The Rainbow Machine

The Rainbow Machine

彩虹制造机

It was raining, but the sun was shining at the same time. The children looked up and saw a rainbow across the sky. I wonder where the rainbow begins, asked Wilf, and where it ends.

天上下着雨，可太阳也明晃晃挂在天上呢。 孩子们抬头一看，一道彩虹横跨在天空中。 威尔夫问：“我好想知道彩虹的起点在哪，终点又在哪呀。”

In a place far away there was a lorry. It was a very big lorry because on the back was a very big machine. The machine made rainbows and was called the rainbow machine. There are seven colors in a rainbow. It took seven people to look after the rainbow machine. They cleaned it and polished it and they made sure it worked properly.

在很远很远的地方，有一辆大卡车。 那辆卡车特别大，因为它的后车厢装着一台超大的机器。 这台机器是用来造彩虹的，名字就叫彩虹制造机。 彩虹一共有七种颜色哦。 需要七个人一起照看这台彩虹制造机。 他们会把机器擦得亮晶晶的，确保它能正常工作。

The rainbow machine had to be ready at any time. Sometimes weeks and weeks went by and a rainbow was not needed. But when the call came, the rainbow makers had to work fast. Off they went in the lorry. While it was going along, the rainbow makers got the machine ready. Then, one, two, three, go! They pressed a button and the rainbow shot out of the machine.

彩虹制造机得随时做好开工准备。 有时候连着好几个星期都不需要造彩虹。 可一旦接到造彩虹的通知，造彩虹的工人们就得飞快行动。 他们开着卡车立刻出发。 卡车开在路上的时候，工人们就会把机器调试好。 接下来，一、二、三，启动！ 他们按下按钮，彩虹就从机器里嗖地飞出来啦。

When there was a rainbow, everyone stopped to look at it. Children ran to their moms or dads and said, What a beautiful rainbow! Sometimes the rainbow was very bright, but sometimes it was quite pale. Often the children ran towards it. They wanted to find the end of it and play in all the colors. But of course, they never could.

每当天空出现彩虹，大家都会停下来抬头看。 小孩子们会跑到爸爸妈妈身边说： “彩虹好漂亮呀！” 有时候彩虹颜色特别鲜艳，有时候又淡淡的浅浅的。 小孩子们经常会朝着彩虹跑过去。 他们想找到彩虹的尽头，在五颜六色的光里玩耍。 不过呀，他们从来都没能找到过。

One of the Rainbow Makers was a young man called Fred. He was new and he was learning to be a Rainbow Maker. One day the other Rainbow Makers said, Look after the lorry Fred, we won't be long. The lorry was on a double yellow line. Fred saw a traffic warden. Oh no! said Fred. I must move the rainbow machine. So he climbed into the drivers cab and drove away.

有个叫弗雷德的年轻人也是造彩虹工人， 他是新来的，还在学习怎么操作彩虹制造机。 有一天，其他的造彩虹工人对他说： “弗雷德，你看好卡车哦，我们去去就回。” 卡车停在双黄线上， 弗雷德看见一个交通协管员走了过来。 弗雷德喊：“哎呀不好！我得把彩虹制造机开走才行。” 于是他爬进驾驶室，开着卡车走了。