8. Welcome to the Science Fair

8 Welcome to the Science Fair We spent the next week making our projects. My mom and dad helped me build my remote-controlled flying sausage delivery drone. It was the coolest. It had to be cooler than the secret lame project Andrea was working on. Finally, it was the day of the science fair. When I got to school, there was electricity in

欢迎来到科学博览会。我们用了下一周的时间来做我们的项目。 我爸妈帮我做了遥控香肠送货无人机。 这是最酷的。一定要比安德里亚的秘密烂项目酷。 最后，是科学博览会的日子。 当我到学校的时候，已经有电了

the air. Well, not really. If there was electricity in the air, we would all get electrocuted. But all our parents and teachers were there. Galileo was there. The owner of Porky's Pork Sausages, Peter Porky, was there. And of course, Mrs. Ella Mentry was there. She was walking with crutches because she'd hurt her leg in the Great Egg Drop Challenge. The walls of the gym were covered with science posters and banners. Before the opening ceremony, we got to walk around and look at all the science projects. One girl made a periscope out of a milk carton. Some boy made a hoverboard. Somebody else made fossils out of bread and gummy bears. A fifth grader used a lemon to make electricity. A fourth grader made a fountain out of soda and Mentos. Somebody made a rotten egg stink bomb. It was cool.

空气。嗯，不完全是。 如果空气中有电，我们都会触电。 但是我们所有的父母和老师都在那里。 伽利略就在那里。波基猪肉香肠店的老板彼得·波基也在场。 当然，艾拉·门特里太太也在场。 她拄着拐杖走路，因为她在“大掉蛋挑战”中伤了腿。 体育馆的墙上贴满了科学海报和横幅。 在开幕式之前，我们四处走走，看看所有的科学项目。 一个女孩用牛奶盒做了一个潜望镜。 有个男孩做了个悬浮滑板。 还有人用面包和小熊软糖做了化石。 一个五年级的学生用柠檬发电。 一个四年级学生用苏打水和曼妥思做了一个喷泉。 有人做了个臭鸡蛋臭弹。 很酷。

There were solar ovens, weather stations, balloon rockets, levitating magnets, exploding toothpaste, and glow-in-the-dark slime. Kids had created projects using Jell-O, paper airplanes, Silly Putty, invisible ink, Play-Doh, lava lamps, and walkie-talkies. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" the Snowman said as he walked around the gym. "I love it!" Andrea's project was a big secret, but now she had to show everybody what it was. She pulled a sheet off the table, and you'll never believe in a million hundred years what she had under there. It was a volcano! "I made it out of papier-maché," Andrea announced. "When it erupts, lava will shoot out of it." Oh, man! Why didn't I think of that? Andrea was sure to win the grand prize with an erupting volcano. She always wins everything. Why can't a volcano erupt on

有太阳能烤箱、气象站、气球火箭、悬浮磁铁、会爆炸的牙膏和在黑暗中发光的黏液。 孩子们用果冻、纸飞机、橡皮泥、隐形墨水、Play-Doh、熔岩灯和对讲机来制作项目。 “是啊!是的!是的！”雪人边说边绕着体育馆走。 “我喜欢！”安德里亚的项目是一个大秘密，但现在她必须向大家展示它是什么。 她从桌子上扯下一张床单，你绝对不会相信她在那下面藏了什么。 那是一座火山！“我是用机器纸做的。”安德烈宣布。 “当它爆发时，熔岩会从里面喷出来。” 哦,男人!我怎么没想到呢？ 安德里亚肯定会因为火山喷发而赢得大奖。 她总是赢得一切。 火山为什么不喷发呢

Andrea's head? Everybody in the gym was buzzing. Well, not really. We're not bees. Mr. Klutz stepped up to the microphone and made the shut-up peace sign with his fingers. Everybody stopped talking.

安德里亚的头吗?健身房的每个人都在嗡嗡作响。 嗯，不完全是。我们不是蜜蜂。 克鲁茨走到麦克风前，用手指做了一个“闭嘴的和平手势”。 大家都不说话了。

"Welcome to the Ella Mentry School

“欢迎来到艾拉门特瑞学校

science fair," Mr. Klutz announced. "Blah blah blah blah young future scientists blah blah blah blah unlock the secrets of the universe blah blah blah blah thank Dr. Snow for organizing blah blah blah blah our special guest, Mrs. Ella Mentry, blah blah blah blah..." He went on like that for a million hundred minutes. What a snoozefest. Finally, he stopped talking. "Let the science fair begin!" announced the Snowman. "A.J., start things off! Andrea, you can warm up your volcano now." "Sure thing!" we said. I flipped the switch on the remote control. The rotors on my drone started to spin. The drone rose up in the air over everyone's head. "What a great idea!" said Peter Porky. "This could be a good way to deliver Porky's

科展，”克鲁兹宣布。 “诸如此类，诸如此类，年轻的未来科学家，诸如此类，诸如此类，解开宇宙的秘密，诸如此类，谢谢霍金博士。 感谢雪的组织，等等等等，我们的特别嘉宾，艾拉·门特里夫人，等等等等……” 他就这样说了一百多分钟。 真是个懒虫。最后，他停止了说话。 “科学展览开始吧！”雪人宣布。 “aj，开始吧！”安德里亚，你现在可以给你的火山预热了。” “当然！”我们说。我拨动了遥控器上的开关。 我的无人机的旋翼开始旋转。 无人机在每个人头顶的空中盘旋。 “好主意！”彼得·波奇说。 “这可能是运送波奇汉堡的好方法