烹饪课
One day during cooking class,
一天在上烹饪课的时候，
our teacher ,Mrs,Brown,was extolling her secrets for preparing perfect sauces .
我们的老师布朗太太正在颂扬她：准备完美酱料的秘诀。
When she ordered us to the stoves to the prepare our assignments,
当她把我们叫到炉子边作准备工作时，
she said, "Don't forget to use wooden spoons ."
她说：“别忘了要用木制的汤匙”。
As I stirred my sauce ,
当我在搅拌酱料时，
I contemplated the physica behind the mystery of the wooden spoon
我一直苦思木制汤匙奥秘的背后所隐含的物理原理，
and decided it must have something to do with heat conduction.
然后认定它一定与热传导有关系。
I approached Mrs.Brown to test my theory .
我走向布朗太太来测试我'韵理论。
"Why wooden spoons?"I asked .
我问：“为什么要用木制汤匙呢?”
"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：“因为，如果我必须坐在这里听你们全部的金属汤匙砰砰敲着金属的罐子，我会发疯喔”。
