Chapter 1

Storm Chasers by Theanne Griffith.

Theanne Griffith的《风暴追逐者》。

1 Drip! Drop! Drip! It was a rainy Monday morning at Newburg Elementary. Dark clouds filled the sky as rain splattered on the ground. "I wish we could go outside today," said Violet. She rested her chin on her hands as she looked out the foggy window of Mr. Eng's third grade classroom and sighed. "I don't mind the rain," replied her best friend, Pablo. "It reminds me of Puerto Rico and summer storms. I loved playing in my abuela's backyard when it rained. She has this big mango tree. And I

1滴!下降!滴!这是纽堡小学一个下着雨的周一早晨。 乌云密布，雨点溅落在地上。 “我希望我们今天能出去，”维奥莱特说。 她双手托着下巴，看着窗外雾蒙蒙的三年级教室，叹了口气。 “我不介意下雨，”她最好的朋友巴勃罗回答说。 “这让我想起了波多黎各和夏季风暴。 下雨的时候，我喜欢在奶奶家的后院玩耍。 她有一棵大芒果树。 和我

would catch the water drops that fell off its leaves in my mouth." Violet smiled, then looked back out the window. "No mango trees in Newburg," she said. "Just mud and wet grass that I can't play in." "Well, at least there aren't hurricanes in Newburg. Puerto Rico is beautiful, but sometimes storms turn into hurricanes," Pablo said. "It rains a lot, and the wind blows so fast and strong. Once, my tio's car got blown to the end of his street during a hurricane! He wasn't in it, though." "Whoa, sounds scary!" Violet replied. "I wonder why Puerto Rico gets them and not Newburg." "I'm not really sure." Pablo shrugged. "But my abuela always says it's because the ocean is so warm." "Hmmmm," Violet thought out loud. "Warm water and hurricanes…" Mr. Eng interrupted her thinking. "Okay, class," he called from the front of the room. "As you can see, we won't be able to go outside today.

会接住从叶子上掉到我嘴里的水滴。” 维奥莱特笑了笑，然后回头望向窗外。 “纽堡没有芒果树，”她说。 “只有泥和湿草，我不能在里面玩。” “好吧，至少纽堡没有飓风。 波多黎各很美，但有时风暴会变成飓风。” “下了很多雨，风又刮得又快又猛。 有一次，我叔叔的车在飓风中被吹到了街道的尽头！不过他不在里面。” “哇，听起来很可怕！”紫回答道。 “我想知道为什么波多黎各有，而纽堡没有。” “我不太确定。”巴勃罗耸耸肩。 “但我奶奶总是说这是因为海洋太温暖了。” “嗯，”维奥莱特大声想道。 “温暖的海水和飓风……”伍先生打断了她的思考。 “好了，同学们。”他在教室前面喊道。 “正如你所看到的，我们今天不能出去了。

But…" He raised his pencil in the air. "I do have a special surprise for you all." The students' eyes grew wide. The room hummed with whispers of excitement. "First, let's go over to the Science Space," Mr. Eng continued. "Yes!" Violet and Pablo cheered. They stood up with the rest of the class and headed toward the back of the room. Violet and Pablo were science-loving best friends. One day, Violet was going to be a famous scientist and run her own lab. Pablo loved space and wanted to become an astronaut. But even when they weren't talking about science, Pablo and Violet were always together. They played soccer or double Dutch at recess. They also ate lunch with each other every day. And anytime they were in the Science Space, they worked in the same group. Today, Violet and Pablo sat down at one of the round tables with the twins, Skylar and Devin. They looked exactly alike. Except Skylar had

但是……”他把铅笔举到空中。 “我确实有一个特别的惊喜给你们大家。” 学生们睁大了眼睛。 房间里充满了兴奋的窃窃私语。 “首先，让我们去科学空间，”伍启芳继续说。 “是的!”维奥莱特和巴勃罗欢呼起来。 他们和其他同学一起站了起来，朝教室后面走去。 维奥莱特和巴勃罗是热爱科学的好朋友。 有一天，维奥莱特将成为一名著名的科学家，经营自己的实验室。 巴勃罗热爱太空，想成为一名宇航员。 但即使他们不谈论科学，巴勃罗和维奥莱特也总是在一起。 他们在课间休息时踢足球或玩双荷兰语。 他们每天还一起吃午饭。 他们在科学空间的任何时候，都在同一个小组工作。 今天，维奥莱特和巴勃罗与双胞胎斯凯拉和戴文坐在一张圆桌旁。 他们看起来一模一样。 除了斯盖勒

puffball pigtails, and Devin had a buzz cut with a lightning bolt shaved into the side of his hair. "I wonder what the surprise is!" Violet said as she sat down. "I bet it's going to be cool," replied Pablo. "We always do fun stuff in the Science Space." Skylar nodded and smiled. But Devin just looked at his hands, which were folded in his lap.

扎着蓬松的小辫儿，戴文剪了个寸头，头发侧面剃了一道闪电。 “我想知道有什么惊喜！”维奥莱特说着坐了下来。 “我打赌会很酷，”巴勃罗回答。 “我们总是在科学空间里做有趣的事情。” 斯盖勒点点头，微笑着。但戴文只是看着他的双手，双手交叉放在膝盖上。

Pablo tilted his head and asked, "Are you okay, Devin?" Devin raised his eyes and offered a small shrug. "Yeah. I was just thinking." "It's because—" began Skylar.

巴勃罗歪着头问道：“你还好吗，德文？”戴文抬起眼睛，轻轻耸了耸肩。 “是的。我只是在想。” “那是因为——”斯盖勒开始说。