Foot Pump Pops a Cup by the Shed - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Niall set a foot pump two steps from the table.

A short leader hose linked the pump to a clear tube.

The tube crossed the edge and pointed at a paper cup.

Two trays of dry soil sat on the table beside it.

A low stool stood by the table leg, and Niall climbed it.

Beyond the fence, a service road ran past the shed.

Dana held a paper windsock with a ribbon tail.

"I will press once," Niall said.

He wanted the windsock to lift and turn.

He pressed the pump, and the tube swelled at once.

The cup popped free, and a jet of air shot out.

The windsock opened wide and tugged at Dana's hands.

A row of paper flags lifted and slapped together.

The last flag hit a stack of light cups.

The stack tipped and slid over the tube's mouth.

Air squeezed sideways and blew across the trays.

It carried dry soil into a soft brown cloud.

Cool shade from the roof lay on their arms.

The cloud brushed a small pinwheel, and the wheel spun.

"I can cover this," Dana said.

She set a wire strainer over the gap.

The mesh broke the jet and spread the air.

Under the mesh, the ribbon tail still fluttered.

Niall 把一個腳踏打氣筒放在桌子前兩步。

一條短的前導軟管把打氣筒接到透明管。

透明管越過桌邊，對著一個紙杯。

旁邊的桌上放著兩盤乾的土。

桌腳旁有一張矮凳，Niall 踩上一階。

柵欄外有一條維修道路，經過工具屋旁。

Dana 抱著一個紙製風向袋，尾端綁著綢帶。

「我踩一下，」Niall 說。

他想讓風向袋鼓起並轉動。

他踩下打氣筒，透明管立刻鼓起。

紙杯彈開，一股氣流衝了出來。

風向袋張得很大，拉住 Dana 的手。

一排紙旗被掀起，彼此拍打。

最後一面旗撞到一疊輕紙杯。

那一疊傾倒，滑到管口上方。

氣流擠向側邊，吹過托盤。

它把乾土帶起，成了一團淡棕色的雲。

屋簷下的陰影帶來涼意，落在他們手臂上。

土雲拂到一支小風車，風車轉了起來。

「我可以把這裡蓋住，」Dana 說。

她把一個金屬濾網罩在缺口上。

網面分散了氣柱，把氣流攤開。

在網面下，綢帶的尾端還在飄動。