02 The Soccer Star

The Soccer Star

足球小明星

Chapter One Billie B Brown has fifteen freckles, six pairs of stripy socks and one banana sandwich. Do you know what the B in Billie B Brown is for? Brave. Sometimes Billie B Brown has to be very brave. Today is one of those days. Billie has a best friend. His name is Jack.

第一章 比莉·B·布朗有十五颗小雀斑、六双条纹袜子，还有一个香蕉三明治。 你知道比莉·B·布朗里的B代表什么吗？ 是勇敢的意思哦。 有时候比莉·B·布朗得特别勇敢才行。 今天就是这样的日子。 比莉有个最好的朋友。 他的名字叫杰克。

Billie and Jack are in the same class at school.

比莉和杰克在学校是同班同学。

Every lunchtime they play on the monkey bars together. Billie hangs upside down. Jack swings from one side to the other. Then they climb to the top to eat their lunch. They can see the whole playground from there. It is a good place to eat lunch. Today a boy from their grade runs over. His name is Sam. Sam stands under the monkey bars and looks up at Billie and Jack. "We need another soccer player," he says. "OK," Billie says. She looks at Jack. "Let's go!"

每天午饭时间，他们都会一起玩攀爬架。 比莉倒挂在架子上。 杰克从架子的一头晃到另一头。 然后他们爬到最顶上吃午饭。 从那儿能看见整个操场。 这可是吃午饭的好地方。 今天，同年级的一个男孩跑了过来。 他叫萨姆。 萨姆站在攀爬架下面，抬头看着比莉和杰克。 “我们还缺一个人踢足球，”他说。 “好呀，”比莉说。 她看了看杰克。 “我们走吧！”

"Um, no girls," Sam says. Billie frowns. "Why not?" she asks. "Girls can't play soccer," Sam says. Billie has never heard of such a silly thing. "Rubbish," she says. "Anyway, I don't want to play. Soccer is a stupid game." "Really?" says Jack. "You're a fast runner, Billie. I bet you'd be good at soccer!" But Billie shakes her head. She wants to tell Jack not to go and play. She wants to tell him that if he goes, she'll be left all alone on the monkey bars without her best friend.

“嗯，女生不能来，”萨姆说。 比莉皱起了眉头。 “为什么不行？”她问。 “女生不会踢足球，”萨姆说。 比莉从来没听过这么荒唐的话。 “瞎说，”她说。 “算了，我才不想玩呢。 足球是个蠢游戏。” “真的吗？”杰克说。 “比莉，你跑得那么快。 我敢说你踢足球肯定很厉害！” 可比莉摇了摇头。 她想叫杰克别去踢球。 她想告诉他，要是他走了，就只剩她一个人在攀爬架上，最好的朋友都不在身边了。

But Billie feels too shy and too cross. When she opens her mouth, nothing comes out. "You coming?" Sam says to Jack. "Sure," says Jack. "Want to come and watch, Billie?" "No," says Billie. "I told you, soccer is boring."

可比莉又害羞又生气。 她张了张嘴，却什么话也说不出来。 “你走不走？” 萨姆对杰克说。 “当然走啦，”杰克说。 “比莉，你要不要一起来看呀？” “不去，”比莉说。 “我都说了，足球没意思。”