LESSON 38

THE NEW SCALES

新秤

1. "Herbert, will you please peel my orange?" said Lucy. Herbert was reading his new book, but he put it down at once, and took the orange from his little sister.

2. "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"

3. "Oh yes! but how can you do that!"

4. "I'll show you. First, we must take the peel off in two little cups, one just as large as the other. While I do this, see if you can find me two nice sticks about ten inches long."

5. Lucy ran out to the woodhouse to find the sticks. — "Will these do?"

6. "No, they are too hard. Find some pine sticks if you can."

7. "Here are some."

8. "These will do nicely. Now I must make a scale beam and a post. Can you find me a little block for a post, Lucy'!"

9. "Will a ribbon block do, Herbert?"

10. "Yes, if it is not too thick."

11. "Here is one an inch thick."

12. "That will be just right. Now get the little gimlet."

13. Herbert worked away until he had made the beam and the post. Then he made a hole in the middle of the block, and put the post in. Next, he put the beam into a little groove at the top of the post, so that it would balance nicely.

14. "Now, Lucy, we must have a needle and some thread. We must put four threads to each cup; then we will tie the threads to the ends of the beam.

15. "There, Lucy, what do you think of that?"

16. "Why, Herbert, that is just as nice as the real scales in father's store; and you may have all my orange for making them."

【中文阅读】

1．“赫伯特，你能帮我剥一下橘子皮吗？”露西说。赫伯特正在读他的新书，但他立刻把书放下，从小妹妹手上接过橘子。

2．“露西，我来做一杆秤，给你过家家时玩开商店游戏，怎么样？”

3．“噢，好啊，你怎么做呢？”

4．“我来教你。首先，我们必须把橘子皮剥下来，做成两个小杯子，两个要一样大。现在我剥橘子皮，你去给我找两根十寸长的棍子来。”

5．露西跑出木屋去找棍子。“这些行吗？”

6．“不行，他们太硬了。如果可以的话，去找一些松树枝。”

7．“这儿有。”

8．“这些很不错。现在我要做一个秤杆和秤砣。露西，你能帮我找一个小石块来吗？”

9．“长条儿的可以吗，赫伯特？”

10．“可以，不太粗就行。”

11．“这个有一寸粗。”

12．“这个正好。现在把小螺丝刀给我拿过来。”

13．赫伯特一直在弄，直到把秤杆和刻度做好。然后，他在石块中间打了一个洞，再把秤杆插到顶端的一个小槽里。这样就能让它保持很好的平衡。

14．“露西，现在要找一根针和一些线，我们必须在每个杯子上穿四根线，然后把线系到秤杆的尾端。”

15．“做好了，露西，你觉得怎么样？”

16．“赫伯特，它和爸爸商店里的真秤一样漂亮。你可以把我所有的橘子都做成秤。”