Marbles That Stopped the Bulb - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Tiny white blocks stood in a long line on the desk.

"Who built this long line here?" Zadie looked at Paul and raised her eyebrows.

Warm light fell across the table.

A small bulb, wires, and a potato sat near it.

They did research for a simple home project after lunch.

They wanted the bulb to shine using the potato.

A bike bell and a cat-shaped bank stood nearby.

Paul placed the bulb on a white card and waited.

Zadie clipped one wire to the potato and held still.

His sleeve brushed a domino and the whole line tipped.

The last row piece struck a ruler that stuck out.

The ruler slid, tapped the bell, and it rang.

The ruler kept moving and nudged the small bank.

Its loose lid fell off, and glass marbles rolled out.

One marble hit the clip, and the bulb went dark.

"That ring was loud," Paul said, cupping more rolling marbles.

Zadie steadied the potato and pushed the clip back.

"This wire keeps slipping," she said, and opened a drawer.

Paul held a rubber band while Zadie fixed the clip.

They moved the bank back and closed the loose lid.

The bulb glowed again on the card near the scattered dominoes.

The bell lay on its side, quiet on the mat.

Zadie wrote one clear line in their research notes.

Paul set one fallen domino upright and checked the wire.

細小的白色積木在書桌上排成一長串。

「這條長線是誰排的？」Zadie看著Paul，挑起眉毛。

溫暖的光落在桌面上。

旁邊放著一個小燈泡、幾條電線和一顆馬鈴薯。

他們在午餐後做一個簡單的居家研究。

他們想用馬鈴薯讓燈泡發亮。

一個腳踏車鈴和一個貓造型的存錢筒在旁邊。

Paul把燈泡放在白色卡紙上，然後等著。

Zadie夾好一條電線到馬鈴薯上，身子不動。

他的袖子擦到一塊骨牌，整條線倒下去。

最後一塊打到一支伸出的尺。

尺子滑動，碰到鈴鐺，鈴響了。

尺子繼續移動，推到小存錢筒。

鬆鬆的蓋子掉下來，玻璃珠滾了出來。

一顆玻璃珠撞到夾子，燈泡就熄了。

「那聲音好大，」Paul說，雙手接住更多滾動的珠子。

Zadie扶住馬鈴薯，把夾子推回去。

「這條電線老是滑，」她說，然後打開抽屜。

Paul拉著一條橡皮圈，Zadie把夾子固定好。

他們把存錢筒往後移，並把鬆蓋闔上。

燈泡又在卡紙上發光，旁邊是散落的骨牌。

鈴鐺側躺在墊子上，安靜不動。

Zadie在研究筆記上寫了一行清楚的字。

Paul把一塊倒下的骨牌立好，並檢查看看電線。