Sally Takayama's Worst Day Ever

Sally Takayama's Worst Day Ever. Written by Katherine Follett. Illustrated by John Castner. Focus Question. Why does Sally think she had the worst day ever? Do you agree?

《高山莎莉人生中最糟糕的一天》 作者：凯瑟琳·福利特 插画：约翰·卡斯特纳 核心问题 为什么莎莉觉得她度过了人生中最糟糕的一天？你同意她的想法吗？

Sally Takayama slammed the front door behind her and flung her bookbag on the kitchen table. Her little brother Michael, who was only 18 months old, looked a little frightened in his high chair. Sally's father looked concerned as well. He sat down Michael's baby food spoon and faced Sally, who had slumped in her kitchen chair.

高山莎莉“砰”地关上身后的大门，把书包猛地甩到餐桌上 她才18个月大的弟弟迈克尔坐在高脚餐椅上，看起来有点被吓到了 莎莉的爸爸也一脸担心 他放下喂迈克尔的婴儿辅食勺，转向瘫坐在餐椅上的莎莉

Is something wrong? he asked. Nothing, except that this has been the worst day ever in my whole life, Sally snapped. What possibly could have happened to make this the worst day in your whole life? Sally rubbed her tired eyes with her fists. In addition to being horrible, her day had also been long, and she was getting a headache.

“发生什么事了吗？”他问 “没什么，只不过今天是我这辈子最糟糕的一天！”莎莉气冲冲地说 “到底发生了什么事，让你觉得今天是这辈子最糟的一天呀？” 莎莉用拳头揉了揉自己疲惫的眼睛 今天不仅糟透了，还过得特别漫长，她都开始头疼了

Well, first of all, she began, I stopped to pull a dime out from a crack in the sidewalk on my way to the bus stop. But by the time I got it out, it turned out to be just a penny. Then I was late for the bus, but as I ran to catch it, my shoestring broke and my shoe fell off. It was too late to run back and get it. I'm glad I found it again near the bus stop on my way home, but it looks like someone ran over it. Sally's father peered under the table, and sure enough, Sally's left shoe was black and grimy and bore the distinct shape of a tire tread.

"好吧，首先，"她开口说，"我去公交站的路上，停下来想把一枚10美分硬币从人行道的缝里抠出来。" 可等我好不容易抠出来，才发现那只是1美分的硬币。 然后我赶公交就迟到了，可我跑着追车的时候，鞋带断了，鞋子掉了。 再跑回去捡已经来不及了。 还好我放学回家的时候在公交站附近找到了它，但看起来好像被什么车碾过了。 莎莉的爸爸往桌子底下瞅了瞅，果然，莎莉的左脚鞋又黑又脏，而且上面清清楚楚印着轮胎的纹路。

Going to school with only one shoe was no fun, she continued. Bobby Danforth was sitting right in the first bus seat, and he spotted my bare sock and started calling me Sock Shoe Sally.

"只穿一只鞋去上学可一点都不好玩。"她接着说 鲍比·丹福斯正好坐在公交的第一排，他看见我只穿了袜子的脚，就开始叫我"袜子鞋莎莉"

Then the whole bus started teasing me like that. When I got to school, I didn't want to get my sock dirty, so I didn't play at recess. I just sat on the steps, holding my bare foot up. But then in the cafeteria, Mary spilled her chocolate milk on the floor and I stepped in it. Now my new yellow socks are all brown, and Bobby Danforth started calling me Chocolate Sock Sally. But the worst part was when the principal noticed that I didn't have a shoe. She asked me what happened, and when I told her about the dime, she laughed. Oh, I don't think she was laughing at you, Sally. She probably just thought it was a funny story. Sally's father said sympathetically,

然后整辆车上的人都开始这么取笑我。 我到学校之后，不想把袜子弄脏，所以课间休息的时候我都没出去玩。 我就坐在台阶上，把没穿鞋的那只脚翘起来。 可后来在自助餐厅，玛丽把她的巧克力牛奶泼在地上，我刚好踩上去了。 现在我新的黄袜子全变成棕色的了，鲍比·丹福斯又开始叫我“巧克力袜莎莉”。 不过最糟的是校长注意到我没穿鞋。 她问我怎么回事，我告诉她硬币的事之后，她居然笑了。 哦，我觉得她不是在笑你啦，莎莉。 她可能只是觉得这事挺有意思的。 莎莉的爸爸温柔地安慰她。