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Teacher: (Saying to the principle of the school) Look at little Reggie's history homework, Mr.Bumper.
Bumper: Cartoons? Drawings? (Saying to Reggie) Just what has this to do with history, young man?
Reggie: It's a history of our class in 1999.
Bumper: You may go, Miss Mood. I'll deal with1 little Reggie.
Teacher: Yes, sir.
Reggie: (Talking to himself) How many days of detention2 am I going to get now?
B: (Miss Mood walks out of the office.)
Bumper: Why do you waste your time doing these silly cartoons?
Reggie: I like to draw! Besides, all the kids are paying me to draw pictures of them.
Bumper: Paying you? To do these? If everyone looked like this, they should be in a comic3 book!
Reggie: Hey! That's a great idea! I can just see it…a history of our school with drawings and cartoons of the kids!
Bumper: I doubt if that has ever been done before!
Reggie: You bet4! It would be a first…I can see you becoming famous, Mr.Bumper.
Bumper: I--I would?
Reggie: We could write stories about school, our teacher, even about you!
Bumper: It does sound terrific5, doesn't it?
Reggie: It'll be a fantastic educational comic book, Mr.Bumper.
Bumper: I like it! I like it! We'll do it, little Reggie! You'll produce a comic book about our wonderful school! Get some paper, pencil, Indian ink, brushes and pens. You've got work to do! Reggie, you could sell ice cubes6 to Eskimos7! I hope the first issue is as good as you say!
C: (Miss Mood rushessintosthe office.)
Miss Mood: What happened? Little Reggie's taken over8 the whole art room!
Bumper: That's right, Miss Mood! We're going to do an educational comic book! Our school is about to go down in history!
Miss Mood: If little Reggie is doing it, that just may happen! Who thought up that crazy idea!
Bumper: You're standing right next to him!
D: (Later)
Reggie: It's finished! I'll rush9 our first two pages to Mr.Bumper.
(In the office)
Reggie: Here it is, Mr.Bumper! Right off the drawing board!
Bumper: Oh! I can hardly wait to see them! (Looking at the pages angrily and shouting) Stop the press! Do you realize you made me a complete joke?
Reggie: Wait, Mr.Bumper! This is the next page!
Bumper: Thank you, children. I like this happy ending!
Reggie: It was a happy ending for both of us!
注解
1 deal with:安排，处理
用法：The government has tried for several times to deal with traffic problems.
政府曾数次尝试解决交通问题。
2 detention: (处罚学生的)课后留校，禁闭，拘留
用法：He is in detention in connection with the bribery affair.由于牵连到受贿，他现在已被拘留。
3 comic: amusing or humorous; contrary to tragic滑稽的、喜剧的，comic strip连环画
用法：Nearly all the children like to read comic strip.几乎所有的孩子们都喜欢读连环画。
4 You bet:当然！
5 terrific: very good, splendid. (口)
6 ice cubes: small pieces of square ice(小方形的)冰块
用法：In summer, people like to add ice cubessintostheir drinks.夏天，人们喜欢在饮料里放冰块儿。
7 Eskimo:爱斯基摩人。
8 take over:接收,接管
用法：After the death of the millionaire, his little son took over all the wealth.百万富翁死后，他的小儿子接收了所有财产。
9 rush:迅速地交或送
用法：She called an ambulance to rush the child to the hospital.
她打电话叫救护车送孩子去医院。 | 