1 Official Batts Confections Taste-Testers

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CHAPTER 1 Official Batts Confections Taste-Testers Hi, it's me again, Stella Batts. I'm writing my second book. It's going to be a sequel. That means it's about what happened after the end of my last book. I'm going to start with what happened on Friday. I had dinner with my mom, my dad, and my sister Penny. Afterward Penny asked if we were getting a treat for dessert. She'd seen the bag Dad had brought home from Batts Confections—that's our candy store, in

第一章 巴茨糖果店官方试吃员 嗨，又是我，斯特拉·巴茨。 我正在写我的第二本书。 这会是一本续集。 也就是说，它讲的是我上一本书结束之后发生的事。 我要从周五发生的事开始讲起。 我和爸爸、妈妈还有妹妹佩妮一起吃了晚饭。 吃完之后佩妮问我们要不要吃甜点当奖励。 她看到爸爸从巴茨糖果店带回家的袋子了——那是我们家开的糖果店，怕你

case you don't remember. "Knock knock," I said. "Who's there?" Mom asked. "Philip." "Philip who?" "Philip my plate with candy," I said. "Get it? Philip, like FILL UP my plate?" "I get it," Mom said. "Did you make that up?" "No, Talisa told it to me." Talisa is one of my friends and she's ALWAYS telling knock- knock jokes. "So are we getting something or not?" Penny asked. "You are," Dad said. "I brought something home that we're thinking of selling at the store. I need you girls to taste-test it first." I love taste-testing treats before anyone else gets to try them. It's cool to be first and

不记得啦。 “咚咚咚，”我说。 “谁呀？” 妈妈问。 “菲利普。” “菲利普是谁呀？” “菲利普给我盘子装满糖果呀，”我说。 “懂吗？ 菲利普，发音就像‘把我盘子装满’哦？” “我懂啦，”妈妈说。 “这是你自己编的吗？” “不是，是塔莉莎告诉我的。” 塔莉莎是我的一个朋友，她总爱讲敲门笑话。 “所以我们到底有没有好吃的呀？” 佩妮问。 “当然有啦，”爸爸说。 “我带了点东西回家，我们正考虑要不要放在店里卖。 我需要你们两个小姑娘先帮忙试吃一下。” 我可喜欢在别人都还没试过的时候先试吃零食了。 能当第一个可酷了，而且

it's practically like having a grown-up job— Official Batts Confections Taste-Tester. So far Penny and I have been the first ones to test a bunch of things. Here's a list of examples: 1. Sweet-and-sour lipstick 2. Sugar pixie dust 3. Candy Markers Penny started bouncing up and down in her seat. She's five, so she does things like that. "What is it? What is it?" "Be careful, Pen," Mom said. "I don't want you to hurt yourself." Dad got up and came back to the table with a bag—the kind they put your stuff in at Batts Confections when you buy something. It's silver, the same as wrappers on Hershey's Kisses, and along the side it has red writing, like the color of Swedish Fish, which says

这简直就像有份大人的工作一样——巴茨糖果店官方试吃员。 到现在为止，我和佩妮已经当第一个试吃好多东西啦。 给你举几个例子：1. 酸甜口口红糖 2. 糖仙子闪光粉 3. 糖果马克笔 佩妮在座位上开始蹦来蹦去。 她才五岁，所以会做这种事啦。 “是什么呀？ 到底是什么呀？” “小心点，小佩，”妈妈说。 “别摔着自己了。” 爸爸站起来，走回桌边的时候拿了个袋子——就是你在巴茨糖果店买东西的时候，店员装东西用的那种袋子。 它是银色的，和好时之吻巧克力的包装纸一样，侧边还有红色的字，颜色和瑞典鱼软糖一样，写着

"Batts Confections." Dad sat back down and pulled a little package out of the bag. I knew what it was right away. "That's gum," I said. "Good eye, Stel," Dad said. "But it's not just any gum. It's magic gum." "How do you know it's magic?" I asked. "It says so on the package," Dad said, holding it up so I could see. I read the words out loud: "Magical Glow-in-the-Dark Chewing Gum." "Do you think it can do other things besides glow in the dark?" Penny asked. "I don't know," Dad said. "You'll have to try it."

“巴茨糖果店”。 爸爸坐回去，从袋子里掏出一个小包装。 我一眼就知道那是什么了。 “那是口香糖，”我说。 “眼神真好，小斯，”爸爸说。 “但这可不是普通的口香糖哦。 是魔法口香糖。” “你怎么知道它有魔法呀？” 我问。 “包装上写着呢，”爸爸说着把它举起来，好让我能看见。 我大声读出上面的字：“神奇夜光口香糖”。 “你觉得除了在黑暗里发光，它还能有别的本事吗？” 佩妮问。 “我不知道呀，”爸爸说。 “你们得试试看才知道。”

"Can I have some?" Penny asked. "What do you say?" Mom asked. "Please can I have some?" Dad opened up the package and gave a piece to Penny. "You have to chew it in order to activate it," he said. "What's activate?" Penny asked. "It means to make something start working," I told her. "That's exactly right," Dad said. Penny popped the gum in her mouth and started chewing. "Can I have a piece too?" I asked. Then I added, "please," because if I didn't, Mom would remind me to say it anyway. "Sure thing," Dad said. He pulled another piece out of the package and handed it over to me. Once I started chewing, Dad said, "Okay girls, this is a really important job. I need you

“我能吃一点吗？” 佩妮问。 “你该说什么呀？” 妈妈问。 “请问我能吃一点吗？” 爸爸拆开包装，给了佩妮一块。 “你得嚼一嚼才能激活它哦，”他说。 “激活是什么呀？” 佩妮问。 “就是让某个东西开始发挥作用呀，”我告诉她。 “说得完全对，”爸爸说。 佩妮把口香糖塞进嘴里，开始嚼起来。 “我也能要一块吗？” 我问。 然后我补了一句“麻烦啦”，因为就算我不说，妈妈也会提醒我要这么说的。 “当然可以，”爸爸说。 他从包装里又掏出一块，递给了我。 我开始嚼之后，爸爸说：“好了姑娘们，这可是个非常重要的工作。 我需要你们