Trap
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
At Olivia’s school, every second grader had to build a leprechaun trap.
在奥利维亚的学校里,每个二年级学生都不得不搭建一个妖精陷阱.
Everyone’s trap was graded.
每个人的陷阱都被分了级.
Olivia got a C+ on hers.
Olivia身上有C+炸药
I guess I’m not a scientist, she thought.
她认为我不是科学家。
After St.
圣会后.
Patrick’s Day, they took their traps home.
他们把陷阱带回家。
Some kids put theirs in the attic.
一些孩子把他们的阁楼。
Some put theirs in the garage.
有人把他们的放在车库里。
Some put theirs in the trash.
有人把他们的 垃圾。
Olivia put hers in the backyard.
Olivia把她的放在后院
She wanted to conduct more experiments.
她想进行更多的实验。
Each night for three nights, she set her trap with different bait.
每晚三夜,她都会用不同的诱饵来设置陷阱.
She tried green marshmallows and shamrock cookies.
她尝试了绿色的棉花糖和香草饼干。
She tried chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil.
她尝试了用金球包裹的巧克力硬币.
She even tried corned beef and cabbage.
她甚至尝试了玉米牛肉和小白菜.
Each morning she went out to check her trap.
每天早上她都出去检查她的陷阱
The first night she caught a jackalope.
第一个晚上她抓到了一只野狼
That’s no leprechaun, she thought, and let it go.
她认为,
The second night she caught a unicorn.
第二晚她抓到了一只独角兽
Nope, she thought, and let it go.
不,她想,并让它去。
The third night she caught Bigfoot.
第三晚她抓住了大脚怪
Drat, she thought, and let it go.
德拉特,她想,并让它去。
Olivia turned and walked inside with slow, sad steps.
Olivia转身走进里面,走得慢而悲哀.
“My trap is a total failure,” she told her mom.
她告诉妈妈,
“Your trap is a total success!”
“你的陷阱是完全成功的!”
her mom cried.
她妈妈哭了。
“You’ve caught all sorts of creatures.”
“你捕捉了各种各样的生物。 “
“Yes,” Olivia said, “but not a leprechaun.
“是的,”奥利维亚说,“但不是妖精。
If you build a leprechaun trap and don’t catch a leprechaun, that’s not a success.”
如果你建立妖精陷阱而不捕捉妖精,那就不算成功了. “
“Have you considered that your trap’s a scientific success?”
“你是否认为你的陷阱在科学上是成功的? “
asked her mom.
问她妈妈。
Olivia shook her head.
Olivia摇头了
She didn’t know what her mom was talking about, but she was probably wrong.
她不知道妈妈在说什么,
“You’ve proven that your trap can catch things,” her mom said.
“你已经证明你的陷阱可以捕捉东西,”她妈妈说:
“You’ve proven all these other creatures do exist.
" 你证明了其他生物的存在。
Maybe the reason you haven’t caught a leprechaun is because they don’t exist.”
或许你没有抓到妖精的原因是他们不存在。 “
Olivia considered this for a long time.
Olivia已经考虑很久了
“It’s hard to prove some things,” she said at last.
她最后说,
“It’s also hard to disprove them.
“也很难反驳他们。
Like a leprechaun— maybe I can’t catch one because they don’t exist.
或许我无法抓住一只,
Or maybe I can’t catch one because they’re just too tricky.
或许我抓不到一个,
Science is interesting, isn’t it?”
科学很有趣, “
“Yes,” her mom said.
“是的,”她妈妈说。
“It really is.”
“确实如此。 “
“Maybe I am a scientist,” Olivia said.
奥利维亚说:“也许我是一个科学家。”
“I mean, I feel like one, and maybe that’s a start.”
“我的意思是,我觉得像一个,也许这是一个开始。 “
It was a start—the start of a great career.
这是伟大的事业的开始。