16 Just My Luck!

For show-and-share, Clara has a four-leaf clover. She passes it around.

分享展示课上，克拉拉带来了一株四叶草。 她把四叶草传给大家轮流看。

"Four-leaf clovers bring good luck," Clara tells everyone. "They bring even more good luck than finding a penny." Ms. Glass isn't positive that is true. (Positive is fancy for sure about something.) She says, "I don't believe in good-luck charms. But four-leaf clovers are quite rare. There aren't a lot of them. So Clara is lucky to have one."

“四叶草会带来好运哦。”克拉拉告诉大家。 “它们带来的好运比捡到一分钱还要多呢。” 格拉斯老师不太确定这是不是真的。 （“确定”的高端说法就是对某件事非常肯定哦。） 她说：“我不相信幸运符这类东西。 不过四叶草确实非常少见。 这种草本来就不多。 所以克拉拉能找到一株，真的很幸运。”

At recess, I decide to find a four-leaf clover of my own. Lionel helps. Here is what we find: a key and some string, a wheel from a toy car, and Robert's library card. "Thanks!" Robert says. He puts the card in his pocket. It is hard because he is upside down. "I'm lucky you found it."

课间休息的时候，我决定自己也找一株四叶草。 莱昂内尔也来帮忙。 我们找到的东西有：一把钥匙、一截绳子、一个玩具车的轮子，还有罗伯特的借书卡。 “谢谢你们！” 罗伯特说。 他把卡片放进了口袋里。 这可有点难，因为他现在正倒立着呢。 “你们能找到我的卡，我太幸运啦。”

On the way inside, I hear someone shouting. It is Grace from the other class. "Didn't you see what you just did? You stepped on a crack," Grace says. She points to a sidewalk square. There is a big crack in it. "So what?" I say. "Duh!" says Grace. "Don't you know that's bad luck?" "No," I say. "I was not aware of that."

回教室的路上，我听见有人在大喊。 是隔壁班的格蕾丝。 “你没看见你刚才做了什么吗？ 你踩到裂缝啦。”格蕾丝说。 她指着一块人行道地砖。 地砖上有一道很大的裂缝。 “那又怎么了？”我问。 “哎呀！”格蕾丝说， “你不知道那会带来霉运吗？” “不知道啊，”我说， “我从来没听说过这件事。”

It turns out that Grace is an expert on bad luck. (Expert is fancy for someone who knows a lot.) "Walking under a ladder is bad luck. Don't open an umbrella indoors or spill salt. Anything with thirteen is bad luck. And you better hope that a black cat never runs by you. That's like double-trouble bad luck." Wow! There are so many bad luck things to keep track of!

原来格蕾丝是研究霉运的专家呢。 （“专家”的高端说法就是对某件事懂得特别多的人哦。）“在梯子下面走会倒霉。 别在屋里开雨伞，也别把盐撒出来。 凡是和13有关的东西都会带来霉运。 还有你最好祈祷别让黑猫从你面前跑过。 那可是会带来双倍倒霉的坏运气哦。” 哇！ 要记住的霉运禁忌也太多了吧！