3 HOT AND BOTHERED

Hot and Bothered The next day, no one rushed to sit on Colorado. Dusit sat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean without pretending he was drowning. Bean and Ivy flopped onto Wisconsin together. Ms. Aruba-Tate was explaining capital letters with her big purple pen. The first letter at

第二天，没有人赶着坐科罗拉多号。 杜西特坐在大西洋中央，没有假装自己溺水了。 比恩和艾薇一起去了威斯康辛州。 阿鲁巴-塔特正在用她的紫色大笔解释大写字母。 at的第一个字母

the beginning of a sentence was always capital. Okay, thought the second grade. The first letter of a person's name or a place was always capital, too. Fine, thought the second grade. Whatever. Ms. Aruba-Tate put the cap on her big purple pen and looked at the children on the rug. "Well!" she said, "I know something that will pep you up. Emerson School is going to have a science fair!" "No!" groaned Bean. "I hate science," said Emma. Drew and Eric nodded. Ms. Aruba-Tate raised her eyebrows. "I'm confused, boys and girls," she said. "I thought you liked science."

句子的开头总是大写的。 好吧，二年级的孩子想。 人名或地名的第一个字母也总是大写的。 好吧，二年级的孩子想。 无论什么。阿鲁巴-塔特女士把笔帽戴在她那支紫色的大钢笔上，看着地毯上的孩子们。 “好吧，”她说，“我知道一些能让你振作起来的东西。 爱默生学校要举办科学博览会！”“不！”比恩呻吟道。 “我讨厌科学，”艾玛说。 德鲁和埃里克点了点头。阿鲁巴-塔特扬起了眉毛。 “我很困惑，男孩和女孩，”她说。 “我以为你喜欢科学呢。”

"No. We hate it," Zuzu said. "It's awful." "But," said Ms. Aruba-Tate, "what about fish prints? You liked making fish prints, didn't you?" "Those were okay," said Emma. "And our insect studies," Ms. Aruba-Tate asked. "You liked those, didn't you?" "That cicada was cool," said Marga-Lee. "Remember the hissing cockroach?" said

“没有。我们讨厌它，”祖祖说。 “这是糟透了。”“但是，”她说。 阿鲁巴-塔特：“那鱼的指纹呢？ 你喜欢画鱼的版画，是吗？”“还行，”艾玛说。 “还有我们的昆虫研究。” Aruba-Tate问道。“你喜欢那些，是吗？”“那只蝉真酷，”玛嘉-李说。 “还记得那只嘶嘶叫的蟑螂吗？

Drew. "That was cool, too." "What about marine reptiles?" said Ms. Aruba-Tate. "Elasmosaur and plesiosaur?" "And mosasaur!" yelled Eric. Eric loved mosasaur. "Then why do you say you hate science?" asked Ms. Aruba-Tate. "Global warming!" chanted the second graders. "Global warming?" asked Ms. Aruba-Tate. "Didn't you listen, Ms. Aruba-Tate?" Bean

画了。“那也很酷。” “那海洋爬行动物呢？” Aruba-Tate。“依拉丝摩龙和蛇颈龙？”“还有沧龙！”埃里克喊道。 埃里克喜欢沧龙。“那你为什么说你讨厌科学？” Aruba-Tate。二年级学生高呼：“全球变暖！” “全球变暖？” Aruba-Tate。“你没听见吗？ Aruba-Tate ?”豆

said. "The whole world is going to turn into a desert." "The polar bears are going to die out," said Ivy. "And the frogs," said Emma. "And newts," said Eric. "Squishy things are in trouble." "All the animals are in trouble," said Drew. "And it's all our fault!" said Bean. That was the worst part.

说。“整个世界将变成一片沙漠。” “北极熊要灭绝了，”艾薇说。 “还有青蛙，”艾玛说。 “还有蝾螈，”埃里克说。“软绵绵的东西有麻烦了。” “所有的动物都有麻烦了，”德鲁说。 “都是我们的错！”比恩说。 这是最糟糕的部分。

Ms. Aruba-Tate was quiet for a moment. She looked like she was thinking hard. Then she said, "Boys and girls, I'm hearing that you are very worried about global warming. I'm feeling sorry that you're worried, but I'm also feeling glad that you care so much about the earth. People who care as much as you do are the people who will find solutions to the problem." The second graders looked at each other. Solutions? There were solutions? "Right now, scientists all over the world are trying to find ways to stop global warming. Science is the solution, not the problem. That's why I'm sad when I hear you say you hate science." "They should work harder," said Drew. Ms. Aruba-Tate looked at him. "Do you remember, Drew, when we talked about cave dwellers? Some of you thought cave dwellers were stupid, because they didn't know how to build houses, and we talked about how people have to experiment in order to make their lives

阿鲁巴-塔特沉默了一会儿。 她看起来在努力思考。 然后她说：“孩子们，我听说你们非常担心全球变暖。 我为你的担心感到难过，但我也为你如此关心地球而感到高兴。 和你一样关心问题的人才会找到解决问题的办法。” 二年级的学生们面面相觑。 解决方案?有解决方案吗？ “现在，世界各地的科学家都在努力寻找阻止全球变暖的方法。 科学是解决方案，而不是问题本身。 这就是为什么当我听到你说你讨厌科学时，我很难过。” “他们应该更加努力，”德鲁说。 阿鲁巴-塔特看着他。 “你还记得吗，德鲁，我们谈过穴居人？ 你们中的一些人认为穴居人很愚蠢，因为他们不知道如何建造房子，我们讨论了人们如何为了生活而进行实验