Amber’s Room安布尔的房间

李明娟

When Amber came down for breakfast，her mom said， “Is your room allcleaned up？ You said that you were goingto clean it up before you went to bed.”

“No，”said Amber， “but I will cleanit up after breakfast.”“Ha！ ”said Ambersmom. “You always say you are going toclean up your room， but you never reallyclean it up. I want you to clean your roombefore breakfast.”

“Before breakfast？”shouted Amber.“I will die of hunger1.”Her mom said，“No， you wont. Now go and clean yourroom. Get everything off the floor.”

So Amber went up to her room andlooked at the floor.“I do not even think myroom has a floor，” said Amber.“I havenever seen a floor. I think in my room thereare just dirty clothes and old dolls.”

So Amber ran to the garden， got ashovel2 and started to shovel things out herbedroom window. They filled up the backyard. Then she ran down-stairs3， shouted，“Finished！”and started to eat her breakfast.“That was fast，”said her mom.“Is allthe stuff off the floor？”

“All off the floor，”said Amber.“AndI want a new floor. Now that I can see myfloor， I do not like it.”“Let me see，”saidher mom， and she went out into the backyard to look at her garden. “Ah！ Rats！ ”shouted Ambers mom.“To your room！ Toyour room for the rest of your life！ ”

“Wait！ ”said Amber.“Nothing will getcleaned up if I am in my room. How about Iclean up the back yard？”“Now I am goingout to do some shopping and I wanteverything cleaned up when I get back.”

Then she drove away. Amber sat in the frontyard and tried to think of what to do.

Genesis and Michael came andsaid，“Hey， Amber！ Come and play.”

“I cannot play，”said Amber. “I haveto clean up my back yard.”“Dig4 ahole，”said Genesis.“Dig a hole andput everything in the hole.”

“Good idea，” said Amber. Andthey dug a big hole and shoveled all oldand dirty things into it.“Now， lets planttomatoes on top，”said Michael.“Goodidea，”said Amber.

Two hours later， Ambers mom gotback， and she found that Ambershoveled all things in the hole. She wasvery angry about it. Amber said sorry toher mother. Then she worked hard attaking all those things away with thehelp of her friends. After that， she andher friends enjoyed playing on her niceclean floor.

当安布尔下楼吃早餐时，她妈妈说：“你的房间都打扫干净了吗？

你说过会在睡觉前打扫干净的。”

“没有。”安布尔说，“但我会在早餐后把它打扫干净。”“哈！”安布尔的妈妈说，“你总是说你要打扫房间，但你从来没有真的打扫过。我希望你在早餐前打扫完房间。”

“早餐前？”安布尔喊道，“我会饿死的。”妈妈说：“不，你不会的。现在就去打扫你的房间。把地板上所有东西都清理干净。”

于是，安布尔回到她的房间，看向地板。“我甚至认为我的房间没有地板。”安布尔说，“我从来没有看到过地板。我觉得我的房间里只有脏衣服和旧玩偶。”

于是，安布尔跑到花园拿了一把铲子，接着开始向卧室窗户外铲东西，把后院填满了。然后她跑下楼，喊了一声“完成了！”之后就开始吃早餐。“太快了。”她妈妈说，“地板上所有东西都收拾好了吗？”

“都收拾好了。”安布尔说，“我想要新地板。既然我可以看到我的地板了，我就不喜欢它了。”“让我看看。”她妈妈说，然后走进后院去看她的花园。“啊！滚蛋！”妈妈喊道，“滚回到自己房间里！下半辈子都给我待在自己房间里！”

“等等！”安布尔说，“如果我一直待在房间里，就不能把这些清理干净了。我去打扫后院怎么样？”“现在我要出去买东西，我希望回来时你把所有东西都清理干净了。”然后她开车离开了。安布尔坐在前院，努力思考该怎么办。

吉妮西丝和迈克尔走过来说：“嘿，安布尔！过来玩吧。”“我不能玩。”安布尔说，“我得清理后院。”

“挖个洞吧！”吉妮西丝说，“挖一个洞，把所有东西都放进洞里。”

“好主意。”安布尔说。他们挖了一个大洞，把所有旧的脏的东西都铲进去。“现在，我们在上面种上西红柿吧！”迈克尔说。“好主意。”

安布尔说。

两个小时后，安布尔的妈妈回来了，她发现安布尔把所有东西都铲到了洞里。她对此非常生气。安布尔向妈妈道了歉，然后她在朋友的帮助下努力将所有东西都清走。之后，她才和朋友们在干净漂亮的地板上开心玩耍。

Notes

1. hunger 饑饿感；饥饿

2. shovel 铲子；铁锹. 用铲子铲起；用铲挖；铲起

3. downstairs 顺楼梯而下；往楼下

4. dig 挖掘