Chapter 5

5 "Can I go first?" asked Violet. Pablo and Aria said, "Sure!" Violet was tall, but she couldn't quite reach the eyepiece on the massive microscope. Dr. Crisp spotted a step stool in the corner. She ran over and slid along the floor to grab it like a baseball player stealing second base. Then she pitched it across the room. Pablo grabbed his cheeks and closed his eyes…. But the stool landed perfectly next to Violet. She smiled. "Thanks!" She hopped up.

“我能先走吗？”维奥莱特问。 巴勃罗和艾瑞亚说：“当然！”维奥莱特个子很高，但她够不到巨大显微镜上的目镜。 克里斯普医生在角落里发现了一个阶梯凳。 她跑过去，沿着地板滑过去抓住它，就像一个棒球运动员偷二垒一样。 然后她把它扔到房间的另一头。 巴勃罗抓住他的脸颊，闭上眼睛.... 但凳子正好落在维奥莱特旁边。 她笑了。“谢谢!”她跳了起来。

Violet looked through the microscope and saw a bunch of little rod-shaped critters jiggling away on the slide. "It's a germ party!" Violet laughed. "This is so cool!" Aria shivered. "Can I have a look?" asked Pablo. Violet nodded. Then something started to tickle her throat. She tried to hold it down, but a loud cough escaped. "Flaming flasks!" said Dr. Crisp. "That doesn't sound good!" "Just got a little spit down the wrong tube," Violet said with her voice crackling.

维奥莉特透过显微镜看到一堆杆状的小生物在载玻片上抖动着。 “这是病菌派对！”紫笑了。 “这太酷了！”Aria颤抖。 “我能看一下吗？”巴勃罗问。 紫点了点头。然后，她的喉咙开始发痒。 她想把它压住，但突然发出一声响亮的咳嗽。 “燃烧的烧瓶！” 脆。“听起来不太好！”“我把一点口水放错管子了。”维奥莱特说，声音沙哑。

"Sounds like germs are having a party in your throat," said Aria with a scrunched-up face. Pablo giggled. But Violet didn't think it was so funny. "I just got excited!" Violet replied more clearly. She began tapping her foot. "And I already told you, I get allergies in the fall." "Come on. Let's not waste time," said Pablo, pointing to his watch. He took Violet's place on the step stool.

“听起来细菌在你的喉咙里开派对，”艾瑞亚皱着脸说。 巴勃罗咯咯笑了。但维奥莱特不认为这有什么好笑的。 “我只是太兴奋了！”维奥莱特回答得更清楚了。 她开始用脚轻敲。 “我已经告诉过你了，我一到秋天就过敏。” “来吧。我们不要浪费时间了，”巴勃罗指着他的手表说。 他坐在维奥莱特的阶梯凳上。

"Whoa," he said. "They're almost like little pills." Finally, Aria hopped up to have a look. She wiped the eyepiece off with her lab coat. She wanted to make sure there was nothing left of Violet's cough on it. "This is cool," she said. "But also gross." She adjusted her glasses and quickly hopped down.

“哇，”他说。“它们几乎就像小药丸。” 最后，艾瑞亚跳起来看了看。 她用白大褂擦掉了目镜。 她想确保上面没有维奥莱特的咳嗽残留物。 “这太酷了，”她说。“但也很恶心。” 她调好眼镜，迅速跳了下来。

Just as her feet hit the floor, the robotic arms of the microscope snapped back into action. They put a new slide in place. Violet got into position on the stool. She bit her lip. "I wonder what this is. It looks beautiful and nasty at the same time." She laughed as she stepped down. Pablo climbed up. "It kind of looks like a dandelion." "Maybe a mutant dandelion," replied Violet. She glanced at Aria out of the side of her eye. "Your turn."

就在她的脚着地时，显微镜的机械臂又啪的一声动了起来。 他们放了一个新的滑梯。 维奥莱特在凳子上坐了下来。 她咬着嘴唇。“我想知道这是什么。 它看起来既漂亮又肮脏。” 她笑着走了下来。 巴勃罗爬了上去。“它看起来有点像蒲公英。” “也许是一株变异的蒲公英。”维奥莱特回答。 她用眼角瞟了艾瑞亚一眼。 “你的。”

Aria gulped and stepped onto the stool. "Eeeeeeeew!" she said. "I don't want to be anywhere near that." She scurried back down. "Don't worry!" said Dr. Crisp. She snapped the end of her glove and karate kicked an imaginary germ in the air. "PPE keeps the germs off me!" She winked. "And you, too!" Aria looked at the ground. "It's just…," she said, bringing her shoulders to her ears. But before

艾瑞亚咽了口气，站到凳子上。 “噫噫！”她说。“我可不想靠近那个地方。” 她赶紧下楼。“别担心！” 脆。她啪的一声折断手套的末端，用空手道把一个想象中的细菌踢向空中。 “个人防护装备能让细菌远离我！”她眨了眨眼。 “还有你！”艾瑞亚看着地面。 “只是……”她说，把肩膀凑到耳朵上。 但在