Rubber Band Flips a Ring Across the Board - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Olwen set a board across the gap between stools.

Max stood at the left end, one arm from the edge.

He walked to the corner and checked the straight line.

A rubber band linked a spoon to a bent ruler.

A small ball sat in a cup near the ruler.

A short band looped around a pencil at the corner.

"I will count to three now," Olwen said softly.

Max pulled the spoon back and held the handle tight.

A cool draft crossed the floor under their knees.

A drop of water sat on the cup rim.

Max said, "I can let it go on three."

Olwen raised a finger and began the slow count.

On three, Max released the spoon from the rubber band.

The band snapped and drove the spoon into the ruler.

The ruler bent down, then sprang up and hit the cup.

The cup shook, and the ball bounced toward the board's far corner.

It struck the corner loop and stretched it hard.

The loop snapped and flipped a light ring across the board.

Max slid a book up to block the flying ring.

The ring hit the book and bounced to the side.

The rubber band still twanged against the spoon handle.

Olwen 把一塊板子橫放在兩張椅子間的縫隙上。

Max 站在左邊的端點，手臂離邊緣一段距離。

他走到角落，檢查這條線是否筆直。

一條橡皮筋把湯匙連到一支彎起的塑膠尺。

一顆小球放在尺旁邊的一只杯子裡。

一條短橡皮筋套在角落的一支鉛筆上。

「我現在數到三，」Olwen 輕聲說。

Max 把湯匙往後拉，緊緊抓住把柄。

涼涼的氣流掠過地板，從他們膝前穿過。

杯口上停著一滴水。

Max 說：「我到三就放手。」

Olwen 抬起一根手指，開始慢慢數數。

數到三時，Max 把湯匙從橡皮筋裡放開。

橡皮筋猛彈，推湯匙去撞那支尺。

尺先往下彎，再往上彈起撞到杯子。

杯子抖了一下，小球朝板子的遠角彈去。

它撞到角落的橡皮圈，狠狠被拉開。

橡皮圈突然回彈，把一個輕環甩過板子。

Max 把一本書推上前，擋住飛來的環。

環撞到書本，又彈向一邊。

那條橡皮筋還在湯匙把手上發出顫響。