Noni’s Newspaper
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Monday, 10:00 am “Who wants to be editor of the Whitmore Weekly?”
“谁想成为《惠特莫尔周刊》的编辑? “
Mr.
先生,请问...
Mann asked.
文问.
On either side of me, Miguel and Ashley shot their hands up.
米格尔和阿什利举起手来
Not me—I didn’t know the first thing about being an editor.
我没有... 我不知道做编辑的第一件事。
“Okay,” Mr.
“好吧,”先生
Mann said.
文说.
“You guys can work it out.
“你们可以解决。
You can set up your office after school in the multipurpose room, and Principal Sikes will give you the key.
你可以放学后在多功能室设立办公室,西克斯校长会给你钥匙.
We’ll print on Thursday afternoon.”
我们将在星期四下午打印。 “
Monday, 2:30 pm “The newspaper has to be written by Thursday, and we have no copy!”
星期一,下午2: 30 “报纸必须在星期四前写出,我们没有副本! “
I told my friend Jimmy.
我告诉我的朋友吉米。
“Can you be our sports reporter?”
“你可以做我们的体育记者吗? “
“But I’m the least athletic kid at Whitmore,” Jimmy said.
”吉米说,
“I get winded walking up the stairs.”
“我走上了楼梯。 “
I winked at Jimmy.
我对吉米眨眼了
“You don’t have to be sporty to write about sports.
写体育题材,
You can write about tonight’s basketball game against Deerfield.”
你可以写下今晚对鹿场的篮球比赛。 “
I left Jimmy to ponder that and went to meet Ashley and Miguel in front of Perry’s cage, next to the principal’s office.
我离开Jimmy去思考这件事,然后去见Ashley和Miguel,
Perry’s this big, old red parrot, also our school mascot.
派瑞的红鹦鹉,
He looked at me, cackled, and said, “Bye-bye.”
他看着我,笑着说,“再见。”
While Miguel and Ashley argued over who should be editor, I went and got the room key from the principal.
Miguel和Ashley争论谁是编辑时 我从校长那里拿到房间钥匙
“Fine,” Miguel said at last.
Miguel最后说:“很好,”
“For the sake of the paper, let’s be comanagers.”
" 为了报社,让我们成为管理者。 “
“Co-co, co-co,” Perry squawked.
“合作,合作,” 派瑞大骂.
“Yum!”
哟!
“Fine,” Ashley said, “but I get the bigger desk.”
“好吧,”阿什利说,“但我得到了更大的办公桌。 “
Without any further explanation, he turned and walked out of the room.
在没有任何进一步解释的情况下,他转身走出了房间。
“What should we write about?”
“我们应该写什么? “
I asked.
我问。
Neither Miguel nor Ashley answered me— they were too busy making nameplates that read “Editor ‘n’ Chief” and “Head Editor.”
Miguel和Ashley都没有回答我,他们忙于制作标有 " 编辑 " 和 " 主编辑 " 字样的名牌。 “
Sports—(Jimmy) Whitmore Fashion Tips— (Ashley?)
体育——(吉米)惠特摩尔时尚提示——(阿什利?)
Top 5 Video Games List— (Miguel?)
前5名电子游戏榜—— (Miguel?
Cover Story?
封面故事吗?
— (What’s the most important news at Whitmore?)
(Whitmore最重要的新闻是什么?)
Newspaper logo?
报纸标志?
—(no idea) School cartoon?
学校卡通?
— (I don’t know anyone who can draw.)
(我不知道谁能画画。 )
School photographer?
学校摄影师?
— (Who can we get to take pictures?)
- (谁可以让我们拍照? )
In the multipurpose room, Ashley hunched over a huge desk and worked on a column called “Whitmore Fashion Tips.”
在多功能的房间里,阿什利仰望着一个巨大的办公桌,并在一个名为“Whitmore时尚提示”的专栏工作。
Miguel grabbed a piece of paper and plopped down at the only other desk in the room.
Miguel抓住了一张纸,在房间里唯一一张桌子上倒了下来。
“I’m writing a top five video games list,” he said.
他说,“我在写一个前五名的电子游戏列表,”
“We need to write about things kids care about,” I said.
“我们需要写一些孩子关心的事情。”
“Trust me, Noni.”
“相信我,诺尼。”
Miguel said.
米格尔说。
“I know what people want to read.
“我知道人们想读什么。
That’s why I should be listed as the first comanager in the paper.”
所以我应该成为报纸上第一个昏迷者。 “
“I should be listed first—alphabetically,” Ashley said, “since A comes before M.”
阿什利说,“因为A比M早。 ”
While they bickered, I made a list of all the sections of our paper.
在他们吵吵的时候,我列了一份我们论文的章节清单。
I tried to remember everything I’ve seen in the newspapers lying around my house.
我在报纸上看到的一切,
Tuesday, 7:45 am Jimmy handed me his article about last night’s basketball game, and it was fantastic.
星期二,上午7点45分 Jimmy把他关于昨晚篮球比赛的文章递给我,
Jimmy’s Sports Corner: Whitmore Beats Deerfield in Overtime We were down two points with ten seconds to go when Ryder grabbed a rebound and dribbled all the way down the court and laid the ball in the hoop as the final buzzer sounded, forcing the game into overtime.
Jimmy的体育角:超时击败鹿地 莱德抓住反弹 一路在球场上滑倒 然后按最后的铃声把球扔到球上 迫使比赛加班
With ten seconds left in overtime, Ryder hit a three pointer, bringing the Parrots up 53 to 52.
在超时还剩10秒后,赖德打出3个指针,使鹦鹉队升入了53到52分.
“It was fun to write,” Jimmy said.
吉米说:“写作很有趣。”
“How’s the rest of the paper coming?”
" 论文的其余部分怎么样了? “
“Not so great,” I said.
我说,“不是那么好。”
“ Ashley and Miguel seem more interested in fighting with each other than working on the paper, and I still need a lead story.”
“Ashley和Miguel似乎更想互相打斗, “
We walked into school together just as someone screamed.
我们一起走进学校 就像有人尖叫一样
“Perry is missing!”
“失踪了!”
Everyone stood around the bird’s empty cage.
每个人都站在鸟的空笼子周围。
Miguel and Ashley were there with this kid named Chris.
Miguel和Ashley和这个叫克莉丝的孩子在那里
“It breaks my heart to see Perry’s empty cage,” Ashley cried.
“看到派瑞的空笼子让我心碎,”阿什利哭着说:
“Show Noni the picture, Chris.”
“向诺尼展示照片,克里斯。”
Chris is a grade lower than us, but I’ve noticed him before because he’s always snapping pictures around school.
克里斯比我们低一等, 但我以前注意到他,
“Yesterday I took this photo of Number 11 on Deerfield’s basketball team,” Chris said, handing me the photo.
“昨天我拍了这张照片,
“The bird is missing, and there’s a large shape under the guy’s jacket—about the size of a parrot.”
“这只鸟不见了, “
“He stole Perry to get back at us for winning the game!”
“他偷了派瑞,
Miguel shouted.
米格尔大叫着.
“We’re going to run this photo on the front page!”
「我们要在头版播放这张照片!
Ashley said.
阿什利说。
“Number 11 will pay for what he did.”
“第11号将为其所作所为付出代价。 “
She pointed at me.
她指着我
“Staff, we need an article—ASAP.”
" 工作人员,我们需要尽快发表一篇文章。 “
“I’ll write the story, and Chris can be the newspaper photographer,” I said, “but we can’t assume this guy’s the culprit without evidence.”
「我会写这个故事, “
“This is our big story!”
“这是我们的故事!”
Miguel protested.
米格尔抗议.
“‘Deerfield Steals Perry’ is our headline.”
“`鹿地偷派瑞'是我们的头条。 “
After he and Ashley stormed off, I studied the photo and noticed the clock in the right-hand corner.
他和阿什利冲走后,我研究了照片,注意到了右角的钟.
It said 4:15, but the game didn’t start until 4:30.
但比赛直到4:30才开始。
Why would Number 11 steal Perry before we won the game?
11号为什么要在比赛中抢走佩里?
I ran to find Eddie, the custodian who takes care of Perry, but Eddie was nowhere to be found.
我跑去寻找埃迪, 保管人谁照顾派瑞, 但埃迪没有地方找到。
I couldn’t avoid the sinking feeling that we were going to falsely accuse Number 11!
我无法避免沉没的感觉,
Wednesday, 7:30 am Before school, I called Deerfield Elementary to interview Number 11.
周三七点半 上学前,我打电话给"鹿地小学"11号专访.
Their school secretary wouldn’t take a message for him, even though I told her I was a reporter for the Whitmore Weekly.
尽管我告诉她我是"惠特摩周刊"的记者,
I needed to talk to Eddie and find out when he last saw the parrot, so my mom dropped me off early at school.
我得和艾迪谈谈 查查他最后一次见到鹦鹉是什么时候 所以我妈妈很早就把我送到学校了
I yanked on the front door— locked—then turned and looked at a group of kids by the juice box machine.
我按住前门——锁上——然后转过身来,看着果汁盒机旁的一群孩子。
They were always huddled there with notebooks and some complicated board game.
他们总是用笔记本和一些复杂的棋盘游戏 挤在那里
People called them the “juice box kids.”
人们称他们为"汁盒小孩". “
“Why isn’t the school open?”
学校为何不开放? “
I asked.
我问。
“They’ll open the door in five minutes,” one of the girls said.
其中一位女孩说,
I’ d never spoken to her or any of her friends before.
我从未和她或她的任何朋友说过话。
I inched closer and peeked over her shoulder.
我插得更近 并偷看她的肩膀。
Her notebook had a cute drawing of a dragon on it and her name—Xia—written across the bottom.
她的笔记本上绘有一条可爱的龙和她的名字... 霞 -- -- 写到下方。
“Would you like to draw a cartoon for the school paper?”
“你想为学校报纸画一幅漫画吗? “
I asked.
我问。
Just then, Eddie unlocked the front door, and I bolted inside.
刚刚,埃迪打开了前门,我跑进去了。
“Eddie!”
爱迪!
I cried.
我哭了起来。
“People think a Deerfield basketball player stole Perry.
“人们觉得一个鹿地篮球运动员偷走了佩里。
I need to know the truth.”
我需要知道事实真相 “
“Follow me,” Eddie said.
“跟我来,”艾迪说。
He led me to Perry’s cage.
他带我去佩里的笼子。
Perched in the middle was a plastic parrot.
中间是一只塑料鹦鹉
“Perry’s turned to plastic?”
" 珀里变成了塑料? “
“Perry has retired,” Eddie said.
Eddie说,“Perry已经退休了。”
“I took him to the vet yesterday after school, and he said the bird’s ready for some quieter days.
" 昨天放学后,我带他去看兽医,他说这只鸟已经准备好过几天了。
We decided we won’t have any more living mascots at Whitmore.”
我们决定在惠特摩不再有活的吉祥物了。 “
“I’ll let everyone know,” I said, “in the school paper.”
「我会让大家知道, “
Eddie scratched his head.
艾迪抓了头
“There’s a school paper?”
" 学校有报纸吗? “
Wednesday, 3:00 pm “How’s our front-page story coming?”
星期三下午3点 “我们的头版报道如何? “
Ashley asked.
阿什利问。
She held up Chris’s picture.
她举起Chris的照片。
Number 11 was circled in red with the word GUILTY scrawled over his head.
11号被红色地盘盘旋,并用"GUILTY"(GUILTY)一词从他头上划出.
“Number 11 is not guilty.
“第11号无罪。
Perry retired,” I said.
Perry退休了,”我说。
“Perry getting stolen is a better story,” Miguel said.
Miguel说,“偷盗是件更好的事。
“We have the proof right here in the picture,” Ashley said.
Ashley说:“我们在这里有证据。”
“It’s not proof if what it proves isn’t true,” I said.
”我说,
“You don’t want to libel this kid, do you?”
“你不想诋毁这孩子, “
Miguel and Ashley stared at me until I felt my face turning red.
Miguel和Ashley盯着我 直到我觉得我的脸红了
“I don’t know,” Miguel said at last.
Miguel终于说道:
“Is it fun?”
“好玩吗? “
Thursday, 11:30 am At lunch, Xia handed me her cartoon.
星期四,上午11时30分 午餐时,霞把卡通递给我.
Miguel turned in his top five video games list, but he couldn’t decide what the top five games were, so he listed them as a tie.
Miguel在前5个电子游戏榜单上翻转,
Thursday, 3:00 pm After school, I read over my article one more time: Bye-Bye, Perry by Noni Lopez We’ve all heard that familiar “bye-bye” echoing down the halls that seems to say, “Please don’t stick your fingers in my cage.”
星期四下午3点 课后,我再读我的文章一次: 再见,佩里,诺尼洛佩兹 我们都知道“再见”在大厅里呼应, “
Well, after five years as our school mascot, Perry has said his last “bye-bye.”
在作为学校吉祥物的五年之后,佩里已经说了最后一次“再见”。 “
From now on, he’ll be residing with Eddie, the custodian.
从今以后,他将与保管人Eddie住在一起。
“I’m going to make sure Perry gets a restful retirement,” Eddie said.
“我会确保派瑞退休,
The article went on to include quotes and fond memories from a half-dozen students and teachers.
文章后又收录了来自半个师生的引文和喜爱的回忆.
When I’ d finished proofing it, I braced myself and handed it over to Ashley and Miguel.
当我完成校验后,我把自己绑好,交给了阿什利和米格尔。
To my amazement, they didn’t complain about the photo not being on the cover.
我惊讶的是, 他们并没有抱怨照片不在封面。
I think they just wanted to be done with the paper so they could go back to fixing up their desks.
我想他们只是想把报纸弄好 这样他们就可以回去修理桌子了
I put the paper together and gave it to Mr.
我把论文整理好,交给了先生
Mann to print.
文为印相.
Of course, I wasn’t listed as editor (or even comanager) on the masthead, but I didn’t care.
当然,我并没被列作头盔上的编辑(甚至昏迷者),
I just wanted to put together a good, factual paper, and in the end, that’s what it was.
我只想整理一份好的、真实的文件,
Ashley’s column, “Whitmore Fashion Tips,” was mostly about matching the color of your shirt with the color of your socks.
Ashley的专栏“Whitmore Fashion Tips,”主要是关于将衬衫的颜色与袜子的颜色相匹配。
I spent the last twenty minutes of lunch editing her article.
我花了最后20分钟 午餐编辑了她的文章。
Friday 3:00 pm This morning we handed out the paper, and people seemed to really like it.
星期五下午3点 今天早上我们发了报纸 人们似乎很喜欢
Some kids even got inspired and wrote their own stories and cartoons to hang on Perry’s old cage.
有些孩子甚至得到启发并写出自己的故事和漫画来挂在佩里老笼子上.
Ashley and Miguel celebrated by taking off the rest of the day, but I’m rounding up the newspaper contributors.
阿什利和米格尔在当天余下时间脱口而出,
We have to plan next week’s issue!
我们必须计划下周的节目!