4 Rosie’s Got It

CHAPTER FOUR ROSIE'S GOT IT 16 degreesfahrenheit WE DIDN'T WANT to go outside at the end of the school day, but we had to walk home. It already felt colder. As we trudged through the slush, we talked about the different heat-generating ideas that Mr. Willow told us about. Would any of them help us on the super cold walk to school Monday morning? "We need to go nuclear!" Simon exclaimed. "We can dig up some uranium. Mr. Willow said uranium gets hot if you break it up or something."

第四章罗茜的忍耐16华氏度放学后我们不想出门，但我们不得不步行回家。 已经感觉更冷了。当我们在泥泞中跋涉时，我们谈到了威洛先生告诉我们的不同的发热想法。 他们中有谁会在周一早上超级冷的上学路上帮我们吗？ “我们需要发展核武器！”西蒙喊道。 “我们可以挖一些铀。 威罗先生说，如果你把铀打碎之类的，它就会变热。”

Rosie said, "It's called nuclear fission." "Yeah, we'll do some fission-y stuff," Simon said. "We can get some chunks of uranium and just stick them in our pockets or whatever." "Umm, I don't think we should expose ourselves to nuclear energy," I said. "Why not?" "It's totally dangerous," Rosie answered. "We'd be radioactive! We'd be sick! We'd glow in the dark!" "Sounds kind of fun, doesn't it?" "No!" Rosie and I yelled and laughed. "All right, all right," Simon said. "What else did Mr. Willow say?" "Electromagnetic radiation," Rosie said. "Like from a microwave oven." "Why don't we just get a huge microwave oven?" Simon suggested. "Get inside, turn it on, and travel to

罗茜说：“这叫做核裂变。” “是的，我们会做一些与裂变有关的东西，”西蒙说。 “我们可以弄到一些铀块，然后把它们放在口袋里。” “嗯，我认为我们不应该让自己暴露在核能之下，”我说。 “为什么不?”“这太危险了，”罗茜回答。 “我们会有放射性的！”我们会生病的！我们会在黑暗中发光！”“听起来很有趣，不是吗？”“不!”罗茜和我又喊又笑。 “好吧，好吧，”西蒙说。 “威罗先生还说了什么？”“电磁辐射，”罗茜说。 “就像从微波炉里拿出来一样。” “我们为什么不买个大微波炉呢？”西蒙建议。 “进去，打开它，然后去旅行

school in it somehow. We can use the wagon in my garage." Even though it was really cold and we wanted to get home, Rosie stopped on the sidewalk. Simon and I stopped too. "You want us to cook ourselves?" Rosie asked. Simon nodded. "We'd be warm." "We'd be dinner!" she screamed. "I bet I'd taste the best," Simon replied. We started walking again. I could see my house. Mom was all bundled up and in the front yard. She was covering her rosebushes like she does every winter.

学校在某种程度上。我们可以用我车库里的马车。” 尽管天气很冷，我们也想回家，罗西还是在人行道上停了下来。 西蒙和我也停了下来。“你想让我们自己做饭？”罗西问道。 西蒙点点头。“我们会很暖和。” “我们会成为晚餐的！”她尖叫道。 “我打赌我的味道最好，”西蒙回答。 我们又开始走路了。我能看到我的房子。 妈妈裹得严严实实，站在前院。 她像每年冬天一样把她的玫瑰花丛盖上。

"Mr. Willow also said friction makes heat," Rosie reminded us. "Like rubbing two sticks together to make fire." "You know what makes great fire?" Simon asked, getting excited. "The Raging Inferno monster truck! It shoots fire out of its exhaust pipe! It's awesome!"

“威洛先生还说摩擦产生热量，”罗茜提醒我们。 “就像把两根木棍摩擦在一起生火一样。” “你知道是什么让大火熊熊燃烧吗？”西蒙问，变得很兴奋。 “狂暴地狱怪物卡车！”它会从排气管里喷火！这是太棒了!”

"I don't mean actually making fire," Rosie responded quickly. She wanted to stay on the subject. We both knew Simon could talk a loooong time about monster trucks. "I mean just rubbing something together to create heat." Rosie stopped again when we got to my driveway. Simon and I did too. She raised her hands and rubbed them together as she said, "Friction."

“我不是说真的生火，”罗茜迅速回答。 她想继续谈这个话题。 我们都知道西蒙会滔滔不绝地讲怪兽卡车。 “我的意思是通过摩擦物体来产生热量。” 我们开到我家车道上时，罗茜又停了下来。 西蒙和我也是。她举起双手，搓着说：“摩擦。”

Simon and I watched her. I could tell she was working something out. She stretched the mitten on her left hand. Rosie then took the mitten off and brought it up close to her eyes. She examined it. "Umm, nice mitten," Simon said. "But I'm freezing my butt off. Can we go now?"

西蒙和我看着她。我能看出来她在想办法。 她把连指手套伸到左手上。 然后罗茜把连指手套拿下来，凑近她的眼睛。 她检查了一下。“嗯，手套不错，”西蒙说。 “但我的屁股都快冻僵了。 我们现在可以走了吗？”