Chapter 8

8 Pablo struggled to free himself from the roots. Suddenly, there was a tug at his ankle. Pablo tried to kick away whatever was pulling at him. "Get off!" he shouted. He looked toward his flipper. But instead of some lake creature, he saw Violet and Deepak. "Violet! You found me!" Pablo exclaimed. He had never been happier to see his best friend. She and Deepak worked together to untangle the roots. "Stand up, Pablo!" Violet said into her watch. Pablo didn't understand. Stand up? He looked down. He was only a couple of feet above the

巴勃罗挣扎着从树根中挣脱出来。 突然，有人拽了一下他的脚踝。 巴勃罗试图踢开拉他的东西。 “滚开！”他喊道。他朝他的鳍状肢望去。 但他看到的不是什么湖中生物，而是维奥莱特和迪帕克。 “紫!你找到我了！”巴勃罗喊道。 见到他最好的朋友，他从来没有这么高兴过。 她和迪帕克一起解开了树根。 “站起来，巴勃罗！”维奥莱特对着手表说。 巴勃罗不明白。站起来吗? 他低下头。他离地面只有几英尺高

bottom of the lake. Pablo felt so embarrassed. He was in shallow water! Pablo stood up. Violet and Deepak did the same. "I'm sorry, you guys. I shouldn't have left like that. I just got…well…I got jealous," he said. He turned to Deepak. "Violet has been my best friend since I came to Newburg. Back then I was the new kid. Now you're the new kid. You're smart. And you like science." Pablo paused, then said, "I was scared you were going to become her new best friend." "Pablo, no one could ever replace you!" said Violet. She gave him a hug.

湖底。巴勃罗感到很尴尬。 他在浅水区！巴勃罗站了起来。 维奥莱特和迪帕克也这么做了。 “对不起，伙计们。我不应该就那样离开。 我只是……嗯……我嫉妒了，”他说。 他转向迪帕克。“自从我来到纽堡，维奥莱特就是我最好的朋友。 那时候我是新来的。 现在你是新来的了。你聪明。 你喜欢科学。”巴勃罗停顿了一下，然后说：“我害怕你会成为她最好的新朋友。” “巴勃罗，没有人能取代你！”维奥莱特说。 她拥抱了他一下。

"I don't want to take your place, Pablo. I just want you guys to like me," said Deepak. Pablo understood how that felt. He remembered trying really hard to make friends. "I'm sorry I wasn't more welcoming to you, Deepak." "It's okay, Pablo. I'm glad we talked about this," Deepak said. "Me too," agreed Violet. The three friends hugged one another tightly.

“我不想取代你，巴勃罗。 我只是希望你们喜欢我，”迪帕克说。 巴勃罗理解那种感觉。 他记得自己曾经非常努力地交朋友。 “对不起，我对你不够热情，迪帕克。” “没关系，巴勃罗。我很高兴我们讨论了这个问题，”迪帕克说。 “我也是。”维奥莱特同意道。三个朋友紧紧地拥抱在一起。

Pablo checked his watch. "We only have forty Maker Minutes left!" Violet bit her lip. "Okay. Back to the challenge. We found water lilies. But we haven't finished crayfish yet. What if crayfish are scavengers and consumers?" she said. "Maybe their role in the food chain depends on where they live." "That's a good idea!" said Pablo. He swiped his watch until the screen read consumer. He selected it. Nothing happened. He swiped again until he saw scavenger. Then he tapped the screen.

巴勃罗看了看表。“我们只剩下四十分钟了！”维奥莱特咬着嘴唇。 “好吧。回到挑战上来。 我们发现了睡莲。但是我们还没吃完小龙虾呢。 如果小龙虾既是食腐动物又是消费者呢？” “也许它们在食物链中的角色取决于它们生活在哪里。” “好主意！”巴勃罗说。 他滑动手表，直到屏幕显示为“消费者”。 他选择了它。什么也没有发生。 他又刷了一遍，直到看到拾荒者。 然后他轻敲屏幕。

RING, DING, DONG!! "Whew! That was super hard," said Deepak. He wiped his forehead. "I'm glad we worked together to figure it out." He gave Pablo a pat on the back. Violet activated her watch to scan a water lily. The group agreed it was a producer. RING, DING, DONG!! They started to search for a frog. "Over here!" Deepak shouted. A little green frog was sitting in the center of a water lily. Just as Deepak was about to scan it, the frog hopped away.

叮，叮，叮！！“嘘!这太难了，”迪帕克说。 他擦了擦额头。“我很高兴我们一起解决了这个问题。” 他拍拍巴勃罗的背。 维奥莉特启动了她的手表，扫描一朵睡莲。 该组织承认它是一个制片人。 叮，叮，叮！！他们开始寻找一只青蛙。 “在这里!”迪帕克喊道。 一只绿色的小青蛙正坐在一朵睡莲的中央。 就在迪帕克要扫描它的时候，青蛙跳开了。

"Oh no!" said Violet. They followed it carefully. The frog settled on another water lily with a pink flower blooming from its center. As Deepak aimed his watch, the frog opened its mouth. Out shot a long pink tongue. Smack! It landed right on a fly that was buzzing through the air. "Its tongue moved so fast! That fly didn't stand a chance," said Pablo. "No wonder frogs hang out here," Violet added. "The flowers attract bugs!" Frogs were definitely consumers.

“哦，不！”他们小心翼翼地跟着走。 青蛙落在另一朵睡莲上，中间开着一朵粉红色的花。 当迪帕克瞄准他的手表时，青蛙张开了嘴。 伸出一条长长的粉红色舌头。 打!它正好落在一只在空中嗡嗡作响的苍蝇上。 “它的舌头移动得太快了！”那只苍蝇根本没有机会，”巴勃罗说。 “难怪青蛙会在这里闲逛，”维奥莱特补充道。 “这些花吸引虫子！”青蛙绝对是消费者。