13 A Cool Setup

CHAPTER THIRTEEN A Cool SetUp Condenser (noun). A device that chemists use in labs that looks like a goofy glass tube. It's super fancy because it is used to transform a gas to a liquid. The vapor passes through the cold tube and turns into cute little droplets. So it sort of acts like a little refrigerator. INSIDE OF DR. FRANKLIN'S laboratory was more glassware than I had ever seen, including all kinds of Erlenmeyer flasks! Those are the triangular glass containers that are wide at the bottom and skinny at the top. There were giant ones and even itty-bitty ones. There was all kinds of tubing going from one flask to another. Oh, plus dozens of test tubes. And a Bunsen burner to heat liquids and stuff. "This is awesome," I said. "They even have condensers." I pointed to some horizontal glass pipes that were moving chemicals from one spot to another.

冷却器（名词）。 化学家在实验室里使用的一种装置，看起来像一个愚蠢的玻璃管。 它非常神奇，因为它是用来将气体转化为液体的。 蒸汽通过冷管，变成可爱的小水滴。 所以它有点像一个小冰箱。 富兰克林博士的实验室里有比我所见过的更多的玻璃器皿，包括各种各样的厄伦迈耶烧瓶！这些是三角形的玻璃容器，底部很宽，顶部很窄。 有大的，也有小的。 有各种各样的管子从一个烧瓶到另一个烧瓶。 哦，还有几十根试管。 还有一个本生灯，用来加热液体和其他东西。 “这太棒了，”我说。 “他们甚至还有冷凝器。” 我指着一些水平的玻璃管道，它们把化学品从一个地方输送到另一个地方。

"I don't see the X-ray machine that Dr. Franklin used to take images," said Phoenix. "She probably locked it up," said Memito, turning on the egg timer to start the countdown. "Right," said Elijah. "She didn't want that evil Dr. Dragas to get his hands on it." Elijah pointed to the front door of the lab. It had a combination lock on it. "Somehow we're going to have to figure out the code to that thing." "Meanwhile, check out that closet," said Birdie in a nervous voice. "It's a wreck." A bunch of lab coats were piled in a heap on the floor. "I'm on it," said Elijah, hurrying into the closet. "It's weird that the lab coats are on the floor," said Phoenix thoughtfully. "I read a biography of Rosalind Franklin over the summer, and it said she was always very neat and careful." "Yes, yes, good point," I admitted. And a little teeny part of me was jealous. I should have been the one to have read the Franklin bio. After all, I'm the kid obsessed with chemistry, and Rosalind Franklin is the queen of chemistry. Elijah stepped out of the closet, making a frowny face. "Nope, nothing in the closet. I checked everywhere. But I did put on a new lab coat. The one I had was too small."

“我没有看到x光机。 富兰克林过去常常拍照，”菲尼克斯说。 “她可能把它锁起来了，”梅托说着，打开了鸡蛋计时器，开始倒计时。 以利亚说：“好。”“她不想要那个邪恶的医生。 让德拉加斯动手。” 以利亚指着实验室的前门。 上面有个密码锁。 “无论如何，我们必须找出那个东西的代码。” “同时，看看那个壁橱，”小鸟紧张地说。 “这是一艘沉船。”一堆白大褂堆在地板上。 “我这就去。”以利亚说着，匆匆走进壁橱。 “真奇怪，实验室的大褂都在地上。”菲尼克斯若有所思地说。 “今年夏天，我读了一本罗莎琳德·富兰克林的传记，上面说她总是非常整洁、谨慎。” “是的，是的，说得好。”我承认。 我心里有那么点嫉妒。 我应该是那个读富兰克林传记的人。 毕竟，我是一个痴迷于化学的孩子，而罗莎琳德·富兰克林是化学女王。 以利亚从壁橱里走出来，皱着眉头。 “没有，衣柜里什么也没有。 我到处都找过了。但我确实穿上了一件新的实验服。 我的那个太小了。”

Suddenly, Phoenix dropped down to the floor and scooped up a clue. "Got something!" she announced, waving a small, bright red journal. "Mmm. That color reminds me of candied apples," said Memito. "Which I'm definitely getting at the Fall Festival." "Shh," said Phoenix. "We're not going to the festival unless we can escape from here." Carefully she flipped through the pages. "It's Dr. Franklin's diary," she said with more than a hint of wonder. Then her chin dipped to her chest. "Most of the pages were ripped out. Wait. Look at the last page." Her voice grew excited. "It says, 'Must rush out. There's no more time. Dr. Dragas will never find the image of the virus. He can track me down. But I don't have it. He'll never find it in my lab. Only ghosts. I must go...' Then the rest is just a scrawl." "What does she mean by 'only ghosts'?" I wondered aloud. Elijah leaned in to inspect. "Maybe because the page is torn up, like a ghost of a page?" "I doubt it," said Jeremy. "Well," said Phoenix, "I bet Dr. Franklin had to hurry away to evade that horrible Dr. Dragas. There probably wasn't enough time for her to transport the virus image out of the lab without real danger."

突然，菲尼克斯扑倒在地，捡起一条线索。 “有发现了！”她挥舞着一本鲜红色的小日记本宣布。 “嗯。这种颜色让我想起了蜜饯苹果。” “我肯定会在秋季音乐节上得到这个。” “嘘。”菲尼克斯说。“除非我们能从这里逃出去，否则我们不会去参加这个节日。” 她小心地翻着书页。 “这是富兰克林博士的日记，”她带着一丝惊奇说。 然后她的下巴垂到胸前。 “大部分的书页都被撕掉了。 等待。看最后一页。” 她的声音变得激动起来。“上面写着，‘必须冲出去。 没时间了。德拉加斯博士永远也找不到病毒的图像。 他能找到我。但是我没有。 他不会在我的实验室里找到的。 只鬼。我得走了……”剩下的就只是潦草的涂鸦了。” “她说‘只有鬼魂’是什么意思？”我大声地问。 以利亚俯身察看。 “也许是因为那页纸被撕了，就像一页纸的鬼魂一样？”“我对此表示怀疑。”杰里米说。 “好吧，”菲尼克斯说，“我敢打赌。 富兰克林不得不赶紧离开，以躲避那个可怕的博士。 Dragas。她可能没有足够的时间在没有真正危险的情况下将病毒图像运出实验室。”

"I bet she was worried about Dr. Dragas finding her and taking the image if she kept it with her," said Elijah. "That image has to be somewhere in here," said Memito, his eyes scanning the shelves. "It says so in the journal. Blanche said it's up to us to find it before Dragas gets here." "We already know most of this," said Jeremy, groaning impatiently. "Dr. Franklin obviously hid that image. Now it's time to find more clues. So we can get out of here in time." Memito set down the timer with a plunk on the counter in front of him. "Guys, we only have thirty- eight minutes. I couldn't even take my shower and get ready for school in that amount of time. Just saying." Birdie glanced at the front door longingly. "Seems like a long time." "Not really," said Jeremy. "Let's find some more clues." I hurried to a central lab table and checked if anything might be hidden underneath. Even after swiping my fingers on the backs of some stools, I came up with nothing. Not even a ball of dust was in sight on the neatly swept floor. Meanwhile Birdie stood across from me inspecting the back of a chalkboard. Memito spun a

“我敢打赌，她一定很担心。 如果她把照片带在身边，Dragas会找到她并拿走它。” “那张照片肯定在这里的某个地方，”梅托说，他的眼睛扫视着架子。 杂志上是这么说的。 布兰奇说我们得在德拉加斯来之前找到它。” “我们已经知道大部分了。”杰里米说，不耐烦地呻吟着。 富兰克林博士显然隐藏了那张照片。 现在是时候寻找更多线索了。 这样我们就能及时离开这里。” 梅托放下计时器，砰的一声放在他面前的柜台上。 “伙计们，我们只有三十八分钟。 在这段时间里，我甚至不能洗澡，也不能准备去上学。 只是说。”伯蒂渴望地瞥了一眼前门。 “好像很长一段时间。”“不完全是，”杰里米说。 “让我们找到更多的线索。” 我急忙走到中间的一张实验桌前，检查下面是否藏着什么东西。 即使我的手指在一些凳子上滑动了一下，我也一无所获。 打扫得干干净净的地板上连一团灰尘也看不见。 与此同时，伯迪站在我对面，仔细检查黑板的背面。 梅梅托旋转了一下。

globe of the world with his finger and then shook it to see if anything was inside. Elijah fiddled with the buttons on an old-fashioned radio that had a glowing yellow tube coming out the top of it. "It really looks like we've stepped back in time," he said. "I know." Memito joined Elijah, who was now sliding his hand around the back of the radio. "Man, that thing is old," said Memito. "What if it breaks? And then you'd have to use your allowance to pay for it. Or what if—" "—there is a hidden code inside of this." Elijah pulled an instruction booklet from behind the radio. "Is there food behind there, too?" asked Memito. "I'm starving." "Hey, I just found a receipt," Birdie announced. "It was behind a picture frame. It's for a plane trip somewhere." She squinted thoughtfully. "Unfortunately, the print is too faded." "Good. Good!" I encouraged. "We do know that Rosalind Franklin left on a trip." "More clues isn't always better," mumbled Jeremy. "That could be a red herring. Something to throw us off. We need to find something that will lead to that." He pointed to the lock on the door.

他用手指捏了捏地球仪，然后摇了摇，看看里面有没有东西。 以利亚摆弄着一台老式收音机的按钮，收音机顶部有一根发光的黄色管子。 “看起来我们真的像是回到了过去，”他说。 “我知道。”梅托加入了以利亚的行列，以利亚正在用手抚摸着收音机的背面。 “伙计，那东西太旧了，”梅托说。 “如果它坏了怎么办？”然后你必须用你的零用钱来支付。 或者如果——“ ”——这里面有一个隐藏的代码。" 以利亚从收音机后面拿出一本说明书。 “那后面也有吃的吗？” “我饿了。”“嘿，我刚找到一张收据，”小鸟宣布。 “它在一个相框后面。 这是为了搭飞机去某个地方。” 她若有所思地眯起眼睛。 “不幸的是，指纹太褪色了。” “很好。好!”我鼓励。 “我们知道罗莎琳德·富兰克林去旅行了。” “线索并不总是越多越好。”杰里米咕哝着。 “这可能会转移人们的注意力。 让我们迷惑的东西。 我们需要找到一些东西来实现这一点。” 他指着门上的锁。

"And that image of the virus," Phoenix reminded us. Kneeling down in front of the main door, she flipped over a small area rug. "You never know what could help." She pulled off a tag. "This wasn't attached. It could be something." "Probably not," said Jeremy. "You guys," I said, waving my arms in a stop motion. "Hold up. We have to have a plan." Jeremy stepped next to me. "Yeah. You're right." I couldn't believe he was actually agreeing with me. I met Birdie's eyes in a look of astonishment. "My brother loves watching escape room hacks on YouTube," said Jeremy "So I've seen a ton of them. One of the number one tips is to have a project manager." He thumped his chest. "That's me." "Actually, I think it should be me," I said. "Since I probably know the most about"—I spun around the lab—"all the equipment in this place." "Yes, but did you watch the top ten escape room tips video?" said Jeremy. "No." He pointed to the egg timer. "You hear that thing ticking? Well, we only have thirty-six—correction, thirty-five— minutes. The trick is to divide and conquer." He waved his arms. "And put all the clues in one place. Let's say right here." He grabbed a flashlight off a

“还有病毒的图像，”菲尼克斯提醒我们。 她跪在大门前，在一块小地毯上翻了个身。 “你永远不知道什么能帮上忙。” 她扯下一个标签。“这不是附加的。 它可能是什么。”“可能不会，”杰里米说。 “你们这些家伙，”我一边说，一边用定格动作挥舞着手臂。 “举起。我们必须有一个计划。” 杰里米走到我旁边。 “是的。你是对的。”我不敢相信他居然同意我的观点。 我惊讶地看着伯迪的眼睛。 杰里米说：“我哥哥喜欢在YouTube上看密室逃生的视频，所以我看过很多。 其中最重要的一点就是要有一个项目经理。” 他捶打着胸膛。“那是我。” “事实上，我认为应该是我，”我说。 “因为我可能最了解——”我在实验室里转来转去——“这里所有的设备。” “是的，但是你看了十大密室逃生技巧的视频了吗？”杰里米说。 “没有。”他指着计时器。 “你听到那东西在嘀嗒响吗？” 我们只有三十六次修正，三十五分钟。 诀窍在于分而治之。” 他挥舞着双臂。“把所有线索放在一个地方。 就在这里吧。”他拿起手电筒