3 Getting Warm

CHAPTER THREE Getting Warm Temperature (noun). Most people understand that temperature indicates hot or cold. Chemically speaking, it can help us predict which way energy flows. So when the temperature is high—like in steaming hot chocolate—there are more molecules in a state of high energy (dancing around) than there are in a cool glass of milk. Energy flow sure can be tasty! I FIGURED OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. It all had to do with dry ice. Right when we first entered the science lab, Ms. Daly had said, "If you think a glacier is cold, then try touching dry ice. Actually don't. Never ever touch dry ice, because it's so cold it can burn you." That meant if I wanted the chemical reaction to work quickly and make the best Ghost, one that would hit the finish line, we would need to use warm water. It would turn the dry ice into a gas way faster. I flipped on the faucet and water gushed out. It was sooooo cold. Then I waited.

第三章取暖（名词）。 大多数人都明白温度表示热或冷。 从化学上讲，它可以帮助我们预测能量的流向。 因此，当温度很高的时候，就像热气腾腾的巧克力一样，处于高能量状态（跳舞）的分子比一杯凉牛奶中的分子要多。 能量流肯定是美味的！我知道是哪里出了问题。 这一切都与干冰有关。 就在我们刚进入科学实验室的时候。 戴利说：“如果你认为冰川很冷，那就去触摸干冰吧。 实际上没有。永远不要碰干冰，因为它太冷了，会烫伤你。” 这意味着，如果我想让化学反应快速进行，制造出最好的Ghost，能够冲过终点线，我们就需要用温水。 它会更快地把干冰变成气体。 我拧开水龙头，水喷涌而出。 天气太冷了。然后我等着。

I waved my fingers through the stream, but it was still cold. "What's taking you so long?" cried Phoenix. "Jeremy's group is about to put in their dry ice. And Julia's group already did." As Ms. Daly pushed the cart with the tub of dry ice over to Jeremy's table, the wheels rumbled over the floor. With her silver tongs, she plopped in the pellets of dry ice. Meanwhile, I tested the water again. Still lukewarm. What was wrong with the pipes at this school? "What are you doing?" cried out Phoenix. Birdie's eyebrows arched in concern. "I'll explain later," I mumbled. "We can't wait." Phoenix's mouth gaped open as she frantically pointed to the other groups. "Look at them!" I tried not to let the hiss of bubbles in the other bottles bother me. Jeremy, Elijah, and Memito hunched over their bottle, screaming, "Boooooooooo!" Waving their arms, they were glowing and grinning like jack-o'lanterns. Meanwhile Julia, Avery, and Skyler stared in wide-eyed wonder at their experiment. Everyone was getting ahead. But I couldn't let that stop us. "Don't worry!" I called out. "We can

我在小溪里挥挥手，但水还是很冷。 “你怎么这么久才来？”菲尼克斯叫道。 “杰里米的小组准备放入干冰。 茱莉亚的团队已经做到了。” 当戴利把装满干冰的推车推到杰里米的桌子旁时，车轮在地板上轰隆作响。 她用银夹子把干冰粒夹进去。 与此同时，我又试了一次水。 还是不冷不热。这所学校的水管怎么了？ “你在干什么？”凤凰叫道。 伯迪的眉毛因担心而拱起。 “我以后再解释。”我咕哝着说。 “我们等不及了。”菲尼克斯张大了嘴巴，疯狂地指着其他几组人。 “看他们！”我尽量不让其他瓶子里气泡的嘶嘶声打扰我。 杰里米、以利亚和米米托伏在瓶子前，尖叫着：“呜呜呜！”他们挥舞着手臂，像南瓜灯一样发光，咧着嘴笑。 与此同时，茱莉亚、艾弗里和斯凯勒惊奇地睁大眼睛盯着他们的实验。 每个人都在进步。 但我不能让这阻止我们。 “别担心!”我喊道。 “我们可以

catch up." Finally, at long last, the water gushed out warm. I filled the bottle up halfway, had Birdie add in the food coloring, and then speed-walked over to the cart. I smiled up at Ms. Daly. "Ten pieces of dry ice please," I said. But not in that fake innocent way that Jeremy uses. Just in my regular voice. "You got it, Kate," Ms. Daly said, dropping the dry ice into my bottle. It landed in the bottle with a satisfying plunk, plunk, plunk. I speed-walked back to our table. "Look!" I cried. "Bubbles are scooting to the surface." The bottle of bluish, purplish water filled with bubbles, first at the bottom, then shooting up to escape to the top. Jumping up and down, I could feel my own bubbles of happiness. "The pressure is building." I rubbed my hands together. "This is good. Very good!" Shapeless curls of white vapor spurted into the air. "Wow! It looks like a ghost," gushed Birdie. "Like the one my aunty in Ann Arbor saw in her house." "Oh, c'mon," I said. "She was only trying to scare you."

迎头赶上。”最后，终于，水喷出了温暖的水。 我把瓶子灌满了一半，让伯蒂往里面加入食用色素，然后快步走向购物车。 我抬头对戴利女士微笑。“请给我10块干冰。”我说。 但不是杰里米那种假装无辜的方式。 就用我平常的声音。“你说对了，凯特。” 戴利说着，把干冰倒进我的瓶子里。 它落在瓶子里，发出令人满意的扑通，扑通，扑通。 我快步走回我们的桌子。 “看!”我哭了。“泡沫正在迅速浮出水面。” 那瓶蓝紫色的水充满了气泡，首先在底部，然后向上窜到顶部。 跳上跳下，我能感觉到自己的幸福的泡沫。 “压力正在积聚。” 我搓着双手。 “这很好。非常好!”一团团不成形的白色蒸汽喷向空中。 “哇!它看起来像个鬼，”小鸟滔滔不绝地说。 “就像我安娜堡的阿姨在她家里看到的一样。” “哦，来吧，”我说。“她只是想吓唬你。”

"Nope, it was real," insisted Birdie. "No way," I said. "I bet she could feel the presence of the ghost right in her bones," said Phoenix. "That's how you know a ghost has shown up." "Well, this ghost is definitely here! Look!" The Ghost rose up from the bubbling brew. It reached out a spooky, misty finger. A curl of vapor touched the yellow finish line. "We finished the first challenge!" hooted Phoenix, who then spun around in her ballet-like, vegan leather shoes. Her long hair swirled around her shoulders. Birdie gawked at the shifting shape of the mist. "It's so pretty." "Yes, it's beautiful. We did it!" I said. Operation Ghost was a success. We all highfived. And that's when I heard a familiar moan, and it was coming from the corner of the room.

“不，那是真的，”小鸟坚持说。 “不可能，”我说。“我敢打赌她能感觉到鬼魂在她的骨头里，”菲尼克斯说。 “这样你就知道鬼魂来了。” “嗯，这个鬼肯定在这儿！”看!”幽灵从冒泡的啤酒中起身。 它伸出一只阴森森的、雾蒙蒙的手指。 一缕水汽触到了黄色的终点线。 “我们完成了第一个挑战！”菲尼克斯喊道，然后她穿着芭蕾舞般的纯素皮鞋旋转起来。 她的长发盘绕在肩上。 伯蒂呆呆地看着变幻不定的薄雾。 “太漂亮了。”“是的，它很漂亮。 我们成功了！”我说。“幽灵行动”取得了成功。 我们都击掌庆祝。就在这时，我听到了一声熟悉的呻吟，从房间的角落传来。