6 The First Step

CHAPTER SIX THE FIRST STEP 15° F WE FINISHED OUR hot chocolate and Rosie got all sciencey. "First, we need to find out what material will get the hottest when we rub it," Rosie explained. "We need to test paper, wood, metal, and plastic." We got a pencil (wood), a paper towel tube (paper), a coat hanger (metal), and my Hula-Hoop (plastic). We put them all on the kitchen table. "This isn't quite right for our experiment," Rosie said as she held the pencil up and looked at it. She scratched at its surface with her fingernail. "It's painted. We need to get to the wood underneath." "Let me try," Simon said.

第六章第一步15°F我们喝完热巧克力，罗茜得到了所有的科学知识。 “首先，我们需要找出当我们摩擦它时，什么材料会变得最热，”罗西解释说。 “我们需要测试纸张、木材、金属和塑料。” 我们有一支铅笔（木头），一个纸巾管（纸），一个衣架（金属）和我的呼啦圈（塑料）。 我们把它们都放在厨房的桌子上。 “这对我们的实验不太合适，”罗茜一边说一边举起铅笔看了看。 她用指甲搔它的表面。 “这是画。我们需要到下面的树林里去。” “让我试试，”西蒙说。

Rosie handed it to him. Then Simon put the pencil in his mouth and started to scrape it against his teeth. "Don't do that!" Rosie exclaimed and held her hand out to get the pencil back. "Why not?" Simon asked, giving it back to her.

罗茜递给他。然后西蒙把铅笔放进嘴里，开始在牙齿上刮。 “别这样！”罗茜惊叫着伸出手去拿回铅笔。 “为什么不?”西蒙问，把它还给了她。

"You might swallow some paint!" Simon just shrugged. Rosie shook her head at him. It wasn't mean. She just thought he was crazy.

“你可能会吞下一些油漆！”西蒙只是耸耸肩。 罗茜朝他摇了摇头。 这并不刻薄。她只是觉得他疯了。

"I'll get some sandpaper," I said. "We have some in the basement." We took turns rubbing the paint off the pencil with the sandpaper. It came off fast. "Okay," I said when all the paint was rubbed off the pencil. "What now?" Rosie showed us what we needed to do. We each took turns rubbing the objects—the pencil, Hula-Hoop, hanger, and paper towel tube— between our thumbs and pointer fingers. We rubbed them real fast for about fifteen seconds. We wanted to find out which one got the hottest.

“我去拿砂纸，”我说。 “我们在地下室有一些。” 我们轮流用砂纸把铅笔上的颜料擦掉。 它脱落得很快。“好吧，”当铅笔上的颜料都被擦掉时，我说。 “现在?”罗茜告诉了我们该怎么做。 我们每个人轮流用拇指和食指摩擦铅笔、呼啦圈、衣架和纸巾管。 我们飞快地揉了大约15秒。 我们想知道哪个最辣。

Rosie asked us not to share our answers. She said that could influence the results. "Okay," Rosie said after we tested each one. "Which one got hottest?" "It wasn't even close," Simon said. "It was the coat hanger." "Totally," I said. "It almost burned my finger." Rosie nodded and smiled. I could tell that was her result too. And I think she already knew the metal hanger would get hottest. She just wanted to confirm it with a scientific test. I reached out and touched the hanger. "It's still warm," I said. Rosie nodded and smiled. She knew it would still be warm.

罗茜让我们不要分享答案。 她说，这可能会影响结果。 “好吧，”罗西在我们一一测试完后说。 “哪一个是最热的？”西蒙说：“根本就差得远。 “是衣架。”“当然，”我说。 “它几乎烧伤了我的手指。” 罗茜点点头，笑了。我看得出这也是她的结果。 我想她已经知道金属衣架会变热。 她只是想用科学测试来证实这一点。 我伸手摸了摸衣架。 “还是热的，”我说。 罗茜点点头，笑了。她知道天气还是暖和的。

THE WINNER numberone.

第一名。