Man, I don’t know what is up with girls these days. It used to be a whole lot simpler back in elementary school. The deal was, if you were the fastest runner in your class, you got all the girls.
And in the fifth grade, the fastest runner was Ronnie McCoy.
a whole lot 非常，很多
英文解释：very much or a great deal
e.g. It will make your work a whole lot easier.
着将会让你的工作更加轻松容易。
Understand that this is going to happen a whole lot sooner than you think.
请理解这将会比你们想的提前很多发生。
deal 协议
英文解释：an agreement or arrangement
comment：这里是指约定俗成的协议，可以翻译成不成文的规定。
Nowadays, it’s a whole lot more complicated. Now it’s about the kind of clothes you wear or how rich you are or if you have a cute butt or whatever. And kids like Ronnie McCoy are scratching their heads wondering what the heck happened.
scratch one’s head 抓头，搔头
英文解释：If you scratch yourself, you rub your fingernails against your skin because it is itching
e.g. I had to scratch my head to remember his name.
我苦苦地回忆他的名字。
what the heck happened 究竟发生了什么？
The most popular boy in my grade is Bryce Anderson. The thing that really stinks is that I have always been into girls, but kids like Bryce have only come around in the last couple of years.
I remember how Bryce used to act back in elementary school.
stink 令人讨厌，让人感觉糟糕
英文解释：If you say that something stinks, you mean that you disapprove of it because it involves ideas, feelings, or practices that you do not like.
e.g. I think their methods stink.
我认为他们的方法糟透了
come around 赶上，达到，苏醒
e.g. We have had a couple of good meetings this week and we couldn't wait for this game to come around.
这个星期我们召开了两次会议，我们已经等不及这场比赛的到来。
act 举止，表现
英文解释：If someone acts in a particular way, they behave in that way.
e.g. He acted as if he hadn't heard any of it.
他表现得好像对此毫不知情。
But of course now I don’t get any credit for sticking with the girls all this time.
Like I said, Bryce is the most popular kid in our grade, so that leaves all the rest of us guys scrambling for the other spots.
credit 赞扬，称赞，认可
英文解释：If you get the credit for something good, people praise you because you are responsible for it, or are thought to be responsible for it.
e.g. We don't mind who gets the credit so long as we don't get the blame.
谁受到表扬无所谓，只要我们不挨批就好。
comment：to get the credit for [something]/doing [something]因某事物/做某事得到称赞
stick with sb. 紧跟;紧随;和…呆在一起
英文解释：If you stick with someone, you stay close to them.
comment：stick with sth. 是坚持做某事的意思。
scramble for sth. 争抢
英文解释：If a number of people scramble for something, they compete energetically with each other for it.
e.g. More than three million fans are expected to scramble for tickets...
预计会有超过 300 万的球迷抢购门票。
spot 排名
英文解释：a position in a list of things or in a competition
comment：注意与rank的区别，rank作为名词的英文解释有两个：1）Someone's rank is the position or grade that they have in an organization. 2）Someone's rank is the social class, especially the high social class, that they belong to. 也就是在组织里级别的高低和社会地位的高低。
The best I can figure is that I’m somewhere around 52nd or 53rd most popular this year. But the good news is that I’m about to move up one spot because Charlie Davies is above me, and he’s getting his braces next week.
brace 牙箍
英文解释：A brace is a metal device that canbe fastened to a child's teeth in order to help them grow straight.
