Cup Splashes, Bowl Catches the Drip - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

In the home kitchen, why does the tap drip?

Atlas stands at the counter.

The counter is warm.

A faint soap scent hangs.

Steam rises from a pot.

At the end, a grown-up dries plates.

He reaches under the metal tap.

He lifts a light plastic cup.

Drops hit the rim and splash.

Water dots the cutting board.

He leans on the fridge door.

He sets the cup on the desk.

The grown-up says, "I see the drip."

He slides a wide bowl under it.

The bowl sits flat and steady.

A round soap bubble lifts up.

The bubble touches his thumb.

The bubble pops.

Drops fall cleanly into the bowl.

Small rings spread on the surface.

Steam fogs a jar, then clears.

The tap drip plinks in the bowl.

在家裡的廚房，為什麼水龍頭在滴水？

阿特拉斯站在流理台前。

流理台是暖的。

淡淡的肥皂香味飄著。

鍋子冒出蒸氣。

盡頭那邊，大人正擦乾盤子。

他伸手到金屬水龍頭下。

他拿起一個輕的塑膠杯。

水滴打到杯緣就濺開。

砧板上出現小水點。

他靠在冰箱門上。

他把杯子放在書桌上。

大人說：「我看到水滴了。」

他把一個寬口碗推到下面。

碗平穩地貼著台面。

一顆圓圓的泡泡升起來。

泡泡碰到他的拇指。

泡泡啪一聲破掉。

水滴乾淨地落進碗裡。

小圈圈在表面擴散。

蒸氣讓玻璃罐起霧又退去。

水龍頭的滴答聲在碗裡叮咚作響。