Chapter 2

2 "What about that one?" asked Pablo, pointing to a station with a few empty seats. Violet nodded. "Okay, let's check it out." The volunteer sitting at the table greeted them as they walked up. "Hi there! My name is Claire," she said. Claire sat between two other third graders. The twins Skylar and Devin looked exactly alike. Except Skylar had two puffball pigtails on top of her head. Devin's hair was cut short with a lightning bolt part shaved onto the side. He wore a coral necklace.

“那一个怎么样？”巴勃罗指着一个有几个空座位的车站问。 紫点了点头。“好吧，我们来看看。” 当他们走近时，坐在桌旁的志愿者向他们打招呼。 “嗨!我叫克莱尔，”她说。 克莱尔坐在另外两个三年级学生中间。 双胞胎斯凯拉和戴文长得一模一样。 除了斯盖勒头顶上有两条蓬松的辫子。 戴文的头发剪短了，侧边剃了一道闪电。 他戴着一条珊瑚项链。

"We're baking brains!" said Claire. She pointed to the center of the table. There was a tub of dough, baking sheets, paint, and paintbrushes. "Ours are already cooked. Now we're painting them!" said Skylar. Violet squinted. "I thought this was a brain fair, not art class," she said. Claire laughed. "Scientists use art all the time! They draw or take pictures of the neat things they discover."

“我们在烤大脑！”克莱尔说。 她指着桌子中央。 有一盆生面团、烤盘、颜料和画笔。 “我们的已经做好了。现在我们要给它们上漆了！”斯凯拉说。 紫眯起了双眼。“我以为这是智力博览会，不是艺术课，”她说。 克莱尔笑了。“科学家们一直在使用艺术！”他们把发现的整洁的东西画下来或拍下来。”

"Yeah, astronauts take all kinds of cool pictures from space!" said Pablo. "Exactly!" said Claire. She reached for the tub and stuck her hand in. She plopped two blobs of dough on the table. Pablo sat down. Violet sighed as she took a seat next to him. This would have to do for now. "Cool!" said Pablo. "What are those?" He pointed to three pointy white objects hanging from

“是啊，宇航员从太空拍下了各种各样很酷的照片！”巴勃罗说。 “没错！”克莱尔说。她伸手去拿浴盆，把手伸进去。 她把两团面团扑通一声放在桌上。 巴勃罗坐了下来。维奥莱特叹了口气，在他旁边坐下。 现在只能这样了。 “酷！”巴勃罗说。“那是什么？”他指着挂在树上的三个白色尖尖的东西

Devin's necklace. "Shark teeth!" replied Devin. "My aunt gave it to me. She got it on a trip to Puerto Rico." "I'm from Puerto Rico!" said Pablo with excitement in his voice. Skylar pushed her painted brain toward the center of the table. "Ta-da!" she said. "Nice job, sis!" said Devin. He gave his sister two high fives and a fist bump. "It looks almost as good as my drawing!" said Skylar. She opened a small sketch pad that was lying on the table. "You made two beautiful brains!" said Claire. "Do you want to tell the group about the different parts?" Skylar took a deep breath. "Okay." First, she pointed to the large upper portion that was painted red. "This part is called the suh-REE-brum. Did I say that right?"

德温的项链。“鲨鱼的牙齿！”戴文回答。 “我姨妈给我的。她去波多黎各旅行时买的。” “我来自波多黎各！”巴勃罗激动地说。 斯盖勒把她画好的大脑推到桌子中央。 “哒哒！”她说。“干得好，姐姐！”德文说。 他和妹妹击掌并碰了一下拳头。 “它看起来几乎和我画的一样好！”斯凯拉说。 她打开桌上的一个小写生本。 “你做了两个漂亮的大脑！”克莱尔说。 “你想告诉大家不同的部分吗？”斯盖勒深吸了一口气。 “好吧。”首先，她指着被涂成红色的大块上半部分。 “这部分被称为苏- ree -brum。 我说的对吗？”

"Yes, perfect!" said Claire. "The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain. It's really important for learning and memory. And it helps us make decisions." Then Skylar pointed to a round part toward the bottom that was painted blue. "This is a tough one." She paused. Her brother helped her out. "That's the sar-a- BEL-lum!"

“是的，完美！”克莱尔说。 “大脑是大脑最大的部分。 它对学习和记忆非常重要。 它帮助我们做决定。” 然后斯盖勒指着底部一个被涂成蓝色的圆形部分。 “这是一个棘手的问题。”她停顿了一下。 她哥哥帮她摆脱了困境。 “那是星星——贝尔——卢姆！”

"The cerebellum, oh yeah!" repeated Skylar. "What does that do?" asked Violet. "It helps our body and muscles work together to move," replied Claire with a smile. "It's also important for balance." "Like when we play soccer!" said Pablo. "Yup!" said Claire. "You definitely need your cerebellum when you play soccer." "And this is the brain stem," continued Skylar, pointing to a long skinny part sticking out of the back. It was painted yellow. "Our brain stem makes sure that we're always breathing and that our hearts are always beating,"

“小脑，哦，对了！”斯盖勒重复道。 “那是干什么用的？”维奥莱特问。 “它帮助我们的身体和肌肉一起运动，”克莱尔笑着回答。 “这对平衡也很重要。” “就像我们踢足球一样！”巴勃罗说。 “是的！”克莱尔说。“踢足球时，你肯定需要用到小脑。” “这是脑干，”斯凯拉指着从后面伸出来的一个细长的部分继续说。 它被漆成黄色。“我们的脑干确保我们一直呼吸，我们的心脏一直跳动，”