0332翻译：做风车的故事（佚名）
Translation: Story on Making a Windmill (Anonymous)
(translated by: alexcwlin; edited by: Adam Lam)
三百多年前，英国有位大科学家叫牛顿。
Three hundred years ago there was a brilliant scientist in England by the name of Newton.
牛顿生在一个农民的家庭里。
He was born in a farming family.
他在小学念书的时候，特别喜欢做手工。
When he was studying in elementary school, he particularly liked to make handicrafts.
奶奶给他的零用钱，他总是攒起来买锯，买斧头，买凿子。
He always saved the pocket money that his grandmother gave him to buy saw, ax, and chisel. 他整天忙着做手工，学习成绩不怎么好。
All day long he was busy making handicrafts and his academic results were mediocre.
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有一天，牛顿放学回家，看见村子旁边正在安装磨面的风车。
One day when Newton was coming home from school he saw a flour-grinding windmill was being installed beside the village.
他停下来仔仔细细地看，几乎忘了回家。
He stopped to watch carefully and almost forgot to go home.
以后每天放学，他都要跑去看一阵子。
From that day onward he ran over to watch for a while every day after school.
风车装好了，牛顿帮奶奶背着一口袋麦子去磨面，
After the windmill was installed, Newton assisted grandmother to carry a bag of wheat on his back to be ground into flour.
只见风车带动石磨，白花花的面粉从石磨周围撒下来。
He saw the windmill drive the grindstone and white flour came out scattering all over.
牛顿说：“奶奶，回去我也要做一个。”
Newton said: “Grandma, I want to make one too when I go home.”
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每天放学回家，牛顿就钻进屋子丁丁当当地忙个不停。
Every day after school when Newton entered the house, he got busy hammering away noisily. 过了些日子，一架小小的风车果然做成了，
After a few days, a small windmill was actually made.
用扇子一扇，风车就吱吱地转起来。
At the waft of a hand-fan, the windmill turned squeakily.
奶奶说：“你的风车能磨面吗？”
Grandmother said: “Could your windmill grind flour?”
牛顿天真地说：“能。”
Newton said innocently: “Yes it can.”
奶奶笑了。
Grandmother smiled.
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第二天上学，牛顿把他那小小的风车带去，摆在课桌上。
On the following day, Newton brought his small windmill to school and put it on a desk. 同学们都围上来看。
His classmates crowded around to look.
牛顿得意地转着风车，
Newton proudly turned the windmill.
大家也夸奖他做得好。
Everybody commended him for a job well done.
正在这时候，同班的卡特大声说：“牛顿，风车为什么会转，
At that time, Carter in the same class said loudly: “Newton, why would a windmill turn? 你能讲出道理来吗？”
Can you explain the principle?”
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“道理？”牛顿从没想过，做手工还要懂得道理。
“What principle?” Newton never thought he needed to know principle to make handicraft. 卡特看牛顿发愣了，笑着说：“讲不出道理来，
Carter saw Newton was stumped and he said with a smile: “You can’t explain the principle. 光会做有什么稀罕呢？
What’s the big deal just making it?
真可笑！”
That’s a joke!”
同学中也迸发出一阵笑声。
The other classmates broke out in laughter as well.
不知被谁一推，那架小风车掉在地上摔坏了。
Someone pushed the little windmill. It fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
牛顿羞得满脸通红。
Newton’s face was red from embarrassment.
他捡起摔坏的风车，
He picked up the broken windmill.
心里难受极了，但是没有流一滴眼泪。
Even though he felt terrible, he did not shed a drop of tear.
从此，牛顿发愤学习，遇到任何事情都要问个为什么，
From then on, Newton was determined to study hard and ask why in coming across anything. 渐渐地养成了刻苦钻研的习惯。
Gradually he had fostered the habit to scrutinize diligently on everything he did.
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