1 Getting Spooked

Kater THE CHEMIST THE GREAT ESCAPE DR. KATE BIBERDORF WITH HILLARY HOMZIE

后来化学家大逃亡博士。 凯特·比伯多夫和希拉里·homzie

CHAPTER ONE Getting Spooked Beaker (noun). A glass piece of equipment used to hold chemicals. It's used to store and pour things and is heat, cold, and crack resistant. It's made from a super-strong type of glass, almost like a superhero glass. "WHO'S READY TO UNLEASH some ghosts?" asked Ms. Daly. "I am!" My feet bounced, along with my ponytail. And every atom in my body. We weren't going to release real ghosts though. Actual spooky stuff scares me. Instead, we were going to create ghosts in our science lab at school. Ms. Daly stood in the front of the class in her blue lab coat, safety goggles around her neck. "Don't forget to put on your gloves," she said. "This might be a competition, but safety comes first." Ms. Daly was teaching a special week of science classes for our Fall

第一章受惊的烧杯（名词）。 玻璃容器：用来存放化学药品的玻璃设备 它是用来储存和倒东西的，耐热、耐冷、抗裂。 它是由一种超强的玻璃制成的，几乎就像超级英雄的玻璃。 “谁准备好释放幽灵了？” 戴利。“我!”我的脚和马尾辫一起跳了起来。 还有我身体里的每一个原子。 不过我们并不打算释放真正的鬼魂。 真正令人毛骨悚然的东西让我害怕。 相反，我们打算在学校的科学实验室里创造鬼魂。 戴利穿着蓝色实验服站在教室前面，脖子上戴着护目镜。 “别忘了戴上手套，”她说。 “这可能是一场比赛，但安全第一。” 戴利老师正在为我们的秋季教一个特别的科学课

Science Challenge. She's a retired air force flight engineer. Normally, she's in charge of the after-school chemistry club, which I never ever miss, but this week she was there during the school day, too. "It's show time!" Ms. Daly pulled on her goggles, adjusting the strap around her short silver hair. Plucking a stopwatch out of her pocket, she peered out at the nine of us. Basically half of my fifth-grade class. While we were doing the Fall Science Challenge, the other half of my class was drumming with Mr. Graham. It would be our turn to drum tomorrow. "Okay, in your places," said Ms. Daly. "We're going to start in three minutes. All the materials are right here." She pointed to a rectangular table next to her filled with things like plastic soda bottles, food coloring, baking soda, and lemons. Thrusting my chin forward, I checked out the supplies and wondered what to expect. I had to be prepared for anything. The Ghost was our first challenge, followed by something called Moon Rocks, and then Neon Brains. "Jeremy's team already has their bottle," called out Phoenix Altman, who was on my team. "That's definitely not fair!"

科学的挑战。她是一名退休的空军飞行工程师。 通常，她是课后化学俱乐部的负责人，我从来没有错过过，但这周上学的时候她也在那里。 “表演时间到了！”戴利戴上护目镜，调整了一下她银色短发上的护目镜带子。 她从口袋里掏出一个秒表，盯着我们九个人。 几乎是我五年级一半的学生。 当我们在做秋季科学挑战赛的时候，我们班的另一半同学在和格雷厄姆先生一起打鼓。 明天将轮到我们打鼓。 “好了，各就各位。” 戴利。“我们三分钟后就要开始了。 所有的材料都在这里。” 她指着旁边的一张长方形桌子，桌子上摆满了塑料汽水瓶、食用色素、小苏打和柠檬等东西。 我把下巴向前伸，查看了一下供应品，不知道会发生什么。 我必须为一切做好准备。 《Ghost》是我们的第一个挑战，之后是《Moon Rocks》和《Neon Brains》。 “杰里米队已经有了他们的瓶子，”我队的菲尼克斯·奥特曼（Phoenix Altman）喊道。 “这绝对不公平！”

"I agree," said Julia Yoon from the table diagonally across from ours. Everyone's eyes zoomed in on Jeremy Rowe. He's hard to miss, because he's big with a purple streak in his blond hair. Arms folded, he stood next to his teammates, Memito Alvarez and Elijah Williams. The three blinked as if someone had taken a photo with a really bright flash. "Boys, I strongly suggest you put the bottle back," said Ms. Daly in a firm voice. Brushing a curl off his forehead, Jeremy said extra sweetly, "I didn't know we weren't supposed to take it yet." Sometimes he charms teachers, but luckily Ms. Daly doesn't fall for stuff like that. "Cheating makes me so mad," I said under my breath to my teammates, Birdie Bhatt and Phoenix. "I can't believe he thought he could get away with it," whispered Birdie, who happens to be my very best friend. "I can," Phoenix said, fiddling with the macramé bracelet on her wrist. "Jeremy makes up his own rules." Smoothing her tie-dye shirt, she sighed dramatically. "Boys," said Ms. Daly. "If you don't put back what you took, your grade will suffer." Memito smacked the bottle into Jeremy's hand. "Dude, hurry," Memito whispered with a

“我同意，”坐在我们对角线对面桌子上的朱莉娅·尹说。 所有人的目光都集中在杰里米·罗身上。 他很难被忽视，因为他身材高大，金色的头发中有一缕紫色。 他双手交叉，站在队友梅梅托·阿尔瓦雷斯和伊利亚·威廉姆斯旁边。 三个人眨了眨眼睛，好像有人用非常明亮的闪光灯拍了一张照片。 “孩子们，我强烈建议你们把瓶子放回去。” 戴利用坚定的声音说。杰里米拨开额头上的一绺头发，格外温柔地说：“我不知道我们还不能考这个。” 有时他会吸引老师，但幸运的是。 戴利不会上当的。 “作弊让我很生气，”我低声对我的队友Birdie Bhatt和Phoenix说。 “我真不敢相信他竟然以为自己能侥幸逃脱，”伯迪低声说，她恰好是我最好的朋友。 “我可以。”菲尼克斯一边说，一边摆弄着手腕上的编织手镯。 “杰里米制定了自己的规则。” 她抚平自己的扎染衬衫，戏剧性地叹了口气。 “男孩们，”戴利女士说。“如果你不把学过的东西放回去，你的成绩就会受到影响。” 梅托把瓶子啪地一声塞到杰里米手里。 “伙计，快点，”梅托低声说

worried frown. But Jeremy just strolled back toward the equipment table. Meanwhile, his teammate Elijah peered up at a poster about molecules. He's my other best friend, and I know he'd never purposefully cheat. "Mr. Rowe, you're moving slower than pond water." Ms. Daly waved her glove-covered hand. "You wouldn't want to be the cause of your team being disqualified from winning the prize, would you?" All at once, Jeremy zipped across the floor. Then he banged down the bottle. "That prize is going to be ours," he announced all matter-of-factly. "Sorry, but FYI, that's going to be our team," said Julia, crossing her arms. She is student council president and knows a thing or two about winning. She flicked her eyes knowingly at her teammates, Avery Cooper and Skyler Rumsky, the tallest and also quietest boy in the fifth grade. "Actually, it's going to be us." I curled my arms around Birdie and Phoenix. I really wanted our team to win the prize—the chance to do the Vomiting Pumpkin demo at the Fall Festival this weekend. This year is our last Fall Festival at

担心皱眉。但杰里米只是溜达回了设备台。 与此同时，他的队友以利亚凝视着一张关于分子的海报。 他是我另一个最好的朋友，我知道他绝不会故意出轨。 “罗先生，你移动的速度比池塘里的水还慢。” 戴利挥动着戴着手套的手。 “你总不想让自己的队伍被取消获奖资格吧？”突然，杰里米飞快地穿过地板。 然后他砰地一声把瓶子摔了下去。 “这个奖将是我们的，”他一本正经地宣布。 “对不起，但告诉你，那将是我们的队伍，”朱莉娅交叉着双臂说。 她是学生会主席，对获胜略知一二。 她故意朝队友艾弗里·库珀（Avery Cooper）和五年级最高、也最安静的男孩斯凯勒·拉姆斯基（Skyler Rumsky）眨了眨眼睛。 “实际上，是我们。” 我搂着小鸟和凤凰。 我真的很希望我们的团队能赢得这个奖——有机会在这个周末的秋季音乐节上做呕吐南瓜的演示。 今年是我们的最后一个秋季节日

Franklin, since we'll be in middle school next year. So it's got to be epic. And yes, the demo is as cool and disgusting as it sounds. Green foaming goop oozes out of a jacko'- lantern's mouth. I've seen Dr. Caroline, my favorite chemist, do it on YouTube. I hoped that the Ghost we were about to make for the Fall Science Challenge would be just as awesome. I had been looking forward to the Science Challenge for weeks. All right, months. It was a tradition at Rosalind Franklin Elementary School. It came right before the Fall Festival, so in my opinion, it was the very best time of the year. Why? Well, some kids are into stuffed animal collections. Others are into certain video games. Or art, like my BFF Birdie. I—Kate Crawford—am all about science, especially chemistry. I was so ready to start that my mouth watered. You see, I wasn't just ready to start the Science Challenge. I was ready to win it.

富兰克林，因为我们明年就要上中学了。 所以它必须是史诗级的。是的，这个演示就像它听起来一样酷和恶心。 绿色的泡沫从南瓜灯的嘴里渗出来。 我在YouTube上看过我最喜欢的化学家卡洛琳博士的做法。 我希望我们即将为秋季科学挑战赛制作的幽灵也能这么棒。 几个星期以来，我一直期待着科学挑战赛。 好吧，几个月。这是罗莎琳德·富兰克林小学的传统。 它正好在秋季节日之前，所以在我看来，这是一年中最好的时光。 为什么?有些孩子喜欢收集毛绒玩具。 其他人则沉迷于某些电子游戏。 或者艺术，比如我的好朋友伯迪。 我是凯特·克劳福德，我热爱科学，尤其是化学。 我准备好要开始了，我都流口水了。 你看，我不只是准备好开始科学挑战。 我已经准备好赢了。