5 Going Out for the Team

CHAPTER FIVE GOING OUT FOR THE TEAM Franny went outside and gathered up some scrap steel from her backyard. Igor watched as Franny began sketching out plans for some sort of new machines. "They'll need to be durable, Igor. Mom can really keep the pressure on, so these need to be extra, extra strong." Igor, who had no idea what she was talking about, nodded like he knew exactly what she was talking about.

第五章为球队出征弗兰尼走到外面，从后院捡了一些废钢。 伊戈尔看着弗兰尼开始为某种新机器画草图。 “它们需要耐用，伊戈尔。 妈妈的压力真的很大，所以这些东西需要特别、特别结实。” 不知道她在说什么的伊戈尔点点头，好像他完全明白她在说什么。

"And they need to be smart. I have to make sure the brains are set up to follow instructions carefully." Igor gathered up a selection of brains from the brain cabinet and brought them to Franny. "Thanks, Igor, but I think I'm going to go with electronic brains on this project.

“他们需要变得聪明。 我必须确保他们的大脑能够认真地听从指示。” 伊戈尔从脑柜里挑选了一些大脑，拿给弗兰妮看。 “谢谢，伊戈尔，但我想在这个项目上我还是用电子大脑吧。

"These machines need to look good, but they don't have to be perfect. Mom keeps me moving so quickly that she doesn't always notice details. I remember one time she took me to soccer while I was still under the effect of that Mermaid Formula I developed. I played for two hours and she never noticed that I didn't even have legs.

“这些机器需要看起来不错，但它们不必完美。 妈妈总是让我走得太快，以至于她总是注意不到细节。 我记得有一次她带我去踢足球，当时我还在自己开发的“美人鱼配方”的影响下。 我玩了两个小时，她从来没有注意到我甚至没有腿。

"It won't be hard to make them good enough to fool Mom." Franny quickly made a few calculations and diagrammed some of the special features she would need to engineer them.

“要把它们做得足够好，骗过妈妈并不难。” 弗兰尼很快做了一些计算，并绘制了一些她需要设计它们的特殊功能的图表。

She whisked the plans off her drawing board and tacked them up on the wall. She turned to Igor and grinned her mad scientist grin. Outside, lightning cracked and Franny laughed. She loved it when lightning cracked just before she revealed a plan. "Igor," she said. "Behold, the Franbots!"

她迅速从画板上取下设计图，把它们钉在墙上。 她转向伊戈尔，露出科学家般的疯狂笑容。 外面，闪电劈啪作响，弗兰妮哈哈大笑。 她喜欢在她透露一个计划之前闪电劈啪的那一刻。 “伊戈尔，”她说。“看哪，弗兰克一家！”