Peppercorns Roll After an Oven Door Opens - 適合中級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Annette slid a tray into the oven and set a timer by the bowl.

She turned on the light, and the oven glass fogged at the edges.

Heat built near the door while soft rolls rose on their tray.

Annette held the mitts close and watched a small bubble shine on the dough.

At the table, Nina rolled dough and laid a neat crisscross across fruit.

She encountered a sticky patch and lifted a strip of parchment under it.

Flour dust rose when the rolling pin knocked the bowl's rim lightly.

She pinched each corner and pressed lines with the fork's back gently.

Steam touched her cheeks, and sweet cinnamon floated warm in the air.

On the counter, a small tin of peppercorns sat near a warped board.

Annette opened the oven; a soft surge of air puffed the dish towel.

Its hem lifted over the counter and met the tin at the rim.

The towel brushed the tin, and a horde of peppercorns spilled and rolled.

They clicked over tile and wood, and the sound scattered around the room.

The peppercorns rattled over the warped edge and curved toward Nina's pastry.

She raised the parchment strip like a gate and steered the little balls aside.

Most slid into a glass jar she held near the counter's edge.

Warm air reached the table, and the dough edges loosened under her touch.

Steam slid along the window and drew slow lines down the clear glass.

Inside, the rolls lost a little shine, then swelled again along the lines.

Annette closed the door, and the rolls kept baking while the balls kept moving.

One peppercorn spun under the chair leg and kept ticking against the tile.

Annette 把烤盤滑進烤箱，並把計時器放在碗旁。

她打開燈，烤箱的玻璃在邊緣起了霧。

門邊聚起熱氣，柔軟的小麵包在烤盤上慢慢鼓起。

Annette 把隔熱手套靠近，看到麵糰上閃出一個小小的氣泡。

在餐桌旁，Nina 擀著麵團，為水果鋪上一層整齊的交錯。

她遇到一塊黏的地方，就把一條烘焙紙從底下托起。

擀麵棍輕輕碰到碗沿時，麵粉的粉霧升了起來。

她捏住每個角，再用叉子的背面輕輕壓出一道一道的線。

蒸氣碰到她的臉頰，甜甜的肉桂香在溫熱的空氣裡飄著。

檯面上，一個裝胡椒粒的小鐵罐放在一塊翹起的砧板旁。

Annette 打開烤箱，一股柔和的熱氣把擦手巾鼓了起來。

擦手巾的邊緣掠過檯面，剛好碰到鐵罐的罐沿。

擦手巾擦過鐵罐，一大群胡椒粒傾出來並且滾開。

它們在瓷磚和木頭上喀答喀答地滾過，聲音散在整個房間。

胡椒粒沿著翹起的邊緣叮噹滑過，朝 Nina 的點心彎過去。

她把那條烘焙紙舉成一道小門，把這些小球引到旁邊去。

大多數滑進她在檯邊握著的玻璃罐裡。

暖熱的空氣吹到桌面，麵團的邊緣在她的手下鬆了起來。

蒸氣沿著窗面滑過，在清透的玻璃上畫出慢慢往下的細線。

裡面的小麵包先失去一點光澤，接著沿著紋路又鼓了起來。

Annette 關上門，小麵包繼續烘烤，而那些小球還在移動。

有一顆胡椒粒鑽到椅腳下面，在瓷磚上繼續滴答作響。