6 Some Things Are Too Personal

CHAPTER 6 Some Things Are Too Personal At home I read the newspaper every morning with Dad. I read an article about our mayor. It gave lots of details about her, like where she went to school, and how she works to keep our bay clean, and that she is a vegetarian. Dad said someone must've interviewed her to get all the details. She seemed like a nice person and a good mayor. Still, I was looking for something else for my presentation.

第六章 有些事太私人啦 每天早上我都和爸爸在家一起看报纸。 我读到了一篇关于我们市长的文章。 上面写了好多她的个人细节，比如她在哪里上的学，她怎么努力保护我们的海湾干净，还有她是个素食主义者。 爸爸说肯定是有人采访了她，才能挖到这么多细节。 她看起来人很好，也是个称职的市长。 可我还在为我的展示作业找别的素材。

I kept reading the paper. Here are more things I read about: 1. New trees being planted at City Hall (trees are good to look at, but not so fun to write about) 2. A bunch of sporty things (I like gymnastics the best, but the sports were different teams like football and soccer) 3. A new recycling program at Somers High School (but I go to Somers Elementary School) I paid attention to stuff around me, looking for interesting things that affected my life. So far the most interesting thing was that Joshua wasn't in school on Tuesday, or on Wednesday. It affected my life because no one called me Smella, but it wasn't the kind of thing I could write about, either. At snack time on Wednesday, we were

我接着往下翻报纸。 我还看到了这些内容：1. 市政厅要种新树啦（树好看是好看，可写起来没什么意思）2. 一堆体育相关的新闻（我最喜欢体操，可这些新闻讲的都是橄榄球、足球这些别的队伍的事）3. 萨默斯高中推出了新的回收计划（可我上的是萨默斯小学呀） 我留意着身边的事，想找些有意思、还和我的生活相关的内容。 目前最有意思的事是约书亚周二和周三都没来上学。 这事和我可有关系啦，因为没人叫我“臭臭拉”了，可这也不是我能写进作业里的内容。 周三点心时间的时候，我们正

standing around Evie's desk, just like usual. "We" means me, Arielle, Talisa, Lucy, and Evie, of course. Except Evie was sitting. "I bet Mrs. Finkel is happy Joshua is absent," Lucy said. "She hasn't had to yell at anyone for disobeying the Ground Rules all week. When she goes home at night, she probably hopes he stays sick!" I knew it was sort of a mean thing for Lucy to say, but I think she was right. The thing about Lucy is she always tells the truth, even if the truth is not that nice. "What else do you think Mrs. Finkel does when she's at home?" Talisa asked. "She takes care of Evan and Shadow," I said. "Who?" Evie asked. "Her son and her dog," I said. "Mrs. Finkel has a son and a dog?"

像往常一样围在伊维的桌子旁边站着。 “我们”当然就是我、阿丽尔、塔莉莎、露西还有伊维啦。 只有伊维是坐着的。 “我打赌芬克尔老师肯定很高兴约书亚没来上学，”露西说。 “这一整周她都不用因为有人违反课堂基本规则大吼大叫啦。 她晚上回家的时候，说不定还希望他一直生病呢！” 我知道露西说这话有点刻薄，可我觉得她没说错。 露西就是这样的，她总说实话，哪怕实话不怎么好听。 “你们觉得芬克尔老师在家的时候还会做什么呀？” 塔莉莎问。 “她会照顾埃文和影子，”我说。 “谁呀？”伊维问。 “她儿子和她的狗呀，”我说。 “芬克尔老师有儿子还有狗？”

"Yup, I saw them once." I hadn't told anyone about meeting Evan and Shadow, because right after was when Evie's dog, Bella, got lost. But now I told them. They were all really interested. They wanted to know more. That was when I knew exactly what I wanted to do for my article. "Hey, Lucy!" I

“对呀，我之前见过他们一次。” 我之前没跟任何人说过我遇到埃文和影子的事，因为那之后没多久伊维的狗贝拉就丢了。 不过现在我告诉她们了。 她们都特别感兴趣。 还想知道更多细节。 就在这时候，我终于明确知道我的文章想写什么了。 “嘿，露西！” 我

said. "I just had the best..." "What?" Evie asked. Oops. "Never mind. I'll tell you later." "Is it about our PB?" Lucy asked. I nodded. "What's PB?" Evie asked. "It's a code," I started to explain. "Shhh," Lucy said. "Knock, knock," Talisa said. "Who's there?" we all asked. "You," Talisa said. "You who?" we asked. "Yoo-hoo, I wish you would tell me what you're talking about!" "You'll see," Lucy told her. "Will you sit with me for lunch today, Stella?" Evie asked. "She has to sit with me," Lucy told her.

开口说。 “我刚想到了最棒的……” “什么？”伊维问。 哎呀，说漏嘴了。 “没什么。 我之后再告诉你。” “是和我们的PB有关吗？” 露西问。 我点了点头。 “PB是什么呀？” 伊维问。 “是个暗号，”我刚要解释。 “嘘，”露西打断了我。 “咚咚咚，”塔莉莎说。 “谁呀？” 我们一起问。 “是你，”塔莉莎说。 “哪个你呀？”我们问。 “哟呼，我可太想知道你们在说什么啦！” “到时候你就知道啦，”露西告诉她。 “斯特拉，你今天午饭能和我坐一起吗？” 伊维问。 “她得和我坐，”露西对她说。