The Broken Roof

The Broken Roof.

《破屋顶》

It was game time at school. The children were outside on the field. Anina ran up to Mrs. May. Come and see something, Mrs. May, she said.

学校的游戏时间到了， 孩子们都在外面的操场上。 阿尼娜跑向梅老师。 “梅老师，快过来看看呀。”她说。

Someone had broken the fence down and dumped junk on the field. Wilf was cross. We don't want junk in our field, he said. The field isn't a dump, said Mrs. May. Then Mrs. May saw something in the junk. Do you see this? she asked the children. It's a mangle. It gets the water out of wet clothes. How does it do that? asked Anina.

有人弄坏了围栏，还把垃圾堆到了操场上。 威尔夫很生气。 “我们可不想操场上有垃圾。”他说。 “操场可不是垃圾场。”梅老师说。 这时梅老师在垃圾堆里看到了个东西。 “你们看到这个了吗？”她问孩子们。 这是个轧布机，能把湿衣服里的水挤出来哦。 它是怎么做到的呀？阿尼娜问道。

Mrs. May took the mangle into the classroom. She showed the children how it worked. First she got a big sheet and made it wet. Then Nadim turned the handle and Biff helped Mrs. May put the sheet through. The water ran out of the sheet and went into a bucket. We don't use mangles now to get clothes dry, said Mrs. May. What do we use?

梅老师把轧布机搬到了教室， 给孩子们演示它是怎么运作的。 首先她拿了一张大床单，把它打湿。 然后纳丁转动手柄，比夫帮梅老师把床单塞进去。 水从床单里流出来，掉进了下面的桶里。 “我们现在不用轧布机来弄干衣服啦，”梅老师说，“我们用什么呢？”

Mrs. May showed the children a picture of someone washing clothes a long time ago. Mrs. May asked the children if they had any old things at home. Some of the children said they had. When Biff and Chip got home from school, they looked at the little house. The house looks very old, said Chip, and so do these little children. Let's take them to school.

梅老师给孩子们看了一张很久以前人们洗衣服的图片。 梅老师问孩子们家里有没有旧物件。 有些孩子说他们有。 比夫和奇普放学回家后，就去看那个小房子。 “这个房子看起来好旧呀，”奇普说，“这些小玩偶也很旧， 我们把它们带去学校吧。”

Kipper didn't want them to take the little house to school. What about the magic? He asked Biff. The magic doesn't work if we don't take the key, said Biff. Some of the children took old things to school. What a lot of things, said Mrs. May. We can find out all about them and have a display.

基珀不想让他们把小房子带去学校。 “那魔法怎么办呀？”他问比夫。 “我们不拿钥匙的话，魔法就不会生效呀。”比夫说。 有些孩子把旧物件带去了学校。 “好多东西呀。”梅老师说。 我们可以好好了解它们，然后办个展览哦。