吃馅饼比赛

　　The school band had to raise money for their annual field trip. Some years they had a garage sale, some years a bake sale. This year they were going to do something different. They were going to have a pie-eating contest. Everyone paid five dollars to enter the pie eating contest and the person to eat the most pies won a prize!

　　学校乐队为了一年一度的实地旅行演出，必须募集资金。过去有几年他们举办了车库售物，有几年则是卖各种烤面包。但今年他们想来点不一样的，他们要办个吃馅饼比赛。要参加吃馅饼比赛的人必须付五块钱，然后吃最多馅饼的人就可以赢得奖品！

　　Thekids at school called Joe “Piggy”. It was not very nice. They called him Piggy because he could eat more than any other kid. When Piggy heard about the pie-eating contest he was sure he could win. He paid his five dollars.

　　学校的孩童都叫乔“小猪”，实在很不好听。他们会叫他小猪是因为他比任何一个小孩都还要会吃。当小猪听到吃馅饼比赛的消息时，他确定自己会赢，于是付了五块钱去参加比赛。

　　When thejudge yelled, “start”, everyone had 15 minutes to eat pies. Joe started withapple pie. Then he had a blueberry pie, and then another apple. By his fourth pie he was feeling full, but the boy next to him was already finished with his fifth.

　　当裁判大喊：“开始”以后，每个人都有十五分钟的时间可以吃馅饼。乔先吃了苹果馅饼，接着吃蓝莓馅饼，然后又吃苹果馅饼。他吃到第四个馅饼时已经觉得饱了，可是他旁边那个男孩已经吃完第五个馅饼。

　　He had to keep eating. The time was running out. He stuffed down a custard pie and then two more blueberry pies all within five minutes. Just in time to win the contest.

　　他必须继续吃才行，不然时间快要到了。他在最后五分钟内塞进了一个蛋奶馅饼和两个蓝莓馅饼，刚好及时在这场比赛中获胜。