2 What Contains the Answer

CHAPTER TWO What Contains the Answer? Erlenmeyer Flask (noun). This is a special container that scientists use for a number of different things in a lab. It was designed by German chemist Emil Erlenmeyer, and its glass is so strong that he could do big chemical reactions inside the flask without worrying about it shattering. It has a ginormous name for a ginormous invention! OUR TEACHER, MRS. EBERLIN, stood in front of the whiteboard. She pushed her glasses up on her nose and suddenly looked very serious. "In order to figure out where we are going on a very special field trip, you're going to have to do some work." Some kids moaned. Others, like me, leaned forward expectantly. "Told you, it's going to be special," I said softly to Birdie, whose desk was in the row in front of mine. "Told you what?" asked Elijah Williams, who sat behind me. He's my next-door neighbor and my other closest friend. Immediately, I felt guilty about not telling him the secret.

第二章什么包含着答案？ 酒瓶（名词）。这是一种特殊的容器，科学家们在实验室里用它来装很多不同的东西。 它是由德国化学家Emil Erlenmeyer设计的，它的玻璃非常坚固，他可以在烧瓶内进行大的化学反应，而不用担心它会破碎。 它有一个伟大的名字，一个伟大的发明！我们的老师，Mrs。 EBERLIN，站在白板前。 她把眼镜推到鼻子上，突然显得很严肃。 “为了弄清楚我们要去哪里进行一次非常特殊的实地考察，你必须做一些工作。” 一些孩子呻吟着。其他人，像我一样，期待地向前倾身。 “我告诉过你，它会很特别，”我轻声对伯迪说，她的桌子就在我的前面一排。 “告诉你什么？”坐在我后面的伊利亚·威廉姆斯问道。 他是我的隔壁邻居，也是我另一个最亲密的朋友。 我立刻为没有告诉他这个秘密而感到内疚。

"The field trip is going to be someplace cool and far away because we're going on a long bus ride," I whispered. "Did you say a long bus ride?" asked Elijah in way too loud a voice. "Shhhh!" said Birdie and I in unison. But it was too late. "Kate knows we're going on a long bus ride!" shouted Memito Alvarez. "Tell us where we're going!" Suddenly, everyone in the classroom was staring at me. My cheeks warmed. "Kate, if you know where we're going, I'd appreciate you keeping it to yourself," Mrs. Eberlin stated. She put her hands on her hips in that teacher way that meant business. "I actually don't know where we're going," I admitted. "Yeah right, Kate." Shoving his floppy bangs out of his eyes, Jeremy Rowe glared at me. "She knows. And she's not telling." "Actually, Kate really doesn't know where we are going," stated Birdie quietly, and I gave her a grateful look. Birdie might be shy, but she always stands up for what she believes in. "Thanks, Birdie," I said. "Just because my mom's the principal doesn't mean I know everything."

“实地考察要去一个又酷又远的地方，因为我们要坐很长的公共汽车，”我低声说。 “你是说要坐很长的车吗？”以利亚问，声音太大了。 “嘘！”我和小鸟异口同声地说。 但为时已晚。“凯特知道我们要坐长途汽车！” “告诉我们要去哪儿！”突然，教室里的每个人都盯着我看。 我的脸颊暖和起来。“凯特，如果你知道我们要去哪里，我希望你不要告诉别人，”埃伯林夫人说。 她用老师的方式把手放在屁股上，那是认真的。 “实际上我不知道我们要去哪里，”我承认。 “好的，凯特。”杰里米·罗把蓬松的刘海从眼前拨开，怒视着我。 ”她知道。她也没说出来。” “事实上，凯特真的不知道我们要去哪里，”伯迪平静地说，我感激地看了她一眼。 伯蒂可能有些害羞，但她总是坚持自己的信念。 “谢谢你，小鸟，”我说。“虽然我妈妈是校长，但不代表我什么都知道。”

Jeremy shook his head. Just last week, Jeremy had been sent down to the office for grabbing Mia Wong's cookie out of her lunch bag and taking a bite out of it. My mom had given him a talking-to, and for the past few days he had been giving me these withering looks. Sometimes having your mom as a principal is awesome. And sometimes it isn't. "I bet we're going to Lansing," said Julia Yoon, who is our student body president and is good at knowing stuff like that. Lansing is the capital of Michigan, the state where we live. In fourth grade, Julia was the first kid to memorize all the states and their capitals. "I think we're going to Detroit," I said. "There's tons of museums there." "Nah, not a museum," said Elijah. "I bet it's the Binder Park Zoo. That one near Battle Creek." "What about Greenfield Village?" said Avery Cooper. "You can visit an inventor's lab. Plus, they have people dressed up in costumes, so you get to learn history." Avery is a fan of anything to do with costumes and drama. Her dads run the theater in our town.

杰里米摇了摇头。就在上周，杰里米被派到办公室，因为他从米娅·王的午餐袋里拿了一块饼干，咬了一口。 我妈妈和他谈过了，在过去的几天里，他一直用这种令人沮丧的眼神看着我。 有时候让你妈妈当校长是件很棒的事。 但有时并非如此。“我敢打赌我们会去兰辛，”我们的学生会主席朱莉娅·尹（Julia Yoon）说，她很擅长了解这类事情。 兰辛是我们居住的密歇根州的首府。 四年级时，茱莉亚是第一个记住所有州和州首府的孩子。 “我想我们要去底特律，”我说。 “那里有很多博物馆。” “不，不是博物馆，”以利亚说。 “我打赌是宾德公园动物园。 巴特克里克附近的那个。” “格林菲尔德村怎么样？”艾弗里·库珀说。 “你可以参观发明家的实验室。 另外，他们还有人穿着戏服，所以你可以学习历史。” 艾弗里喜欢任何与服装和戏剧有关的东西。 她爸爸在我们镇上经营一家剧院。

"Brrrr!" Phoenix Altman, Avery's best friend, rubbed her hands together. "It'll be too cold for the zoo or the village. I want to go someplace where we can be inside and toasty warm, like a museum." On her desk, Birdie tapped her box of pastels. "I hope it's the Art Institute in Chicago. They have masterpieces there by Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet and other famous artists." "Those are all great guesses," said Mrs. Eberlin. "But none of you are right. To find the answer, we're going to solve a mystery." Mrs. Eberlin used a giant black dry-erase marker to write the number 8.1 on the board. "What's that number?" asked Elijah. "My sister's age," said Julia. Memito held up eight fingers. "It's the number of slices of pizza I'm going to eat for lunch." "Nope." Jeremy shook his head. "It's how many minutes school should last." Some kids laughed, and Mrs. Eberlin tapped her watch. "When you love what you're doing, time really does fly," she said with just a hint of her Brazilian accent. When she gets excited, it shows up a little. "Like right now, I promise you time will whiz by. Because we're going to solve a mystery together. Just watch."

“brrrrr !”菲尼克斯·奥特曼，艾弗里最好的朋友，揉了揉她的手。 “去动物园和村子都太冷了。 我想去一个我们可以呆在里面，温暖的地方，比如博物馆。” 在她的桌子上，小鸟轻敲着她的粉彩盒。 “我希望是芝加哥的艺术学院。 那里有文森特·梵高、克劳德·莫奈和其他著名艺术家的杰作。” “这些都是很好的猜测，”埃伯林太太说。 “但你们都不对。 为了找到答案，我们要解开一个谜。” 埃伯林夫人用一只巨大的黑色记号笔在黑板上写下了数字8.1。 以利亚说：“那是多少？” “我姐姐的年龄，”茱莉亚说。 Memito伸出八个手指。 “这是我午餐要吃的披萨片的数量。” “不。”杰里米摇了摇头。 “这是学校应该持续多少分钟。” 一些孩子笑了，埃伯林太太敲了敲表。 “当你热爱自己所做的事情时，时间过得真快，”她带着一丝巴西口音说道。 当她兴奋的时候，就会露出一点。 “就像现在，我向你保证时间会飞逝而过。 因为我们要一起解开一个谜。 只是看。”

She reached under her desk and pulled out four Erlenmeyer flasks. Chemists use that kind of flask all the time. It has a narrow neck and a wide, flat bottom. You can put a stopper on the top if you need to swirl and swoosh a solution. Personally, I love to do the swirling and the swooshing. When my dad makes homemade salad dressing in a jar, he always lets me shake it up. It's one of the best ways to mix stuff. "Now I need some volunteers," said Mrs. Eberlin. "Who wants to come up and help the class solve the mystery? Using some science. Chemistry, to be exact." My hand shot up. "Me!" I shouted. "Please! Please! Please!"

她把手伸到桌子底下，拿出四个厄伦梅尔烧瓶。 化学家们一直在用那种烧瓶。 它的脖子很窄，底部又宽又平。 如果你需要旋转和旋转溶液，你可以在顶部放一个塞子。 就我个人而言，我喜欢做旋转和旋转。 当我爸爸用罐子自制沙拉酱时，他总是让我摇一摇。 这是最好的混合方式之一。 “现在我需要一些志愿者，”埃伯林太太说。 “谁愿意上来帮助全班解开这个谜？” 运用一些科学。确切地说，是化学。” 我的手一下子举了起来。“我!”我叫道。 “请!拜托!请!”