3 Scavenger Hunt

CHAPTER 3 Scavenger Hunt Talisa gave me a piece of paper. Across the top were these words: SOMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY SCAVENGER HUNT "Just a few rules before we get started," Mr. Ramos said. "Ugh, more rules," Joshua said. "Every game has rules, and this one is no

第三章 寻宝游戏 塔莉萨递给我一张纸。 纸的最上面印着这些字：萨默斯小学图书馆寻宝游戏 “开始之前，先说几条规则。”拉莫斯老师说。 “啊，又要讲规则。”约书亚嘟囔道。 “所有游戏都有规则，这个也不

exception," Mr. Ramos went on. "There will be four people to a team. We have twenty kids, as Mrs. Finkel said, so that's five perfectly equal teams of four. You should stay with your team the whole time. When you find something on the list, write it down in the space on your sheet, and then leave the item where you found it so other people can have a chance." "But if we move it, we have a better chance at winning," Lucy said. "That sounds like cheating," Mrs. Anderson said sternly. Lucy sat back in her chair and folded her arms across her chest. "I was just saying," she said. "There is no cheating," Mrs. Finkel said. "Be respectful of people who are not on your team. A cheating team is a losing team." "That's right," Mr. Ramos said. "And the

例外。”拉莫斯老师接着说。 “每支队伍四个人。 就像芬克尔老师说的，我们一共有二十个孩子，所以正好分成五支四人小队，人数完全平均。 整个游戏过程里，大家都要和自己的队友待在一起。 你们找到清单上的东西之后，就把答案写在纸上的空白处，然后把东西放回原位，这样其他人也有机会找。” “可要是我们把东西挪走，我们赢的机会就更大呀。”露西说。 “这听起来就是作弊。”安德森老师严厉地说。 露西往椅背上一靠，胳膊抱在胸前。 “我就是说说而已。”她说道。 “绝对不能作弊。”芬克尔老师说。 “要尊重其他队伍的人。 作弊的队伍就算输。” “说得对。”拉莫斯老师说。 “还有最后

final rule is stay inside the library. Everything you need is here. Any questions?" Joshua called out, "Can we play the Ouija board instead?" "No," Mrs. Finkel told him. "And no calling out. Let's try being respectful of each other, okay, Joshua?" No Calling Out is one of our weekday classroom Ground Rules. Joshua folded his arms across his chest. Another kid named Clark raised his hand and Mr. Ramos called on him. "Is there a prize?" he asked. "Yes, there is," Mr. Ramos said. And before anyone could ask what it was, he added, "And you will find out what it is when we declare the winner." "Aw, man," Joshua said. "I wanted to know right now." Sometimes Joshua says things that the

一条规则，就是不能走出图书馆。 你们需要的所有东西都在这里。 有什么问题吗？” 约书亚大声喊：“我们能不能换玩通灵板呀？” “不行。”芬克尔老师告诉他。 “还有不要随便大喊大叫。 我们试着互相尊重一点，好吗，约书亚？” “不许大喊大叫”是我们平时上学时的班级基本规则之一。 约书亚把胳膊抱在了胸前。 另一个叫克拉克的孩子举起了手，拉莫斯老师点了他发言。 “有奖品吗？” 他问。 “有的，当然有。”拉莫斯老师说。 还没等大家问奖品是什么，他又补充道：“等我们宣布获胜队伍的时候，你们就知道是什么了。” “哎，不是吧。”约书亚说。 我现在就想知道是什么。” 其他人心里想的。

rest of us are thinking. But Mrs. Finkel gave him a look that said: Don't call out again, or I'll send you to the principal. I wondered if Mr. O'Neil was here on the weekend, too. "Now you'll have a few minutes to confer with your group before we get started," Mr. Ramos said. Talisa, Arielle, and Lucy bent their heads together. "Wait, I have a question," I said. "Yes, Stella?" "What does that word mean that you just said?" "What word?" "Um," I said. It's hard to remember a word when you don't know what it means. But I love learning new words. The more words I know, the more words I can put in my books. "Con, something." "Confer?"

其他人心里想的。 不过芬克尔老师瞪了他一眼，那眼神分明在说：再大喊大叫，我就把你送到校长那里去。 我在想，奥尼尔校长周末会不会也在学校呢。 “现在你们有几分钟时间，可以和自己队的小伙伴商量一下，之后我们就开始。”拉莫斯老师说。 塔莉萨、阿丽尔和露西凑到了一起。 “等等，我有个问题。”我说。 “怎么了，斯特拉？” “你刚才说的那个词是什么意思呀？” “哪个词？” “嗯，”我顿了顿。 你不知道一个词的意思的时候，很难记住它怎么说。 不过我特别喜欢学新单词。 我认识的词越多，就能往我自己写的小书里加更多词啦。 “是con开头的，什么来着。” “confer（商量）？”

"Yeah, that one." "It means to talk to each other and figure out your strategy." "Okay?" Mrs. Finkel asked. I shook my head. "Now I have another question. What does strategy mean?" "It means your plan." Of course I knew what plan meant, so I was all set. "Thanks," I said. I bent my head toward the other girls" so we could confer quietly. "This is what I think," Lucy said, her voice just a whisper. "We should each have jobs. Arielle's job will be holding the list. Talisa's job will be deciding what order to find things. Stella's job will be writing things down." "What's your job?" Talisa asked. "I'll tell us where to go," she said. Lucy can be a little bossy sometimes,

“对，就是这个。” “它的意思就是大家一起聊聊，想好你们的strategy（策略）。” “听懂了吗？” 芬克尔老师问我。 我摇了摇头。 “我现在又有一个问题了。 strategy是什么意思呀？” “就是你们的计划。” 我当然知道“计划”是什么意思啦，这下我就全懂了。 “谢谢老师。”我说。 我朝其他几个女孩凑过去，这样我们就能小声商量了。 “我是这么想的，”露西开口了，声音压得很低，像悄悄话一样。 “我们每个人都分工负责不同的事。 阿丽尔负责拿着清单。 塔莉萨负责决定我们找东西的顺序。 斯特拉负责把找到的东西写下来。” “那你做什么呀？” 塔莉萨问。 “我来告诉大家该往哪走。”她说道。 露西有时候有点爱指挥人，