3 Ch3-Stop, Drop, and Roll

Chapter 3 Stop, Drop, and Roll Andrea was so obnoxious with her dictionary. Every five minutes she looked up another word so she could show how smart she is. But I got her. When she went to the bathroom during cleanup time, I snuck over to her desk and opened the

第三章停，掉，滚安德里亚对她的字典太讨厌了。 每隔五分钟，她就会查一个单词，以显示她有多聪明。 但我找到她了。打扫的时候她去洗手间，我偷偷溜到她桌前，打开了

dictionary. I flipped through the pages until I found the word "stupid." Then I drew a picture of Andrea and a line pointing to the word. It was great. You should have been there. I closed the dictionary just before Andrea came back from the bathroom. Nah-nah-nah boo-boo on her! I couldn't wait for her to find the picture. Miss Daisy told us to line up for science. We walked a million hundred miles to the science room. Mr. Docker wasn't there yet, but then he rolled in on that lawn mower thing. He was eating potato chips. Mr. Docker sure loves potatoes. "Sorry I'm late," he said. "I was reading

字典。我翻了几页，直到找到“愚蠢”这个词。 然后我画了一幅安德里亚的画，并用一条线指向这个词。 太棒了。你应该去的。 就在安德里亚从浴室回来之前，我合上了字典。 不，不，不，不，她!我迫不及待地想让她找到照片。 黛西小姐叫我们排队上科学课。 我们走了一百多公里才到科学教室。 多克先生还没到，然后他就带着割草机进来了。 他在吃薯片。 多克先生肯定喜欢吃土豆。 “对不起，我迟到了，”他说。 “我在看书。

a book about helium, and I just couldn't put it down." And then he did that cackling demented laugh, so we had to laugh so he wouldn't give us extra homework. Mr. Docker told us that he is eighty years old and he has seen a lot of science in his life. When he was a kid, they didn't have important stuff like microwave popcorn or Velcro or sneakers that light up when you walk. "Wow!" I said. "Do you remember when they discovered fire? Were you there when they invented the wheel?" "I'm not quite that old," Mr. Docker said. "But when I was your age, they didn't have video games."

一本关于氦的书，我就是放不下。” 然后他又疯狂地大笑，所以我们不得不笑，这样他就不会给我们额外的作业了。 多克先生告诉我们，他已经80岁了，他一生中见识过很多科学。 当他还是个孩子的时候，他们没有重要的东西，比如微波爆米花、魔术贴或走路时会发光的运动鞋。 “哇!”我说。“你还记得他们发现火的时候吗?” 他们发明轮子的时候，你在那里吗?”“我还没那么老，”多克说。 “但在我像你这么大的时候，还没有电子游戏。”

"No video games?" I asked. "How did you survive?" "I did experiments!" he said. "Let's do an experiment right now. What do you think would happen if we combined water with the chemicals, citric acid and sodium bicarbonate?" "Beats me," Michael said. "Let's do the experiment to find out!" said Mr. Docker. He took one of those tiny little plastic cans they use to hold camera film and put hot water in it. He dropped in a piece of Alka-Seltzer, which is this medicine my dad takes when he has a tummy ache. Then he snapped the top on the film can

“不玩电子游戏?”我问。 “你是怎么活下来的?”“我做了实验!”他说。 “让我们现在做一个实验。 如果我们把水和柠檬酸、碳酸氢钠等化学物质结合起来，你觉得会发生什么?”“我不知道，”迈克尔说。 “让我们做个实验来找出答案吧!”多克先生说。 他拿了一个用来装胶卷的小塑料罐，把热水倒进去。 他扔了一片阿尔卡萨尔茨，这是我爸爸肚子疼时吃的药。 然后他啪的一声关上了胶卷罐的盖子

and put it upside down on the floor. Nothing happened for a few seconds. Then the film can suddenly shot up into the air and bounced off the ceiling. "The chemical reaction gives off carbon dioxide gas," said Mr. Docker. "The can has nowhere to go, so it blasts off!" Wow! Even I had to admit that was cool. Mr. Docker told us that scientists use something called the scientific method.

把它倒过来放在地板上。 几秒钟内什么也没发生。 然后薄膜会突然飞到空中，从天花板上弹下来。 “化学反应释放出二氧化碳气体，”多克先生说。 “罐子无处可去，所以它爆炸了!”哇!就连我也不得不承认这很酷。 多克先生告诉我们，科学家使用一种叫做科学方法的东西。

"First think of a question or problem," he said. "Then try to guess what the answer is. After that do an experiment. Then look at the results and form a conclusion. That's the scientific method." Mr. Docker asked if anyone had any questions, and Andrea (of course) stuck her hand in the air. "I have a why question," Andrea said. "Why is the sky blue?" What a brownnoser. Everybody knows why the sky is blue. It's because air is blue. "The sky is blue because of Roy G. Biv," Mr. Docker said "Roy G. Biv?" I said. "Who's that?"

“先想一个问题或难题，”他说。 然后试着猜猜答案是什么。 然后做一个实验。 然后看看结果并得出结论。 这才是科学的方法。” 多克先生问有没有人有什么问题，安德烈(当然)把手举了起来。 “我有一个为什么的问题，”安德里亚说。 “为什么天空是蓝色的?”真是个马屁精。 每个人都知道为什么天空是蓝色的。 因为空气是蓝色的。“天空是蓝色的，因为罗伊·G。 “亲爱的，”多克先生说，“罗伊·G。 Biv ?”我说。“那是谁?”