7 RICE AND BEAN

Rice and Bean

大米和豆子

MacAdam had made a battery out of a lime, a penny, and a paper clip. He showed it to the class and then he showed a picture of a car with a zillion limes attached to it. The limes made the car go. "So MacAdam's idea is to use limes instead of gasoline to fuel cars. Is that it, MacAdam?" said Ms. Aruba-Tate. MacAdam nodded. "Very good idea, MacAdam," said Ms. Aruba-Tate. "Limes are a clean kind of energy, aren't they? Clean energy means energy that doesn't make pollution. Scientists all over the world are trying to find clean energy to use instead of gasoline. Can anyone think of another kind of clean energy?" Bean and Ivy exchanged looks. How come they hadn't thought of limes? How come MacAdam had? "Must be something in the dirt," whispered Bean. MacAdam liked to eat dirt.

麦克亚当用石灰、一分钱和一个回形针做了一个电池。 他把它展示给全班同学看，然后他展示了一辆车的照片，上面贴着无数的柠檬。 酸橙使汽车发动起来了。 所以MacAdam的想法是用石灰代替汽油为汽车提供燃料。 是这样吗，麦克亚当？” Aruba-Tate。碎石点点头。 “好主意，麦克亚当。” Aruba-Tate。“酸橙是一种清洁的能源，不是吗？” 清洁能源是指不产生污染的能源。 全世界的科学家都在努力寻找清洁能源来代替汽油。 有人能想到另一种清洁能源吗？”比恩和艾薇交换了一下眼神。 他们怎么没想到酸橙呢？ 麦克亚当怎么会有呢？“泥土里一定有什么东西。”比恩小声说。 麦克亚当喜欢吃土。

"Yes, Bean? Can you think of another kind of clean energy?" Ms. Aruba-Tate said eagerly. What? Clean energy? She should know this! Bean panicked. "Rice!" she yelled. "Rice?" Ms. Aruba-Tate looked surprised and interested. "Wow! Is that what your science fair project is about?" Bean didn't know what to say. "Yes!" she yelled. "Rice energy! It's clean!" She couldn't stop yelling. Ivy was looking at her like she'd lost her mind. "Ivy and I have discovered rice

“是的,豆?你能想到另一种清洁能源吗？”Ms。 阿鲁巴-塔特急切地说。怎么啦？ 清洁能源吗?她应该知道这一点！Bean惊慌失措。 “米饭！”她喊道。“饭?”Ms。 阿鲁巴-塔特看起来既惊讶又感兴趣。 “哇!这就是你的科学展览项目吗？”比恩不知道该说什么。 “是的！”她喊道。“大米能量!是干净的!”她不停地大喊大叫。 艾薇看着她，就像她疯了一样。 “艾薇和我发现了大米

energy!" "That's great, girls," said Ms. Aruba-Tate. "I'll be excited to see that." "Me too," muttered Ivy. That afternoon at Bean's house, Ivy was the lookout. That meant she stood outside the

能量!”“太好了，姑娘们。” Aruba-Tate。“我很高兴看到这一点。” “我也是。”艾薇喃喃地说。那天下午在比恩家，艾薇负责把风。 这意味着她站在外面

kitchen door, watching for Bean's mom. If Bean's mom came along, Ivy was supposed to fall on the floor and screech. Inside the kitchen, Bean was standing on the counter. She was looking through the cupboards, trying to find rice. No luck. She wished she had said she was going to make chocolate chip energy. She knew where the chocolate chips were. Crackers, more crackers, walnuts, ugly dried lumps she had never seen before, oatmeal... rice! Bean grabbed a handful and stuffed the package back on the shelf. "Got it!" she whisper- shouted to Ivy. Ivy zipped into the kitchen. Bean jumped to the floor and held out her hand. There it was. A bunch of rice. There was no way they were going to get a Certificate of Scientific Achievement for rice. If only she had kept her mouth shut. "What the heck are we going to do with this?" she said.

厨房门，看着豆子的妈妈。 如果比恩的妈妈来了，艾薇应该会倒在地板上尖叫。 在厨房里，比恩站在柜台上。 她在橱子里找，想找米。 没有运气。她真希望自己说过要做巧克力片能量。 她知道巧克力片在哪里。 饼干，更多的饼干，核桃，她从未见过的丑陋的干块，燕麦片…… 大米!比恩抓了一把，把包裹塞回架子上。 “明白了！”她低声对艾薇喊道。 艾薇飞快地走进厨房。 比恩跳到地板上，伸出她的手。 它就在那儿。一堆米饭。 他们不可能因为水稻而获得科学成就证书。 她要是闭上嘴巴就好了。 她说：“我们到底该怎么做呢？”

Ivy looked at the grains, and her eyes got narrow. "There was this lady," she began. "Who?" Bean interrupted. "Lisa Something," said Ivy. "She was a scientist. I read about her in my Famous Women of Science book. She said you could get energy by breaking stuff into bits." "Cool!" said Bean. "Why don't we just break some glasses, then?" Ivy frowned. "Not those kind of bits. Tiny bits. In the book, she said atoms, which are really tiny bits, but I bet it would work with rice, too. She said there was lots of energy inside tiny things, once you broke them." It was a weird idea. When Bean broke stuff, it just lay there, broken. It didn't start jumping around energetically. Bean looked at the rice in her hand. It didn't seem like there could be anything inside rice except more rice, but it was worth a try. "I'll go get some hammers."

艾薇看着谷物，眼睛眯了起来。 “有一位女士，”她开始说。 “谁?”豆中断。“丽莎什么的，”艾薇说。 “她是个科学家。我在我的著名科学女性书里读到过她。 她说你可以通过把东西打碎来获得能量。” “酷！”比恩说。“那我们为什么不打碎一些杯子呢？”艾薇皱起了眉头。 “不是那种东西。小碎片。 在书中，她提到了原子，这是非常微小的东西，但我打赌这也适用于大米。 她说，一旦你打碎了小东西，里面就会有很多能量。” 这是一个奇怪的想法。当比恩打碎东西时，它就躺在那里，碎了。 它并没有开始充满能量地跳跃。 比恩看着手里的米饭。 看起来除了更多的米，米里面什么都没有，但值得一试。 “我去拿些锤子来。”