How to Make Lemonade

How to Make Lemonade, written by Stephen Accardi.

《如何制作柠檬水》，作者：斯蒂芬·阿卡尔迪。

Cold Lemonade on a Hot Day If you are anything like me, you get pretty thirsty after playing outside on a hot day. I can go inside for a cold glass of water, but on some days, I wish I had something else. I want something extra tasty, something like a cold glass of lemonade. Making real lemonade is easy. It only takes lemons, water, sugar, and a few minutes.

大热天的冰柠檬水 如果你和我一样，你会特别在大热天出去玩完之后觉得口渴。 我可以进屋喝一杯冰水，但有些时候，我想喝点别的。 我想喝点特别好喝的，比如一杯冰柠檬水。 制作正宗的柠檬水很简单哦。 只需要柠檬、水、糖，再花上几分钟就好啦。

The ingredients are simple. First, ask an adult to help you gather some supplies. To begin, you'll need 10 to 12 lemons, 1 and 3 quarters cups of white sugar, and 8 cups of cold water. Find a juicer, a pan, a pitcher, liquid and dry measuring cups, a cutting board, a medium -sized bowl, and a long -handled spoon. Once you gather everything, you're ready to make lemonade.

用到的材料都很简单。 首先，叫一位大人帮你一起准备材料和工具哦。 首先，你需要10到12个柠檬， 1又四分之三杯白砂糖， 还有8杯凉水。 准备一个榨汁器、一个小锅、一个凉水壶、液体量杯和固体量杯， 一块菜板、一个中等大小的碗， 还有一把长柄勺。 所有东西都备齐之后，你就可以开始做柠檬水啦。

Just follow these directions. In a pan, mix the sugar with one cup of water. Then ask your adult helper to turn on the stove for you. Bring the pan of liquid to a bubbly boil. Stir the mixture so that all of the sugar dissolves into the water. Once it boils, the adult can take the hot pan off the stove and put the mixture in the refrigerator to cool. It will cool faster if you pour it into another container first.

只要跟着这些步骤做就行哦。 把糖和一杯水倒进小锅里混合。 然后叫帮忙的大人帮你打开炉灶。 把锅里的液体煮到咕嘟冒泡沸腾。 搅拌混合物，让所有的糖都融化在水里。 水开之后，大人可以把滚烫的小锅从炉灶上拿开，把糖水放进冰箱里放凉。 如果你先把糖水倒进另一个容器里，它会凉得更快哦。

The Super Lemon Roll. Now for the fun part. Most people cut the lemons and squeeze the lemon juice into the pitcher. Lemons may be hard to squeeze that way. You could do it that way, or you could follow a super secret lemon squeezing tip. Lemons will be easier to squeeze if you soften them first. To do that, smash and roll them on the table or counter top.

超级柠檬揉一揉小技巧。 现在到好玩的部分啦。 大多数人会把柠檬切开，把柠檬汁挤到凉水壶里。 这样挤柠檬可能会有点费劲哦。 你可以这么做，也可以试试一个超级秘密的挤柠檬小技巧。 如果你先把柠檬揉软，挤起来就会容易很多哦。 揉软的方法就是，把柠檬放在桌子或者台面上按压、滚动。

Squeezing the lemons. When you're all done rolling and smashing, ask the adult to cut the lemons in half for you. Then get the bowl and the juicer and start squeezing. Push and twist the softened lemon halves over the ridges of the juicer. All the juice will run out. As the juicer fills up, pour the lemon juice into the bowl.

挤柠檬汁啦。 等你把所有柠檬都滚完按完之后， 叫大人帮你把柠檬都切成两半。 然后拿出碗和榨汁器，开始挤柠檬汁咯。 把变软的半块柠檬放在榨汁器的凸棱上按压、拧转。 所有的果汁都会流出来啦。 等榨汁器里装满果汁之后，把柠檬汁倒进碗里。