介绍:
The kids in Room 207 were misbehaving again.
207教室的孩子们闹得不可开交。
Spitballs stuck to the ceiling.
沾着唾沫的纸团儿粘到了天花板上。
Paper planes whizzed through the air.
纸飞机在空中飞来飞去。
They were the worst-behaved class in the whole school.
他们是整个学校里表现最差的学生。
"Now settle down," said Miss Nelson in a sweet voice.
“嗨，静下来。”尼尔森老师的声音甜甜的。
But the class would not settle down.
不过，学生们可不会马上安静下来。
The whispered and giggled.
他们窃窃私语，咯咯怪笑。
They squirmed and made faces.
他们扭来扭去，挤眉弄眼。
They were even rude during story hour.
甚至在讲故事的时候，他们也胡闹一气。
And they always refused to do their lessons.
他们从来不肯好好做功课。
"Something will have to be done,"said Miss Nelson.
“一定要采取措施了。”尼尔森老师说。
The next morning Miss Nelson did not come to school.
第二天早上，尼尔森老师没有来学校。
"Wow!" yelled the kids."
“哟嗬！”孩子们一齐欢呼，
Now we can really act up!"
“这下我们真的可以玩儿个够了！”
They began to make more spitballs and paper planes.
他们开始揉更多的唾沫纸团儿，叠更多的纸飞机。
"Today let's be just terrible!" they said.
“今天就让我们为所欲为吧！”孩子们说道。
"Not so fast!" hissed an unpleasant voice.
“别高兴太早了！”一个粗粗的嗓音阴森森地响起来。
A woman in an ugly black dress stood before them.
一个女人站在了他们面前，穿着一件丑陋的黑色连衣裙。
"I am your new teacher, Miss Viola Swamp."
“我是你们的新老师，薇奥拉·斯旺普老师。”
And she rapped the desk with her ruler.
她拿着戒尺啪啪地敲着讲台。
"Where is Miss Nelson?" asked the kids.
“尼尔森老师在哪里？”孩子们问道。
"Never mind that!" snapped Miss Swamp.
“不关你们的事！”斯旺普老师打断了话头，
"Open those arithmetic books!"
“打开数学课本！”
Miss Nelson's kids did as they were told.
尼尔森老师的学生们听话地照着做了。
They could see that Miss Swamp was a real witch.
他们看得出斯旺普老师是一个真正的女巫。
She meant business.
她说一不二。
Right away she put them to work.
她让他们立刻投入学习。
And she loaded them down with homework.
她还给他们留很多家庭作业。
"We'll have no story hour today," said Miss Swamp.
“今天我们要取消讲故事的时间！”斯旺普老师说。
"Keep your mouths shut," said Miss Swamp.
“闭上你们的嘴巴！”斯旺普老师说。
"Sit perfectly still," said Miss Swamp.
“给我坐好！”斯旺普老师说。
"And if you misbehave, you'll be sorry," said Miss Swamp.
“你们要是不守纪律的话，可不会好过的！”斯旺普老师说。
The kids in Room 207 had never worked so hard.
207教室的孩子们从没有像这样努力学习过。
Days went by and there was no sign of Miss Nelson.
日子一天天过去了，尼尔森老师一点儿消息也没有。
The kids missed Miss Nelson!
孩子们开始想念尼尔森老师。
"Maybe we should try to find her," they said.
“也许我们该想些办法找到她。”他们说。
Some of them went to the police.
一些孩子去了警察局。
Detective McSmogg was assigned to the case.
麦克斯莫格警探负责这个案子。
He listened to their story.
他听了孩子们的陈述，
He scratched his chin.
挠了挠下巴。
"Hmmmm,"he said,"Hmmm." "I think Miss Nelson is missing."
“嗯······”他沉吟着，“嗯哼，我认为尼尔森老师失踪了。”
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