Going to the Market
去超市
It is Saturday. Lila is going to the farmer’s market with her dad. She grabs the list they made and run to the car. She jumps in to the back seat and puts on her safety belt. Her dad smiles at her in the mirror. “Let’s try to classify the things we will buy to day,” he says to Lila.
星期六了，莉拉要和爸爸一起去农夫超市，莉拉拿着购物单朝车那儿跑去，她跳到了后座上，系好了安全带。爸爸在车前的镜子里朝她微笑了。
“我们今天试着把买的东西分类，”他对莉拉说。
“What does classify mean?” asks Lila.
“什么是分类？”莉拉问。
“It means to put things into groups,” her dad says. “You can classify things by the ways they are the same.”
“它代表把东西分到组里，”爸爸说，“你能找找它们的相同点，然后分类。”
At the market, Lila looks around at all the stands. She sees bananas, apples, pears, and oranges. “How can we classify these things?” Lila asks.
超市里，莉拉看了看所有的摊，她看见了香蕉、苹果、梨和橘子。
“我们怎么给这些东西分类呢？”莉拉问。
“How are they the same?” her dad asks. “They are all fruits,” says Lila. “They all have peels. They taste sweet.”
“它们都有什么相同点？”她爸爸问。
“它们都是水果，”莉拉说，“它们都有皮，尝起来很甜。”
“Great job, Lila,” says her dad. “Let’s classify some other things here. Find some things that have the same shape.”
“莉拉，很好，”她爸爸说，“我们再分类一些东西吧。找一找有相同形状的东西。
Shape and Texture
形状和质地
Lila looks around. “Tomatoes and apples are round,” she says. “So are these onions. The peppers and bananas are long and thin.”
莉拉看了看周围。
“西红柿和苹果是圆的，”她说，“这些洋葱也是圆的。辣椒和香蕉又细又长。
“Very good, Lila,” says her dad. He pointed to another fruit stand. “See if you can classify these fruits by texture.”
“非常好，莉拉，”爸爸说，他指了指另一块水果摊，“看看你能不能用质地来给这些水果分类。
“What is texture?” asks Lila.
“什么是质地？”莉拉问。
“Texture is the way something feels. An apple feels smooth. A lemon feels bumpy. A pineapple is rough and prickly.”
“质地是东西感觉怎么样，苹果感到很光滑，柠檬感到疙里疙瘩的，菠萝很硬，也有很多刺。”
“Bananas and apples are smooth,” says Lila. “Oranges and limes feel bumpy. This coconut is rough. The little kiwis feel fuzzy!”
“香蕉和苹果很光滑，”莉拉说，“橘子和酸橙疙里疙瘩的，椰子很硬，小猕猴桃感觉毛茸茸的。
Smell and Taste
闻和尝
“That’s right, Lila,” says her dad. “Now, how else could you classify things here?”
“对了，莉拉，”爸爸说，“现在，你还能怎样给东西分类？”
“Hmmm,” says Lila. She looks around.
“嗯……”莉拉说，她看了看四周。
“Close your eyes,” says her dad. “Take a deep breath. Can you classify things now?”
“闭上你的眼睛，”她爸爸说，“深深地吸一口气，你现在能给东西分类了吗？”
“Yes,” says Lila. “The peaches and melons smell sweet. The mushroom smell like soil when it rains!”
“能，”莉拉说，“桃子和瓜闻起来很甜，蘑菇有一种下雨时的泥土味。”
“Now let’s use our sense of taste to classify some more things,” says Lila’s dad.
“现在，我们来品尝东西，给更多的东西分类。”莉拉的爸爸说。
“Yum!” says Lila. “I’m hungry!”
“好！”莉拉说，“我饿了！”
Lila and her dad buy and taste some fruits. The purple plums taste very sweet. The red ones are sour. The grapefruits are sour, too, but the strawberries taste sweet.
莉拉和爸爸买了些水果，他们尝了尝。紫色的李子非常甜，红色的李子很酸。葡萄柚也很酸。但草莓却很甜。
“Now I know another way to classify things by texture,” said Lila.
“现在我知道用质地的另一种方式来分类了。”
“How?” asks her dad.
“怎么分类？”爸爸问。
“By eating them!” says Lila. “Bananas are soft. Coconut is hard. A mango is stringy. Tiny seeds make strawberries crunchy!”
“吃它们！”莉拉说，“香蕉很软， 椰子很硬，芒果的丝很多，小种子让草莓吃起来很脆！”
Color
颜色
“That’s great, Lila!” says her dad. “Let’s classify one more way before we leave. Can you classify things by color?”
“太棒了，莉拉！”爸爸说，“我们走前，最后用一种方法来分类东西。你能用颜色分类东西吗？”
“That’s easy,” says Lila. “These apples and strawberries are red. The bananas and lemons are yellow. These grapes and plums are dark purple. The pears over there are red and yellow and green. Let’s go buy some. Pears are my favorite fruit!”
“那很简单，”莉拉说，“这些苹果和草莓是红色的，香蕉和柠檬是黄色的，这些葡萄和李子是深紫色的，那边的梨有红色、黄色和绿色。我们去买些梨吧，梨是我最喜欢的水果！”
Flexibility
弹性
Lila takes a slice of red pear. She can bend it and it doesn’t break. She takes a slice of green pear. She can’t bend it. Her dad explains that things that can bend are flexible. Flexibility is another way to classify things.
莉拉吃了一片红色的梨，她能把梨卷过来，梨没有碎。她吃了一片绿色的梨，她没法把梨卷过来。爸爸解释能卷过来的东西是有弹性的，弹性是给东西分类的另一种方法。
Lila and her dad buy the things on their list. They put their bags into the car. On the way home, they talk about other ways to classify fruits and vegetables. Lila thinks of classifying them by size. Her dad thinks of classifying them by weight.
莉拉和爸爸买了在他们单子上面的东西，他们把装着东西的包放到了车里，回家的路上，他们谈关于给水果和蔬菜分类的其它方法，莉拉想的是用大小分类，爸爸想的是用重量分类。
How would you classify them?
你会怎样分类它们呢？