8 GRAND SLAM

Grand Slam Bean thought her mom might not be happy if they hammered rice on the dining room table, so she and Ivy went outside. They found a board in the garage and laid it down on the grass.

“豆子大满贯”认为，如果他们在餐桌上砸米饭，妈妈可能会不高兴，所以她和艾薇出去了。 他们在车库里找到一块木板，把它放在草地上。

Bean and Ivy each took a grain of rice and set it on the wood. Then they slammed it with their hammers as hard as they could. Cool. Rice dust. They set out two more grains of rice. Slam! More rice dust. Slam! Slam! Slam! The board leaped up and flipped over, spilling rice dust into the lawn. "Hey! Did you see that board jump?" said Bean. "That's energy for sure!" "And no pollution," said Ivy. "Let's do it again!" "It's a science experiment! We have to do it again," yelled Bean, lifting her hammer over her head. "Don't tell me this is another dorky solution for global warming," said Nancy. She and Mischa stood over them in the grass. "None of your beeswax," said Bean.

豆子和艾薇各拿了一粒米放在木头上。 然后他们用锤子使劲地敲它。 酷。大米灰尘。他们又摆出两粒米。 大满贯!更多的米尘。大满贯!大满贯!大满贯!木板跳了起来，翻了过来，把米粉洒到了草坪上。 “嘿!你看到那块木板跳了吗？”比恩说。 “那肯定是能量！”“而且没有污染，”艾薇说。 “我们再来一次吧！”“这是一个科学实验！”我们得再来一遍。”比恩喊道，把锤子举过头顶。 “别告诉我这是应对全球变暖的又一个愚蠢的解决方案，”南希说。 她和米莎站在草地上看着他们。 “不关你的事，”比恩说。

"We're making clean energy," Ivy said at the same time. Bean shook her head. Now they were in for it. "No offense, but you guys are totally lame," giggled Mischa. Bean could have banged Mischa's toe with the hammer, but she didn't. Ivy was talking. "Don't you care about global warming?" she asked Mischa.

“我们正在制造清洁能源，”艾薇同时说。 比恩摇了摇头。现在他们要倒霉了。 “无意冒犯，但你们真是太差劲了，”米莎咯咯笑着说。 比恩本可以用锤子砸米莎的脚趾，但她没有。 艾薇在说话。“你不关心全球变暖吗？”她问米莎。

"Bor-ing!" said Mischa. "I'm, like, if I hear about global warming one more time, I'm gonna scream." "Don't you care about the polar bears?" asked Bean. Mischa shrugged. "Not really." "Don't you care about nature?" asked Ivy. Mischa rolled her eyes. "Bor-ing," she said.

“无聊！”米莎说。“我觉得，如果我再听到一次全球变暖的话，我会尖叫的。” “你不关心北极熊吗？”比恩问。 米沙耸耸肩。“不是真的。” “难道你不关心大自然吗？”艾薇问。 米莎翻了个白眼。“无聊，”她说。

"What?" asked Ivy. "Camping and all that," said Mischa, shaking her head. "Totally boring." "What do you like?" asked Ivy. "Shopping!" said Mischa. "And Harky," added Nancy, giggling. Mischa screamed and hit Nancy with her backpack, and they went inside. Ivy stared after them. "What a couple of weirdos." Bean dropped her hammer into the grass and went to look at her ant friends in the dirt patch. They were still very busy, zipping to and fro on ant business. They still didn't notice her at all. "Look," she said to Ivy. Ivy came over and knelt next to her. "Watch these guys. They have no idea that we're here." Ivy put her finger down in front of an ant. For a moment he stopped, and then, looking

“什么？”艾薇问。“露营什么的，”米莎摇着头说。 “完全无聊。”“你喜欢什么？”艾薇问。 “购物！”米莎说。“还有哈奇。”南希咯咯地笑着补充道。 米莎尖叫着，用她的背包打南希，然后他们就进去了。 艾薇盯着他们。“真是一对怪人。” 比恩把锤子扔到草地上，然后去看她的蚂蚁朋友们。 他们仍然很忙，在蚂蚁的事情上来回穿梭。 他们还是没有注意到她。 “看，”她对艾薇说。艾薇走过来，跪在她身边。 “看着这些家伙。他们不知道我们在这里。” 艾薇把手指放在一只蚂蚁面前。 他停了一会儿，然后看了看

annoyed, he climbed over her finger and bustled away. Ivy and Bean lay on their stomachs, watching the ants. After a while, Ivy said, "I think they know we're here, but they don't like to think about it. We make them nervous." "Yeah. We're so big." Ivy was quiet for a moment. "Do you think that Mushie girl is just pretending to hate nature? I mean, how can anyone hate nature?" "Well," Bean thought. "Maybe she's scared of it. Have you ever been camping and you wake up in the middle of the night and it's more

他恼火地爬过她的手指，匆匆走开了。 艾薇和比恩趴在地上，看着蚂蚁。 过了一会儿，艾薇说：“我想他们知道我们在这里，但他们不愿意去想它。 我们让他们紧张。”“是的。 我们太大了。”艾薇沉默了一会儿。 “你认为那个Mushie女孩只是在假装讨厌自然吗？” 我的意思是，怎么会有人讨厌大自然呢？”“嗯，”比恩想。 “也许她害怕它。 你有过在露营的时候半夜醒来的经历吗