3 ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, YIKES!

ON YOUR MARK GET SET, YIKES! The first 40 straws were easy-peasy. Bean stuck them all in her mouth at once. Then she opened another box of straws. "Uhhhr," she said to Ivy, pointing. "More? Are you sure?" asked Ivy. Bean nodded. "Ooo-uwer hihy-eh-uh," she grunted, which meant two hundred fifty-seven. Ivy pulled a straw out of the box and shoved it into Bean's mouth, but she accidentally shoved too hard, and the straw scraped the back of Bean's throat. "Hhhaaaak," choked Bean, and the straws sprayed across the kitchen floor.

各就各位，准备好！前40根吸管很容易。 比恩一下子把它们都塞进嘴里。 然后她打开了另一箱稻草。 “嗯，”她指着艾薇说。 “更多吗?你确定吗？”艾薇问。 豆点了点头。“呃——呃——嗨——呃——呃。”她嘟哝着，意思是257。 艾薇从盒子里拿出一根吸管，塞进比恩的嘴里，但她不小心用力过猛，吸管刮到了比恩的喉咙后部。 “啊哈。”比恩哽咽着说，吸管溅得厨房地板上到处都是。

Ivy winced. "Sorry." "Ow." Bean's eyes were watering. She looked at the straws all over the kitchen and thought about Mary Anning. She wasn't a quitter, and neither was Bean. She began to pick up the straws. Ivy helped. Once again, she shoved 40 straws in her mouth, and, very carefully, Ivy pushed in one more. Forty-one. Forty-two. Forty-three. The girls were working so hard that they didn't hear Bean's dad come into the kitchen. Forty-four.

艾薇了。“对不起。”“噢。” 比恩的眼睛在流泪。 她看着厨房里到处都是稻草，想起了玛丽·安宁。 她不是一个轻易放弃的人，比恩也不是。 她开始捡稻草。 艾薇帮助。她又往嘴里塞了40根吸管，艾薇又小心翼翼地塞了一根。 41。42。43。 女孩们正在努力工作，她们没有听到比恩的爸爸走进厨房。 44。

"Hi, Ivy. Hi—Bean, what have you got in your mouth?" Bean's dad said, staring. "Awww" said Bean. "Straws," said Ivy helpfully. "She's breaking a world record." "Excellent," Bean's dad said, leaning over to see better. "How many does she need to get in there?" "Two hundred and fifty-seven," said Ivy. She looked at Bean. Bean nodded. "How many does she have in now?" "Forty-four." Her father didn't say anything, but Bean knew what he was thinking. It was no good. She was never going to get 257 straws in her mouth. Sadly, she pulled the straws out. "I'll never break a world's record." She handed the spitty straws to her father. "Thanks a lot," said Dad. "Maybe there's

“嗨,艾薇。嗨豆，你嘴里叼着什么？”比恩的爸爸盯着他说。 “啊，”比恩说。“稻草，”艾薇帮忙说。 “她正在打破一项世界纪录。” “太好了，”比恩的爸爸说，倾身看得更清楚。 “她需要多少人才能进去？”“二百五十七，”艾薇说。 她看着比恩。豆点了点头。 “她现在有几个？”“44”。 她的父亲什么也没说，但比恩知道他在想什么。 这一点也不好。她不可能把257根吸管塞进嘴里。 她悲伤地把稻草拔了出来。 “我永远不会打破世界纪录。” 她把吸管递给父亲。 “非常感谢，”爸爸说。“也许有

a different record you could break." "Like what?" asked Bean. "I can't walk on my hands." Bean's dad glanced at the sink. He hadn't washed the breakfast dishes yet. "Why don't you set the record for fast dish washing?" he said, smiling. "That would be a good one." Bean ran to get the book. There were no records for fastest dishwasher. "This is going to be a piece of cake," said Bean, looking at the counter piled with plates. "You could do it slowly and still break the record," said Ivy. "It'll be better to do it fast" said Bean, "Super-fast. Then no one will ever break my record." Her father began to look a little worried. "Maybe this isn't a very good idea." "Dad, every day, you and Mom tell me I have to wash the dishes" said Bean, "and,

你可以打破一个不同的记录。” “比如什么？”比恩问。“我不能用手走路。” 比恩的爸爸瞥了一眼水池。 他还没有洗早餐的盘子。 “你为什么不创造最快洗碗的记录呢？”他笑着说。 “那会是个好主意。” 比恩跑去拿书。没有最快的洗碗机记录。 “这简直是小菜一碟，”比恩看着堆满盘子的柜台说。 艾薇说：“你可以慢慢来，但仍然可以打破纪录。” “最好快点，”比恩说，“超级快。 这样就没人能打破我的记录了。” 她的父亲开始显得有些担心。 “也许这不是一个好主意。” “爸爸，你和妈妈每天都告诉我，我必须洗碗，”比恩说，“而且，

now, when I finally want to, you say it's not a good idea." She shook her head. Grown-ups were so weird. "Well," said her dad, "okay. But be careful." What was he talking about? She was always careful. Bean began running nice warm water in the sink. She squirted out a big jet of soap, and mountains of bubbles grew. "Keep your eyes peeled," she said to Ivy. "You'll probably only see a blur." Bean's father ran his hands through his hair. "Couldn't you grow the longest fingernails instead?" he asked. "Takes too long. You're the official

现在，当我终于想这么做的时候，你却说这不是个好主意。” 她摇了摇头。大人们太奇怪了。 “嗯，”她爸爸说，“好吧。 但是要小心。”他在说什么？ 她总是很小心。比恩开始在水槽里放温暖的水。 她喷出了一大股肥皂，一大堆泡泡冒了出来。 “睁大你的眼睛，”她对艾薇说。 “你可能只会看到一片模糊。” 比恩的父亲用手捋了捋头发。 “你不能把指甲留得最长吗？”他问。 “时间太长了。你是官方的

timekeeper, Ivy," said Bean as the water gushed. "And Dad, you have to take a picture of me when I'm done. With all the shiny clean plates." "Sure" said her dad., "I'm going to do all these plates in five minutes" said Bean. "Got that? Five, minutes." "Okay," said Ivy, looking at the clock. "On your mark. Get set. Go!" Bean grabbed a plate and plunged it into the water. Wipe, wipe, wipe. She rinsed it in the next-door sink. Rinse, rinse, rinse. She put it in the dish rack. Okay. Next plate. Wipe, wipe, wipe. Rinse, rinse, rinse. Dish rack. "How am I doing?" "One minute gone," said Ivy.

计时员，艾薇。”比恩说，这时水涌了出来。 “爸爸，我吃完后你得给我拍张照片。 有那么干净闪亮的盘子。” “当然，”她爸爸说。“我要在五分钟内把这些盘子都洗好。”比恩说。 “明白了吗?5分钟。” “好吧，”艾薇看了看钟说。 “各就各位。得到设置。去吧!”比恩抓起一个盘子，把它扔进水里。 擦，擦，擦。她在隔壁的水槽里冲洗。 漂洗，漂洗，漂洗。她把它放在盘子架上。 好吧。下一盘。擦，擦，擦。 漂洗，漂洗，漂洗。碗碟架。 “我做得怎么样？”“一分钟过去了，”艾薇说。