7. Galileo in the Library

7 Galileo in the Library So we still had to get some dirt on the Snowman. But how? "We need to play it cool," Alexia said. "Let's just pretend everything is normal. The Snowman will show his true colors. Then we can nail him." Huh? What do colors have to do with anything? People talk funny.

7伽利略在图书馆所以我们还得在雪人身上弄点土来。 但如何?“我们得冷静点，”亚历克西娅说。 “让我们假装一切正常。 雪人将露出他的真面目。 然后我们就能抓住他了。”嗯? 颜色有什么关系？ 人们说话很滑稽。

That afternoon, we had library class with Mrs. Roopy. We walked a million hundred miles to the media center, which used to be called the library before they changed the name. Nobody knows why. When we got to the media center, Mrs. Roopy wasn't there. Instead, there was some guy who looked a lot like Mrs. Roopy with a beard. She's always pretending to be somebody else. One time, she dressed up like Neil Armstrong. Mrs. Roopy is loopy. "Why do you have a beard today, Mrs. Roopy?" Ryan asked. "Who's Mrs. Roopy?" said Mrs. Roopy. "I'm Galileo, the famous sixteenth-century scientist." "Wait," I said. "You only have one name?" "No," said Galileo. "Galileo is just my first name." "So what's your last name?" asked

那天下午，我们和鲁比太太一起上图书馆课。 我们走了100万英里来到媒体中心，在改名之前，这里曾被称为图书馆。 没人知道为什么。当我们到达媒体中心时，鲁比太太不在那里。 相反，有一个长得很像鲁比太太的留着胡子的家伙。 她总是假装成别人。 有一次，她打扮得像尼尔·阿姆斯特朗。 鲁比太太是疯了。“鲁比太太，你今天为什么留胡子？”瑞恩问道。 “谁是鲁皮太太？”鲁皮太太问。 “我是伽利略，16世纪著名的科学家。” “等等，”我说。“你只有一个名字？”“不，”伽利略说。 “伽利略只是我的名字。” “那么你姓什么？

Andrea. "Galilei," said Galileo. "Your first name is Galileo and your last name is Galilei?" asked Michael. "That's right," said Galileo Galilei. "It sounded so nice, my parents made it my name twice. I'm surprised you never heard of me. I discovered the moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn with my early telescope. I was the first person to see craters on the moon. I'm from Italy." "I like pizza," said Ryan. "Everybody likes pizza," said Galileo. "Hey, I hear you're going to have a science fair next week." "Yes," said Andrea. "Each of us has to make a science project."

安德里亚。“伽利略，”伽利略说。 “你的名字是伽利略，你的姓是伽利略？”迈克尔问。 “没错，”伽利略说。 “这个名字听起来太好听了，我父母把它改成了我的名字两次。 我很惊讶你从来没听说过我。 我用我早期的望远镜发现了木星的卫星和土星的光环。 我是第一个看到月球环形山的人。 我来自意大利。”“我喜欢披萨，”瑞恩说。 “每个人都喜欢披萨，”伽利略说。 “嘿，我听说你们下周要举办一个科学博览会。” “是的，”安德烈说。“我们每个人都要做一个科学项目。”

"Well, you came to the right place," said Galileo. "There are lots of books in the media center filled with fun science projects for kids." Galileo passed out a bunch of books for us to look over. "Oh, cool!" said Neil. "It says here that you can build a catapult with just a plastic spoon, some rubber bands, and Popsicle sticks. It shoots marshmallows!"

“嗯，你来对地方了，”伽利略说。 “媒体中心有很多书，里面都是为孩子们准备的有趣的科学项目。” 伽利略分发了一堆书给我们看。 “哦，酷！”尼尔说。“这里说，你可以用一个塑料勺子、一些橡皮筋和冰棒棒来做一个弹射器。 它能射棉花糖！”

"That would make a great project for the science fair," said Galileo. "You know, science is all about asking 'why' questions. Why is the sky blue? Why do fish swim and birds fly? Can any of you think of a why question?" "Yeah," I said, "why do we have to do a science project?" Galileo passed out. I mean, he passed out pencils and papers so we could take notes and draw pictures for our science projects. "I'm going to build a pasta rocket," said Ryan. "It uses uncooked pasta, mouthwash, and yeast for fuel." "I'm going to build a fizz inflator," said Michael. "I just need to put baking soda and vinegar in a soda bottle and attach a balloon to the end to inflate it. The reaction makes carbon dioxide to inflate the balloon."

伽利略说：“这将是科学博览会的一个伟大项目。” “你知道，科学就是问‘为什么’的问题。 为什么天空是蓝色的？为什么鱼会游泳，鸟会飞？ 你们谁能想出一个为什么的问题？”“是啊，”我说，“为什么我们要做一个科学项目？”伽利略昏过去了。 我是说，他给我们发了铅笔和纸，好让我们记笔记，为科学项目画画。 “我要做一个意大利面火箭，”瑞恩说。 “它使用生面食、漱口水和酵母作为燃料。” “我要做一个气泡充气器，”迈克尔说。 “我只需要把小苏打和醋放在一个汽水瓶里，然后在瓶子的末端绑上一个气球给它充气。 这个反应产生二氧化碳使气球膨胀。”

"I'm going to build an exploding lunch bag," said Alexia. "You just take a Ziploc freezer bag and fill it with warm water, baking soda, and vinegar." "I'm going to build a flying drone," I said. Drones are cool. I always wanted to have my own drone. I was drawing a picture of my drone when I got another great idea. I could attach some Porky's Pork Sausages to the bottom of my drone so it could deliver sausages by air. Then you wouldn't have to go to the supermarket when you're in the mood for a pork sausage. It was genius!* "What are you going to make for your science project, Andrea?" asked Emily. Andrea was covering her worksheet with her hands so nobody could see it. "I'm working on a secret science project," she said mysteriously.

“我要做一个会爆炸的午餐袋，”亚历克西娅说。 “你只需要拿一个密封袋，里面装满温水、小苏打和醋。” “我要造一架会飞的无人机，”我说。 无人机很酷。我一直想拥有自己的无人机。 当我想到另一个好主意时，我正在画我的无人机。 我可以在我的无人机底部安装一些猪肉香肠，这样它就可以空运香肠了。 这样当你想吃猪肉香肠的时候就不用去超市了。 真是天才！*“安德里亚，你打算为你的科学项目做什么？”艾米丽问。 安德里亚用手遮住了她的作业表，所以没人能看到。 “我在做一个秘密的科学项目，”她神秘地说。