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Dad said that, first of all, the GREEN lemons we bought were actually LIMES, so we had to get rid of those. Then he said that to make lemonade we needed to cut the lemons in half and squeeze them into the water, which would have been nice to know at the beginning. But Rowley was too scared to cut the lemons because he said they'd make his eyes water. I told him he was getting lemons confused with ONIONS. He wasn't budging, though, and I knew I had to do something about it or he wouldn't help out. So I dug around in the garage until I found a mask Rowley could cover his eyes with.

爸爸说，首先呀，我们买来的绿色柠檬其实是青柠，所以这些得丢掉。 接着他说，做柠檬水要把柠檬切半，把汁挤到水里，这话要是早说就好了。 可罗利不敢切柠檬，他说柠檬会辣得他流眼泪。 我告诉他，他把柠檬和洋葱搞混啦。 可他就是不肯动，我知道我得想办法，不然他就不帮忙了。 于是我在车库翻找了半天，找出一个面具给罗利蒙眼睛用。

Once Rowley calmed down, we started cutting the lemons, which was a LOT harder than I thought it would be. When I sliced into the FIRST lemon, I got a shot of juice right in my eye. It stung like CRAZY, and I could barely see. Rowley took the snorkel out of his mouth and started in with the whole "I told you so" stuff, but I didn't wanna hear it.

等罗利冷静下来，我们开始切柠檬，这比我想象的难太多了。 我切第一颗柠檬的时候，一股柠檬汁直接喷进了我的眼睛。 疼得要命，我几乎都看不见东西。 罗利把嘴里的呼吸管拿出来，一直念叨“我早就跟你说了吧”，我才不想听呢。

After I got my vision back, we squeezed all of our lemons into the water and set up our stand on the sidewalk. A few people stopped by, but it was just to criticize everything we were doing. One lady told us we needed to stir the lemonade to mix the sugar in better. But even after we did THAT, she wouldn't make a purchase. Another guy who tasted our lemonade complained that it was too SWEET.

我恢复视力之后，我们把所有柠檬汁都挤进水缸，在人行道边摆好了摊子。 有几个人停下来，可他们只是来挑我们毛病的。 有一位女士说我们得搅拌柠檬水，才能把糖搅得更匀。 可就算我们照做了，她也不买。 另一个尝了我们柠檬水的人，抱怨说太甜了。

The next few people said the same thing. So I dumped out half the pitcher and added more water. But people didn't like where I GOT it from. One guy had a problem with the fact that we were using the same glass for every customer, even though I explained to him that we were rinsing it out after every use.

接下来好几个人都这么说。 于是我倒掉半缸柠檬水，又加了更多水。 可大家不满意我接水的地方。 有个男人不满我们所有顾客共用同一个杯子，尽管我跟他解释每次用完我们都会冲干净。

We got tired of sitting out in the hot sun and decided our lemonade stand would work just as well as a self-serve business. So we put out a jar where people could pay for what they drank. But the second you set up an honor system, somebody's gotta go and ruin it for EVERYONE. We realized we were just gonna have to suck it up and man the lemonade stand full-time. So we got another glass from the kitchen cabinet and headed back outside.

我们坐够大太阳了，干脆决定把摊子改成自助售卖，一样能做生意。 所以我们摆了一个罐子，让大家喝了之后自己付钱。 可只要你搞这种诚信制度，就一定会有人出来坏了所有人的规矩。 我们意识到只能咬咬牙，全天守在摊子这儿了。 于是我们从橱柜又拿了一个杯子，走回了外面。

I started to notice that the people walking UP the hill looked a lot thirstier than the people walking DOWN it. So we posted a new pricing policy to take full advantage. 50¢ a glass $1.00 a glass A couple of people thought our jar was for TIPS, and they dropped in some loose change. After that, we started pushing the tips, because any money we brought in that way was 100% profit.

我发现上坡的人看起来比下坡的人渴多了。 所以我们贴了新定价，好好利用这点。 上坡一杯50美分 下坡一杯1美元 有几个人以为我们的罐子是放小费的，扔了一些零钱进去。 从那之后我们就开始推小费，因为这样赚来的钱全都是纯利润。