2 The Audition

CHAPTER 2 The Audition Mrs. Finkel clapped her hands at snack time, and I raced over to my friend Evie's desk. Evie is my best friend, sort of. Another girl named Willa is my best friend in the whole entire world, but she moved to Pennsylvania. That's when Evie moved here from London. Now she's my best friend who lives in Somers. Lucy, Talisa, and Arielle are more friends of mine. They also came over to Evie's desk. I couldn't wait to tell everyone my big news.

第二章 试镜 吃点心的时候，芬克尔老师拍了拍手，我立马跑到了我的朋友伊薇的课桌旁。 伊薇差不多算是我最好的朋友。 还有个叫薇拉的女孩是我在全世界最要好的朋友，不过她搬去宾夕法尼亚州了。 刚好那时候伊薇从伦敦搬到了这里。 现在她就是我住在萨默斯的最好的朋友。 露西、塔莉莎和阿丽尔也是我的好朋友。 她们也跟着走到了伊薇的课桌边。 我迫不及待要把我的大消息告诉所有人。

"You guys! I'm going to be on TV!" "Are you serious?" Lucy asked. "I'm very serious," I said. "My family was eating at Brody's Grill and this guy—this casting director—heard me singing, and he decided I was perfect." "That's so cool," said Talisa. "Hold on, you haven't heard the best part. The show I'm going to be on is Superstar Sam." "No way!" Talisa said loudly. "Talisa," Mrs. Finkel said in a warning voice. "Inside voice." "Is that why you're all dressed up?" Arielle asked quietly, because that's the way she always talks. That morning I'd put on a jean skirt that has ruffles at the bottom, and my pink T-shirt that has a bunch of rhinestones on it, that sort

“大伙听着！ 我要上电视啦！” “你是认真的吗？” 露西问道。 “我百分百认真。”我说。 “我们一家人当时在布罗迪烧烤店吃饭，有个男人——是个选角导演——听见我唱歌，觉得我特别合适。” “这也太酷了吧。”塔莉莎说。 “等等，最棒的部分我还没说呢。 我要上的节目是《超级明星山姆》。” “不会吧！” 塔莉莎大声叫了出来。 “塔莉莎，”芬克尔老师用提醒的语气开口， “小声点说话。” “你穿得这么好看就是因为这件事吗？” 阿丽尔轻声问，她平时说话就是这样的。 那天早上我穿了条下摆有荷叶边的牛仔短裙，还有那件缀了好多水钻的粉色T恤，那些水钻

of look like real diamonds, plus sparkle tights. "That's right," I told her. "I knew it. You need to look good when you're going to be on TV." "Well, I'm not going to be on today," I said. "I have to audition, but Hal Lewis said— Hal's the casting director, and he said—" "Wait," Lucy cut in. "What would a casting director be doing here in Somers? Wouldn't he be in Hollywood? I don't think this is a for-real-life thing." "It is too real life," I said. "You can ask Joshua. Hey, Joshua!" "Stella Batts!" Mrs. Finkel said. "Inside voice, please." Oops. I'd never gotten in trouble for not using my inside voice. "Sorry," I said. "What, Smella?" Joshua asked. Joshua always calls me Smella—that's

看起来就像真钻石一样，我还穿了闪亮的连裤袜。 “没错呀。”我跟她说。 “我就知道。 要上电视的话肯定得漂漂亮亮的。” “不过我不是今天就上电视啦。”我说。 “我得先去试镜，不过哈尔·刘易斯说——哈尔就是那个选角导演，他说——” “等等，”露西打断了我。 “选角导演怎么会来萨默斯这种地方啊？ 他不是应该在好莱坞吗？ 我觉得这事不像是真的。” “这当然是真的啦。”我说。 “你们可以问约书亚啊。 嘿，约书亚！” “斯特拉·巴茨！” 芬克尔老师喊道。 “请小声说话。” 哎呀。 我之前从来没因为说话太大声被批评过。 “对不起。”我说。 “怎么了，臭拉拉？” 约书亚问。 约书亚总叫我臭拉拉——那是

because he's such a meanie. But never mind that. I had an important question to ask him. "Your uncle Hal is a casting director, right?" "Yeah," he said. I turned back to Lucy. "I told you," I said. "But Joshua sometimes lies," Lucy said. "No, he doesn't," I said. Joshua can be mean, but he's not a liar. It's not the same

因为他实在太讨厌了。 不过先不管这个了。 我有个很重要的问题要问他。 “你叔叔哈尔是选角导演，对不对？” “对呀。”他说。 我转头看向露西。 “我就说是真的吧。”我说。 “可是约书亚有时候会撒谎呀。”露西说。 “不，他不会的。”我说。 约书亚是很讨厌，但他不会撒谎。 这不一

thing. "Besides, why would he lie about this?" Mrs. Finkel clapped her hands, which meant the talking part of snack time was over. I went back to my desk to eat my mini wafer cookies. But suddenly I didn't feel hungry. Not even for cookies. I don't like to eat when I'm nervous. What if Lucy was right? What if Hal Lewis had been lying? What if we got to his office building, and really there wasn't an audition at all? Snack time ended. It was science time and we were learning about food groups. But it was hard to pay attention, because I was busy thinking about my audition. When Mrs. Finkel called on me, I said "Huh?" and she had to repeat the question again—is a tomato a vegetable or a fruit? "Vegetable," I answered. Mrs. Finkel shook her head. "It contains

样。 “再说了，他为什么要在这件事上撒谎啊？” 芬克尔老师拍了拍手，意思是点心时间的聊天环节结束了。 我回到自己的座位上吃我的迷你威化饼干。 可我突然就不觉得饿了。 连饼干都不想吃了。 我紧张的时候就不想吃东西。 万一露西是对的怎么办？ 万一哈尔·刘易斯是在撒谎怎么办？ 万一我们到了他的办公楼，发现根本就没有什么试镜怎么办？ 点心时间结束了。 接下来是科学课，我们正在学食物分类。 可我根本集中不了注意力，因为我满脑子都在想试镜的事。 芬克尔老师叫我回答问题的时候，我愣了一下说“啊？” 她只好把问题再重复了一遍——番茄是蔬菜还是水果？ “是蔬菜。”我回答。 芬克尔老师摇了摇头。 “它里面有