E01 001 我的第一个发明

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0:11 It all started one Monday morning at school 一切都始于一个周一的早晨，在学校里。
0:17 " It " was my idea — my first invention! “它”是我的创意——我的第一项发明！
0:22 We were sitting in class, coloring maps 我们正坐在教室里给地图上色。
0:26 I don't understand why our teacher, Mrs. Romano, makes us color maps 我不明白为什么罗曼诺老师总让我们给地图上色。
0:32 She acts as if we are in first grade instead of fourth grade 她好像把我们当成了一年级，而不是四年级。
0:37 Does she really think we still like to color? 她真以为我们还喜欢涂色吗？
0:42 " Use bright colors!" “用鲜艳的颜色！”
0:44 Mrs. Romano said, walking around the room 罗曼诺老师一边说着，一边在教室里走动。
0:49 I colored North America green 我把北美洲涂成了绿色。
0:52 I colored South America orange 我把南美洲涂成了橙色。
0:57 I colored Africa yellow 我把非洲涂成了黄色。
1:00 Then I started working on Asia, which is a really big continent 然后我开始涂亚洲，那是个非常大的洲。
1:06 My hand was getting tired 我的手开始累了。
1:08 I stopped to give it a rest 我停下来让手休息一下。
1:12 My friend Molly leaned toward me 我的朋友莫莉朝我靠过来。
1:14 " Psst, Iggy!" she whispered “嘘，伊吉！”她低声说。
1:18 " My hand hurts from coloring!" “我涂颜色涂得手疼！”
1:20 " So does mine!" I said “我的也是！”我说。
1:23 " Quiet, please!" said Mrs. Romano “请安静！”罗曼诺老师说。
1:29 " All I want to hear is the sound of crayons moving across the paper." “我只想听到蜡笔在纸上划过的声音。”
1:34 Mrs. Romano wanted to hear the sound of crayons moving across the paper? 罗曼诺老师想听到蜡笔在纸上移动的声音？
1:39 I was so tired of that sound! 我太烦那个声音了！
1:43 " Why aren't there machines to do coloring?" “为什么没有能涂色的机器呢？”
1:46 I thought suddenly 我突然想到。
1:48 " Then kids wouldn't have to work so hard." “那样孩子们就不用这么辛苦了。”
1:54 That was when I got my idea — a truly incredible idea 就在那时，我有了一个主意——一个非常不可思议的主意。
2:00 It could make me, Iggy, a famous inventor! 它可能让我，伊吉，成为一个著名的发明家！
2:07 I told Molly about my idea on the way home from school 放学回家的路上，我把主意告诉了莫莉。
2:12 " Wow!" said Molly “哇！”莫莉说。
2:15 " If your idea works, we'll never have to color by hand again!" “如果你的主意行得通，我们就再也不用徒手涂色了！”
2:21 Our school is near the apartment building where Molly and I live 我们的学校靠近我和莫莉住的公寓楼。
2:25 Our apartments are both on the fifth floor 我们的公寓都在五楼。
2:30 That means we have to climb a lot of stairs every day 这意味着我们每天得爬很多楼梯。
2:37 " Whew, I wish our backpacks weren't so heavy!" I groaned “呼，我希望我们的背包没那么重！”我呻吟道。
2:44 " Me too," she agreed, panting hard “我也是。”她表示同意，喘着粗气。
2:56 I said good-bye to Molly and then went into my apartment 我对莫莉说了再见，然后走进我的公寓。
3:02 My mom was on the telephone in the kitchen 我妈妈在厨房里打电话。
3:06 She waved to me as I walked by 我走过时，她向我挥手。
3:10 I went into my bedroom and dumped my heavy backpack on the floor 我走进卧室，把沉重的背包扔在地板上。
3:15 One of its straps fell just over the chalk line on the floor 背包的一条带子正好掉在地板上的粉笔线上。
3:19 My older brother, Tate, had drawn the line to divide our room into two sections 我哥哥泰特划了一条线，把我们的房间分成了两半。
3:26 " Hey, get your backpack off my side of the room!" “嘿，把你的书包从我这边拿开！”
3:29 Tate ordered me 泰特命令我。
3:32 " It's my room too!" I shot back “这也是我的房间！”我回嘴道。
3:36 " No arguing, boys!" called my mother from the kitchen “别吵了，孩子们！”妈妈从厨房喊道。
3:41 I decided to go down to the fourth floor and see my friend Josh 我决定下楼去四楼找我的朋友乔什。
3:46 I wanted to get away from Tate 我想离泰特远点。
3:49 Plus, I needed help with my invention 而且，我的发明需要人帮忙。
3:54 I knocked on the door of his apartment, and Josh answered right away 我敲了敲他公寓的门，乔什马上就开了门。
3:59 " Hi, Josh!" I said “嗨，乔什！”我说。
4:01 Josh invited me in 乔什邀请我进去。
4:04 " Do you know that toy that Sparky likes?" I blurted out “你知道斯帕奇喜欢的那件玩具吗？”我脱口而出。
4:09 Sparky is Josh's pet hamster 斯帕奇是乔什的宠物仓鼠。
4:13 " His seesaw?" Josh asked “他的跷跷板吗？”乔什问道。
4:17 He walked over to Sparky's cage and lifted up the toy 他走到斯帕奇的笼子边，拿起了那个玩具。
4:22 " Yes, that's it," I said “对，就是它，”我说。
4:25 " Can I borrow it? “我能借它吗？
4:26 I want to make one just like it." 我想做一个一模一样的。”
4:30 " Why?" asked Josh “为什么？”乔什问。
4:33 " I have a brilliant idea!" I said “我有个绝妙的主意！”我说。
4:36 " I'm going to invent an automatic coloring machine! “我要发明一台自动涂色机！
4:40 My hand will never get tired from coloring again." 我的手再也不会因为涂色而累了。”
4:46 Josh's eyes lit up 乔什的眼睛一亮。
4:48 " Cool," he said." How will it work?" “酷，”他说。“它怎么工作呢？”
4:53 " You'll see!" I told him “你会看到的！”我告诉他。
4:56 " Let's show Sparky's seesaw to Mr. Calabria, the building superintendent “我们去给大楼管理员卡拉布里亚先生看看斯帕奇的跷跷板吧。
5:01 He has a lot of wood downstairs." 他楼下有很多木料。”
5:06 We went down the steps to the building's basement 我们走下楼梯，去了大楼的地下室。
5:10 Mr. Calabria was in his workroom surrounded by tools and wood scraps 卡拉布里亚先生在他的工作室里，周围都是工具和木料碎片。
5:17 He smiled at us 他对我们笑了笑。
5:19 " Is your kitchen faucet leaking again, Iggy?" he asked “你的厨房水龙头又漏水了吗，伊吉？”他问。
5:24 I shook my head 我摇了摇头。
5:25 " Our faucet is working fine." “我们的水龙头很好。”
5:29 " Then do you have another problem?" he asked “那你有别的问题吗？”他问。
5:32 " He has something, Mr. Calabria!" Josh burst out “他有东西，卡拉布里亚先生！”乔什突然说道。
5:36 " But it's not a problem — it's an amazing, incredible idea!" “但那不是问题——是个惊人的、不可思议的主意！”