12 Present Your Point

CHAPTER TWELVE Present Your Point Scientific Presentation (noun). This is when scientists go to conferences and communicate their findings. Usually, this is done by giving a presentation with a visual slideshow. It's always a good idea to know how to present or persuade others of your position. As a kid, sometimes you need to present the reasons why you absolutely need that new rock polisher or chemistry set. "YOU'RE GOING TO WORK on your presentations today in class," said Mrs. Eberlin. It was Tuesday, three days before we were supposed to go on the field trip. "I want you all to have your research done before we even cross our state line. Think about how much better your experience will be when you finally meet your animal at the aquarium." "You mean if we meet our animal at the aquarium," said Memito. Earlier that morning he had shared the good news about his grandma being able to go. "We're still one chaperone short though." "After school, I'm going to talk to the principal and figure this out," said Mrs. Eberlin.

科学陈述（名词）。 这是科学家们参加会议并交流他们的发现的时候。 通常，这是通过一个视觉幻灯片演示来完成的。 知道如何表达或说服别人你的立场总是一个好主意。 作为一个孩子，有时候你需要解释为什么你绝对需要新的磨石机或化学设备。 “你们今天要在课堂上做报告，”埃伯林老师说。 那是星期二，离我们要去实地考察还有三天。 “我希望在我们跨越州界之前，你们都能做好调查。 想想看，当你终于在水族馆见到你的动物时，你的体验会有多好。” “你的意思是如果我们在水族馆见到我们的动物，”梅托说。 那天早上早些时候，他告诉了大家一个好消息，他的奶奶可以出院了。 “不过我们还缺一个监护人。” “放学后，我要和校长谈谈，把这件事弄清楚，”埃伯林太太说。

I could feel eyes on me. And my face became beet red. You'd think I'd get used to hearing teachers and kids mention the principal. But I never do. It always makes me feel a little awkward and uncomfortable. "We can solve this," said Mrs. Eberlin. "Now let's focus back on your presentations. You've all been working so hard on your research, I can't wait to hear all of the information you've gathered." I tried to be happy about focusing on my sea lion talk. After all, it's important for me to practice giving oral presentations. Since that's what scientists often do when they go to conferences. I tried to focus on how lucky I was to get to work on my very own presentation. But as Mrs. Eberlin passed out our Chromebooks, I kept on worrying about the field trip. Usually, everyone gets really excited whenever we get to work on something cool like slides. But today, everyone was sluggish and slow. I guess they were as worried as me. "Oh, I wanted to say something about the photographs for your presentations," said Mrs. Eberlin. "It's okay to cut and paste them on your slides. But you can only use Creative Commons images. I'll show you how to do that in a moment.

我能感觉到有人在盯着我。我的脸变得通红。 你以为我会习惯听老师和孩子们提到校长。 但我从来没有。它总是让我感到有点尴尬和不舒服。 “我们可以解决这个问题，”埃伯林太太说。 “现在让我们把注意力集中在你的演讲上。 你们一直在努力研究，我迫不及待地想听听你们收集到的所有信息。” 我试着开心地专注于我的海狮演讲。 毕竟，练习做口头报告对我来说很重要。 因为这是科学家参加会议时经常做的事情。 我试着把注意力集中在我是多么幸运，能够自己做演讲。 但当埃伯林太太分发我们的chromebook笔记本电脑时，我一直在担心这次实地考察。 通常，每当我们开始做一些很酷的东西，比如幻灯片，每个人都会很兴奋。 但今天，每个人都呆滞而缓慢。 我猜他们和我一样担心。 “哦，我想说一些关于你展示用的照片的事，”埃伯林太太说。 “你可以把它们剪切粘贴到幻灯片上。 但是你只能使用知识共享图片。 我一会儿会告诉你怎么做。

However, I would encourage all of you to consider making original drawings as well." "I'm definitely making drawings," said Birdie. "Same with me," said Julia. "I want to make my penguins magenta. I think that will look cute." Magenta. There were no such things as magenta penguins. "Violet would be good too," Julia said. "Penguins are black and white," I said quietly. "It helps disguise them from predators when they're swimming. Although some also have yellow, orange, and slate blue colors. But not magenta." "But magenta is cheerful," said Julia, "and it sounds good too. Purple penguins." She smiled. "It's not scientifically accurate," I explained. Was she serious? Yes, they have orange beaks and cute yellow tufts on their heads, but nowhere on planet Earth are there magenta penguins. "Kate," said Mrs. Eberlin in her perfectly mastered teacher voice. "We're now working on putting headings on our slides in the seven different sections of our reports. Do you remember what order to put them in?" "Um, kind of." I shrugged. "I don't think you do, because you weren't paying attention." She glanced across the room. "Avery, can you tell Kate what they are?"

不过，我鼓励大家也考虑制作原创画作。” “我肯定在画画，”小鸟说。 “我也一样，”茱莉亚说。 “我想把企鹅染成洋红色。 我觉得那会很可爱。” 洋红色。洋红企鹅是不存在的。 “紫罗兰色也不错，”茱莉亚说。 “企鹅是黑白相间的，”我平静地说。 “这有助于它们在游泳时躲避捕食者。 虽然有些也有黄色，橙色和石板蓝色。 但不是洋红色。”“但是洋红色是令人愉快的，”裘莉亚说，“而且听起来也不错。 紫色的企鹅。”她笑了。 “这在科学上并不准确，”我解释说。 她是认真的吗？是的，它们有橙色的喙和可爱的黄色绒毛，但地球上没有洋红色的企鹅。 “凯特，”埃伯林太太用她那熟练的教师腔调说。 “我们现在正在为报告的七个不同部分的幻灯片加上标题。 你还记得把它们按什么顺序放吗？”“嗯，有点吧。” 我耸了耸肩。“我认为你不知道，因为你没有注意到。” 她朝房间那头看了一眼。 “艾弗里，你能告诉凯特是什么吗？”

"Sure," said Avery. "Overview. Description. Habitat. Diet and behavior. Plus, present status." "Okay, I knew that," I said in a quiet voice. "And the three super-duper facts we learn at the aquarium." "I hope I find out that magenta penguins are real," said Julia. "At the aquarium, that is." I started twitching in my seat. And gritting my teeth. Birdie gave me a warning look. I wanted to yell at Julia that if she had already done her research, she would know that there are no purple penguins at the Shedd Aquarium. But I knew that wouldn't be a smart choice. Instead, I remembered what my dad taught me to do when trying to make wise choices. I closed my eyes and took three very slow, very deep breaths. That always made me feel better. I started working on my slides, along with everyone else. I looked up more facts about sea lions for my behavior section and found out that sea lions can dive and stay underwater. Sometimes for up to twenty minutes! They just have to exhale first before they dive below the water's surface. I thought about how cool it would be to swim around the bottom of the ocean for twenty beautiful, uninterrupted minutes. Mom says she always gets fresh new thoughts whenever she's around the water. That's why we go to

“当然可以。”艾弗里说。”概述。 描述。栖息地。饮食和行为。 另外，现在的状态。”“好吧，我知道。”我轻声说。 “以及我们在水族馆学到的三个超级事实。” “我希望我能发现品红企鹅是真的，”茱莉亚说。 “那是在水族馆。” 我开始在座位上抽搐。 咬紧牙关。伯蒂警告地看了我一眼。 我想对茱莉亚大喊大叫，如果她已经做了调查，她就会知道谢德水族馆里没有紫企鹅。 但我知道这不是一个明智的选择。 相反，我想起了父亲教我做明智选择时要做的事情。 我闭上眼睛，慢慢地、深深地吸了三口气。 这让我感觉好多了。 我开始和其他人一起制作幻灯片。 为了我的行为部分，我查了更多关于海狮的事实，发现海狮可以潜水并留在水下。 有时长达20分钟！他们只需要在潜入水面之前先呼气。 我在想，如果能在海底游上20分钟，那该有多酷啊！ 妈妈说每当她在水边的时候总会有新的想法。 这就是为什么我们去

Lake Michigan whenever she has free time in the summer. But my thoughts weren't refreshing. They were just staying on the same worry that I'd had for the past two weeks. "How will we find our three super-duper facts from the aquarium if we don't go?" I asked Mrs. Eberlin. "What if we don't get our chaperones?" "Well, Kate," said Mrs. Eberlin. "I have confidence that we'll figure out the chaperone issue." "Couldn't we just go with three chaperones?" asked Avery. "I'm afraid not," said Mrs. Eberlin. "Those are our school rules." "A lot of good it does to have the principal's daughter in our class," moaned Jeremy. "Wait. It's just about lunchtime. I could ask my mom right now." Everyone turned to look at me. "Maybe I could ask my mom to get a staff person who doesn't need a substitute. Like one of our library clerks or office assistants?" "Yes, that was my plan," said Mrs. Eberlin. "Great minds think alike." "Let me ask her now," I said. "I know exactly where she takes her lunch. I'm sure she will say yes." Everyone looked at me with hopeful eyes. When Mrs. Eberlin handed me a pass to go to the office, I

她夏天一有空就去密歇根湖。 但我的想法并不新鲜。 他们只是停留在过去两周我一直担心的问题上。 “如果我们不去，我们怎么能从水族馆里找到我们的三个超级事实呢？”我问埃伯林太太。 “如果我们找不到监护人怎么办？”“好吧，凯特，”埃伯林太太说。 “我有信心我们会解决监护人的问题。” “我们不能三个人陪着去吗？”艾弗里问。 “恐怕不行，”埃伯林太太说。 “这是我们学校的规定。” “有校长的女儿在我们班有很多好处，”杰里米抱怨道。 ”等。快到午餐时间了。 我现在就可以问我妈妈。” 每个人都转过身来看着我。 “也许我可以让我妈妈找一个不需要替身的工作人员。 比如图书馆职员或办公室助理？”“是的，这就是我的计划，”埃伯林太太说。 “英雄所见略同。” “让我现在问问她，”我说。 “我很清楚她在哪里吃午饭。 我相信她会答应的。” 每个人都满怀希望地看着我。 当埃伯林太太给我一张通行证让我去办公室的时候，我

crossed my fingers and said a silent prayer. Hurrying down the hall to the office, I thought very positive thoughts. Then as I rounded the corner, I smacked into something very solid. Well, not something. Someone. An official- looking somebody with a walkie-talkie crackling on her hip. That somebody was the principal, Terri Crawford. My mother. "Mom!" I said, glancing up at her. "Oh, I'm sorry for bumping into you. I wasn't looking and—what are you doing here?" Not that I really should have been surprised. After all, she runs Rosalind Franklin Elementary School. "Honey," she said. "I just was going to see you." "That's funny. I was just going to find you." Immediately, I asked if our class could have three chaperones instead of four. And she immediately responded that it "wouldn't work." Then I told her about my idea of using a staff member who didn't need a sub. And how Mrs. Eberlin had the same idea. "Say yes, please, Mom. I think it makes a lot of sense."

我十指交叉，默默祈祷。 我匆匆穿过大厅来到办公室，心里想着一些非常积极的事情。 然后，当我转过拐角时，我撞上了一个很结实的东西。 嗯，没什么。某人。 一个官员模样的人，腰间挂着一个吱吱作响的对讲机。 那个人就是校长特里·克劳福德。 我的母亲。“妈妈!”我抬头看了她一眼，说道。 “哦，很抱歉撞到你了。 我没看，你在这儿干什么？”其实我不应该感到惊讶。 毕竟，她经营着罗莎琳德·富兰克林小学。 “亲爱的，”她说。“我正要去看你呢。” “这是有趣的。我正要去找你呢。” 我马上问我们班是否可以有三个监护人，而不是四个。 她立即回应说，这“行不通”。 然后我告诉她我想用一个不需要代课老师的员工。 埃伯林太太也有同样的想法。 “妈妈，请答应我。我认为这很有意义。”