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?

高山萨莉的史上最糟一天 凯瑟琳·福利特 著 约翰·卡斯特纳 绘 思考问题 为什么萨莉觉得这是她最糟的一天？ 你同意她的说法吗？

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.

萨莉·高山“砰”地关上大门，把书包甩在了厨房餐桌上。 她才十八个月大的弟弟迈克尔坐在宝宝餐椅上，看起来吓坏了。 萨莉的爸爸也露出了担忧的神色。 他放下喂迈克尔的辅食勺，转向瘫坐在厨房餐椅上的萨莉。

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.

出什么事了吗？” 他问道。 没什么，只不过这是我这辈子最糟糕的一天，萨莉气冲冲地说。 到底发生了什么，能让这变成你这辈子最糟的一天？ 萨莉用拳头揉了揉疲惫的眼睛。 今天不光倒霉，还格外漫长，她的头都开始疼了。

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

唔，首先呀，她开口说，我去公交站路上，停下来抠人行道裂缝里的十分硬币。 可等我把它抠出来，才发现那只是个一美分。 我赶公交已经迟到了，跑着追车的时候，鞋带断了，鞋子也掉了。 那时候回头去捡已经来不及了。 幸好我回家的时候在公交站旁边找到了它，但它看起来好像被车碾过了。” 萨莉爸爸朝桌子底下看，果不其然，萨莉的左脚鞋子黑乎乎的，

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

只穿一只鞋去上学一点都不好玩，”她接着说。 博比·丹福斯坐在公交车第一排，他看到我只穿了袜子，就开始叫我‘袜鞋萨莉’。

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.

然后全车人都开始这么叫着取笑我。 到学校之后，我不想把袜子弄脏，所以课间休息我没出去玩。 我就坐在台阶上，抬着那只光脚。 可后来在食堂，玛丽把巧克力牛奶洒在地上，我正好踩了进去。 现在我的新黄袜子全变成棕色了，博比·丹福斯又开始叫我‘巧克力袜萨莉’。 但最糟的是，校长发现我没穿鞋。 她问我出了什么事，我跟她说了硬币的事，她就笑了。 哦，我觉得她不是在笑你呀，萨莉。 她可能只是觉得这个故事很有意思，爸爸同情地说道。