8 Making Lemonade

CHAPTER EIGHT Making Lemonade Materials (noun). An exact description of what is needed for a project or experiment. It should be clear enough that someone could copy your project. Think of it like a list of the ingredients in chocolate chip cookies. You can't leave anything out (especially not the chocolate chips!). AFTER SCHOOL, I RACED TO THE FRIDGE to find more lemons. In one drawer, I dug through lettuce, carrots, and celery. In another, I found apples, pears, and even a persimmon. "Not one? Really?" Outside, the clouds sat low and gray. It was beginning to drizzle. I hoped that didn't mean soccer practice would be canceled. I so badly needed to kick a soccer ball right now. I paced in circles. Didn't Mom always have lemons around for her herbal tea? How could we be out? "I don't believe it." Liam popped into the kitchen. "What don't you believe?" "No lemons. And I need them for my science project."

第八章制作柠檬水原料（名词）。 对项目或实验所需材料的精确描述。 你应该清楚别人可以复制你的项目。 你可以把它想象成巧克力饼干的配料表。 你不能遗漏任何东西（尤其是巧克力片！） 放学后，我跑到冰箱去找更多的柠檬。 在一个抽屉里，我翻出了莴苣、胡萝卜和芹菜。 在另一个地方，我发现了苹果、梨，甚至还有一个柿子。 “没有一个?真的吗?”外面，乌云低垂，灰蒙蒙的。 天开始下毛毛雨了。 我希望这并不意味着足球训练会被取消。 我现在太想踢足球了。 我绕着圈子踱步。妈妈不是总在她的花草茶里放柠檬吗？ 我们怎么出去了？“我不相信。” 利亚姆突然走进厨房。 “你不相信什么？”“没有柠檬。 我的科学项目需要它们。”

"You need lemons so Norbert can do karate, right?" Liam chopped the air with his hands. "I wish." Jumping up to sit on the counter, I swung my legs side to side. "I'm sorry. But I can't use your robot. Lemon batteries don't have enough power." "Don't worry, Kate." Liam grunted and made muscles. His face turned as red as the maple tree in front of our house. "I got power for you!" "You do. Lots." I laughed. He started bouncing and spinning. And spinning some more. "Have you been eating sugar?" I asked. "Four grams," he said with a serious face. "Where did you come up with that number?" "Actually, I ate twenty hundred million grams. My friend Gracie gave me a giant marshmallow." He motioned with his hands to show me. "Oh, that explains everything." He giggled. Then he got a serious look on his face. "Can't you go shopping for lemons? Maybe you could buy a whole lemon tree?" I glanced at the clock on the microwave. "Avery's mom is picking me up in fifteen minutes. I've got soccer practice. At least, I hope I do. I'm worried the rain might make them cancel."

“你需要柠檬，诺伯才能练空手道，对吗？”利亚姆用手猛击着空气。 “我希望。”我跳起来坐在柜台上，左右摆动着腿。 “我很抱歉。但是我不能用你的机器人。 柠檬电池没有足够的电量。” “别担心，凯特。”利亚姆哼了一声，做了个动作。 他的脸变得和我们房前的枫树一样红。 “我有权力给你！”“你做的。 很多。”我笑了。他开始弹跳和旋转。 再转一些。“你一直在吃糖吗？”我问。 “四克，”他一脸严肃地说。 “你从哪儿得出这个数字的？”“实际上，我吃了两亿克。 我的朋友格雷西给了我一个巨大的棉花糖。” 他用手示意我。 “哦，这就解释了一切。” 他咯咯地笑着说。然后他脸上露出严肃的表情。 “你不能去买柠檬吗？” 也许你可以买一整棵柠檬树？”我瞥了一眼微波炉上的时钟。 “埃弗里的妈妈十五分钟后会来接我。 我有足球训练。至少，我希望是这样。 我担心这场雨可能会让他们取消。”

"Daddy and I can go shopping. He's finishing up some work in his office." Liam pointed to the kitchen doorway leading to Dad's home office. He's a psychologist. "I heard my name," said Dad, striding into the kitchen. "How was school today?" Oh boy. My dad isn't one for keeping your feelings to yourself. He encourages us to talk about pretty much everything. So I told him what happened today at school. All of it. Even the very embarrassing part. "What a great experience," he said, smiling so his mustache waggled. "Realizing you made a miscalculation and that you need to try again." "Great?" Maybe in Opposite Land. That's a land that Birdie and I made up when we were little. "All great scientists learn by what doesn't work," said Dad. "You know that." "Yeah, I guess." That's when I told him about the missing lemons. "Maybe they rolled onto the floor," suggested Dad. "Or maybe somebody was hungry for lemonade." Liam mimed drinking. "You mean thirsty." Dad ruffled Liam's hair. "What's something else you know about science?" asked Dad. "Especially conclusions?"

“爸爸和我可以去购物。 他正在办公室完成一些工作。” 利亚姆指着通往爸爸家庭办公室的厨房门口。 他是个心理学家。“我听到了我的名字，”爸爸说着大步走进厨房。 “今天在学校怎么样？”哦男孩。 我爸爸不是那种会把感情藏在心里的人。 他鼓励我们谈论几乎所有的事情。 所以我告诉了他今天在学校发生的事。 所有的一切。即使是非常尴尬的部分。 “这是一次很棒的经历，”他说，笑得胡子都要摇了。 “意识到自己算错了，需要再试一次。” “大吗?”也许在彼岸。 那是我和伯蒂小时候想象的世界。 “所有伟大的科学家都是从行不通的东西中学习，”爸爸说。 “你知道的。”“是的，我想是的。” 就在那时我告诉他柠檬不见了。 “也许他们滚到地板上了，”爸爸说。 “或者有人想喝柠檬水。” 利亚姆假装喝酒。“你是说口渴。” 爸爸揉了揉利亚姆的头发。“关于科学，你还知道些什么？”爸爸问。 “特别是结论?”

"You don't jump to them," I said. With a giggle, Liam jumped up onto a step stool. "Like this." "Be careful, Liam." Dad pulled off his slippers and put on his running shoes. "I have another problem." I pulled Ms. Daly's calculator out of my backpack. She said I could borrow it until STEM Night. "Powering it up doesn't seem like enough. I want to do something really cool that will impress the judges. Especially Dr. Caroline." "Maybe you can add something special?" suggested Dad. "Hot Wheels cars!" shouted Liam, making a vrooming sound. "With lots of jumps and ramps." Then he pointed to the stack of board games on our shelves. "It could crash into dominoes like in that Dr. Caroline video." "Hey, that's a very interesting idea!" And that's when I remembered something high on the shelf right above my bed. "I'll be back in a sec!"

“你不要跳过去，”我说。 利亚姆咯咯地笑了一声，跳上了一个阶梯凳。 “这样。”“小心点，利亚姆。” 爸爸脱下拖鞋，穿上跑鞋。 “我还有一个问题。”我拉了mrs。 戴利的计算器从我的背包里拿出来。 她说我可以借到STEM之夜。 “给它通电似乎还不够。 我想做点很酷的事让评委们刮目相看。 尤其是卡洛琳医生。”“也许你可以加点特别的东西？”爸爸建议道。 “风火轮汽车！”利亚姆喊道，发出一阵嗖嗖的声音。 “有很多跳跃和斜坡。” 然后他指着我们书架上的一堆棋盘游戏。 “它可能会像多米诺骨牌一样崩溃。 卡洛琳视频。”“嘿，这是一个非常有趣的想法！”就在那时，我想起了我床上方的架子上有样东西。 “我马上就回来！”