烹飪課
One day during cooking class,
一天在上烹飪課的時候,
our teacher ,Mrs,Brown,was extolling her secrets for preparing perfect sauces .
我們的老師布朗太太正在頌揚她:準(zhǔn)備完美醬料的秘訣。
When she ordered us to the stoves to the prepare our assignments,
當(dāng)她把我們叫到爐子邊作準(zhǔn)備工作時,
she said, "Don't forget to use wooden spoons ."
她說:“別忘了要用木制的湯匙”。
As I stirred my sauce ,
當(dāng)我在攪拌醬料時,
I contemplated the physica behind the mystery of the wooden spoon
我一直苦思木制湯匙奧秘的背后所隱含的物理原理,
and decided it must have something to do with heat conduction.
然后認(rèn)定它一定與熱傳導(dǎo)有關(guān)系。
I approached Mrs.Brown to test my theory .
我走向布朗太太來測試我'韻理論。
"Why wooden spoons?"I asked .
我問:“為什么要用木制湯匙呢?”
"Because," she replied , "If I Have to sit here listening to all your metal spoons banging against metal pots ,I will go nuts!"
她回答:“因為,如果我必須坐在這里聽你們?nèi)康慕饘贉着榕榍弥饘俚墓拮?,我會發(fā)瘋喔”。