5 The Opposite of Yippee

CHAPTER 5 The Opposite of Yippee "I'm not going to watch the show being filmed," I said. "Oh, Stel," Mom said. She'd come back into the kitchen after Marco had finally fallen asleep. "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face." "Cut off your nose to Spiderface?" Penny asked. "Who's Spiderface?" "No, "to spite her face,'" Mom said, more slowly this time.

第五章 “‘耶’的反义词 “我才不去看节目录制呢，”我说。 “哦，斯黛尔，”妈妈说。 马可终于睡着后，她回到了厨房。 “别割掉鼻子跟你的脸赌气呀。” “割掉鼻子给蜘蛛脸？” 彭妮问道。 “蜘蛛脸是谁呀？” “不对，是‘跟你的脸赌气’，”妈妈这次放慢语速说道。

"Stella wouldn't ever do that," Penny said. "She'd look so weird, like an alien. And then how would she even breathe?" I put my hand to my nose to make sure it was still there. Even though of course I knew it was still there. Still, you can never be too careful. "Penny's right," I said. "I'd never cut my nose off!" "It's just an expression," Mom said. "It means don't make a situation worse just because you're upset about it. In this case, you shouldn't throw away this great opportunity to watch your sister and meet your favorite star just because things aren't working out exactly the way you want them to." I shook my head. It wasn't such a good opportunity. It was just a sad opportunity. "If Stella's not going, then we have an extra pass, right?" Penny asked.

“斯黛拉才不会那么做呢，”彭妮说。 “她那样子会超怪的，像个外星人。 那她还怎么喘气呀？” 我把手放到鼻子上，确认它还长在我脸上。 虽然我明明知道它肯定还在呀。 不过嘛，小心总没错的。 “彭妮说得对，”我说。 “我才不会割掉我的鼻子呢！” “这只是个俗语啦，”妈妈说。 “意思就是，别因为自己闹别扭，反而把事情搞得更糟。 现在这件事呀，你别因为事情没顺着你的心意，就白白丢掉这么好的机会——既能看你妹妹演出，还能见到你最喜欢的明星呢。” 我摇了摇头。 这才不是什么好机会呢。 这只不过是个让人难过的机会。 “要是斯黛拉不去，我们就多一张入场券对不对？” 彭妮问道。

"Stella's going," Mom said. "It's not a Ground Rule for me to go is it?" I asked. "No, of course not," Mom said. "But I have a feeling you'll change your mind. Penny, tell your sister that you want her to change her mind." "I want you to change your mind," Penny said. She paused, and looked back up at Mom. "But if she doesn't change her mind, then Evie can go, right? She wants to go. Stella said." "I'm not going to change my mind," I said. "Goody!" Penny said. "I mean not goody that Stella won't come, but goody that Evie can. Can I call her now? What's her number?" "I'll call her," I said. After all, she was my best friend. That's why I knew her number by heart. I still had

“斯黛拉要去的，”妈妈说。 “又没规定我必须去，对不对？” 我问道。 “当然没规定啦，”妈妈说。 “不过我觉得你肯定会改变主意的。 彭妮，快跟你姐姐说，你想让她改主意。” “我想让你改变主意，”彭妮说。 她顿了顿，抬头看向妈妈。 “不过要是她不改主意，那伊维可以去对不对？ 她想去的。 斯黛拉说道。 “我才不会改主意呢，”我说。 “太好啦！” 彭妮说。 “我不是说斯黛拉不去好哦，是说伊维能去太好啦。 我现在能给她打电话吗？ 她号码是多少呀？” “我来打吧，”我说。 毕竟，她是我最好的朋友呀。 所以我早就把她的号码背下来了。 我手边还放着

the phone by me, and I picked it back up. "Let me have it!" Penny said. "No, I want to talk first." "But it's my invitation," Penny said.

电话就在我手边，我把它拿了起来。 “快给我！” 彭妮说。 “不行，我要先说话。” “可这是我的邀请呀，”彭妮说。

"She might not even want to go," I said. "But you said she did," Penny said. "That was back when she thought I'd be there, too," I said. I dialed Evie's number. "It's ringing," I reported. "Hello?" Mr. King said. "Hi, Mr. King," I started. But then Penny grabbed the phone away. "Hold on, wait! I was talking!" "Hello? Hello?" I heard Mr. King say on the other line, but now Penny had the receiver in both of her hands, holding on tight so I couldn't take it back and answer him. "Girls!" Mom said. "It's not my fault," I said, at the same time that Penny said, "It's not fair!" Mom took the phone away from both of us. "Hugh, it's Elaine Batts," she said. "We're having a little battle over here about

“她说不定都不想去呢，”我说。 “可你说过她想去的，”彭妮说。 “那是之前她以为我也会去才这么说的，”我说。 我拨了伊维的电话号码。 “电话通了，正在响呢，”我说道。 “喂？” 金先生说道。 “您好，金先生，”我开口说道。 可彭妮一下子把电话抢过去了。 “等等，别抢！ 我还在说话呢！” “喂？喂？”我听见电话那头金先生在问，可彭妮双手紧紧攥着听筒，就是不让我抢回去回话。 “你们俩！” 妈妈说道。 “不是我的错！”我和彭妮同时开口，彭妮喊的是：“这不公平！” 妈妈把电话从我们俩手里拿走了。 “休，我是伊莱恩·巴茨，”她说。 我们这儿正闹点小矛盾，是关于