Chapter 2

2 "Uh-oh," said Mr. Eng. He scratched his head with his pencil. "Well, this changes things a bit." He walked over to the light switch on the wall and flicked it up and down a few times. The classroom stayed dark. Voices whispered with a mix of nervousness and excitement. Knock! Knock! Knock! Mr. Eng walked over to the door and opened it. A shadowy figure stood just outside the classroom. It was Mrs. Jenkins, the school principal. She entered with a flashlight in one hand and a box tucked under her other arm.

“糟了，”伍启芳说。他用铅笔挠了挠头。 “嗯，这改变了一些事情。” 他走到墙上的电灯开关前，上下拨动了几下。 教室里一片漆黑。 人们低声说话，既紧张又兴奋。 敲门!敲门!敲门!伍启芳走到门口，打开了门。 一个黑影站在教室外面。 是校长詹金斯夫人打来的。 她一只手拿着手电筒，另一只胳膊下夹着一个盒子走了进来。

"Good morning, everyone," she greeted the class. "I'm glad to see that you are all okay. We've lost power, but it should come back in the next ten minutes. It's pretty dark inside, so I'm dropping off flashlights for each classroom." She set the box she was carrying down on a table. "Thank you, Mrs. Jenkins," Mr. Eng said. "Thank you!" the class repeated. "You're most welcome!" Mrs. Jenkins replied as she left the room. Mr. Eng gave a flashlight to each student. "We'll need to wait for the power to come back to start the tornado machine. For now, we can go over this handout on the water cycle."

“大家早上好，”她向全班问好。 “我很高兴看到你们都没事。 我们断电了，但十分钟后就能恢复了。 里面很黑，所以我给每个教室都放了手电筒。” 她把拿着的盒子放在桌子上。 “谢谢你，詹金斯夫人，”伍启芳说。 “谢谢你！”同学们重复道。 “不客气！”詹金斯太太说着离开了房间。 伍启芳老师给了每个学生一个手电筒。 “我们需要等待电力恢复来启动龙卷风机器。 现在，我们可以复习一下关于水循环的讲义。”

He grabbed a stack of worksheets and passed them out. Violet shined the flashlight on the handout as the group looked it over.

他抓起一叠工作表分发出去。 维奥莉特把手电照在讲义上，大家都仔细看了一遍。

Weather and the Water Cycle Our atmosphere is full of water. Water moving in and out of the atmosphere is called the water cycle. It has a large impact on weather. Evaporation happens when water heats up and changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor. This is how most water gets into the air. Transpiration happens when water vapor is released from plants. Condensation is when water vapor cools off in the air and forms clouds. Precipitation is when water returns to the earth as a liquid (rain) or solid (hail/ sleet /snow). "Wow, I didn't know plants give off water," said Skylar. "Me either," added Violet. "But now that I think about it, I've seen it before!" Even though it was dark, Violet could see six eyes squinting back at her.

天气和水循环我们的大气中充满了水。 水在大气中的进出称为水循环。 它对天气有很大的影响。 当水被加热并从液体变成气体或蒸汽时，就会发生蒸发。 这就是大多数水进入空气的方式。 蒸腾作用发生在植物释放水蒸气的时候。 凝结是水蒸气在空气中冷却并形成云的过程。 降水是指水以液体（雨）或固体（冰雹/雨夹雪/雪）的形式返回地球。 “哇，我不知道植物会释放水分，”斯凯拉说。 “我也是。”维奥莱特补充道。 “但现在我想起来了，我以前见过！”尽管天很黑，维奥莱特还是能看到六只眼睛眯着眼睛看着她。

"You've seen water—" began Skylar. "Come out of a plant?" finished Devin. "No way," the twins said together with folded arms. "I promise! My mom picked some basil from our garden. She sealed it in a plastic bag in the fridge. After a couple of hours it was all steamy! I didn't know how it got like that. But it must have been the water coming out!" "Ewww!" Skylar giggled. "Sounds like plant sweat." Devin laughed, too. Just then, the flashlight Violet was holding went out. "Oh no!" Pablo moaned. Violet shook it a few times, and finally the light came back on. "All okay?" called Mr. Eng from across the room. "We're fine!" replied Violet. "Look!" said Skylar suddenly.

“你见过水——”斯盖勒开始说。 “从植物里出来的？”德文问完。 “不可能，”双胞胎抱着胳膊一起说。 “我保证!我妈妈从花园里摘了一些罗勒。 她把它密封在一个塑料袋里，放在冰箱里。 几个小时后，到处都是蒸汽！我不知道事情怎么会变成这样。 但一定是水出来了！”“咦!”Skylar咯咯笑了。 “听起来像植物的汗水。” 戴文也笑了。就在这时，维奥莱特拿着的手电筒熄灭了。 “哦,不!”巴勃罗抱怨道。维奥莉特摇了几下灯，最后灯又亮了。 “还好吗？”伍志刚在房间另一头喊道。 “我们很好！”维奥莱特回答。 “看！”斯盖勒突然说。

The facts on the worksheet had been replaced by a riddle! "It's from Dr. Crisp!" Violet whispered with excitement. The four friends huddled around the flashlight to read it.

作业单上的事实被一个谜语取代了！“这是来自博士。 脆!”维奥莱特兴奋地小声说。 四个朋友围在手电筒前看信。