One day during cooking class,

一天在上烹饪课的时候，

our teacher ,Mrs,Brown,was extolling¹ her secrets for preparing perfect sauces .

我们的老师布朗太太正在颂扬她：准备完美酱料的秘诀。

When she ordered us to the stoves to the prepare our assignments,

当她把我们叫到炉子边作准备工作时，

she said, "Don't forget to use wooden spoons ."

她说：“别忘了要用木制的汤匙”。

As I stirred my sauce ,

当我在搅拌酱料时，

I contemplated² the physica behind the mystery of the wooden spoon

我一直苦思木制汤匙奥秘的背后所隐含的物理原理，

and decided³ it must have something to do with heat conduction.

然后认定它一定与热传导有关系。

I approached Mrs.Brown to test my theory .

我走向布朗太太来测试我'韵理论。

"Why wooden spoons?"I asked .

我问：“为什么要用木制汤匙呢？”

"Because," she replied , "If I Have to sit here listening to all your metal spoons banging against metal pots ,I will go nuts!"

她回答：“因为，如果我必须坐在这里听你们全部的金属汤匙砰砰敲着金属的罐子，我会发疯喔”。