049 独立日冰棒

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Nina was playing Frisbee at summer camp

尼娜在夏令营玩飞盘。

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But she was thinking about Saturday

但她心里想着星期六。

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In just two days her family would go to see the town fireworks

再过两天，她们家就要去看镇上的烟火了。

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" Mr. Dunn, I love the Fourth of July," Nina said

“邓恩老师，我喜欢七月四日，”尼娜说。

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" Everything is red, white, and blue

到处都装饰成红色、白色和蓝色。

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And fireworks are so cool."

而且烟火好酷啊。”

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" The Fourth of July is fun, isn't it?" Mr. Dunn said

“七月四日很有趣，对吧？”邓恩老师说。

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" My family always has a big barbecue

我们家总会举办大型烧烤。

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My dad and brothers love to grill."

我爸爸和兄弟们都很喜欢烧烤。”

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" My dad loves to grill too!" Bobby said

“我爸爸也爱烧烤！”鲍比说。

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" I always eat lots of watermelon on the Fourth," Izzie said

“我总是在七月四日吃很多西瓜，”伊齐说。

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" You know what the kids in my family do on the Fourth?

“你知道我们家的小孩在七月四日做什么吗？

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They make red-white-and-blue ice pops

他们做红白蓝三色的冰棍。

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Then they eat them while watching fireworks," said Mr. Dunn

然后他们一边看烟花一边吃，”邓恩先生说。

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" Red, white, and blue ice pops?

“红白蓝三色的冰棍？

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I bet they're pretty," Nina said

我敢打赌它们很漂亮，”尼娜说。

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" Yeah. They're pretty — and pretty easy to make," Mr. Dunn said, chuckling

“是啊。它们很漂亮——而且非常容易做，”邓恩先生轻声笑道。

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" Can we make them at camp?" Nina asked

“我们能在夏令营里做吗？”尼娜问。

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" Please? It's almost the Fourth of July."

“拜托嘛？马上就是七月四日了。”

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Mr. Dunn smiled." That's a great idea, Nina

邓恩先生笑了。“那是个好主意，尼娜。

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I'll bring in everything we need tomorrow."

“我明天会把所有需要的东西带来。”

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The next day Mr. Dunn brought in paper cups, wooden craft sticks, and three big bottles

第二天，邓恩老师带来了纸杯、木制工艺棒和三个大瓶子。

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Nina looked at the bottles

尼娜看着瓶子。

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" Ooh, red juice," she said

“哦，红色的果汁，”她说道。

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" That's sweet strawberry juice

“那是甜草莓汁。

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Made it myself," Mr. Dunn said

我自己做的，”邓恩老师说。

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" Blue juice." Nina picked up another bottle

“蓝色果汁。”尼娜拿起了另一个瓶子。

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" Grape-blueberry blend

“葡萄蓝莓混合汁。

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That's cool. And white juice

真酷。还有白色果汁。

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Wait a minute — white juice?"

等等——白色果汁？”

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" It's actually coconut milk,"

“其实是椰奶，”

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Jason said, pointing to the label

杰森指着标签说。

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" Have you had it before? It's good."

“你以前喝过吗？很好喝的。”

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Nina shook her head

尼娜摇了摇头。

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" But I guess I'll try it in the ice pops."

“不过我想我会在冰棍里尝尝看。”

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" This will be the easiest recipe you ever prepare," said Mr. Dunn

“这会是你们做过的最简单的食谱，”邓恩老师说。

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" First pour some blue juice into the bottom one-third of the cup."

“先往杯子里倒入蓝色果汁，倒到杯子的三分之一处。”

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" The juice has to freeze before we can add the next layer, right?" Jason asked

“果汁得先冻住才能加下一层，对吧？”杰森问。

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" Exactly," said Mr. Dunn." So let's get started."

“没错，”邓恩老师说，“那我们开始吧。”

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The kids filled the bottom of their paper cups with grape-blueberry juice

孩子们把葡萄蓝莓汁倒进纸杯底部。

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Then Mr. Dunn took the cups to the freezer

然后邓恩老师把杯子放进了冰箱冷冻室。

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" We'll take those out in two hours," he said

他说："我们两小时后把它们取出来。"

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The kids went outside for a nature walk

孩子们到户外去散步，观察大自然。

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When they got back, it was time for the next step

他们回来时，正好到了下一步操作的时间。

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" Now add the coconut milk

"现在加入椰奶。

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Fill the middle one-third of your cup," said Mr. Dunn

把你杯子的中间三分之一倒满。"邓恩老师说。

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" And do it quickly

"动作要快。

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We don't want our blue to melt!"

我们可不想让蓝色那层化掉！"

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Mr. Dunn hurried to get the ice pops back into the freezer

邓恩老师急忙把冰棍又放回了冰箱冷冻室。

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Then the kids went outside for their Friday kickball tournament

随后孩子们到外面去参加周五的踢球比赛。

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In two hours they were back inside, ready to finish making their ice pops

两小时后，他们回到室内，准备完成冰棍的制作。

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" Last step: strawberry juice and craft sticks," Mr. Dunn said

"最后一步：加入草莓汁和手工棒。"邓恩老师说。

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" After you pour the strawberry juice, put your sticks in the cup

"倒入草莓汁后，就把小棒插进杯子里。

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The coconut milk is still a little slushy

椰奶层还有一点冰泥状。

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So you can gently push your stick through until it stands up straight," Mr. Dunn said

所以你可以轻轻地把棒子穿过去，直到它直立起来。"邓恩老师说。

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" Hurry, get these to the freezer!" Nina said

"快，把这些放回冰箱冷冻室！"尼娜说。

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While they waited, Mr. Dunn read them a book about fireworks

在等待的时候，邓恩老师给他们读了一本关于烟火的书。

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Then they all painted fireworks

然后，大家都画了烟火图案。

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Finally the kitchen timer went off

厨房定时器终于响了。

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It was time to take out the ice pops!

到了取出冰棍的时候了！

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Mr. Dunn peeled off the paper cups and handed a pop to each camper

邓恩老师剥掉纸杯，给每个营员递了一根冰棍。

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" Yummy," Izzie said, taking a lick of blue

"真好吃。"伊齐说着，舔了一口蓝色的部分。

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Nina licked the white part

尼娜舔了舔白色的部分。

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" The coconut milk is good! Thanks, Mr. Dunn."

"椰奶部分真棒！谢谢你，邓恩老师。"

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Nina giggled." Fourth-of-July fireworks, here I come!"

尼娜咯咯地笑了。"七月四日的烟火，我来也！"