作者：小雅和英美友人
◆ 玩水枪是play water gun吗？
◆ 水平拿、竖着拿，英文怎么说？
◆ 如何用英文给宝宝简单讲述水枪射击的原理？
Mom: It's so hot today,
妈妈：今天真热，
which means it is a great time to have a water gun fight!
这说明今天很适合打水仗！
What do you think?
你觉得怎么样？
Child: Yes! That would be fun!
宝宝：嗯！肯定很有意思！
Mom: Okay. Let's go pull the water guns out.
妈妈：好的。我们把水枪拿出来。
亦可将pull替换为take。
I think they are in the top of your closet.
我觉得在你柜子的最上面那层。
这里的top指柜子“最上面那层”，所以用in the top of，如果想表达“最上面”，用on the top of。
Child: Can I be the one to climb the ladder to get them?
宝宝：我可以负责爬梯子够它们吗？
Mom: Sure, but be careful.
妈妈：可以，但是小心一点。
As soon as we are all packed,
我们装好东西，
we will head to the park
就出发去公园，
and I will show you how to use the water gun.
我会教你如何使用水枪。
They have a splash pad
那里有一个戏水池，
that would be a place to play with water guns.
可以在那儿玩水枪。
玩水枪是play with water guns或者play with a water gun，而不是play water gun，因为水枪是一个玩具，而不是一个游戏。
Then, we might go play in their kiddy pool.
然后，我们可以在儿童池里玩会儿。
（At the Park 在公园）
Mom: Let's get started.
妈妈：我们开始吧。
I'll show you how to fill your water gun.
我来教你如何往水枪里灌水。
We can also call it "loading" your gun.
我们也可以管它叫给枪“装子弹”。
First, let's fill up our bucket with some water.
首先，我们往桶里接一些水。
It's hard to fill up the water gun in a shallow place like the kiddy pool.
在儿童池这种浅的地方很难给水枪灌水。
You need depth so you can stick your water gun in enough
你需要足够的深度，才能把水枪插进去，
to get all the water you need.
抽到你所需要的水。
Child: What do I do with it?
宝宝：我要怎么做呢？
Mom: Set the bucket down on a flat and stable surface.
妈妈：把桶放在一块又平又稳的地方。
You don't want it to tip over and spill all the water.
你可别把它打翻，把水洒出来。
Child: Can I hold the water gun now?
宝宝：我现在可以拿水枪了吗？
Mom: Yes. Now hold it vertically, or up and down.
妈妈：嗯。现在把它竖着拿起来，也就是上下拿。
Keep the handle pointed towards the sky
让手把的地方朝向天空，
and the point of the gun towards the ground.
枪口朝向地面。
Put the end of the gun in the bucket and keep it there
把水枪的末端放进桶里，一直放在那儿，
while you pull the handle up.
然后拉起水枪把手。
This brings water into the gun.
这样水就被吸进水枪里了。
Child: How does that bring water into the gun?
宝宝：为什么这样水就能进入水枪里呢？
Mom: When we pull the handle,
妈妈：当我们拉起水枪把手，
the suction pulls water into the empty barrel of the gun.
吸力会把水吸到空的枪管里。
Then, when we push the handle back in,
然后，当我们推回枪把手的时候，
it creates pressure,
它会产生压力，
which shoots the water back out of the gun.
就会把水从水枪里射出来。
Looks like your water gun is fully loaded!
看起来你的水枪装满了！
Why don't you give it a try?
你试试吧。
Child: Watch out!
宝宝：小心！
Mom: Remember, don't swing it around people
妈妈：记得不要在人群中甩来甩去，
and only hold it horizontally when you are ready to shoot.
你准备射击的时候，再水平地拿着它。
We don't want to hit anybody with the gun.
我们不想拿水枪打到任何人。
If you angle it up towards the sky,
如果你让它朝向天空，
you can make the water go further.
你可以让水射得更远。
Very good!
很好！
I'm going to fill mine.
我要给我的水枪装水了。
You better watch out.
你最好小心一点。
I'm a good shot!
我可是个好射手哦！
Shot除了有发射的意思，还有射手的意思。
Child: Let the battle begin!
宝宝：让我们开始战斗吧！
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