8 Time to Start

CHAPTER EIGHT TIME TO START 13° F SIMON'S DAD HAD parked his car in the driveway for us so we'd have plenty of room to build our project. "We have to get this done before we walk to school tomorrow morning. That doesn't give us much time," Rosie said and shivered. "Let's get moving. That will warm us up some. Thanks for bringing the burlap, Molly."

第八章开始时间13华氏度西蒙的爸爸为我们把车停在车道上，这样我们就有足够的空间来做我们的项目。 “我们必须在明天早上去学校之前把这件事做完。 那我们的时间不多了。”罗茜说着打了个寒颤。 “我们行动起来吧。那会使我们暖和些。 谢谢你带麻袋来，莫莉。”

"Mom said we can use as much as we want," I said and dropped it on the concrete floor. "What else do we need?" Simon asked. "Please tell me we don't have to go outside to get anything." "We only need one thing from your house," Rosie said and smiled. "But we don't need it until the end. Everything else is in here." So we got everything we needed and put it all with the roll of burlap. Awagon, somedut paper scissors, sandpaper, gardening stakes, andsomegardening gloves. "Let's make sure two of us can fit inside the wagon first," Rosie said. "And that each of us can pull the other two." So we did that. Rosie and I got in the wagon. We sat facing each

“妈妈说我们想用多少就用多少，”我说着把它扔在了水泥地上。 “我们还需要什么？”西蒙问。 “请告诉我，我们不需要出去买东西。” “我们只需要你家里的一样东西，”罗西笑着说。 “但我们直到最后才需要它。 其他的东西都在这里。” 所以我们把所有需要的东西都装在一卷麻袋里。 一辆车，一些东西，纸剪刀，砂纸，园艺木桩和一些园艺手套。 “让我们先确定两个人能塞进马车，”罗茜说。 “我们每个人都可以拉动另外两只。” 我们这样做了。罗西和我上了马车。 我们面对面坐着

other. Simon pulled us around the garage. Then Rosie pulled Simon and me. And then I pulled Rosie and Simon. "Okay, there's plenty of room," Rosie said when we were done. "And we are all strong enough to pull the other two. I'm sorry only two of us will be warm." "That's better than all three of us being cold," I said to Rosie. "Plus, we'll take turns each day." "I want to pull you two on the first day," Simon volunteered quickly. "Why?" I asked. "You'll see," Simon said and grinned. "I thought we'd play rock, paper, scissors to decide," Rosie said. "Nope," Simon said. "I'll pull first." "Okay," Rosie said. She picked up the metal gardening stakes and the duct tape.

其他。西蒙拉着我们在车库转了转。 然后罗茜拉着我和西蒙。 然后我叫了罗西和西蒙。 “好吧，有足够的空间，”罗西说，当我们完成。 “我们都有足够的力量拉住另外两只。 很遗憾，我们只有两个人会暖和起来。” “这总比我们三个都冷好，”我对罗茜说。 “另外，我们每天轮流来。” “第一天我想拉你们两个，”西蒙马上主动说。 “为什么?”我问。“你会看到的，”西蒙说着咧嘴一笑。 “我想我们可以玩石头、剪刀、布来决定，”罗西说。 “不，”西蒙说。“我先拉。” “好吧，”罗茜说。她捡起了金属园艺桩和管道胶带。

And we got to work. We stood up two metal stakes in the wagon about a third of the way in from each end. They were wobbly, but we used a ton of duct tape to hold them in place. Rosie said when the burlap was over them, that would help too. And she was right. We draped the burlap over the poles and the wagon. Then we used scissors to cut it so it ended halfway down the wagon's sides. As we did, Simon made a suggestion. "I think we need a name," he said. "For the wagon?" I asked. "For the whole thing," Simon said. "I mean, we're

我们开始工作。我们在马车的两端各立了两根金属木桩，各走到三分之一的地方。 它们摇摇晃晃的，但我们用了一吨胶带把它们固定住。 罗茜说，当粗麻布盖在他们身上时，也会有帮助。 她是对的。我们把粗麻布盖在柱子和马车上。 然后我们用剪刀把它剪断，让它在马车两边的中间结束。 当我们这样做的时候，西蒙提出了一个建议。 “我想我们需要一个名字，”他说。 “为了马车？”我问。“为了整件事，”西蒙说。 “我是说，我们

transforming this thing. It's not a wagon anymore. It's a whole new invention." "We should name it after Rosie," I said. "It's all her idea. Or paint a message along the side or something." "No, not after me," Rosie said modestly. "It's all of us working together." "The Rosie Rocket!" Simon yelled, ignoring her.

变换这个东西。它不再是马车了。 这是一个全新的发明。” “我们应该以罗西的名字命名，”我说。 “这都是她的主意。或者在旁边画个信息什么的。” “不，别跟在我后面，”罗茜谦虚地说。 “这是我们所有人共同努力的结果。” “罗西火箭！”西蒙吼道，没理她。

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