05 The Extra-special Helper

The Extra-special Helper

超级特别小助手

Chapter One Billie B Brown has one sun hat, one water bottle and fourteen clipboards. Do you want to know what the B in Billie B Brown stands for? Bossy. Billie B Brown can sometimes be just a teensy bit bossy. Like today, for example. Billie and her class are going on an excursion. They are going to the zoo.

第一章 比莉·B·布朗有一顶遮阳帽、一个水壶，还有十四块剪贴板。 你想知道比莉·B·布朗名字里的B代表什么吗？ 爱管事。 比莉·B·布朗有时候确实有点小专横。 就比如今天。 比莉和班上的同学要去远足。 他们要去动物园。

Do you know why Billie is carrying so many clipboards?

你知道比莉为什么带这么多剪贴板吗？

Ms Walton has asked Billie to be her extra-special helper. Billie is helping Ms Walton carry all the clipboards for their excursion. Usually Ella and Tracey get to be Ms Walton's helpers, but today Ms Walton has chosen Billie. Billie feels very proud. She gets to sit next to Ms Walton on the bus.

沃尔顿老师请比莉当她的超级特别小助手。 比莉帮沃尔顿老师带着远足要用的所有剪贴板。 平时埃拉和特蕾西会当沃尔顿老师的小助手，可今天老师选了比莉。 比莉觉得特别骄傲。 她坐公交车的时候可以挨着沃尔顿老师坐。

"You will have to help me make sure nobody gets lost today, Billie," Ms Walton says. "It's a very important job." "Of course," says Billie. "OK, now, not so much noise, please!" Ms Walton calls out to the boys at the back of

“比莉，今天你得帮我看好大家，别让任何人走丢哦。”沃尔顿老师说。 “这可是份非常重要的工作。” “当然没问题。”比莉说。 “好啦，现在请大家小声一点，不要太吵！” 沃尔顿老师对着后排的男生们喊道

the bus. Billie turns around to look. The boys at the back are making a lot of noise. Billie waves to Jack. Jack is Billie's best friend. They have been best friends since they were babies. Usually Billie and Jack sit together. But today Billie is being Ms Walton's extra- special helper, so Jack is sitting with the other boys at the back of the bus. The boys are laughing and Sam is singing a loud song. "Billie," Ms Walton says, "can you please go and ask the boys to keep it down a bit?"

的方向。 比莉转过头去看。 后排的男生们正闹哄哄的。 比莉朝杰克挥了挥手。 杰克是比莉最好的朋友。 他们俩从还是小婴儿的时候就是好朋友了。 平时比莉和杰克都会坐在一起。 但今天比莉要当沃尔顿老师的超级特别小助手，所以杰克和其他男生一起坐在公交车后排。 男生们笑个不停，萨姆还在大声唱歌。 “比莉，”沃尔顿老师说，“能麻烦你过去让男生们稍微安静一点吗？”