April Fool’s
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
As I walk into Principal Taylor’s office, I wonder who glued Mrs.
我走进泰勒校长的办公室,
Shoemaker to her chair.
鞋匠到她的椅子上。
It would have been a hilarious April Fool’s prank if the old, faded glue bottle hadn’t been hidden in my desk.
如果旧的已淡出胶水瓶没有藏在我桌上,
My best friend, Sarah, sits on a bench in the office with other students, crying like a baby.
我最好的朋友莎拉与其他学生坐在办公室的长凳上,哭得像个婴儿.
“I didn’t write those things,” she moans, tears streaming down her face.
脸上流出泪水。
“I was practicing my tuba all morning!”
“我整个上午都在练习管子! “
She explains how someone wrote nasty messages about Mr.
她解释了有人怎么写下关于Mr.
Kendall on the board in her handwriting.
肯德尔在她的笔迹板上
Each of the other students is in trouble for some prank they claim they didn’t commit.
其他学生都因一些恶作剧而陷入困境,
Someone covered the gym floor with vegetable oil and blocked the toilets in the bathrooms with handfuls of dead leaves.
有人用植物油遮盖了体育馆地上,用几片枯叶堵住浴室的厕所.
Someone also stuck old bologna under the cafeteria tables, so the whole place stinks like a garbage dump.
有人还把古老的波洛尼亚塞入了食堂的桌子下,所以整个地方臭得像垃圾堆.
The phone rings, and Ms.
电话响了 女士
Nathan, the secretary, answers it and swiftly hangs up.
内森,秘书,接电话,马上挂断
“ All morning, kids keep calling and laughing,” she says.
“...... 整个早上,孩子们不停地打电话和取笑,"她说.
After a while, Principal Taylor comes out of his office.
过了一段时间,泰勒校长从他的办公室出来.
“You’ve all been very busy,” he begins.
「你们都很忙」,
Sarah starts denying everything, and the rest of us follow suit.
Sarah开始否认一切 而我们其他人也照做
Principal Taylor waves his hands to silence us, but as he’s about to speak, the phone rings.
泰勒校长挥起手来让我们安静,
Ms.
妈妈
Nathan answers it with an abrupt “Hello!”
内森突然回答“你好!
She points to Sarah and says, “It’s for you.”
她指着莎拉说:“这是给你的。 “
Sarah takes the phone and says, “Hello?
Sarah接电话说:“你好?
I can barely hear you.
我几乎听不见
Jake, is that you?”
杰克,是你吗? “
When my little brother’s name is mentioned, I go to the phone, and Sarah cradles it between us so I can listen.
当我提到我弟弟的名字时,我去找电话,莎拉把电话摇到我们中间,让我可以听。
“Basement.
“基础。
find.
寻找。
are.
没错
tee.
泰尔。
It’s a young boy’s voice, but I can’t tell if it’s Jake’s.
这是男孩的声音,
“Basement.
“基础。
find.
寻找。
the.
那个
are.
没错
tee,” he repeats before the phone suddenly floods with laughing children and then goes dead.
他在电话前重复,
“I’ve spoken with your teachers, and they have some pretty compelling evidence,” Mr.
“我和你们的老师谈过了,
Taylor continues.
泰勒继续。
“ As punishment, you will stay after school until all these pranks are cleaned up.”
“...... 作为惩罚,你放学后会留下来 直到所有这些恶作剧都清理干净。 “
We all groan, and a few of us offer more protests of our innocence.
我们都在叹息,我们当中有一些人提出了更多的关于我们清白的抗议.
“I’ll call all your parents to inform them you’ll be remaining late on school grounds today and why.
「我会打电话给你所有的父母,
Now, return to class.”
现在,回到课堂上。 “
As Sarah and I shuffle down the hallway, she groans, “I’m in so much trouble.”
我和Sarah在走廊上乱跑, “
“What was with that phone call?”
“那通电话是怎么回事? “
I ask.
我问.
“We’ve heard that creepy laughter before.”
" 我们以前听过这种令人毛骨悚然的笑声。 “
“I was trying not to think about it,” Sarah whispers.
Sarah悄悄地说,
“It seems to follow us.
“它似乎跟随我们。
The voice said we need to look around the basement.”
声音说我们需要看看地下室周围 “
“No way I’m going down there!”
我无法下去, “
Sarah hisses.
莎拉的诗
“The principal thinks we’re in class, and our teachers think we’re in the office, so now’s the perfect time.”
“校长认为我们在上课, 老师认为我们在办公室, “
We quickly descend the stairs.
我们迅速下楼梯。
The basement is huge, with many walls hidden in darkness.
地下室很大,许多墙都隐藏在黑暗中.
Sarah points to the other side of the room, and we split up to start looking around.
莎拉指向房间的另一边,我们分道扬镳开始四处找找.
I walk slowly past shelves filled with old textbooks and sporting equipment but find nothing.
我慢慢地从书架上走过 里面装满了旧的课本和体育器材 但一无所获
Looking over, I see Sarah stop, eyes widening as she covers her mouth to stifle a scream.
看着她,我看到莎拉停下来, 睁开眼睛,当她遮住嘴来扼杀尖叫。
Sarah whimpers, but she follows me as we sneak to the basement doors.
莎拉的哭叫声,但她跟着我 当我们偷偷地到地下室的门。
“We have to be quiet in case the janitors are down there,” I say.
“我们必须安静,以防清洁工在下面。”
Surprisingly, the doors are open.
惊出出出门.
Sarah and I squeeze inside, listening to the water rush through the old pipes around us and fluorescent lights buzz overhead.
莎拉和我挤进去 听到水流冲出我们周围的老管子 荧光灯在上方响起
I sprint to the opposite side of the basement.
我冲到地下室的另一边
Sarah points in front of her and whispers, “I saw someone over there.”
Sarah指着她,悄悄地说:“我看见那边有人。 “
“ A janitor?”
“看门人? “
I ask.
我问.
She shakes her head, and that’s when I hear the footsteps, as if someone is rushing past us.
她摇起头来,我听到脚步声,好像有人冲过我们。
Sarah grabs my arm, and we take a few steps forward, then a few more.
Sarah抓住我的手臂 我们向前走几步 然后再走几步
Something moves in the shadows in front of us, and I move to follow it.
有东西在我们面前的阴影中移动,我移动去跟着它。
My foot hits something soft, and I reach down and feel lumps under thick cloth.
我的脚碰到了柔软的东西,我伸到地上,在厚厚的布下感觉到了肿块.
I think I hear laughter, but it could just be the furnaces or something.
我想我听到笑声, 但可能只是炉子什么的。
Grabbing onto the cloth, I pull a large bag into the light.
扯到布上,我把一个大袋子拉入光中。
Somewhere behind us, a little girl laughs, and then another off to our right.
在我们后面的某个地方,一个小女孩会笑 然后另一个离开我们的右边。
“Hey, is someone down there?
“嘿,下面有人吗?
No kids allowed in the basement,” a janitor’s voice calls.
儿童不得进入地下室,
I grab the bag.
我拿了那个袋子。
The janitor walks the room, shining a flashlight back and forth.
清洁工走在房间里,闪出一盏手电筒来回.
When he shines his light away from us, Sarah and I sneak quickly and quietly behind the shelves and up the stairs.
当他从我们身边闪出光来时,我和莎拉迅速悄悄地悄悄地从货架后爬上楼梯.
“That was close,” I say when we reach the safety of the hallway.
“这是很接近的,”我说,当我们到达走廊的安全时。
I drop the duffel bag and unzip it.
我放下了布袋 把它解开
“This is Rob Turtle’s duffel bag; his initials RT are on the straps,” I say.
「这是Rob Turtle的活页袋;
Inside are old cans that say “cooking oil” on the side and a paper wrapper glued to the side of the bag that smells really awful.
里面是说"煮取油"的老罐子,还有粘在袋子边上、闻起来很臭的纸袋。
A rough burlap sack holds dirt, leaves, and sticks, and half buried, I find an ancient-looking pair of scissors.
一个粗糙的布袋 夹住泥土、叶子和棍子 埋了一半 我找到一对古老的剪刀
“I think I’ve seen those scissors before,” Sarah says, staring at them.
「我想我以前见过剪刀,
I hand the scissors to Sarah.
我把剪刀交给莎拉
“This doesn’t tell us who the laughing kids are, but it looks as if Rob Turtle framed us all.”
但似乎Rob Turtle陷害了我们所有人。 “
“He said he lost his gym bag the other day,” Sarah replies, “in the Hollow.”
Sarah回答道:“在洞穴里。 “
“He also said that this would be the best April Fool’s Day ever,” I say.
" 他还说,这将是有史以来最好的 " 愚人节 " 。
“What do we do now?
“我们现在该怎么办?
If we give the bag to Principal Taylor, he’ll think we’re trying to make Rob look bad,” Sarah says.
如果把包交给泰勒校长,
“Let’s leave it in the cafeteria,” I suggest.
" 让我们把它留在餐厅吧, " 我建议。
“Someone will turn it in to the lost and found.”
“有人会把它交给失物招领者。 “
We leave the bag in the stinky cafeteria and return to class.
我们把袋子留在臭食堂里 回去上课
After lunch, Rob Turtle is called to the office, and as the day progresses, more students are found with evidence of pranks.
午餐后,Rob Turtle被叫到办公室,随着一天的到来,更多的学生被发现有恶作剧的证据.
Someone put dirt in the coffee in the teacher’s lounge and made all the lights flicker in the east wing.
有人在老师休息室的咖啡里放出泥土,
At the end of the day, Principal Taylor has corralled a surprising number of students into clean-up duty.
最终,泰勒校长将大量出人意料的学生编入了清理任务.
Rob, Sarah, and I are assigned to the cafeteria.
Rob Sarah和我被派去餐厅了
“How did you arrange all these pranks?”
“你是如何安排所有这些恶作剧的? “
I ask Rob.
我问罗布。
“You must have been in school all night.”
“你一定整夜都在上学。 “
“I didn’t, and I don’t know where the stuff came from.
“我没有,
I accidentally left my bag in the Hollow a few days ago,” he replies.
几天前,我意外地把我的包留在了谷地,“他回答说。
“I had some pretty amazing pranks planned, though.”
“虽然我计划了一些相当惊人的恶作剧。 “
Sarah and I share a look—neither of us believe him, but it’s also true that he couldn’t have done this alone.
莎拉和我一样,
When we finish, we wait for our parents.
当我们完成,我们等待我们的父母。
In the office, we hear Ms.
在办公室,我们听到女士。
Nathan answer the phone.
内森接电话
“Those laughing kids again!”
"那些又在笑的孩子!"
she yells.
她大叫着
“I’ll be so happy when this day is over.”
“当这一天结束的时候,我会很高兴。 “