The Thesaurus

The Thesaurus, written by Julie Harding, illustrated by Chris Harding.

《同义词词典》，作者：朱莉·哈丁，插画：克里斯·哈丁

Mrs. Ellis stood in her blue polka dot skirt, lecturing the class about antonyms, antonyms and synonyms. How about imonyms? Angie Jarrett thought and giggled inside. It was going to be a while before anyone could run out to the open field that surrounded Munger Elementary. Luckily, Angie sat pretty close to the window. She could almost feel the fresh air.

埃利斯太太穿着蓝底波点短裙站在讲台上，正给全班讲反义词、反义词还有同义词 那有没有“同我词”呀？ 安吉·贾勒特在心里偷偷想着，抿嘴笑个不停 还要过好久，大家才能跑到曼格小学外围的开阔草地上玩 幸好安吉坐的位置离窗户特别近 她几乎都能感受到外面的清新空气了

It looked like the day had warmed since lunch. Angie knew that the breeze would smell nice from the morning's rain. She also knew that this was the best time to dive into the clover patch on the other side of the playground's only hill. That was where Angie went when she wanted to write about things or just spend time with her imagination. Tiny gold -nosed puppies and great winged buffalo were known to play in the clouds above the hill. No one knew about their games, except Angie.

看样子午饭后天气变得暖和起来了 安吉知道，经过早上一场雨，微风闻起来肯定特别舒服 她也知道，现在正好钻进操场唯一那座小山另一侧的三叶草堆里玩 那就是安吉想写点东西，或是只想放飞想象力时会去的地方 长着小金鼻子的小狗和长着大翅膀的野牛，都会在小山上空的云里玩耍 除了安吉，没人知道它们玩的小游戏

She was watching the leaves on a tree just outside the window as they tickled each other in the breeze when Mrs. Ellis interrupted. Angie, did you hear me? All of you need to bring a thesaurus to use in class on Friday. If you don't have one at home, you can borrow one from me if you let me know before Thursday. You will each need one for the class. No exceptions, Ms. Jarrett.

埃利斯太太打断她的时候，她正盯着窗外树上的叶子，看它们在微风里互相挠痒痒 安吉，你听见我说话了吗？ 周五上课，所有人都要带一本同义词词典来用 如果家里没有，周四之前告诉我，就可以从我这里借一本 每个人都必须准备一本上课用 没有例外，贾勒特小姐

The bell rang before Angie could reply. She might have been about to defend herself, but instead, she was reeling with what Mrs. Ellis had just said. She'd been fascinated with the hulking creatures that had roamed the earth all those long years before. Her stomach began to tighten, and excitedly, she flew out the door, leaving her jacket behind to spend yet another night on the back of her yellow chair.

安吉还没来得及回答，下课铃就响了 她本来都要为自己走神辩解，可此刻满脑子都在转埃利斯太太刚才说的话 她一直对那些亿万年前漫步在地球上的大块头生物着迷不已 她的胸口都激动得发紧，兴奋地冲出了门，连外套都忘了拿，任由它再在黄椅子靠背上待一晚上

The day was indeed warm, but Angie would not have noticed if it had been below freezing. She was busy trying to understand how she had missed the existence of a living, breathing dinosaur, let alone one that, according to Mrs. Ellis, might be living in the homes of every student in the class.

这天确实很暖和，可就算气温降到冰点以下，安吉也根本不会察觉 她满脑子都在想，自己怎么会不知道居然还有活的、会呼吸的恐龙存在，更何况按埃利斯太太说的，说不定全班每个同学家里都住着一只呢