5. The Great Egg Drop Challenge

5 The Great Egg Drop Challenge There was a table on the other side of the roof with a bunch of junk on it: pieces of cloth, bubble wrap, feathers, string, straws, tape, cotton balls, rubber bands, toilet paper tubes, plastic bags, Popsicle sticks, cardboard boxes, some Styrofoam, and a big box of Honey Sugar Bongos. Oh, and there were also two cartons of

屋顶的另一边有一张桌子，上面放着一堆垃圾：布片、气泡膜、羽毛、绳子、吸管、胶带、棉球、橡皮筋、卫生纸管、塑料袋、冰棒棒、纸箱、聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料和一大盒蜂蜜糖手鼓。 哦，还有两箱

eggs. That was weird. "Why is all this stuff up here?" asked Ryan. "We're going to do a science project," said the Snowman. "I call it The Great Egg Drop Challenge." "We're going to eat egg drop soup?" Ryan asked. "Yum!" "No," said the Snowman. "We're going to drop eggs off the roof!" He was rubbing his hands together again, a sure sign that he's crazy. "Why is dropping eggs off the roof a science project?" asked Andrea. "Well," said the Snowman, "if you drop an egg off the roof onto the sidewalk below, what do you think will happen?" "The egg will break," we all replied. Duh! "Right!" said the Snowman. "The sidewalk is much harder than the egg's shell. So we need to think of a way to

鸡蛋。这很奇怪。“为什么这些东西都在这里？”瑞恩问。 “我们要做一个科学项目，”雪人说。 “我把它叫做‘伟大的鸡蛋掉落挑战’。” “我们要吃蛋花汤吗？”瑞恩问道。 “好吃!”“不，”雪人说。 “我们要从屋顶上扔下鸡蛋！”他又开始搓手了，显然他疯了。 “为什么把鸡蛋从屋顶扔下去是一项科学项目？”安德里亚问。 “嗯，”雪人说，“如果你把一个鸡蛋从屋顶掉到下面的人行道上，你认为会发生什么？”“蛋会破的，”我们都回答。 咄!“对！”雪人说。 “人行道比蛋壳硬多了。 所以我们得想个办法

prevent the egg from breaking at the end of its fall." "How can we do that?" asked Alexia. "There are lots of ways," said the Snowman. "Each of you is going to design a package using the things on this table to protect your egg from a fall. We'll record the results. Then we'll discuss which packages worked, which ones didn't, and why. That way you'll learn about gravity, velocity, inertia, and acceleration." I didn't know what any of that stuff

防止鸡蛋在坠落结束时破碎。” “我们怎么能做到呢？”阿列克谢亚问。 “有很多方法，”雪人说。 “你们每个人都要用桌子上的东西设计一个包，保护你们的蛋不掉下来。 我们会记录结果。然后我们将讨论哪些包有效，哪些没有，以及为什么。 这样你就能了解重力、速度、惯性和加速度。” 我不知道那些东西是什么

meant. But it didn't matter, because throwing anything off a roof is cool. We all got to work figuring out ways to protect our eggs. Emily wrapped a bunch of rubber bands around her egg. "When my egg hits the sidewalk, it will bounce," she said, "but it won't break." Ryan put his egg in a little cardboard box and filled the box with feathers. "The feathers will cushion my egg," he said, "so it won't break when it hits the sidewalk." Michael put his egg inside a plastic bag and surrounded the egg with foam peanuts. "My egg will move inside the bag when it hits the sidewalk," he said, "but not enough to hit the hard surface and break." Andrea made a little parachute out of some cloth and string. Then she put her egg in a basket that hung below the parachute. "If I can make my egg fall more slowly," she

的意思。但没关系，因为从屋顶上扔东西很酷。 我们都得想办法保护我们的卵子。 艾米丽在她的鸡蛋上缠了一捆橡皮筋。 “当我的鸡蛋碰到人行道时，它会弹起，”她说，“但不会碎。” 瑞恩把他的蛋放在一个小纸板箱里，然后在盒子里装满了羽毛。 “这些羽毛可以缓冲我的蛋，”他说，“这样当它撞到人行道上时就不会碎了。” 迈克尔把他的鸡蛋放在一个塑料袋里，并用泡沫花生把鸡蛋包裹起来。 他说：“当袋子碰到人行道时，我的鸡蛋会在袋子里移动，但不会撞到坚硬的表面而破裂。” 安德里亚用布料和绳子做了一个小降落伞。 然后，她把鸡蛋放在挂在降落伞下面的篮子里。 “如果我能让我的蛋掉得慢一点，”她说

said, "it won't crack when it hits the ground." Neil wrapped his egg in bubble wrap and cotton balls. Alexia put her egg inside a piece of Styrofoam and taped it shut. I put my egg inside the box of Honey Sugar Bongos. That's my favorite cereal. The cereal has so much sugar on it, you might as well pour sugar right from a sugar bowl into your mouth. "You all have such good ideas!" said the Snowman. "I can see how some of you could become great scientists someday." "Is there a prize for the student whose egg doesn't break?" asked Little Miss I-Always-Want-to-Win-Something.

他说：“它一落地就不会裂。” 尼尔用气泡纸和棉球把鸡蛋包起来。 亚历克西娅把她的蛋放在一块聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料里，并用胶带把它封上。 我把鸡蛋放在蜂蜜糖手鼓盒子里。 那是我最喜欢的麦片。 麦片里的糖太多了，你还不如直接把糖从糖碗里倒进嘴里。 “你们都有这么好的主意！”雪人说。 “我能看到你们中的一些人有一天会成为伟大的科学家。” “蛋不破的学生有奖品吗？”总想赢的小小姐问。

"Yes," said the Snowman. "You get to bring your egg home with you." "What if all the eggs break?" asked Emily. "Then lunch will be scrambled eggs today," said the Snowman. "Are you ready?" "Ready!" we all shouted. "Ten... nine... eight..." The Snowman started counting down. "You're going to learn about Newton's First and Second Laws...."

“是的，”雪人说。“你可以把你的蛋带回家。” “如果所有的鸡蛋都破了怎么办？”艾米丽问。 “那么今天的午餐就是炒鸡蛋了，”雪人说。 “你准备好了吗？”“准备好了！”我们都喊道。 “十…九个。八个……”雪人开始倒数。 “你将学习牛顿第一和第二定律....”