5 NOW WHAT

CHAPTER 5 NOW WHAT? Mom patted Tiny's hurt leg and shook her head. "You're right, Zoey. The cut is definitely infected. And the antibacterial cream isn't working. What do you think we should do?" "I don't know." Every time I looked at the horrible cut on Tiny's leg, I felt like crying. It must hurt so much! I wished there was something I could do to fix it. "Wait! Can I go get my Thinking Goggles?" Mom nodded and I dashed off. I found them, put them on, adjusted them so they were just right, and headed back to Mom and Tiny. About fifteen seconds after putting on the Thinking Goggles, I figured it out. "An experiment!" I shouted. Mom smiled.

第五章现在怎么办？妈妈拍了拍拇指受伤的腿，摇了摇头。 “你说得对，佐伊。伤口肯定感染了 抗菌药膏也不管用。 你觉得我们该怎么办？”“我不知道。” 每次看到蒂尼腿上那可怕的伤口，我都想哭。 一定很痛吧！我希望我能做些什么来弥补它。 “等等!我能去拿我的思考镜吗？”妈妈点了点头，我赶紧走了。 我找到了它们，穿上它们，调整它们，使它们刚刚好，然后回到妈妈和Tiny那里。 戴上“思维护目镜”大约15秒后，我就明白了。 “一个实验!”我叫道。 妈妈笑了。

"I need to get rid of the infection. The antibacterial cream didn't stop the bacteria. I've got to find something that will." "Good thinking," Mom said, and gestured for me to continue. "But if I try something else on Tiny's cut, I'll have to wait a day or two to see if it's working. That would take too long." I paced around. "I need to find a way to grow a bunch of the bacteria on my own so I can test different things at the same time. And I also need to figure out a bunch of things that might stop bacteria." I stopped pacing and turned to Mom. "Ummm… how do you grow bacteria? And, uhhh, are there other kinds of creams that get rid of it?"

“我需要摆脱感染。 抗菌乳霜并没有阻止细菌。 我必须找到一些能解决这个问题的东西。” “好主意，”妈妈说，并示意我继续。 “但如果我在蒂尼的伤口上尝试其他东西，我就得等上一两天，看它是否有效。 那要花很长时间。” 我踱来踱去。“我需要找到一种方法来培养一群细菌，这样我就可以同时测试不同的东西。 我还需要找出一堆可能阻止细菌的东西。” 我停止踱步，转向妈妈。 “嗯……你怎么培养细菌？” 还有，嗯，还有其他种类的面霜可以去除它吗？”

"How about I help you grow the bacteria, and you research other things that will stop it?" Mom suggested. I nodded. That seemed like it could work. I called up to Tiny, "I need to set up an experiment to figure out how to help your cut. Could you maybe lie down out here? I don't want to make you stand for that long. It'll take a while." I grabbed my Thinking Goggles just before Tiny

“不如我帮你培养细菌，你研究其他方法来阻止它？”妈妈建议。 我点了点头。这似乎行得通。 我打电话给蒂尼，“我需要做一个实验，看看如何帮助你切割。 你能在外面躺一下吗？ 我不想让你站那么久。 这需要一段时间。”我在Tiny之前拿了我的思考镜

started nodding, and I managed to keep them on this time. Mom fixed her hair and then gestured for me to follow her into the barn. "I need your help carrying a few things into the house, and then we'll start cooking." "Cooking?" Mom grinned. "You'll see. For now, can you carry this and this?" She handed me a tall bag of stacked clear and very flat… jars? The bag was labeled Petri Dishes. Then she handed me a bag of powder labeled Agar Powder. Finally she tucked one of her old science journals under her arm. "Back to the house to get the rest!" she said and waved for me to follow her. When we got into the house, I set the petri dishes and agar powder on the kitchen counter, and Mom put out the container of sugar, a big carton of beef broth, and a container of salt. Sassafras, who'd missed most of the action by staying inside, paced at our feet and meowed loudly.

我开始点头，这次我设法让他们保持清醒。 妈妈整理好头发，然后做手势让我跟着她进谷仓。 “我需要你帮我搬些东西进屋，然后我们就开始做饭。” “做饭?”妈妈笑了。“你会看到的。 现在，你能拿这个和这个吗？”她递给我一个高高的袋子，里面堆放着清澈而扁平的……罐子？ 袋子上标有培养皿的标签。 然后她递给我一袋贴着“琼脂粉”的粉末。 最后，她把一本旧的科学杂志夹在腋下。 “回到房子里去休息！”她说着挥手让我跟她走。 我们进屋后，我把培养皿和琼脂粉放在厨房柜台上，妈妈拿出一盒糖、一大盒牛肉汤和一盒盐。 萨萨法拉斯一直呆在屋里，错过了大部分的活动，它在我们脚边踱步，大声喵喵叫着。

I grabbed a chair for him. Mom flipped open her science journal and slid it toward me. I read the recipe out loud:

我给他拿了把椅子。 妈妈翻开她的科学杂志，滑到我面前。 我大声读出了食谱：

"This kind of seems like making yogurt." I skimmed the list of ingredients again. "But way

“这看起来有点像做酸奶。” 我又浏览了一遍配料表。 “但方式