2015-05-29
【Aiden in English】
As the school year of 2014-2015 winds down and the final weeks are in sight, Montgomery ES hosted a series of fun events for the 6th graders. It began with the social, and now the last main event arrived with the pool party.
It seemed as if the school wanted to butter the 6th grades up prior to the kill, letting us enjoy the final moments at Montgomery ES. To really give us a “good-bye” sense, we went to Mermaid Lake in Blue Bell, PA. Weirdly, there was no lake but a swimming pool, a basket court, a miniature golf course, and about every other field. The pool was amazing. Since the day was a real melter, that was what everyone targeted in the first five minutes. Unfortunately, we were only allowed in the shallow end of the pool, where it was only 4 feet or 1.2 meters deep. But what really rocked were the water slides. These weren’t the small, boring, slow slides at the local township pool. These were a series of twists and turns, up’s and down’s, varying speed. They were absolutely amazing, and even better, the pool had two water slides, each with a different personality. The white slide on the left had twists and turns, while the green slide on the right was all about speed which everyone loved. The slide had changes in speed throughout. At times, we would go up a small slope, controlling the rider’s speed. The slides didn’t just end there. Although the rides rode on over and over again got boring, I couldn’t believe the fact that we were allowed to go on our stomachs. In any other place, we would be lectured about how breaking your neck was NOT a good thing on water slides, and riding on your stomach can be fatal. But here, it seemed like they didn’t care for our life, just the way we as kids wanted it. The only catch was to ride feet first. Okay, so they were somewhat concerned about us breaking our necks. Ironically, the precaution just made the ride even more exciting, adding to mystery and unknown factor into the fun. The twists and turns became surprising, and a rider’s vision was rendered useless because he was turned around. This was the majority of my time at the pool party. However, when I wasn’t riding the slides or stuffing my face with burgers, I was playing miniature golf with friends or racing 50’s. The pool had a great racing section, having five diving blocks, five lanes each with a pretty wide space. But today was not a good day for racing since no Speedos were allowed. Sprinting with a bathing suit looked like swimming wearing chainmail armor, which, in case you don’t know, very heavy. Plus, the bathing suit fell off quite often at quick, underwater speeds. I guess nothing is ideal.
The pool party really got the “Oh-my-god-we-are-leaving-in-two-weeks” ordeal going. That usually comes with boredom from assemblies, smiles from joy, and tears from all the babies. But whatever the reactions, school’s wrapping up.
【红霞译文】
随着2014—2015整个学年趋近尾声，距离杀青只剩下个把星期，正因如此，蒙哥马利小学特为初中一年级学生举行一系列庆祝仪式，先搞社交盛会，接着又在今天推出最后一项泳池派对。
在离开蒙哥马利小学之前，大家再度被召集在一起，尽情享受惜别前终极时刻，并将欢声笑语带进宾州蓝钟镇美人鱼湖畔。滑稽的是此地根本没有什么湖，除了湖以外，游泳池、篮球场、迷你高尔夫球场以及其它活动场地可以说要什么有什么，其中游泳池相当不错。既然今天美其名曰狂欢日子，所以在开场前，我们抽出五分钟宝贵时间短暂地照会一下便各自寻找乐子去了。想不到我们只允许待在游泳池浅水区玩耍，令人十分扫兴，其水深不过四英尺即一米二而已。好在水滑梯刺激有趣，与乡下其它小型简单流速缓慢的相比完全不同，既拥有螺旋曲度转弯角度，又具备上下跨度水量速度。更值得炫耀的还有，该游泳俱乐部一连拥有两个滑梯，而且每个都各有特色，左边白色的迂回打转，右边绿色的跟速度有关，这正是大家所热衷的地方，滑梯内部速度变化多端。我们时不时也会爬到坡度不大的滑梯上玩，适当缓解一下节奏。玩水滑梯的乐趣不仅仅局限这些，滑来滑去迟早会感觉厌烦无聊，我们怎么也没想到自己竟然允许趴着滑，如果换成别的地方，肯定会教训说弄折脖子不是什么好玩的把戏，况且还能殃及性命；在这里好像无人担心安全问题，你随心所欲，只要脚先着地，那么想怎么滑就怎么滑。是呀，单凭这一点足以说明他们同样在意颈椎健康。好笑的是，越是不让做的事情越具有吸引力，更加刺激大家的好奇心，结果反倒加强了滑梯的趣味性。肢体扭动转圈叫人惊喜连连，但用眼是看不到的，除非仰过身来。我基本上一直在玩水滑梯，整个脸面快被挤成汉堡包，偶尔也会跟朋友打迷你高尔夫球或者较量50米冲刺。美人鱼湖游泳俱乐部装备先进，有五个跳水区和五条宽泳道，不过今天绝非适合比赛，因为事先不准男生穿紧身游泳短裤，套条大裤衩子参加速游比赛与用链甲服全副武装没啥区别，浑身上下沉得要命。再说在水里游得越快，宽松的泳裤掉得越快，世上哪有十全十美的好事。
泳池派对让人难免感到“天哪—我们—将在两星期后—各奔东西”，情不自禁地流露出焦虑、愉悦、悲伤，喜怒哀乐五味杂陈，但无论我们抱以何种心情，小学生涯即将结束。
