【英文读物】歪歪小学：我们的学校要倒了 Wayside School is Falling Down.docx

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1、【英文读物】歪歪小学：我们的学校要倒了 Wayside School is Falling Down1. A Package for Mrs. Jewls 朱尔斯老师的包裹Louis, the yard teacher, frowned.The school yard was a mess. There were pencils and pieces of paper everywhere. Howd all this junk get here? he wondered. Well, Im not going to pick it up!It wasnt his job to pick up

2、 garbage. He was just supposed to pass out the balls during lunch and recess, and also make sure the kids didnt kill each other.He sighed, then began cleaning it up. He loved all the children at Wayside School. He didnt want them playing on a dirty playground.As he was picking up the pencils and pie

3、ces of paper, a large truck drove into the parking lot. It honked its horn twice, then twice more.Louis ran to the truck. Quiet! he whispered. Children are trying to learn in there! He pointed at the school.A short man with big, bushy hair stepped out of the truck. I have a package for somebody name

4、d Mrs. Jewls, he said.Ill take it, said Louis.Are you Mrs. Jewls? asked the man.No, said Louis.I have to give it to Mrs. Jewls, said the man.Louis thought a moment. He didnt want the man disturbing the children. He knew how much they hated to be interrupted when they were working.Im Mrs. Jewls, he s

5、aid.But you just said you werent Mrs. Jewls, said the man.I changed my mind, said Louis.The man got the package out of the back of the truck and gave it to Louis. Here you go, Mrs. Jewls, he said.Uhh! Louis grunted. It was a very heavy package. The word FRAGILE was printed on every side. He had to b

6、e careful not to drop it.The package was so big, Louis couldnt see where he was going. Fortunately, he knew the way to Mrs. Jewlss class by heart. It was straight up.Wayside School was thirty stories high, with only one room on each story. Mrs. Jewlss class was at the very top. It was Louiss favorit

7、e class.He pushed through the door to the school, then started up the stairs. There was no elevator.There were stairs that led down to the basement, too, but nobody ever went down there. There were dead rats living in the basement.The box was pressed against Louiss face, squashing his nose. Even so,

8、 when he reached the fifteenth floor, he could smell Miss Mush cooking in the cafeteria. It smelled like she was making mushrooms. Maybe on my way back Ill stop by Miss Mushs room and get some mushrooms, he thought. He didnt want to miss Miss Mushs mushrooms. They were her specialty.He huffed and gr

9、oaned and continued up the stairs. His arms and legs were very sore, but he didnt want to rest. This package might be important, he thought. I have to get it to Mrs. Jewls right away.He stepped easily from the eighteenth story to the twentieth. There was no nineteenth story.Miss Zarves taught the cl

10、ass on the nineteenth story. There was no Miss Zarves.At last he struggled up the final step to the thirtieth story. He knocked on Mrs. Jewlss door with his head.Mrs. Jewls was in the middle of teaching her class about gravity when she heard the knock. Come in, she called.I cant open the door, Louis

11、 gasped. My hands are full. I have a package for you.Mrs. Jewls faced the class. Who wants to open the door for Louis? she asked.All the children raised their hands. They loved to be interrupted when they were working.Oh dear, how shall I choose? asked Mrs. Jewls. I have to be fair about this. I kno

12、w! Well have a spelling bee. And the winner will get to open the door.Louis knocked his head against the door again. Its heavy, he complained. And Im very tired.Just a second, Mrs. Jewls called back. Allison, the first words for you. Heavy.Heavy, said Allison. H-E-A-V-Y. Heavy.Very good. Jason, your

13、e next. Tired.Tired, said Jason. S-L-E-E-P-Y. Tired.Louis felt the package slipping from his sweaty fingers. He shifted his weight to get a better grip. The comers of the box dug into the sides of his arms. He felt his hands go numb.Actually, he didnt feel them go numb.Jenny, package.Package, said J

14、enny. B-O-X. Package.Excellent! said Mrs. Jewls.Louis felt like he was going to faint.At last John opened the door. I won the spelling bee, Louis! he said.Very good, John, muttered Louis.Arent you going to shake my hand? asked John.Louis shifted the box to one arm, quickly shook Johns hand, then gra

15、bbed the box again and staggered into the room.Where do you want it, Mrs. Jewls? he asked.I dont know, said Mrs. Jewls. What is it?I dont know, said Louis. Ill have to put it down someplace so you can open it.But how can I tell you where to put it until I know what it is? asked Mrs. Jewls. You might

16、 put it in the wrong place.So Louis held the box as Mrs. Jewls stood on a chair next to him and tore open the top. His legs wobbled beneath him.Its a computer! exclaimed Mrs. Jewls.Everybody booed.Whats the matter? asked Louis. I thought everyone loved computers.We dont want it, Louis, said Eric Bac

17、on.Take it back, Jack, said Terrence.Get that piece of junk out of here, said Maurecia.Now, dont be that way, said Mrs. Jewls. The computer will help us learn. Its a lot quicker than a pencil and paper.But the quicker we learn, the more work we have to do, complained Todd.You may set it over there o

18、n the counter, Louis, said Mrs. Jewls.Louis set the computer on the counter next to Sharies desk. Then he collapsed on the floor.Now watch closely, said Mrs. Jewls.Everyone gathered around the new computer. It had a full-color monitor and two disk drives.Mrs. Jewls pushed it out the window.They all

19、watched it fall and smash against the sidewalk.See? said Mrs. Jewls. Thats gravity.Oh, now I get it! said Joe.Thank you, Louis, said Mrs. Jewls. Ive been trying to teach them about gravity all morning. We had been using pencils and pieces of paper, but the computer was a lot quicker.2. Mark Miller 马

20、克米勒Mrs. Jewls rang her cowbell. I would like you to meet Mark Miller, she said. He and his family just moved here all the way from Magadonia!Everybody stared at the new kid.He stood at the front of the room. His knees were shaking.He hated having to stand in front of the class. It was as if Mrs. Jew

21、ls had brought him in for show-and-tell. He felt like some kind of weirdo. He just wanted to sit at a desk and be like everybody else.But worst of all, his name wasnt Mark Miller.He was Benjamin Nushmutt. And he had moved from Hempleton, not Magadonia.But he was too scared to mention that to Mrs. Je

22、wls. He was afraid to correct a teacher.Why dont you tell the class a little bit about yourself, Mark? suggested Mrs. Jewls.Benjamin didnt know what to say. He wished he really was Mark Miller. Mark Miller wouldnt be scared, he thought. Hed probably have lots to say. Everyone would like him. Nobody

23、would think Mark Miller was weird.Well, I guess wed better find you a place to sit, said Mrs. Jewls.She put him at the empty desk between Todd and Bebe.Hi, Mark, said Todd. Im Todd. Youll like Mrs. Jewls. Shes the nicest teacher in the school.Todd, no talking, said Mrs. Jewls. Go write your name on

24、the blackboard under the word DISCIPLINE.Hi, Mark, said Bebe. Im Bebe Gunn.Hi, Benjamin said quietly.He decided hed have to tell Mrs. Jewls his real name at recess. He cringed. He didnt know why, but for some reason he had trouble saying his own name.And whats your name, little boy? an adult would a

25、sk him. Benjamin Nushmutt, hed answer.What?BENjamin NUSHmutt.What?Ben-Ja-Min Nush-Mutt.What?BenjaMIN NushMUTT!What?Benjamin Nushmutt.Oh, nice to meet you, Benjamin.He never knew what it was that made the person suddenly understand.When the bell rang for recess, everyone charged out of the room. Benj

26、amin slowly walked to Mrs. Jewlss desk. Somehow, he had to tell her.Mrs. Jewls was sorting papers. Oh, hello, Mark, she said. How are you enjoying the class so far?Fine, said Benjamin.Good, Im glad to hear that, said Mrs. Jewls.Benjamin shrugged, then walked out of the room. If I had told her my nam

27、e, she would have thought I was weird for not telling her sooner, he realized.He stood at the top of the stairs and looked down. Recess was only ten minutes long. It didnt seem worth it to go all the way down and then come all the way back up. He didnt have any friends down there anyway.He had never

28、 been more unhappy in his whole life.He sat on the top step. Mark Miller, he said outloud. It was an easy name to say. Mark Miller probably would have made lots of friends by now, he thought.Suddenly he heard a low rumble. Then the stairs began to shake. It felt like an earthquake! This whole stupid

29、 school is going to fall over, he thought. He put his head between his knees.The rumbling got worse. Im going to die and nobody will even know who I am, he worried. The new kid. Mark Miller. The weirdo!But it wasnt an earthquake. It was just all the kids running back up the stairs.Hey, Mark, why are

30、 you sitting that way? asked Deedee.You look funny, said Ron.Benjamin looked up.How come you werent at recess? asked Jason. We looked everywhere for you.Couldnt you find the playground? asked Calvin.Its just straight down, said Bebe. You cant miss it.But dont go in the basement, warned Sharie. Whate

31、ver you do, dont go in the basement.Well go down together at lunch, said Todd. That way you wont get lost.Benjamin smiled. He was glad everyone seemed to like him. Or at least they liked Mark Miller. He wondered if theyd like Benjamin Nushmutt too. The bell has rung! said Mrs. Jewls, standing in the

32、 doorway. Now, everyone get inside. She made Todd put a check next to his name on the board for being late.Mrs. Jewls handed a stack of work sheets to Dameon and asked him to pass them out to the rest of the class.Benjamin looked at his work sheet. At the top right corner there was a place to put hi

33、s name. He didnt know which name to put there, Mark Miller or Benjamin Nushmutt.He left it blank and started working on the first problem.Louis, the yard teacher, entered the room carrying a white paper sack. Benjamin forgot his lunch, he said. His mother just brought it.Who? asked Mrs. Jewls.Benjam

34、in, said Louis.Theres no Benjamin in my class, said Mrs. Jewls.Are you sure? asked Louis. It looks like a good lunch.I know the names of the children in my class! Mrs. Jewls said indignantly.Well, Ill just leave it here until I figure this out, said Louis. He left the lunch on Mrs. Jewlss desk and w

35、alked out of the room.Benjamin frowned. He looked at the white paper sack on Mrs. Jewlss desk. He couldnt tell Mrs. Jewls11his real name now. Shed think he was making it up just to get a free lunch.He wrote Mark Miller at the top of his work sheet.But one of these days, he knew, hed have to tell her

36、 his real name.3. Bebes Baby Brother 比比的小弟弟Mrs. Jewls asked Dameon to pass back the homework.Bebe Gunn waited nervously. Except for art, her grades had not been very good lately. If she didnt start bringing home better grades, her parents said they wouldnt let her stay up past midnight. She did her

37、best artwork after midnight.Dameon handed Calvin his homework, then Todd, then Joy.Wheres yours? asked Calvin.13I dont know, said Bebe.Did you do it? asked Calvin.Yes, I did it, said Bebe. I worked extra hard on it! I hope Mrs. Jewls didnt lose it.Dameon finished passing out the homework. Bebe never

38、 got hers.Bebe, will you come here, please, said Mrs. Jewls.She pushed out of her seat, stood up, and nervously walked to Mrs. Jewlss desk. I did my homework, Mrs. Jewls, she said. Really!Yes, I know, said Mrs. Jewls. She held Bebes homework in her hand.Whew! Bebe sighed with relief. I was afraid yo

39、u lost it!No, I didnt lose it, Mrs. Jewls said sternly. She showed the back of the paper to Bebe. Someone had written:MRS. JEWLS IS AS FAT AS A HIPPOPOTAMUS!(AND SHE SMELLS LIKE ONE, TOO.)I didnt write that! exclaimed Bebe. I love the way you smell.Mrs. Jewls smiled. But if you didnt write it, who d

40、id?Ray! Bebe instantly replied.Whos Ray?Hes my little brother. Ray Gunn. He must have snuck into my room after I was asleep. Hes always14playing mean tricks on me. He knew how hard I worked on my homework.Well, well show Ray, said Mrs. Jewls. She gave Bebe an A plus. There. I dont think hell try tha

41、t again.Thanks! said Bebe.You may have a Tootsie Roll Pop, too, said Mrs. Jewls.Bebe took a Tootsie Roll Pop out of the coffee can on Mrs. Jewls s desk, then returned to her seat. She proudly showed Calvin her A +.The next day Mrs. Jewls asked Dameon to hand back another batch of homework.How come D

42、ameon always gets to do everything? griped Kathy.Im sorry, Kathy, said Mrs. Jewls. Would you like to pass back the homework?No! grumped Kathy. Im not your slave.Dameon passed out the homework. Again Bebe didnt get hers.Mrs. Jewls called her to her desk. On the back of her homework someone had writte

43、n:MRS. JEWLS HAS A HEAD FULL OF OATMEAL! (AND IT LEAKS OUT HER EARS.)I didnt write it, said Bebe. Ray? asked Mrs. Jewls.15Bebe nodded.Why dont you start checking the back of your homework? suggested Mrs. Jewls.I did when I woke up! said Bebe. He must have done it after breakfast, while I was brushin

44、g my teeth. We had oatmeal for breakfast. She shook her head. I wont brush my teeth anymore!You have to brush your teeth, said Mrs. Jewls.My parents think hes such a little angel! Bebe complained. Hes always wrecking things, and then Im always the one who gets in trouble. Why cant you be more like R

45、ay? they say. Yesterday he threw all my underwear out the window. Then my mother yelled at me for it. She wouldnt believe that her little darling son would do something like that!Mrs. Jewls gave Bebe another A+ and another Tootsie Roll Pop.For Friday everyone had to write a report and read it to the

46、 class. Bebe wrote her report about George Washington. She stood at the front of the room and read it out loud. George Washington never told a lie. Not like Mrs. Jewls. She lies all the time. Thats why her nose is so big. And she snores when she sleeps, so Mister Jewls has to wear ear plugs.Everyone was laughing.Bebe stopped reading. Whats so funny? she asked.16