isn't Stella anymore. She changed it to Sherry." "Willa, don't," I said. "Oops, I mean Cara." "Don't be mad. I thought it would be okay to say, since we made an announcement," Willa said. I mean Cara said. I'm still used to

开拼车送我们回家。 本森太太的车有后排座，还有个最后排的座位，不过最后排的座位不是朝后的，所以我们不用轮流坐那里。 我和薇拉总坐在后排座，佩妮和佐伊总坐最后排。 我们都上了车。 佩妮和佐伊先上去的，接着是我和薇拉——就是现在叫“焦糖”的薇拉。 本森太太确认我们都系好安全带才发动车子。 “嗨，雪莉。”薇拉说。 佩妮往前探了探身子。 “你在跟谁说话呀？” 她问。 “你姐姐呀。”薇拉说。 “她现在不叫斯特拉了。 她改名叫雪莉啦。” “薇拉，别乱说。”我赶紧说。 “哎呀，我是说卡拉。” “别生气嘛。 我觉得说出来也没关系的，我们不是都发过通知了嘛。”薇拉说。 哦不对，是卡拉说的。 我还没习惯

her old name. "You changed your name too?" Zoey asked. "Yup," Willa said. "Stella and Willa changed their names," Penny said loudly. "Like the Artist Formerly Known as Prince," Mrs. Benson said. I knew the word "formerly" meant something that used to be, but I was still confused. "What do you mean?" I asked. "When I was younger, there was a singer named Prince who was very popular. Then one day he decided to change his name, and people started calling him "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince,'" Mrs. Benson explained. "You don't have to call me "The Girl Formerly Known as Willa,'" Willa said. "You

她的新名字呢。 “你也改名字啦？” 佐伊问。 “对呀。”薇拉说。 “斯特拉和薇拉都改名字啦！”佩妮大声说。 “就像那个‘曾用名是王子的艺人’对吧？”本森太太说。 我知道“曾用”就是过去用过的意思，但我还是有点摸不着头脑。 “您这话是什么意思呀？” 我问。 “我小时候，有个很有名的歌手叫王子。 后来有一天他决定改名字，大家就开始叫他‘曾用名是王子的艺人’啦。”本森太太解释道。 “你们不用叫我‘曾用名是薇拉的女孩’哦。”薇拉说。 “你们

can just call me Caramel, or Cara for short. And Sherry is a nickname for... how do you say your whole name?" "Scheherazade," I said. "That's a mouthful," Mrs. Benson said. "That's why you call her Sherry for short," Willa said. "Okay, Cara and Sherry," Mrs. Benson said. "It's a pleasure to meet you." "We're not new people," I said. "We just have new names." "You certainly picked unique ones," Mrs. Benson said. "What does unique mean?" Penny asked. "It's another word for unusual," I said. "That's exactly right," Mrs. Benson said. "Like the name Doodle is a unique name," Willa added. Last year there was a girl in our class

叫我焦糖就好，简称卡拉也行。 雪莉是……的昵称来着？ 你的全名怎么说来着？” “山鲁佐德。”我回答。 “这名字可真长呀。”本森太太说。 “所以你可以简称她为雪莉呀。”薇拉说。 “好的，卡拉和雪莉。”本森太太说。 “很高兴认识你们呀。” “我们不是新来的人啦。”我说。 我们只是有了新名字而已。” “你们选的名字可真特别。”本森太太说。 “‘特别’是什么意思呀？” 佩妮问。 “就是不普通、少见的意思。”我回答。 “完全说对啦。”本森太太说。 “比如“嘟嘟”这个名字就很特别。”薇拉补充道。 去年我们班有个女生

named Doodle. At Willa's birthday party, Willa's mom told her, "You must be the first person named Doodle I've ever met." This year Doodle's in Mrs. Bower's class, so we don't see her as much. Just then we pulled up in front of our house. Mrs. Benson honked the horn and Mom came to the front door. Penny and I climbed out of the car and walked up the sidewalk. "Hey Mom!" Penny called. "Guess what? You'll never guess what!" "What?" Mom asked. She waved to everyone in Mrs. Benson's car and closed the door behind Penny and me. "Stella and Willa changed their names!" Penny said. "Oh, really?" Mom asked. "What are their names now?" Penny started to say, but I interrupted

就叫嘟嘟。 在薇拉的生日派对上，薇拉的妈妈跟她说：“你肯定是我见过的第一个叫嘟嘟的人。” 今年嘟嘟在鲍尔老师的班上，所以我们不怎么见到她了。 就在这时，车子开到了我们家门前。 本森太太按了按喇叭，妈妈走到前门来。 我和佩妮下了车，沿着人行道往家走。 “嗨，妈妈！” 佩妮喊。 “你猜怎么着？ 你绝对猜不到！” “怎么啦？” 妈妈问。 她朝本森太太车里的所有人挥了挥手，等我和佩妮进门后就关上了门。 “斯特拉和薇拉改名字啦！” 佩妮说。 “哦，真的吗？” 妈妈问。 “她们现在叫什么呀？” 佩妮刚要开口说，就被我打断了