7 WHAT WILL WORK

CHAPTER 7 WHAT WILL WORK? We had to let this bacteria grow in a warm place, just like the yogurt. So we used the same cooler as our incubator. Mom just refilled the glass jars with new hot water. I snuggled the four ziplock bags with the petri dishes down between the jars and made sure they were nice and toasty warm. Mom threw all of our used supplies into the garbage, and we both washed our hands really well. "It will take a while for the bacteria to grow, right?" "Well, normally, yes, it usually takes one or two days to be able to see bacteria on a petri dish. But magical things always seem to grow more quickly than normal things. I think we'll have an answer in a few hours." "Oh, that's awesome! While we wait, I need to

第七章怎样才能奏效？我们必须让这种细菌在温暖的地方生长，就像酸奶一样。 所以我们用了和培养箱一样的冷却器。 妈妈刚把玻璃罐装满了新的热水。 我把装着培养皿的四个自封袋塞在罐子之间，确保它们既舒适又温暖。 妈妈把我们用过的东西都扔进了垃圾桶，我们都好好洗手了。 “细菌需要一段时间才能生长，对吧？”“嗯，通常情况下，是的，通常需要一到两天才能在培养皿中看到细菌。 但是魔法的东西似乎总是比普通的东西长得快。 我想我们会在几个小时内得到答案。” “哦，太棒了！”在我们等待的时候，我需要

figure out what I'm going to use against the bacteria in the second experiment." I tapped my Thinking Goggles. Nothing. I started walking around the kitchen. When I got near the kitchen counter, I tapped my hand along it. I reached the kitchen sink and spotted the soap. "OH! Soap!" I exclaimed. "Good," Mom replied. "OK, one idea down, a few more to go." I shifted my Thinking Goggles again. For some reason I felt like walking backward. So I did. I ended up at the edge of the kitchen counter right by a container of disinfecting wipes my mom used to clean the counters. "WIPES!" I shouted triumphantly.

想出在第二个实验中我要用什么来对付细菌。” 我敲了敲我的思考镜。 什么都没有。我开始在厨房里走来走去。 当我走到厨房柜台附近时，我用手轻拍着它。 我走到厨房的水池边，发现了肥皂。 “哦!Soap !”我叫道。“很好，”妈妈回答。 “好了，有一个想法了，还有几个。” 我又转移了我的思考镜。 不知道为什么，我想倒着走。 于是我照做了。我最后站在厨房柜台边上，旁边放着我妈妈用来清洁柜台的消毒湿巾。 “擦!”我得意地喊道。

"Another great idea. What else?" I took one more lap around the kitchen. I started rubbing my hands together. Wait a minute. "Hey, doesn't Sophie's mom use some kind of hand sanitizer made from plants to get rid of the bacteria on our hands before we eat? Oooh! Are there plants that might stop the bacteria?" "Yes, there are! Excellent work! The soap and wipes are pretty straightforward. But you'll probably want to do some reading to figure out which plants to use. I have just the book for you." Mom went to her office and came back with a big plant book. "Before we had antibiotics, like you took for your ear infection, or antibacterial cream, like we use on your cuts and scrapes, people used plants to treat infected cuts. You can read about lots of them in here. Let me know what you decide to try."

“又一个好主意。还有什么?”我又绕着厨房转了一圈。 我开始搓着手。 等一下。“嘿，苏菲的妈妈不是用某种植物制成的洗手液在我们吃东西之前去除手上的细菌吗？” 噢!有没有植物可以阻止细菌？”“是的，有！”出色的工作!肥皂和湿巾都很简单。 但是你可能需要阅读一些资料来弄清楚应该使用哪些植物。 我正好有一本书要给你。” 妈妈去了她的办公室，拿了一本很大的植物书回来。 “在我们有抗生素之前，就像你用抗生素治疗耳朵感染，或者抗菌霜，就像我们用在伤口和擦伤上，人们用植物来治疗感染的伤口。 你可以在这里读到很多。 让我知道你决定尝试什么。”

After I'd read for a while, I grabbed my science journal. There were so many plants to choose from! I decided to pick only the plants I knew I could find at our house. Once I had a list of four plant options, I leapt to my feet. "I have a plan!" I announced. No one was in the kitchen to hear me, but I was still excited. I flipped to a new page in my science journal.

看了一会儿后，我拿起我的科学杂志。 有这么多的植物可供选择！我决定只挑选我知道能在家里找到的植物。 一旦我列出了四种植物的选择，我就跳起来了。 “我有个计划！”我宣布。 厨房里没有人听见我说话，但我仍然很兴奋。 我翻到了科学杂志的新一页。

But I couldn't concentrate. I gathered up everything and headed outside. I needed to talk it through with Sassafras. Tiny was awake this time, but he sure seemed like he felt terrible. His eyes were a little puffy and he barely held his head off the ground. Sassafras was curled up by Tiny's chin, but he looked up when I walked over.

但我无法集中注意力。 我收拾好所有东西，朝外面走去。 我需要和萨萨弗拉斯好好谈谈。 泰尼这次醒了，但他看起来确实很难受。 他的眼睛有点肿，他的头几乎没有离开地面。 黄樟蜷缩在泰尼的下巴旁，但当我走过去时，他抬起了头。

"I have a plan," I reassured them. After snuggling them both, I settled down cross-legged on the ground by Tiny's head. I opened my science journal and picked up where I left off. "OK, let's see here— what's my hypothesis? I mean, I guess soap or the disinfecting wipes could get rid of the bacteria. But Tiny's from the forest, so using a plant sort of makes sense to me. Of all the plants on my list, onions seem the most powerful—

“我有个计划，”我向他们保证。 把他们俩抱在一起后，我盘腿坐在蒂妮头边的地上。 我打开我的科学杂志，从落下的地方继续读。 "好吧，让我看看，我的假设是什么？ 我的意思是，我想肥皂或消毒湿巾可以去除细菌。 但蒂尼来自森林，所以用植物对我来说是有意义的。 在我列出的所有植物中，洋葱似乎是最强大的