Marla's Idea

Arla's Idea.

《玛拉的点子》

Marla was bored. She went to her big brother's room to see if they wanted to play with her. You can't come in, they said. We are trying to make something for the science fair at our school. What will you invent? Marla asked.

玛拉觉得好无聊。她跑到哥哥们的房间，想问问他们要不要陪自己玩。 “你不能进来，”他们说，“我们正忙着为学校的科学展做东西呢。” “你们打算发明什么呀？”玛拉问。

We don't know yet. Please go away so we can think," said her brother Mike. I can help you, Marla replied. No thank you, said her other brother Dan. You are not old enough. You are just a little kid and your poor ideas will mess things up.

“我们还没想好呢。你先走开好不好，我们要好好想想。”她的哥哥迈克说。 “我可以帮你们呀。”玛拉回答。 “不用啦，谢谢你。”另一个哥哥丹说，“你还太小，你只是个小 孩子，你那些不靠谱的点子只会把事情搞砸。

I have lots of good ideas, Marla said. Please let me help. You need to find something else to do, answered Mike. Look, you can have that piece of wire. Just go away and let us do our work. Poor Marla. She was very unhappy. She almost started to cry. Instead, she got an idea.

“我有好多好多好点子呀，”玛拉说，“就让我帮忙嘛。” “你去找别的事情做吧。”迈克回答。 “喏，这根铁丝给你玩。快走吧，别打扰我们干活。” 可怜的玛拉，她难过极了，差点就要哭出来了。 可就在这时，她想到了一个好主意。

I will make something of my own, she thought. I like bubbles. I like things that are sweet. I will make bubbles you can eat. I will reuse this piece of wire for the wand. Marla thought about what she might need. She made a list and gave it to her mother. Her mother got everything on the list.

“我要自己做个东西出来，”她心想，“我喜欢泡泡，也喜欢甜甜的东西。” 我要做可以吃的泡泡，这根铁丝刚好可以用来做泡泡棒。 玛拉想了想需要用到的材料，列了一张清单交给妈妈。 妈妈把清单上的所有东西都准备好了。

Then Marla measured and mixed. She sifted and stirred. She put in sugar and syrup and other sweet things. Then, at last, the mixture was done. It was time to carry it into the yard and test it out.

接着玛拉又是量又是混，筛了材料又搅拌，往里面加了糖、糖浆还有其他甜甜的东西。 终于，泡泡液做好啦，现在该拿到院子里试试效果啦。