The Pop of Steam- 適合初學者的英語短篇故事

A warm lunch smell drifts. Zola stands in the kitchen. Sunlight falls across the counter. A faint soap scent hangs. She pats a wet cloth. Water splashes over smooth steel. A ridge of flour trembles. Powder drifts, then rests silent. She taps a clay pot. The pot rings, lid wobbling. Steam rises in thin strings. She brushes a paper sketch. The sheet slides under a cup. Blue glaze holds a flower. A fly buzzes near ripe fruit. She lifts one slow hand. Air shifts; the fly darts. The grown-up laughs, "Hello, Zola." Zola presses the pot lid softly. Steam pops and curls upward. The warm lunch smell is softer.

溫暖的午餐香味飄散。Zola 站在廚房裡。陽光落在操作台上。淡淡的肥皂味瀰漫。她拍拍濕布。水花濺在光滑的不鏽鋼上。一條麵粉小脊線顫動。粉末漂移，然後靜靜落下。她輕敲陶鍋。鍋子嗡嗡作響，蓋子搖晃。細長蒸氣升起。她拂過一張素描紙。紙張滑到杯子下。藍色釉面托著花形圖案。一隻蒼蠅在熟果旁嗡嗡。她抬起慢慢的手。空氣晃動；蒼蠅衝向窗邊。大人笑著說：「Hello, Zola。」Zola 輕壓鍋蓋。蒸氣噗地冒起又蜷曲。溫暖的午餐香味變得柔和。