5 Marshmallows and Friction

CHAPTER FIVE MARSHMALLOWS AND FRICTION" 15° F WE DIDN'T USE the hot chocolate mix that comes in an envelope and you just add hot water. We made the good hot chocolate—with real milk. Mom poured the milk into a pot and set it on the stove. "You guys can take it from here," Mom said after she turned on the burner. "I need to get back to my rosebushes." "Why do you cover them up?" Simon asked.

第五章棉花糖和摩擦“15华氏度”我们没有使用装在信封里的热巧克力混合物，你只需要加入热水。 我们用真正的牛奶做了美味的热巧克力。 妈妈把牛奶倒进锅里，放在炉子上。 “你们可以接手了，”妈妈打开炉子后说。 “我得回到我的玫瑰花丛里去。” “你为什么把它们盖起来？”西蒙问。

"To protect them from the wind and the cold," Mom answered as she pulled her gloves back on. "They'll bloom better in the spring if they're covered with burlap in the winter. And I have to get it done— it's going to be so cold on Monday." Mom went to work on her rosebushes, and we worked on the hot chocolate. Rosie squirted the chocolate syrup into the pot. Simon did the stirring. And I got a bag of marshmallows from the cabinet. They were the little ones, not the big giant ones. "So how are we going to stay warm on Monday?" Simon asked Rosie.

“为了保护它们不受风和寒冷的侵袭，”妈妈边说边把手套戴上。 “如果在冬天用麻袋把它们盖起来，它们在春天会开得更好。 我必须把它做完——星期一会很冷的。” 妈妈忙着打理她的玫瑰花丛，我们忙着做热巧克力。 罗茜把巧克力糖浆喷进锅里。 西蒙搅拌。我从橱柜里拿了一袋棉花糖。 他们是小的，不是大的。 “那我们星期一怎么取暖呢？”西蒙问罗茜。

"We're going to use friction—and trap the heat," Rosie said. Simon and I had no idea what Rosie's plan was, but we totally trusted her. After the chocolate milk got hot, we poured it into three mugs and sat at the kitchen table. Rosie put a few marshmallows into her mug. Simon grabbed a big handful and dropped them in his mug. A couple overflowed, but he just ate them straightaway. I used six marshmallows (an even number). But they got melty pretty fast, so I needed to scoop them out two (another even number) at a time to eat them. I didn't want them to melt into one (an odd number) big marshmallowy blob.

“我们将利用摩擦来捕获热量，”罗西说。 西蒙和我不知道罗茜的计划是什么，但我们完全信任她。 巧克力牛奶热了之后，我们把它倒进三个杯子里，坐在厨房的桌子旁。 罗茜在杯子里放了一些棉花糖。 西蒙抓了一大把放进杯子里。 有几只溢出来了，但他直接吃了。 我用了六块棉花糖（一个偶数）。 但它们很快就融化了，所以我需要一次挖出两个（另一个偶数）来吃。 我不想让它们融化成一个（奇数）大棉花糖团。

"What's your plan?" Simon asked, taking a slow, careful sip of hot chocolate. After that sip, there was a little more room in his mug, so he dropped in some more marshmallows. "We're going to make our own heat on the way to school," Rosie started to explain. She rubbed her hands together to remind us what friction means. "And we're going to trap it like inside a mitten." "What are we going to rub together?" I asked.

“你的计划是什么？”西蒙问，慢慢地，小心地喝了一口热巧克力。 喝了一口之后，他的杯子里又多了一点空间，所以他又放了一些棉花糖进去。 “我们打算在上学的路上自己取暖，”罗茜开始解释。 她搓着手提醒我们摩擦是什么意思。 “我们要把它像夹在手套里一样夹住。” “我们要擦什么呢？”我问。

"We need to figure that out after we drink our hot chocolate," Rosie said. That was enough explanation for Simon and me. We were confident Rosie knew what to do. The hot chocolate was cool enough to drink instead of sip now. Simon gulped half of his down in two big swallows. Then he filled his mug to the top

罗西说：“我们需要在喝完热巧克力后弄清楚这一点。” 我和西蒙已经解释得够多了。 我们确信罗茜知道该怎么做。 热巧克力已经凉了，现在可以喝了，不用小口喝了。 西蒙两大口吞下了一半。 然后他把杯子里的水倒满了

with marshmallows. "Simon!" Rosie exclaimed. "What?" "You have more marshmallows than hot chocolate!" He brought the mug up and tilted his head back, and lots of marshmallows and a little hot chocolate flowed into his mouth. He looked at us—his mouth was so full that he couldn't close it.

棉花糖。“西蒙!”罗西喊道。 “什么?”“你的棉花糖比热巧克力还多！”他端起杯子，歪着头，许多棉花糖和一点热巧克力流进嘴里。 他看着我们——嘴里塞满了东西，合不上了。