2 Rosie Twirls, Simon Digs

CHAPTER TWO ROSIE TWIRLS, SIMON DIGS 25 degreesfahrenheit WE GOT TO class early because we hustled on the walk to school. We took our regular seats at Table 5 and Rosie started twirling her hair right away. I knew that meant she was thinking hard about something. Simon and I both wondered why. I didn't ask her. I didn't want to interrupt. But Simon doesn't care about things like that. He just says whatever he wants —whenever he wants. That's the way he operates. "What are you thinking about?" he asked as he dug around in the bottom of his backpack. Rosie turned to him. She stopped twirling her hair. "It will be eight degrees on Monday," Rosie

第二章ROSIE TWIRLS， SIMON DIGS华氏25度我们很早就到了教室，因为我们匆匆忙忙地步行去学校。 我们坐在5号桌的老座位上，罗茜马上就开始捻头发。 我知道这意味着她在认真思考什么。 西蒙和我都想知道为什么。 我没有问她。我不想打断你们。 但西蒙不关心这种事。 他什么时候想说什么就说什么。 这就是他做事的方式。 “你在想什么？”他一边在背包底部翻找，一边问道。 罗茜转向他。她不再捻头发了。 “星期一将是8度，”罗茜说

whispered. Her face turned kind of stern and serious- looking. "I don't want to be cold walking to school. We have to figure out a way to stay warm." "We can't control the weather," Simon said, still digging. "What are you looking for?" I asked. "Money," he answered. "Sometimes coins fall to the bottom of my backpack." "Did you forget your lunch money?" Rosie asked. "No, I packed today," Simon said. "My dad's birthday is coming up and I have a cool idea for a gift. But it's expensive." "What's your idea?" I asked. "Tickets to a monster truck show," he answered as he pulled his hand out of the backpack. "Bad news— no coins. But I have good news for you, Rosie." "What's that?"

小声说。她的脸变得有点严肃了。 “我不想在上学的路上受冻。 我们必须想办法保持温暖。” “我们无法控制天气，”西蒙一边说，一边继续挖掘。 “你在找什么？”我问。 “钱，”他回答。“有时硬币会掉到我背包的底部。” “你忘记带午饭钱了吗？”罗西问道。 “不，我今天收拾了行李，”西蒙说。 “我爸爸的生日快到了，我有一个很酷的礼物主意。 但是很贵。”“你有什么主意？”我问。 “看怪兽卡车表演的票。”他边回答边把手从背包里抽出来。 “坏消息——没有硬币。但是我有个好消息要告诉你，罗西。” “那是什么?”

"I have some ideas for how to stay warm on the way to school." "Really?" Rosie asked. She sounded a little excited. She definitely didn't want to be cold on Monday morning. "Let's hear them."

“我有一些关于如何在上学的路上保暖的想法。” “真的吗?”罗西问道。她听起来有点兴奋。 她绝对不想在周一早上受冻。 “让我们听听。”

We were glad class hadn't started. Mr. Willow was writing the day's schedule and other stuff on the whiteboard. That usually took a few minutes. When he was done, that's when class officially started and we had to get totally quiet. Simon had plenty of ideas. And once he got going, he really got going. "First, we could just move," Simon suggested. "You know, closer to the equator. Maybe to the rain forest. Or a desert or something. I mean, if we want to be warmer in the winter, we should just go to a place that doesn't have winter."

我们很高兴还没有开始上课。 威罗先生正在白板上写当天的日程安排和其他东西。 这通常需要几分钟。 当他讲完之后，就是正式开始上课的时候，我们必须保持绝对的安静。 西蒙有很多主意。 一旦他开始了，他就真的开始了。 “首先，我们可以搬家，”西蒙建议道。 “你知道，离赤道更近。 也许去热带雨林。或者沙漠之类的地方。 我的意思是，如果我们想在冬天更暖和，我们应该去一个没有冬天的地方。”

"Umm," Rosie said and paused. "I don't think our parents will move just because we're cold walking to

“嗯，”罗西说，停顿了一下。 “我不认为我们的父母会因为我们走路冷而搬家

school." Simon nodded. He seemed to have already thought of this. "Okay, I have a couple of other ideas," Simon said. He started to talk faster. "I was thinking about the warmest place in our house. It's by the fireplace. And I thought we could use that." "Use your fireplace?" I asked as I looked toward the front of the classroom. Mr. Willow was halfway done with the schedule. "No, just the fire part," Simon explained. "We could each get a log and light one end on fire. As we walk to school, we poke the fire end at each other. Wave it around real close! Toasty!"

学校。”西蒙点点头。他似乎已经想到了这一点。 “好吧，我还有一些其他的想法，”西蒙说。 他开始说得更快了。 “我在想我们家最温暖的地方。 它在壁炉旁边。我想我们可以利用这一点。” “用你的壁炉？”我朝教室前面望去，问道。 威罗先生的时间表已经完成了一半。 “不，只有火的部分，”西蒙解释说。 “我们可以每人找一根原木，把一端点着。 在去学校的路上，我们互相用火头戳对方。 近距离挥动它！温暖!”