10 Puffing Up

CHAPTER TEN PUFFING UP 10 degreesFahrenheit SIMON BROUGHT HIS mom's hair dryer into the garage. We plugged it into an extension cord —and plugged that cord into the wall. "We should run through all the steps like it's tomorrow morning," Rosie suggested. "You two hop in," Simon said as we untied the shoelaces on the burlap flaps. "I'm going to be pulling tomorrow." "I can't believe it's going to be even colder in the morning," I said as I got into the wagon.

第十章吹高华氏十度西蒙把妈妈的吹风机带进车库。 我们把它插到延长线上，然后把延长线插到墙上。 “我们应该把所有的步骤都跑一遍，就像明天早上一样，”罗茜建议道。 “你们俩上车，”西蒙说，我们解开麻袋上的鞋带。 “我明天就要拔了。” “我真不敢相信明天早上还会更冷，”我边说边上了马车。

"I really hope this works," Rosie said, climbing in after me. Simon tied the flap shut—except for the very top. That's where he stuck the end of the hair dryer. He turned it on. "Rosa-Pa-Looza!" he shouted. After being in the cold garage for so long, that blast of hot air felt awesome. Rosie and I took turns holding our hands up to it.

“我真的希望这能奏效，”罗西说着，跟着我爬了进去。 西蒙把盖子关上——只留下最上面的部分。 他把吹风机的末端插在那里。 他打开了它。“罗莎——帕——露莎！” 在寒冷的车库里待了这么久，那股热风让我感觉棒极了。 罗茜和我轮流举起手来。

It took about three minutes for it to feel pretty warm inside the burlap bubble. It didn't blow up like a balloon or anything because burlap has lots of tiny holes in it. But it did stop sagging a bit. "Okay, Simon!" Rosie yelled over the loud hair dryer. "You can turn it off now!" He turned off the hair dryer, pulled it out, and tied the final shoelace. We knew the warm air would escape, but we wanted it to be as slow as possible. "What do we do now?" I asked. "We wait," Rosie said. "I want to see how long this holds the warm air." While we waited inside, Simon worked on the

大约过了三分钟，它才在粗麻布泡泡里感到相当温暖。 它不会像气球那样爆炸，因为粗麻布上有很多小洞。 但它确实停止了一点下垂。 “好了,西蒙!”罗茜在吹风机的声音中大喊。 “你现在可以把它关掉了！”他关掉吹风机，拔出吹风机，系好最后一条鞋带。 我们知道热空气会逸出，但我们希望它越慢越好。 “我们现在怎么办？”我问。 “我们等着，”罗茜说。“我想看看这能让温暖的空气保持多久。” 我们在里面等的时候，西蒙在做

outside. He felt all around and added extra duct tape wherever he thought warm air might be escaping. "Warm and Cozy Rosie!" It didn't take long for the burlap to start sagging— just a few minutes. And it was already colder inside. "You can let us out now," Rosie said. Simon untied and opened the flaps. "That didn't last too long," Simon said. You could

在外面。他摸了摸四周，在他认为可能有热空气逸出的地方又加了一些胶带。 “温暖舒适的罗西！”没过多久，粗麻布就开始下垂了——只需要几分钟。 里面已经更冷了。 “你现在可以放我们出去了，”罗茜说。 西蒙解开并打开了盖子。 “这并没有持续太久，”西蒙说。 你可以

hear a little disappointment in his voice. "Yeah," I said as Rosie and I climbed out. I was a little bummed with the result too. "It takes fifteen minutes to get to school and it only took a couple minutes for the air to cool down." "It's okay," Rosie said and smiled. She tossed the gardening gloves and sandpaper into the wagon. "The hair dryer just gives us a head start. We're going to generate our own heat on the way using friction. The burlap will protect us some from the wind. And we'll be moving around when we rub the stakes. All of that will help us stay warm."

从他的声音里听出一点失望。 “是啊，”我和罗茜边说边爬了出来。 我对结果也有点失望。 “到学校需要15分钟，而空气冷却下来只需要几分钟。” “没关系，”罗西笑着说。 她把园艺手套和砂纸扔进马车。 “吹风机只是给了我们一个良好的开端。 我们会在过程中利用摩擦产生热量。 粗麻布可以给我们挡风。 我们在摩擦木桩的时候会四处走动。 所有这些都将帮助我们保持温暖。”