11 Push and Pull

CHAPTER ELEVEN PUSH AND PULL ROSIE SNAPPED HER head toward Simon. She asked, "What did you just say?" "I pushed it deeper." "That's what we're doing wrong," Rosie said, looking at me and Simon. "We've been trying to push the ball—with the long pipe, the Frisbees, and the football." We didn't know what she was talking about, but she explained it.

第十一章推与拉罗茜朝西蒙猛地一摇头。 她问：“你刚才说什么？”“我把它推得更深了。” “这就是我们做错的地方，”罗西看着我和西蒙说。 “我们一直在努力推动球——用长管子、飞盘和足球。” 我们不知道她在说什么，但她解释了。

"We don't need to push the ball," Rosie said and smiled. "We need to pull the branch." It made sense to me then, but I wanted to make sure. I asked, "We pull the lower branch out of the way?" Simon added, "And the ball falls out?" "And the ball falls out!" Rosie answered proudly. "But, Rosie," Simon asked, "how do we do that?" "We need three things," Rosie said. I could tell that she was super confident in her idea. "And all three of them are right here at the park!" Rosie explained her idea. Then the three of us all ran in different directions.

“我们不需要推球，”罗西笑着说。 “我们需要把树枝拔掉。” 这对我来说是有意义的，但我想确定一下。 我问：“我们把下面那根树枝挪开吗？”西蒙接着说：“然后球掉出来了？”“球掉了出来！”罗茜骄傲地回答。 “但是，罗西，”西蒙问，“我们怎么做呢？”“我们需要三样东西，”罗茜说。 我看得出来，她对自己的想法非常自信。 “而且他们三个都在公园里！”罗茜解释了她的想法。 然后我们三个人朝不同的方向跑去。

Simon ran toward Mr. Garcia at the fishing pond. Rosie ran to the tennis courts. And I ran toward Mom.

西蒙跑向钓鱼池边的加西亚先生。 罗茜跑到网球场。 我跑向妈妈。