the Master
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
“Meegor!
“梅戈尔!
Meegor, I need you in the tower now!”
Megor, 我需要你现在在塔上! “
Meegor rolled his eyes—the Master always needed him for something, even if it was just to yell at him.
Megor卷起他的眼睛——师父总是需要他做点什么,即使只是对他大叫.
“Meegor, where are you?”
“梅戈尔,你在哪里? “
The Master’s voice echoed down the long, twisting stairwell.
法师的声音在长而曲折的楼梯上回响.
“Coming, Master,” Meegor called back as he trudged up the steps.
" 来了,主人, " Megor在踏出台阶时回了电话。
After the long trip to the top, Meegor found the Master standing right where he had expected—looking out the big window that faced the town.
在前往顶峰的漫长之行后,梅戈尔发现法师站在他所期望的地方——向外望去面对小镇的大窗口.
“I will defeat her this year,” the Master growled, his dark cape and cowl flapping in the wind.
“我今年要打败她”,主人咆哮了,他的深色斗篷和牛在风中相扑。
“I will vanquish her completely.
“我将彻底打败她。
When I’m finished, the judges won’t even remember the Professor’s name.”
法官甚至不记得教授的名字。 “
“That’s hard to believe,” Meegor said.
Megor说,
“She’s won every Better Flat Earth Competition since it began.”
她赢得了每届地球平地比赛。 “
The Master twirled around to look at Meegor.
法师绕来绕去观想弥果.
His eyes narrowed as he said, “This year will be different.
他说:“今年将有所不同。
I have the perfect idea that will defeat the Professor’s touchy-feely discoveries.”
我有一个完美的想法,可以击败教授的微妙发现。 “
“You thought of something better than proving that bathing is good for people, or that mice don’t come from old grain, or that rats carry disease?”
“你想到了比证明洗澡对人有好处, 或老鼠不是来自老谷物, “
Meegor asked.
弥果问.
“Yes, I did.
“是的,我做到了。
This land was once fertile, producing enough food to feed everyone, but now the land is giving us less.
这片土地曾经是肥沃的, 生产足够的食物来养活每个人, 但是现在土地给了我们更少。
People are going hungry, but I know how to feed them—the pigs are the key.”
人们正在挨饿,但我知道如何喂养他们——猪是关键。 “
“The pigs?
“猪?
Pigs are the key to pork chops, ham, and bacon.
猪是猪排,火腿和培根的关键.
Are you going to give everyone pork chops, ham, and bacon?
你会给大家猪排、火腿和培根吗?
If so, we’re going to need to get some more pigs; we only have four in the pen right now,” Meegor said.
若如此, 我们需要多买几只猪;
“This, Meegor, is why you’re the assistant and I’m the Master.
“梅戈尔,这就是你为什么是助手,我是主人。
You must use the scientific method.
你必须使用科学方法。
Do you know what that is?”
你知道那是什么吗? “
Meegor knew all about the scientific method, but he wanted to see where the Master would go with this, so he said nothing.
梅戈尔知道科学方法的一切,但他想看看法师会用这个去哪里,所以他什么都不说.
“Last year,” the Master continued, “I was walking among the farms and found one that was producing an impressive crop—far more than any other farm around it.
" 去年, " 法师继续说, " 我在农场中走来走去,找到一个比周围任何其他农场都生产出令人印象深刻的作物。
As I walked through the field, I saw pigs squealing and playing in it.
当我走过田地时,我看见了猪的叫叫叫和玩弄.
The first step in the scientific method is to form a question, and mine was, ‘How do I win the Better Flat Earth Competition and beat the Professor by making everyone’s fields grow this well?’
科学方法的第一步是形成一个问题,而我的问题是,“我如何赢得更好的平地竞赛,并通过让每个人的田地都这样生长而打败教授?” " ; "
The judges would love the answer to that one.”
评委们会喜欢这个答案的 “
“You said the same thing about your hole to the other side of the Earth,” Meegor said.
“你对地的另一边的洞也是这么说的。”
“Thousands could have benefited by trading with the other side of Earth.”
“与地球另一边进行贸易本来可以使数千人受益。 “
The Master jabbed his finger at Meegor.
法师以指指相指弥果.
“If only you had worked harder.”
“但愿你努力工作。 “
Meegor raised an eyebrow.
弥果起一眉.
“You wouldn’t understand; you’re not a scientist,” the Master said.
“你不会理解;你不是一个科学家。”
“Now I had a question, but I needed an answer.
“现在我有一个问题,但我需要答案。
I knew I had to make observations in order to formulate my answer.
我知道我必须做观察 才能提出我的答案。
It was squealing right at me—the pigs!
它就冲我叫 -- 猪!
The pigs are the key.”
猪是关键 “
“Just pigs?”
“只是猪? “
“Yes!
“对!
I had my hypothesis right there in front of me: the presence of pigs makes crops grow better and produce more food.”
猪的存在使农作物生长得更好,生产出更多的食物。 “
The Master laughed, waving his hands triumphantly in the air.
法师取笑了,挥起手来在空中胜利.
Meegor waited for the Master to finish before he said, “Then why isn’t the pigsty a lush garden?”
Megor在等法师说完之后, “
The Master lowered his arms, scratched his head, and said, “I hadn’t thought of that.”
法师放下双臂, “
As Meegor made his way down the stairs and into the yard, he thought about the farm that the Master had seen.
随着梅戈尔从楼梯上走入院子,他想起了法师所看到的农场.
Meegor knew it well, as he had passed it many times on his way to town.
Megor很了解这一点,因为他在去城镇的路上经过了很多次。
It belonged to Old Man Mac Donald, who was known for raising abundant crops.
它属于以种植丰盛的作物而出名的"老人"(Old Man Mac Donald).
The farm was also known for all the animals—not just pigs, but cows, dogs, goats, and sheep as well, which Old Man Mac Donald didn’t like to keep confined all year long.
农场也以所有动物而出名——不仅有猪,还有牛、狗、山羊和羊等,
Before his fields were planted, the animals roamed around freely, and Old Man Mac Donald fed them out there.
在他的田地被种植之前,动物们自由地到处游走,而"老子"麦克·唐纳德(Mac Donald)在那里喂养了它们.
Once the fields were planted, though, he brought all the animals inside the fence that surrounded his big yard.
一旦田地被种植,他把所有动物都带到包围他大院子的栅栏里.
The pigs, however, were notorious for sneaking into the fields.
然而,这些猪因偷偷跑入田地而出名.
The Master might have been on to something, though Meegor doubted he was going in the right direction.
虽然梅戈尔怀疑他的方向是正确的
Meegor thought things over as he dumped the pigs’ slop of old table scraps into the trough.
Megor把猪排入地槽,
The more Meegor thought, the more it seemed as though the animals had something to do with the crops growing so well—but what?
Megor越想, 动物似乎越是和作物生长的那么好有关,
“Eureka!”
“尤雷卡!”
Meegor heard the Master scream from the top of the tower.
弥戈尔听到法师从塔顶叫出.
“Meegor, get up here!
"梅戈尔,上来!
I’ve got it!”
我得到了它! "
Meegor put away the slop pail and climbed the stairs again.
Megor把废柴桶放下,又爬上楼梯。
The Master was almost shaking with excitement.
法师几乎在激动地发抖.
“I’ve made my observations, and now I must use them to draw conclusions and make inferences and reach a new hypothesis.”
“我已经提出我的看法,现在我必须利用这些看法得出结论,作出推论并得出新的假设。 “
The Master looked at Meegor as if waiting for a sign that he understood the steps of the scientific method.
"法师"看着梅戈尔,仿佛在等待一个他理解科学方法步骤的标志.
After a moment, the Master continued.
过了一时,法师继之.
“The pigs would trample any new plants trying to grow, but it’s the closeness of the pigs that the soil needs.
“猪会践踏任何想生长的新植物,
Pigs like mud, so it therefore follows that mud also likes pigs.
猪喜欢泥,因此它随之而来,泥也喜欢猪.
If pigs aren’t rolling in mud, the soil still wants to be close to the pigs.
如果猪不倒入泥地,
Since soil can’t move, it grows better plants to try and be close to the pigs.
土壤无法移动,
It makes perfect sense!”
这很合理!”
The Master clapped his hands together.
法师相接而出.
“Sounds pretty crazy to me,” said Meegor.
Megor说:“对我来说听起来很疯狂。
“I think your negative attitude is why I never win,” grumbled the Master, his shoulders slumping.
“我认为你的消极态度是为什么我从未赢过的原因,”使法师感到愤慨,他的肩膀正在倒塌。
“Another genius hypothesis.”
“另一个天才假设。 “
“I think so,” said the Master, “but we’ll have to test that one another time because I’ve devised an experiment to test my pig-and-plant-relationship hypothesis.
“我想是这样,”师父说,“但是,我们不得不在另一个时间测试,因为我设计了一个实验来测试我的猪和植物关系假设。
We’re going to need some poles and fabric strong enough to keep a pig hanging above the ground.”
需要足够坚固的柱子和布料, “
“Hanging?
“绞刑?
That’s cruel.”
这是残酷的。 “
“Don’t worry, they won’t be hurt,” the Master said.
“别担心, 他们不会受到伤害,
Meegor raised an eyebrow.
弥果起一眉.
“W ell, you figure out a better way.
“Well,你找到更好的办法。
Moving on.
继续
in any experiment, there are three kinds of variables: independent, dependent, and controlled.”
在任何实验中,都有三种变量:独立,依赖,以及被控制的. “
The Master started drawing a diagram on a piece of parchment.
法师开始在一块羊皮纸上画出一幅图来.
“The independent variable is the thing that changes.
“独立变量是改变的东西。
In this case, it will be the distance of the pig from the ground.
在这种情况下,将是猪与地相去相去.
Since we only have four pigs, we’ll do four different distances—one foot, two feet, three feet, and four feet.”
我们只有四只猪, “
The Master drew the pigs at different distances above the ground.
法师将猪取出地上相去相去不同.
“The dependent variable is the thing being measured,” the Master said.
法师说,“所依赖的变量是被测量的东西。”
“In this case, we will measure how fast the plants grow under the pigs.”
“在这种情况下,我们将衡量猪笼草的生长速度。 “
The Master drew little plants growing under each of the pigs.
法师画出每一头猪下生长的小植物.
“All of the other factors in the experiment must be the same; these are called the controlled variables.
“试验中的所有其他因素必须相同;这些因素称为受控变量。
This means the pigs have to be over the same field for the same amount of time.
这意味着猪必须在同一个田地上度过同样的时间.
The pigs also have to be fed the same amount at the same time.
猪还得同时喂食同样数量.
The pigs themselves are pretty similar, so I don’t think we’ll have a problem there.”
猪本身相当相似, “
The Master started writing up a schedule to manage the experiment.
"法师"开始写出管理实验的时间表.
“So here’s how it will work: For the same two hours every morning and the same two hours every afternoon, the pigs will be gently positioned over the field behind the tower.
" 因此,这将如何运作: 每天早上两小时,下午两小时,猪会轻轻地被安置在塔后田地上.
You’ll feed the pigs while they’re there, so we’ll know they’re all eating the same amount of food.
猪在养活它们时,
If my hypothesis is correct, which it is, I predict that the plants under the lowest pig will grow faster than the plants under the higher pigs.”
如果我的假设是正确的,它是正确的, 我预测,最低生猪下面的植物 会比高生猪下面的植物生长得快。 “
Meegor looked at the parchment with its pigs, little plants, and schedule.
Megor用它的猪肉,小植物,和时间表来观察羊皮纸.
“This sounds like a lot of work,” he said.
他说,“这听起来像许多工作。”
“That it does, Meegor, which is why I’m glad I’m not an assistant.
Megor, 这就是为什么我很高兴我不是助理。
Better get to work!
最好快点干活!
They don’t give awards to lazy people,” the Master said as he lay down on the ledge beside the window and stretched.
他们不给懒人颁奖,
“Let me know when we’re ready to start measuring.”
“我们准备好开始测量时告诉我。 “
It took a few days, but Meegor made some platforms for the pigs to stand on.
花了好几天时间,但梅戈尔做了一些平台让猪站起.
The pigs didn’t like standing there for a few hours each morning and afternoon that much, but they calmed down when Meegor fed them.
但当Megor喂养猪群时,
The feeding was the worst.
供养最坏.
He had to hold the bucket up while each pig ate, and the slop spilled all over him.
他不得不把水桶举起,每头猪都吃,而口水洒到他身上.
The pigs didn’t wait to be let down before relieving themselves, so Meegor had to clean off the platforms and make sure to always bury their old manure.
Megor必须清理平台, 确保永远埋下旧粪便。
After a few weeks of this, Meegor planted one row of wheat, one of corn, and one of pumpkins.
在经历了几个星期之后,梅戈尔种植了一行小麦,一株玉米和一株南瓜.
Even though the Master didn’t tell him to, he also planted rows of the same plants in the same field away from the pigs.
尽管法师没有告诉他,他还是在同一地种了同一批植物,远离了猪。
Meegor knew the experiment needed a control, or something to check the results of the experiment against.
Megor知道实验需要控制 或检查实验结果
If the Master didn’t grow some crops without pigs present, how would he be able to prove that it was the pigs that had made any difference in the results?
如果法师没有种出一些没有生猪在场的作物,他怎么能证明是生猪在结果上有什么区别呢?
Then they waited.
然后他们等待。
Meegor continued to feed the pigs on the platforms.
Megor继续在平台上喂猪.
They never enjoyed it, but they started squealing less, which made the Master happy.
他们从来就没有享受过,但开始发出较少的叫声,这让法师高兴.
Meegor was also careful to water the experimental and control areas the same amount to keep the variables the same.
Megor还谨慎地为实验区和控制区取水,使变数保持不变。
A few weeks later, young plant shoots appeared in the rows around the platforms and the rows without the pigs.
几周后,年轻的植物拍摄出现在了平台周围的行和没有猪的行.
No shoots appeared in the shade under the platforms.
平台下面的阴影里没有镜头出现.
The Master had Meegor take careful measurements of the growing plants every day.
大师让Megor每天仔细测量生长的植物
The Master seemed pleased with the way things were going.
法师似乎对事情的发展很满意
It became apparent as the plants grew that the ones around the platforms were larger and healthier than those in the control area.
随着植物的生长,这些平台周围的植物比控制区大,更健康。
When the Master learned this, he almost squealed with happiness.
法师得知后,几乎以快活为乐.
“It’s proof!
" 这是证据!
Pigs are the key.
猪是关键
I knew it all along,” he said as he jumped around the tower.
我知道这一切,”他说,当他跳到塔上时。
“Imagine it, Meegor—fields upon fields of pigs on platforms with abundant crops growing around them.
" 想象一下,Megor-fields在平台上的猪地上,周围种植着丰富的作物。
People will thank me, they’ll love me, maybe they’ll even make me king!
人们会感谢我, 他们会爱我,
We can be rich, too.
我们也可以发财
When word gets out, everyone will be buying pigs—and we could sell them.
消息传出后,每个人都会买猪——我们可以卖出.
Prices will skyrocket.
价格会飙升
Meegor, I want you to go into town and buy all the pigs you can find.
Megor 我要你进城 买下所有能找到的猪
Go, go, go!”
走,走,走!”
“Master,” Meegor said, “if the fields are filled with platforms, nothing will grow.
“Master,”Megor说,“如果田地里充满了平台,那么,没有什么会增长的。
The plants won’t get any sunlight.
植物不会获得阳光。
Also, you’ve only done one experiment, and that’s not enough to prove anything.
而且,你只做了一个实验,这不足以证明任何事情。
You need to do more experiments before you go around making these kinds of claims.”
在你提出这些要求之前,你需要做更多的实验。 “
“Nonsense, Meegor.”
“不理智,梅戈尔。 “
“It’s the scientific method!”
" 这是科学方法! "
Meegor stamped his foot on the stone floor.
Megor把脚印在了石头地上.
“You have to perform your experiment again and again, adjusting the variables each time, revising your hypothesis with the results, and then testing everything again.”
“你必须反复进行实验,每次调整变量,用结果修改你的假设,然后再次测试一切。 “
The Master snorted.
法师打呼.
“What would you know of the scientific method?
“你对科学方法了解多少?
You’re just an assistant.
你只是一个助手。
I was the one who had to explain it to you.
是我不得不向你解释的
Now go to town like I told you.”
现在照我说的去镇上 “
Meegor tried to say something, but the Master pointed at the door and shouted, “GO!”
Megor试图说些什么,但法师指着门喊道:"GO!
As Meegor trudged into town, he passed all the farms with their scraggly plants.
当Megor跑进镇上时 他带着这些杂草 穿过所有的农场
Then he came to Old Man Mac Donald’s farm.
之后他来到了老人麦克·唐纳德的农场.
His wheat, corn, pumpkins, and other plants were all large and healthy.
他的小麦,玉米,南瓜等植物都是大而健康的.
As usual, the animals were making quite a lot of noise in the yard, which was fenced off from the fields.
和往常一样,动物们在院子里制造出相当多的噪音,这些噪音被从田地上围起.
Meegor covered his ears and was about to walk on when something clicked in his mind.
Megor把耳朵盖了起来,当他脑子里有东西点击时,他正要继续走。
He suddenly had a hypothesis of his own.
他突然有了自己的假设.
He thought about it for the rest of his walk to town and the entire way back (with three more pigs in tow).
他的余下行走到镇上和整个回程(还有三头猪被拖走)时都考虑过.
If Old Man Mac Donald let his animals run around the fields before planting and put them in their pens after the planting, then it must not be the animals themselves that were making the plants grow.
如果老爷麦克 唐纳德让他的动物在种植前跑来跑去地上跑去,在种植后把它们放入笔中,那么一定不是动物自己在使植物生长.
Meegor thought about all the times he’d been covered in slop and had to bury pig manure.
Megor 一直想着自己被猪粪所覆盖,
Old Man Mac Donald was feeding his animals in the field, and if they were out there, they were certainly relieving themselves out there, too.
麦克老头 唐纳德正在野外喂养他的动物, 如果他们在那里, 他们肯定也在那里解冻自己。
When Old Man Mac Donald plowed the field before the planting, he mixed all of that stuff in, and that made his soil fertile!
当老人麦克 唐纳德在播种前耕了田地, 他把那些东西都混进去了, 这让他的土壤肥沃了!
After all this, he had some pots left over, so he decided to do the same experiment with different kinds of manure, which Old Man Mac Donald was happy to give him.
在经历了这一切之后,他还剩了些锅,于是他决定用不同种类的粪便做同样的实验,老子麦克·唐纳德很高兴地给了他.
Instead of just doing one experiment, Meegor was doing many different experiments at the same time.
Megor不是只做一个实验,而是同时做许多不同的实验.
When the Master saw all these pots in his yard, he asked, “What’s all this?”
法师在院子里看到这些锅后,问道:"这是什么? “
“I’m doing an experiment of my own,” Meegor said.
Megor说:「我在做我自己的实验,
To this, the Master laughed and returned to his tower, where he was planning a great party for when he won the Better Flat Earth Competition.
为此,法师取笑并回到了自己的塔上,当时他正在策划一个伟大的聚会,当时他赢得了更好的平地比赛.
Back at the tower, Meegor tried to explain this to the Master, but he would hear nothing of it.
回到塔上,梅戈尔试图向法师解释此事,但他听不到.
“I have my proof,” he said, and then went back to singing, “I’m going to win.
他说,“我有我的证明,”然后又回唱“我要赢”。
I’m going to win.
我会赢的。
The Professor is going to lose.”
教授要输了 “
Meegor decided to take matters into his own hands.
Megor决定把事情交给他自己处理。
He had already made his observations and formed his hypothesis—he just needed to test it with some experiments.
他已经作了观察并形成了他的假设——他只需要用一些实验来测试它。
His dependent variable was still how well the plants would grow, but his independent variables changed to how much slop and manure were mixed into the soil.
他的依赖变量仍然是植物的生长状况,但他的独立变量变成了将多多的斜坡和粪便混入了土壤.
To control these variables, he filled up pots with soil from the same field and mixed in carefully measured amounts of manure, slop, or both.
为了控制这些可变因素,他把来自同一田地的土壤填满了锅,并混入了精心测量的粪便量,斜坡或两者并存.
As a control, he also grew plants in soil that didn’t have anything mixed in.
在土壤中种植植物,
Finally, the day of the competition came.
最后,比赛的那天到了.
The Master and Meegor traveled together to town.
法师与梅果同出行入城.
The Master was surprised when Meegor started setting up a display showing off his healthiest plants.
当梅戈尔开始设置展示他最健康的植物时,法师感到惊讶.
“Is this your experiment?”
“这是你的实验吗? “
the Master asked.
法师问.
“It is,” Meegor said proudly.
Megor自豪地说,
“Doesn’t look like much,” the Master said with a sniff.
「看起来不太像,
The Professor was the first to present the results of her research.
这位教授首先介绍了她的研究成果。
She proved that the world was actually round, which didn’t go over well with the judges of the Better Flat Earth Competition.
她证明世界其实是圆的,
The Master cheered loudly as she was laughed off the stage.
法师在舞台上被取笑时大声欢呼.
Then the Master had his turn.
然后法师轮他.
He explained his experiment and what it had proved.
他解释了他的实验及其证明。
He spent a long time explaining the pig platforms Meegor had built (not giving Meegor credit, of course), which he called “The Abundacizer!”
他花了很长的时间来解释Megor建造的猪平台(当然没有给予Megor的信用),
“You only did one experiment?”
“你只做过一次试验? “
the judges asked.
法官问。
“Only one was needed.
“只需要一个。
I had my proof,” the Master replied.
我得到了我的证明,“法师回答说。
Weeks passed, and then a few months.
几个星期过去了,然后几个月。
Every day, Meegor took careful measurements of the plants growing in the pots and recorded them.
每天,梅戈尔都对盆中生长的植物进行仔细的测量并记录下来.
When he could see which plants were doing better than others, he began to write a paper explaining his revised hypothesis.
当他能看到哪些植物比其他植物做得更好时,他开始写出一篇论文来解释他经过修订的假说.
He did all this while still taking care of the (now) seven pigs.
他在照顾这七头猪的同时做了这些
“Looks like we have one more presenter this year,” the judges said.
法官们说,“看来今年我们还有一位演讲人。”
“Is there a Meegor here?”
“这里有梅戈尔人吗? “
Meegor stood up and took the stage with his potted plants.
梅戈尔站起身来,用他所种植的盆栽登上舞台.
He was nervous at first, but as he explained how he had followed every step of the scientific method to reach his final conclusions, it became easier.
一开始他很紧张,但是由于他解释了他是如何遵循科学方法的每一个步骤来达成他的最后结论的,所以变得更容易了.
He told them how the right mixture of manure and slop made the plants healthier and made them produce more.
他告诉他们,粪便和粪便的正确混合物如何使植物更健康,并使它们生产更多.
“I call this mixture ‘fertilizer!’
“我称之为“肥料! " ; "
” he said at the end.
他最后说。
The judges asked him questions.
法官们问他问题。
Some he had the answers for, some he didn’t.
有些他有答案,
“I don’t know,” he would say when he didn’t know the answer.
“我不知道,”他会说,
“I can do an experiment to find out.”
“我可以做一个实验来发现。 “
“How do you know it will happen again?
“你怎么知道会再次发生?
How do you know it was the pigs?
你怎么知道是猪干的?
How do you know if it would be the same with all pigs?
你怎么知道所有的猪都一样?
How do you know it wasn’t something else, something that didn’t have to do with the pigs themselves?
与猪本身无关。
Why put the pigs on platforms?
为什么把猪放在平台上?
You know these plants don’t grow well in the shade, right?”
这些植物在树荫下生长不好, “
The judges fired the questions at him one after another.
法官们逐一向他提问。
The Master stood stunned and scratched his head.
法师一站一惊一挠地取出头.
Finally, he said, “I wanted to put the pigs in slings, but someone said my idea was cruel.”
最后,他说,“我想把猪放入地上,但有人说,我的想法是残酷的。 “
The judges looked shocked and unhappy.
评委们看起来既震惊又不高兴.
The Master walked off the stage feeling defeated.
法师走出舞台 感觉失败了。
The judges talked with each other for barely a minute before they announced that Meegor was the winner.
评委们在宣布梅戈尔为胜出者之前,只进行了一分钟的交谈.
Everyone cheered loudly, except the Master.
除了法师,大家都大声欢呼
“You’re still my assistant,” the Master said as they rode home later, Meegor holding his trophy, “and you stole the name of my discovery!”
“你还是我的助手,” 法师说,当他们骑车回家时,Megor拿着他的奖杯,“你偷了我发现的名字!”
Meegor didn’t say anything.
Megor什么也没说。
He rode along, smiling, knowing that he had used the scientific method to discover something that would help people for many years to come.
他走来走去,微笑着, 知道他用科学方法发现了一些东西, 在未来许多年里会帮助人们。