帮妈妈想办法

早晨，我正在书房聚精会神地练着字。

In the morning, I was concentrating on practicing my words in my study.

“陈正|，快过来一下！”妈妈叫道。

"Chen Zheng, come here quickly!" Cried mother.

“来了！”我放下笔跑到了厨房，妈妈指着排水槽叫我帮她想想办法。

"Here we are!" I put down my pen and ran to the kitchen. My mother pointed to the drain and asked me to help her.

原来，排水槽里原本的水漏裂开了，很多东西都会漏下去，这样一来，排水管就很容易被堵了。可妈妈新换的一个水漏洞太大了，还是会漏下去一些东西，排水管还是会被堵住。

It turns out that the original water leak in the drain is cracked, and many things will leak down, so that the drain pipe is easy to be blocked. But my mother's new water leak is too big. It will still leak something, and the drain pipe will still be blocked.

“我以前用过丝袜，可丝袜的漏洞太小了，有一点糊状的东西，就会把洞给堵住，水都不容易漏下去，一下子水槽都积满了水。”妈妈说。

"I used to use silk stockings before, but the loopholes of silk stockings are too small. If there is a bit of paste, the holes will be blocked. The water is not easy to leak down. All of a sudden, the sink is full of water." Mom said.

“嗯……”我努力地思索着，“不能太大也不能太小，噢，对了，为什么不能把水漏的洞分成两半呢？这样大的漏不下去，小的会漏下去，既不会堵住排水管，也不会堵住水漏呀！”

"Well..." I tried to think, "it can't be too big or too small. Oh, by the way, why can't we divide the hole into two parts? If such a big leak doesn't go down, a small leak will go down. It will neither block the drain pipe nor the water leak! "

说干就干，我们立刻拿来了细铁丝，从这个洞穿进去，从那个洞伸出来，好像缝补衣物一样，穿进去伸出来，穿进去又伸出来，不多久就穿好了。

Let's do it as soon as we say. We immediately brought the thin iron wire, and put it in from this hole and out from that hole, just like sewing clothes. We put it in and out, put it in and out again, and soon we put it on.

妈妈拿了一粒大米，丢在水漏上面，大米便架在了铁丝上，没有掉下去，“这样就能放心地洗碗、洗菜了。”妈妈说。

My mother took a grain of rice and threw it on the water leak. The rice was put on the wire and didn't fall off, "so I can wash dishes and dishes at ease." Mom said.

今天是我第一次帮妈妈想办法，不过这是我应该做的。妈妈为我们而这么辛苦，累了也顾不上休息一下，我也应该帮妈妈分担点家务，这也算是我对妈妈的一点回报吧！

Today is my first time to help my mother, but this is what I should do. My mother works so hard for us. I can't afford to rest when I'm tired. I should also help my mother share some housework, which is a little reward for my mother!