029 压花贺卡

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Today was the last day of school before Thanksgiving vacation

今天是感恩节假期前的最后一天上学。

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And Nina was already feeling thankful

尼娜已经感到感恩了。

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Her teacher hadn't given the class any homework!

她的老师没给班上留任何作业！

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At Kids Central Izzie was wearing an Indian headdress

在Kids Central，伊兹戴着一顶印第安头饰。

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She made it in art class

她是在美术课上做的。

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" I am thankful that Indians taught us how to eat corn

“我很感恩印第安人教会了我们怎么吃玉米。

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I love corn."

我爱玉米。”

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She bounced around

她蹦蹦跳跳的。

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" Ooh! And I'm thankful for pretty flowers!"

“哦！我还感恩有漂亮的花朵！”

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Miss Shelly was carrying two large vases filled with flowers

谢莉小姐抱着两个装满鲜花的大花瓶。

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" Are those for our activity?"

“这些是给我们活动用的吗？”

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Nina asked, hoping they were

妮娜问道，心里希望是的。

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Miss Shelly nodded

雪莉老师点了点头。

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" The end of autumn means the end of fresh flowers

“秋天的结束意味着新鲜花期的终结。

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We're going to press these flowers and let them dry

我们要把这些花压好，让它们变干。

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In a few weeks, they'll be ready to use."

再过几周，它们就能用了。”

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" How will we use them?" Nina asked

“我们要怎么用它们呢？”妮娜问。

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" You can use them to make cards," Miss Shelly said

“你们可以用它们来做卡片，”雪莉老师说。

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" Today I brought some flowers that I pressed last month

“今天我带了些我上个月压的花来。

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After we press flowers, we'll make thank you cards."

我们压完花之后，就来制作感谢卡。”

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" Thanksgiving thank you cards?" Bobby asked

“感恩节感谢卡？”博比问道。

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" Yes," Miss Shelly answered

“是的，”雪莉老师回答。

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" While we're working, think of someone you'd like to thank

“在我们制作的时候，想一想你想要感谢的人。

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Right now, choose four flowers you'd like to press."

现在，挑选四朵你想要压制的花。”

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Nina leaned over the orange, yellow, and red flowers

尼娜俯身看着那些橙色、黄色和红色的花朵。

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Everyone else quickly grabbed theirs

其他孩子迅速拿好了自己的花。

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But the flowers were all so pretty

但这些花都太漂亮了。

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It was hard to choose

很难挑选。

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" Nina, are you ready?"

“尼娜，你准备好了吗？”

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Miss Shelly was waiting

雪莉老师在等着。

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Nina closed her eyes and pulled out four flowers

妮娜闭上眼睛，抽出了四朵花。

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Then Miss Shelly started showing them how to press flowers

接着，雪莉老师开始教他们如何压花。

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" Take one piece of paper and fold it in half

"拿一张纸，对折。

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Open it back up, and arrange your flowers on the inside

再打开，把你的花摆在里面。

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Make sure the flowers don't touch each other

注意花朵之间不要碰到彼此。

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Then fold it shut again."

然后再折起来合上。"

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" Cute. It's like a little flower book," Nina said

"好可爱呀。就像一本小花书。"妮娜说。

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" Now take one of these giant dictionaries."

"现在，每人拿一本这种大块头词典。"

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Miss Shelly held up a fat dictionary

雪莉老师举起一本厚厚的词典。

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" The dictionary will press our flowers for us."

"词典会帮我们把花压好。"

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" Turn to the very last page of the dictionary

“翻到字典的最后一页。

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We're going to put your little flower book in between the last page and the back cover

我们要把你的小花书夹在最后一页和封底之间。

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In a few weeks, you'll have beautiful pressed flowers," Miss Shelly said

几周后，你们就会有漂亮的压花了，”雪莉老师说。

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Nina followed Miss Shelly's directions exactly

妮娜完全按照雪莉老师的指导去做。

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Nina hoped her flowers would come out pretty

妮娜希望她的花朵能变得很漂亮。

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" Did you decide who you'd like to thank?" Miss Shelly asked

“你想好要感谢谁了吗？”雪莉老师问道。

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She opened a red tin box

她打开一个红色的铁盒。

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She lifted out stacks of cardboard

她拿出了一叠叠的硬纸板。

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Nina saw sheets of pressed flowers between the cardboard

妮娜看到硬纸板之间夹着一片片的压花。

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Miss Shelly gave them blank cards

雪莉老师给了他们空白的卡片。

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" Once you've written your card, brush glue on the front

“写完卡片后，就在正面刷上胶水。

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Then choose some pressed flowers to gently place on top

然后选一些压花，轻轻地放在上面。

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In a few weeks, the flowers you pressed today will be dry

再过几周，你们今天压的花就会变干。

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Then you can make cards like these at home."

那时你们就可以在家做像这样的卡片了。”

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Nina looked at Miss Shelly

妮娜看着雪莉老师。

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" Who is your thank you card for?"

“您的感谢卡是给谁的？”

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Miss Shelly paused

雪莉老师停顿了一下。

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" My mother," she said

“我妈妈，”她说。

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" What about you?"

“你呢？”

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Nina smiled shyly

妮娜害羞地笑了笑。

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" It's a secret," she said

“这是个秘密，”她说。

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" Time to go!

“该走了！

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Nina, don't forget your card," Miss Shelly called

妮娜，别忘了你的卡片，”雪莉老师喊道。

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" I made it for you," Nina told her teacher." Bye!"

“这是我给您的，”妮娜对她的老师说。“再见！”

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Miss Shelly opened the card

雪莉老师打开卡片。

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It said: " Dear Miss Shelly

上面写着：“亲爱的雪莉老师，

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Thank you for 238 days of fun at Kids Central

感谢您在童趣中心带来的238天快乐。

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Happy Thanksgiving! Love, Nina."

感恩节快乐！爱你的妮娜。”