Chapter 17

17 FLUFFY WHITE CLOUDS DRIFT ACROSS THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY OVER Grampa Al's Fix It! shop. Rays of morning sunlight (A) beam down to the repaired roof, onto a dark blue panel angled toward the rising sun. The energy from the sunlight is absorbed by the solar panel (B). The sunlight-energized material of the solar panel frees charged electrons (C). The charged electrons flow as direct current

在爷爷的“修理它”上，蓬松的白云飘过明亮的蓝天！商店。 清晨的阳光(A)射向修复过的屋顶，照射在一块朝向朝阳的深蓝色嵌板上。 来自太阳光的能量被太阳能板吸收(B)。 太阳能电池板的受阳光照射的材料释放带电电子(C)。 带电的电子以直流电的形式流动

through the wire (D). The current travels down through the roof to the power inverter (E), which changes the direct current into alternating current. The alternating current snakes through the main electric line (F). Around Frank's bedroom (G).

通过电线(D)。电流通过屋顶向下到达电源逆变器(E)，逆变器将直流电转换成交流电。 交流电蜿蜒穿过主电线(F)。 在弗兰克的卧室附近(G)。

Into Grampa Al's kitchen (H). Behind the atomic clock (I). Out of the wall outlet next to the refrigerator (J). Through the power cord and into the toaster (K). Around the toaster coils, heating them orange-hot. Browning the bread in the slots and making— Ding! "Toast," says Grampa Al. "One of the true wonders of the world. Don't you think so, boys?" Frank holds his head in his hands. He doesn't say anything. Watson, who has slept over, looks just as shell-shocked. Grampa Al cracks one last egg into the bowl and stirs. "How can you guys not love toast? Who doesn't love toast?" he says, holding the

走进爷爷的厨房(H)。 原子钟的背后（一）。 冰箱旁边的墙上插座(J)。 通过电源线进入烤面包机(K)。 绕着烤面包机线圈，把它们加热成橘黄色。 把面包在槽里烤成棕色，然后——叮！“烤面包，”阿尔爷爷说。 “世界上真正的奇迹之一。 你们不这样认为吗，孩子们？”弗兰克双手抱头。 他什么也没说。在这里过夜的华生，看起来也很震惊。 爷爷打了最后一个鸡蛋到碗里搅拌。 “你们怎么能不喜欢烤面包呢？” 谁不喜欢烤面包呢？

slice of bread up to the light. Frank and Watson don't move. Grampa Al notices. "It's a beautiful new day. Why the long face, Einstein?" Frank holds up his Electro-Finger. "They called Klink and Klank monsters. They think my invention fried Topsy." "Edison and his creepy monkey did it!" says Watson. "I don't know how they did. But I'm sure it was them!" "Ape," Frank corrects Watson. Grampa Al pours the beaten eggs into butter sizzling in the pan. "Well, you know what I always used to say when I was working as achef..." "What?" says Frank. "You never told me you were a chef." "You never asked," says Grampa Al. "But I always said, 'You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs.'" Grampa Al flips the eggs in the pan into a

把一片面包放到灯光下。 弗兰克和华生没有动。 爷爷注意到了。“这是美丽的新一天。 为什么拉长着脸，爱因斯坦？”弗兰克举起他的电子手指。 “他们称Klink和Klank为怪物。 他们认为我的发明炒了托普西。” “爱迪生和他那只吓人的猴子做到了！”沃森说。 “我不知道他们是怎么做到的。 但我肯定是他们干的！”“猿，”弗兰克纠正华生。 爷爷把打好的鸡蛋倒进锅里滋滋作响的黄油里。 “嗯，你知道我当厨师的时候经常说什么……” “什么？”弗兰克说。“你从没告诉过我你是个厨师。” “你从来没问过，”爷爷说。 “但我总是说，‘不打破鸡蛋就做不成煎蛋卷。爷爷把锅里的鸡蛋翻成

perfect half circle. "You made up that saying?" marvels Frank. "What does that even mean?" asks Watson. "The ingredients for an omelet are eggs," Klink explains. "So eggs must be broken to be made into an omelet." Grampa Al flips the omelet in the pan, slices it in half, and slides one half onto Frank's plate and the other half onto Watson's. "It means that to make something good, you sometimes have to wreck something else." Klank beeps. "Yes. Exactly. Like, why did the simple machine throw the clock out the window?" "Oh no. Please do not start this again," says Klink. "Why?" asks Grampa Al. "It wanted to see time fly. Ha-ha-ha." Klank's antenna flashes blue and green. "And why did the simple machine put his clock

完美的半圆。“这句话是你瞎编的？”弗兰克惊讶地问。 “这到底是什么意思？”华生问道。 “煎蛋卷的原料是鸡蛋，”Klink解释道。 “所以鸡蛋必须打破才能做成煎蛋卷。” 阿尔爷爷把煎蛋卷在锅里翻过来，切成两半，把一半放到弗兰克的盘子里，另一半放到华生的盘子里。 “这意味着，为了让一些东西变得更好，有时你必须破坏其他东西。” Klank哔哔声。“是的。完全正确。 比如，为什么这个简单的机器要把时钟扔出窗外？”“哦,不。 请不要再这样了，”Klink说。 “为什么？”爷爷问。“它想看时间飞逝。 哈哈哈。”克兰克的天线闪着蓝绿相间的光。 为什么这个简单的机器把他的钟

inside a safe?" "No, no, no..." begs Klink. "Your bad jokes crash my system!" Grampa Al can't help himself. "Why?" he asks. "It wanted to save time. Ha-ha-ha." Flash flash flash. Klink spins in a circle, his GPS hiccuping, "Recalculating. Recalculating." His brain software crashes with a small ding. Grampa Al sits down next to Frank. "But the saying that is probably more to the point here is: Beware of snakes in the grass." "Right!" says Watson, now hungrily digging into his omelet. "Uh... why?" "Watch out for dangers you can't see," says Grampa Al. "History is full of scientists whose ideas were frightening or odd at first... but were then made popular by other people, who took credit for the work. Your guy Nikola Tesla is a great example. Not everyone knows

在保险箱里？”“不，不，不……” 恳求Klink。“你的冷笑话使我的系统崩溃了！”爷爷控制不住自己。 “为什么？”他问。“它想节省时间。 哈哈哈。”闪光，闪光。 Klink转着圈，他的GPS打了个嗝，“重新计算。” 重新计算。”他的大脑软件砰的一声崩溃了。 爷爷在弗兰克旁边坐下。 “但这句话可能更能说明问题：当心草里的蛇。” “对！”沃森说，现在他正如饥似渴地吃着他的煎蛋卷。 “嗯…为什么?”“小心你看不见的危险，”阿尔爷爷说。 “历史上有很多科学家，他们的想法一开始令人恐惧或奇怪…… 但后来被其他人发扬光大，这些人把功劳占为己有。 尼古拉·特斯拉就是一个很好的例子。 不是每个人都知道