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But still, he sweated a lot, and there was a woman on the bus who was screaming.
尽管如此，他还是出了很多汗，公交车上有一个女人在尖叫。
Simon didn’t understand why she was screaming, but nobody said anything.
西蒙不明白她为什么尖叫，但谁也没说什么。
When he got to work, he was a bit late and had a headache.
到单位时，他迟到了一点，还头疼。
He told his boss there was a problem with the bus, and his boss said, ‘That’s alright, it happens to everyone. But it won’t happen again, will it?’
他告诉老板公交车出了问题，老板说，‘没关系，人人都会遇到这种情况。但这种事不会再发生了，是吧？’
His boss sniffed. ‘Huh, there’s that smell again. Did the dog come back?’
他的老板抽了抽鼻子。“哈，又有那种味道了。那只狗又来了吗？’
In the evening, Simon took off his shirt. It wasn’t stuck to him, but it smelled very bad.
到了晚上，西蒙脱掉了衬衫。它没有粘在身上，但却很难闻。
‘Tomorrow will be better,’ said Simon. ‘Tomorrow will be better.’
“明天会更好，”西蒙说。“明天会更好。”
On Thursday, Simon tore off another page from his calendar. In today’s picture, the cat was chasing the dog.
周四，西蒙撕下了日历上的另一页。今天的图片是猫在追赶狗。
Today, Simon called a taxi. He wanted to make sure that he got to work OK.
今天，西蒙叫了一辆出租车。他想确保自己工作顺利。
He put on lots of deodorant, and then waited fifteen minutes for it to dry.
他抹了很多除臭剂，然后等了15分钟，等除臭剂干了。
Then he got into the taxi and told the taxi driver where to go.
然后他上了出租车，告诉出租车司机目的地。
But the taxi driver went a strange way. He went through lots of streets that Simon didn’t know.
但出租车司机走的路线很奇怪。很多街道西蒙都不认识。
Simon saw fields with cows and sheep and thought, ‘This isn’t how you get to work.’
西蒙看到了养着牛和羊的田地，心想，‘这不是上班的路。’
When he got there, the taxi driver said, ‘That’ll be fifty pounds, please.’
到公司时，出租车司机说：“一共50英镑，谢谢。”
Fifty pounds! Simon couldn’t believe it. It was so expensive.
五十英镑！西蒙简直不敢相信。太贵了。
Still, he took the money out of his wallet and paid the driver.
尽管如此，他还是从钱包里拿出钱，付给了司机。
At work that day, Simon didn’t talk to anyone. He was not happy.
那天上班时，西蒙没有和任何人说话。他不高兴。
At lunch, he couldn’t buy food, because he had spent all his money on the taxi.
午餐时，他没法买食物，因为他把所有钱都花在了出租车上。
When Simon got home, his shirt wasn’t stuck to him, but he was still very angry.
等西蒙回到家时，他的衬衫没有粘在身上，但他仍然非常生气。
He pulled off his shirt too quickly and tore it.
他脱衬衫的时候太快，把它扯破了。
‘Tomorrow will be…’ Simon couldn’t say it. So he just went to bed.
“明天会…”西蒙说不出话来。于是他上床睡觉了。
On Friday, Simon tore off another page from his calendar. In today’s picture, there was no chasing.
周五，西蒙撕下了日历上的另一页。今天的图片上没有追赶。
There was just the cat, but the cat had a fat stomach and looked very happy.
只有一只猫，但这只猫的肚子很胖，看起来很高兴。
Today, Simon decided to drive to work. He really didn’t want to drive, but it seemed the best way to go.
今天，西蒙决定开车去上班。他真的不想开车，但这似乎是最好的办法。
He could control the temperature in the car, and he could drive a fast way to work.
他可以控制车内的温度，还可以快速开车去上班。
If he got there early, he could sit in the car and put the heating on.
如果他到公司比较早，就可以坐在车里吹暖气了。
But when Simon got into the car, the car wouldn’t start. He tried again, but still, the car wouldn’t start.
但西蒙上车时，车却发动不了了。他又试了一次，车还是发动不起来。
Simon wanted to scream. He had tried everything.
西蒙想尖叫。他什么办法都试过了。
He had tried to control how much deodorant he used, but that wasn’t enough.
他试过控制除臭剂的使用量，但这还不够。
He had tried every different way of going to work, but that wasn’t enough.
他试过各种不同的上班方式，但这还不够。
He had tried driving, which he hated, and that still wasn’t enough.
他试过开车，虽然他讨厌开车，但这仍然不够。
So Simon went inside and rang his boss.
于是西蒙回家去给他的老板打了电话。
‘Hello?’ said Simon’s boss. ‘AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!’ screamed Simon.
“喂？”西蒙的老板说。‘啊啊啊啊啊！’西蒙尖叫道。
Then he put the phone down and went to bed.
然后他放下电话，上床睡觉了。
Simon wasn’t going to work. He could control that.
西蒙不去上班了。这是他可以控制的事。
The End
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