Chapter 7

7 A flood of purple fog filled the room. When it cleared, a long table with two large black boxes were in front of the Makers. They were open on the top and each had a purple M drawn on the side. They were connected by a long clear tube. "Listen up, Makers!" began Dr. Crisp. "It's time to put that weather vane to use and figure out"—she paused and stuck her pointer finger in the air—"which way the wind blows. And why!" "How are we going to do that with those boxes?" asked Pablo, pointing to the strange setup.

紫色的雾弥漫了整个房间。 清场后，创客们面前摆着一张放着两个大黑盒子的长桌。 它们的顶部是敞开的，每个盒子的侧面都画着一个紫色的“M”。 它们由一根长长的透明管子连接起来。 “听着，创客们！” 脆。“是时候使用那个风向标了，弄清楚”——她停顿了一下，把食指伸向空中——“风往哪个方向吹了。” 为什么!”“我们怎么处理这些盒子呢？”巴勃罗指着这个奇怪的装置问道。

"That's what you'll—" began Dr. Crisp. "Have to figure out!" Violet and Skylar finished together. Dr. Crisp laughed and said, "It's going to be a breeze!" Then she leaped into the air with her fist high and said, "READY! SET! THINK!" Violet, Pablo, and Skylar explored the two boxes. "I don't understand what is going on. Where's the wind?" Skylar wondered. She lifted her palm faceup. The air in the room was still. "Me either," said Pablo. He scratched his cheek. Violet bit her lip and thought for a moment. She went over to one box and stuck her hand in. "Brrrrrr!" she said, bringing it back out quickly. "That's cold! But I didn't feel any wind."

“这就是你要——” 脆。“一定要搞清楚！”维奥莱特和斯凯拉一起结束了。 克里斯普医生笑着说：“会很轻松的！”然后，她高高举起拳头，跳到空中说：“准备好了！设置!认为!”维奥莱特、巴勃罗和斯凯拉探索了这两个盒子。 “我不明白这是怎么回事。 风在哪里？”Skylar很好奇。 她把手掌朝上举起来。 房间里的空气很静。 “我也是，”巴勃罗说。他挠了挠脸颊。 维奥莱特咬着嘴唇，想了一会儿。 她走到一个盒子前，把手伸了进去。 “呜——呜——呜！”她说着，赶紧把它拿了出来。 “那很冷!但我没有感觉到任何风。”

"Maybe we're missing something," said Pablo. He circled the table, looking at every corner. But he was stumped. "This is the strangest challenge ever. How can we learn about wind when there isn't any?" he mumbled.

“也许我们遗漏了什么，”巴勃罗说。 他绕着桌子转了一圈，打量着每一个角落。 但他被难住了。“这是有史以来最奇怪的挑战。 没有风，我们怎么能了解风呢？”他喃喃地说。

Dr. Crisp walked around the room, whistling with her hands folded behind her back. "We can do this," Violet said. She went back over to the same box and stuck her hand in again. She shivered as she removed it. "Look at the goose bumps on your arm!" said Skylar. "I know! I told you it was super cold. Try it!" Violet replied. She rubbed her arms quickly with her palms. Both Pablo and Skylar stuck their hands inside. "Oh wow! That is super cold!" said Pablo. Then Violet hurried over to the other box. She slowly put her hand inside. "Aaaaaaah," she said. "This one is nice and toasty." Pablo and Skylar put their hands in, too. "So… one box is freezing, and the other is warm," said Skylar. She looked over at her brother. He watched them work with his chin in his hands. "Wait!" said Pablo suddenly. "The weather vane! We should use it to track down the wind!"

克里斯普医生在房间里走来走去，双手交叉在背后吹着口哨。 “我们能做到的，”维奥莱特说。 她又走到那个盒子前，把手伸了进去。 她一边把它取下来，一边颤抖着。 “看你胳膊上起的鸡皮疙瘩！”斯盖勒说。 “我知道!我告诉过你那里超级冷。 试一试!”紫回答道。她用手掌迅速地搓着胳膊。 巴勃罗和斯凯拉都把手伸进去了。 “哦,哇!太冷了！”巴勃罗说。 然后维奥莱特匆匆走向另一个盒子。 她慢慢地把手伸进去。 “啊啊啊啊，”她说。“这个很好，很暖和。” 巴勃罗和斯凯拉也把手放了进去。 斯凯拉说：“所以，一个盒子是冰冻的，另一个盒子是温暖的。” 她看了看弟弟。 他双手托着下巴看着他们干活。 “等等！”巴勃罗突然说。 “风向标！”我们应该用它来追踪风！”

"Beep! Beep! Beep!" Dr. Crisp held her arms together and pretended to scan the floor with a metal detector. "You're right, Pablo," Violet agreed. "We got so distracted by the boxes that we forgot to use the tool we made!" Violet picked up the weather vane and paused. "Now what?" "I bet wind is blowing through that tunnel. Why else would it be there?" Skylar suggested. "Let's find out!" Violet reached into the warm box and placed the weather vane near the tunnel's exit hole.

“嘟嘟!哔哔!Beep !”克里斯普医生双手并拢，假装在用金属探测器扫描地板。 “你说得对，巴勃罗，”维奥莱特同意道。 “我们被这些盒子弄得心烦意乱，以至于忘了使用自己制作的工具！”维奥莱特拿起风向标，停了下来。 “现在什么?”“我敢打赌，风正吹过那个隧道。 不然它怎么会在那儿呢？”Skylar建议。 “我们来看看！”维奥莱特把手伸进温暖的箱子，把风向标放在隧道出口洞口附近。

"Look!" said Pablo, peering over the top of the box. "It's starting to move!" "That's so cool!" said Skylar. "There is some wind here!" "Yeah, but how?" Violet wondered. "Not sure, but we have to figure it out soon," Pablo reminded the group. "We only have fifty Maker Minutes left to finish this level and level three!"

“看！”巴勃罗说，从盒子顶上往外看。 “它开始动了！”“太酷了！”斯盖勒说。 “这儿有风！”“是的，但是怎么做呢？”紫色很好奇。 “不确定，但我们必须尽快弄清楚，”巴勃罗提醒大家。 “我们只剩下50分钟的制作时间来完成这一关和第三关！”