气球对决蜡烛

柠檬水。

Lemonada.

今天的节目由Quince赞助。

Today's episode is sponsored by Quince.

现在我们家已经是Quince的用户了。

Now my family is a Quince family.

只要要买新东西，我们都会选Quince。

If we're buying something new, we are buying it from Quince.

因为我知道他们的产品品质好，价格还实惠。

That's because I know their pieces are high quality and affordable.

Quince的所有商品都比同类品牌便宜五到八成。

Everything at Quince is priced 50 to 80% less than similar brands.

他们直接与负责任的工厂合作，去掉中间环节，你付的钱买的是真正的高品质，而不是品牌溢价。

They work directly with ethical factories and cut out the middlemen, so you're paying for exceptional quality, not brand markup.

他们也有儿童服装。

And they have clothes for kids as well.

我女儿夏天最爱穿的一些衣服都是Quince的。

Some of my daughter's favorite summer wear comes from Quince.

我个人特别喜欢亚麻材质，因为我其实不太穿短裤。

For me, I'm really into the linen because I don't really like shorts.

夏天我想穿得遮一点，但又不能太热，亚麻正好完美解决这个问题。

I like to be covered up but still cool in the summer, and linen is the perfect fabric for that.

Quince的亚麻服饰系列真的很不错。

And Quince has a whole range of linen clothes that are lovely.

让您的夏日衣橱变得更轻松自在。

Make your summer wardrobe feel easier.

去 quince.com/smashboom 下单，享受免费配送和365天无理由退换。

Go to quince.com/smashboom best for free shipping on your order and three hundred sixty five day returns.

现在加拿大也能买到啦。

Now available in Canada too.

记得访问 quince.com/smashboom，免费配送加365天退换服务。

That's quince.com/smashboombest for free shipping and three hundred sixty five day returns.

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大脑探索宇宙

Brains on universe.

批判性思考比以往任何时候都更重要

Thinking critically is more important than ever.

所以我们推出了SmashBoom Best

That's why we make smashboom best.

我们希望每个孩子都能学会辨别有力的论点，识别逻辑谬误，但这一切都离不开你们的支持

We want every kid to know how to spot a good argument and how to call out a logical fallacy, but none of it is possible without your support.

说实话，如果听众不帮忙，我们可能就撑不下去了

Seriously, we could disappear if our listeners don't step up.

但这一点其实很简单

But that part is easy.

只需加入Smarty Pass就行

Just join Smarty Pass.

你可以免费收听无广告的节目，参与我们团队的线上互动，享受周边商品折扣，还有更多福利。

You'll get access to ad free versions of our shows, special online hangs with our crew, discounts on merch, and more.

而且你知道自己在帮助我们支付辩手、音效设计师、撰稿人等的报酬，这种感觉真的很棒。

Plus, you'll feel great knowing you're helping us pay our debaters, sound designers, writers, and more.

立即前往 smartypass.org 加入吧。

Join now at smartypass.org.

谢谢。

Thank you.

现在，节目正式开始。

Now it's showtime.

由《Brains on》原班人马打造，欢迎收听《SmashBoom Best》。

From the brains behind brains on, it's smashboom best.

专为有主见的人打造的节目。

The show for people with big opinions.

你好。

Hi.

我是莫莉·布卢姆，欢迎收听《SmashBoom Best》。

I'm Molly Bloom, and this is smashboom best.

这档节目里，我们会把两样东西凑在一起，然后请你来决定哪个更棒。

The show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best.

今天这场是庆祝方式的大对决。

Today, it's a celebration showdown.

我们选了两样派对上都很常见的东西。

We've got two things popular at parties.

一个欢快地飘向天空，另一个点亮了黑暗。

One floats festively toward the sky, the other brightens up the darkness.

气球对蜡烛。

It's balloons versus candles.

为蜡烛队助阵的是演员兼即兴表演者阿尔萨·布鲁诺。

Here to light the way for Team Candles is actor and improviser, Alsa Bruno.

沙啦啦。

Shalala.

你好。

Hi.

为气球队助威的，是……

And lifting spirits for Team Balloon.

播客制作人兼即兴演员，安娜·韦格尔。

We've got podcast producer and improviser, Anna Weggel.

哇哦。

Wow.

这太有趣了，我很高兴能来。

This is so fun, and I'm so glad to be here.

我们还有一位从科罗拉多来的嘉宾，玛格达，担任本场裁判，她从不迟到。

And never late to the party, we've got Magda from Colorado here to be our judge.

玛格达上一季就当过裁判，那时我们了解到她家里养了特别多的兔子。

Magda was a judge last season where we learned she lives with lots and lots of bunnies.

她参加合唱团，正在写一部《爱丽丝梦游仙境》的衍生作品，还梦想着有朝一日能去参加文艺复兴节。

She sings in a choir, is writing an Alice in Wonderland spin off, and dreams of going to a Renaissance fair someday.

你好，

Hi,

玛嘉达。

Magda.

嗨。

Hey.

能回来真好。

To be back.

很高兴你来了。

We're so happy you're here.

有个特别重要的问题。

So important question.

得更新一下兔子的情况。

We need a bunny update.

兔子们最近怎么样？

What's going on with the bunnies?

好的。

Okay.

我爸妈在外面给兔子们盖了个小兔舍。

So my parents have built the bunnies a little bunny barn outside of the house.

现在它们不再满屋子乱跑，但还是毛茸茸的。

So now they are no longer everywhere, but still definitely quite fluffy.

我们现在有十二只兔子，而且有一只很快就要生宝宝了。

And we currently have 12 of them, but we are expecting babies from one of them soon.

天哪。

Oh my goodness.

太让人兴奋了。

Very exciting.

你有特别喜欢的吗？还是根本挑不出来？

Do you have a favorite or is it like impossible to choose?

其实，我最近还真挑出一只最喜欢的了。

Well, actually, I recently have gotten a favorite.

她叫

Her name

草莓

is

草莓

Strawberry.

她是一只小红毛兔子

She's a little ginger rabbit.

她特别可爱，毛茸茸的

She's so cute and fluffy.

她也喜欢我

And she likes me too.

她总看着我，我也看着她，跟她说：嗨，朋友

And she just looks at me and I look at her away like, hi, friend.

她就回应我：你好

And she's like, hello.

我有个很重要的问题。

I have I have an important question.

她的名字真的是草莓吗？

Is her name Strawberry?

你是说，名字就该这么叫？不是吧。

Like that's like, that's how you're supposed No.

要

To

好吧。

Okay.

草莓。

Strawberry.

我就跟小孩儿一样这么念。

I just pronounce it like a child.

我明白了。

I see.

我明白了。

I see.

因为你就是觉得她特别可爱。

Because you just you think she's so cute.

当你看到可爱的东西时

And when you see cute things

太萌了。

So adorable.

你就是会这样。

You're for yeah.

我懂了。

I get it.

我懂了。

I get it.

我看到可爱的东西时也会这样说话。

I talk like that when I see cute things too.

好的。

Alright.

合唱团最近怎么样？

So how is choir going?

哦，简直太棒了。

Oh, it is going incredible.

我们正在准备最后一场演出。

We're doing our last concert.

是春季音乐会。

It's the spring concert.

我们有机会演唱一首莱维的歌。

We're getting to do a Leve song.

哦，对。

Oh, yes.

我特别喜欢她。

I love her.

我们还要唱《From the Start》，里面有很多舞蹈编排。

We're getting to do From the Start, and it's got a bunch of choreography and choreography.

太棒了。

Incredible.

你刚才当了评委。

So you judged a little bit ago.

你觉得上次当评委学到了什么？

What did you learn from judging last time, would you say?

我学到，同一个故事其实能用各种各样的方式来讲，还附带一堆稀奇古怪的支线情节。

I learned that there's a lot of different ways you can tell the story of your side with a lot of different crazy side effects.

我特别喜欢这些天马行空的小插曲。

And I love those crazy little tangential stories.

我还发现，原来有些小清新的演唱片段，也能安排在演出结尾。

And I also learned that apparently, can do cute singing things and they can be arranged at the end of the show.

是的。

Oh, yes.

是的

Yeah.

你们应该去听听马格努斯上一次的表演。

You guys should go listen to Magnus last time.

她为参赛者写了一首小歌，作为建议。

She wrote a little song for her advice for the debaters.

我想知道，这次你有什么新的建议吗？

I'm wondering, do you have any new advice this time?

我觉得就是享受过程，讲好你的故事，让这场表演变得有趣。

I think just like have fun, tell your story, and make this a fun show.

我觉得我们能做到。

I think we can do that.

好的。

Okay.

那么，玛格达会宣布蜡烛获胜，还是会说气球更好呢？

So will Magda crown candles the winner, or will she say balloons are best?

咱们先把规则过一遍，再揭晓答案。

Let's find out after we go over the rules.

每场辩论分为四轮： greatness 宣言、微轮、突袭战和最后六秒。

Every debate consists of four rounds, the declaration of greatness, the micro round, the sneak attack, and the final six.

每轮结束后，评委玛格达会给表现最出色的一方打分，但她的评分会严格保密，直到辩论结束才公布。

After each round, our judge Magda will award points to the team that impresses her the most, but she'll keep her decision top secret until the end of the debate.

各位听众，也欢迎你们一起来评判。

Listeners, we want you to judge too.

听的时候，记得给双方打分。

Mark down your points as you listen.

节目结束之后，请登录我们的网站 smashboom.org，投出你心目中胜出的一方。

At the end of the show, head to our website smashboom.org and vote for whichever team you think won.

阿尔萨、安娜和玛格达，你们准备好了吗？

Alsa, Anna, and Magda, are you ready?

准备好了。

Yes.

咱们开干吧。

Let's get lit.

那就这么定了，开始吧。

Probably, let's do this.

那么，现在进入第一轮：

Then it's time for the

greatness宣言。

Declaration of Greatness.

在这一轮中，辩手们将提出一个精心设计、富有感染力的论点，支持自己的立场。

In this round, our debaters will present a well crafted immersive argument in favor of their side.

之后，每人有三十秒时间反驳对方的观点。

Then they'll each have thirty seconds to rebut their opponent's statements.

我们来抛硬币决定，Alsa，你先来。

We flip to coin, and Alsa, you're up first.

跟我们说说，为什么蜡烛是你生命中的光。

Tell us why candles are the light of your life.

大家好，欢迎来到阿尔萨的完全非传统、百分百立体感的蜡烛创作工坊。

Hello, and welcome to Alsa's totally unconventional, 100 percent three-dimensional candle creation studio.

这名字真就这么叫，没骗你。

It's called that's really what it's called.

虽然写在名片上有点难，但谁在乎呢？

Not the easiest to put on a business card, but who cares?

在这里，我们做的蜡烛，就是要捕捉生活中最美好的瞬间，比如这个。

Here at we're in the business of making candles that capture the best moments in life, like this one.

它叫‘放暑假前一天走出校门’。

It's called walking out of school on the last day before summer break.

阳光、刚割过的青草、西瓜，还有自由。

Sunshine, freshly cut grass, watermelon, and freedom.

哦，还有这个。

Oh, oh, or this one.

刚出炉的温热燕麦饼干。

Warm oatmeal cookies right out of the oven.

这就是蜡烛的众多妙处之一。

That's one of the many great things about candles.

你可以做出任何气味的蜡烛，比如烤奶酪、下雪天、新球鞋，或者一本旧书。

You can make any scent from grilled cheese or a snowy day to new sneakers or an old book.

这就像把一种感觉封存起来，只要点上灯芯，就能重新体验。

It's like trapping a feeling and replaying it by simply lighting a wick.

人们用蜡烛已经很久很久了。

People have been using candles for a really, really long time.

很难说是谁最先发明的，但历史学家认为很可能是古埃及人。

It's hard to say who came up with them first, but historians think it was probably the ancient Egyptians.

在四千年前的埃及墓穴里，甚至有壁画描绘了一种早期蜡烛为船只照明的场景。

There are even paintings inside Egyptian tombs from four thousand years ago showing a type of early candle lighting the way for a boat.

哇哦。

Woah.

真的好黑啊。

It's, like, really dark.

我们怎么知道该往哪个方向划船呢？

How are we supposed to know which way to paddle this boat?

我不是跟你说过，咱们该等天亮再来的吗？

I told you we should have waited for daylight.

兄弟，我懂，我来搞定。

Bro, I gotcha.

你瞧这个。

Check this out.

看好了。

Ta da.

马上就有光了。

Instant light.

哇哦。

Woah.

太棒了。

That's lit.

是的

Yeah.

确实是。

Literally, is.

当然。

Sure.

气球固然有趣，但蜡烛几千年来一直是生活中不可或缺的东西。

Balloons are fun and all, but candles have been essential to life for thousands of years.

你想想看。

Think about it.

电灯才发明了一百五十年左右。

Electric lights were invented only about one hundred fifty years ago.

在此之前，人类历史上绝大部分时间，蜡烛都是夜间照明的主要方式之一。

Before that, basically for most of human history, candles were one of the main ways you could see in the dark.

如果没有蜡烛，人们根本没法熬夜读自己最爱的书。

Without them, people wouldn't have been able to stay up late reading their favorite book.

哎呀，糟了。

Oh, poop.

太阳下山了。

The sun's down.

那我只好去睡觉了。

I guess I'll just go to bed.

他们连盘子里吃的是什么都看不清。

They wouldn't have been able to see what was on their dinner plates.

亲爱的，这看起来真美味。

Darling, this looks delicious.

这是鸡肉，对吧？

It's a chicken.

对。

Right?

老公，我还没上菜呢。

Honey, I haven't served dinner yet.

那是你的餐巾。

That's your napkin.

而且他们晚上肯定找不到洗手间。

And they definitely wouldn't have been able to find their way to the bathroom at night.

哎哟。

Ouch.

谁把这沙发搬这儿来了？

Who put this couch here?

蜡烛照亮了路，帮我们把一天的二十四小时用得更充分。

Candles lit the way and helped us do more with our twenty four hours of the day.

当然，它们还能帮我们庆祝。

And, of course, they help us celebrate.

过生日许愿吹蜡烛，最棒了。

Making a wish and blowing out the candles on your birthday is the best.

你可以环顾餐桌，看着朋友们被生日蜡烛温暖的红光映照着，然后——噗，一口气吹灭。

You get to look around the table at your buddies, lit up by the beautiful rosy glow of the birthday candles, and then poof, blow them out.

再说了，大家唱完生日歌后要是没蜡烛可吹，那得多尴尬啊？

Plus, can you imagine how awkward it would be if there weren't candles to blow out after everyone was done singing?

而且这可不只是生日才用得上。

And it's not just birthdays.

蜡烛在世界各地的宗教和文化庆典中都扮演着重要角色。

Candles are a huge part of religious and cultural celebrations all over the world.

在中国的一些地方，人们会庆祝中元节，点起红蜡烛，迎接传说中每年一度回到人间的祖先灵魂。

In parts of China, people celebrate the ghost festival, where they light red candles to welcome the spirits of their ancestors who, according to legend, visit Earth once a year.

在瑞典，他们有个圣露西亚节。

In Sweden, they have Saint Lucia Day.

每年十二月，瑞典人会戴上镶着小灯的花环，来庆祝漫长黑暗冬季中的光明。

Every December, Swedes wear crowns of electric candles to celebrate light during the long, dark winter.

还有光明节、排灯节、亡灵节、宽扎节等等。

Plus, there's Hanukkah, Diwali, the day of the dead, Kwanzaa.

我能一直说下去。

I could go on and on.

但蜡烛是这些所有庆典中不可或缺的一部分。

But candles are an important part of all these celebrations.

蜡烛让我们更有人性，点亮了我们最重要的庆典，还有各种各样的香味。

Candles, they make us human, light up some of our most important celebrations, and come in tons of different scents.

哦，这让我想起来。

Oh, that reminds me.

我的蜡烛手工工作坊推出了一款全新的香味，你一定会喜欢。

My candle creation workshop has a brand new scent that you're gonna love.

它叫‘胜利’。

It's called victory.

闻起来就像蜡烛在这场辩论中赢了。

Oh, smells like candles winning this debate.

哦。

Oh.

哇。

Wow.

哇。

Wow.

你对蜡烛的这番论述真是打动人心。

A really stirring argument there for candles.

玛格达，你对阿尔萨的论点印象最深的是什么？

Magda, what stood out to you about Alsa's arguments?

我特别喜欢里面用的音乐。

Well, I love the use of music in the thing.

你也能听出来，我算是个音乐迷。

As you can tell, I am a bit of a music nerd.

而且我觉得音乐和主题搭配得特别好。

And I loved how it was appropriate to the theme.

还有，你提到瑞典的节日，我也很喜欢，因为我祖上主要是瑞典人。

And also, I like how you mentioned the Swedish holiday because I am mostly of Swedish origin.

所以这部分特别有意思。

And so that was fun.

而且，这还挺有意思的。

And also, yeah, it funny.

确实挺搞笑的。

Very funny.

好的。

Okay.

安娜，你有三十秒时间把Alsa的观点彻底驳倒，现在开始计时。

Anna, you get thirty seconds to make Alsa's points go up in smoke, and your time starts now.

好的。

Okay.

关于蜡烛在过去对我们有多重要，你说得非常好。

Really great points about how important candles used to be to us.

我挺欣赏你讲的历史背景，但现在我们只要走过去一按开关就行了。

I I appreciate the history, but now you just you walk over, you flip on a light switch.

啪。

Boom.

你现在有电灯了。

You got light.

我们早就进步了。

We've moved on.

你明白我的意思吧？

You know what I mean?

蜡烛嘛，也还行。

Plus, candle okay.

你提到过那种闻起来像新球鞋和旧书的蜡烛。

You mentioned candles that smell like new sneakers and old books.

那为什么不做个厕纸味儿或者更衣室味儿的蜡烛呢？

Why not toilet paper centered scent scented candles or locker room scented candles?

太恶心了。

Yuck.

还有，我们在那份伟大宣言里还唱了《生日快乐》。

Also, we sang happy birthday to you in that declaration of greatness.

阿尔萨，你生日是什么时候？

When's your birthday, Alsa?

该到时间了。

Time.

二月吗？

February?

对，是二月。

February.

所以你撒谎了。

So you lied.

说实话，蜡烛什么材料都能做。

To be honest, candles can be made of anything.

灯泡的设计本来就是有寿命限制的。

Light bulbs are made of planned obsolescence.

这词儿可不小。

That's a big term.

但蜡烛是永恒的。

But candles are forever.

而且它们的香味很合理。

And their scents make sense.

甚至更衣室里的气味也是。

Even the locker room scents.

它们的香味太有道理了，简直像全年都是二月。

And, they make so much sense that it's February all year long.

如果你有一支二月味的蜡烛，今天点上，那今天还是你的生日。

If you have a February candle and you light it today, it's still your birthday.

我的生日要到2029年才算结束。

My birthday is not gonna be over until 2029.

或者等它彻底化掉为止。

Or until it melts.

你懂我意思吧？

You know what I'm saying?

蜡烛化了之后，就只剩下一滩蜡了。

Once the candle melts, you just have laid out candle.

摊得满地都是。

It's spread out.

你闻到的蜡香味更浓了。

You sniff more candle.

天哪。

Oh, man.

真是一团乱。

What a mess.

我的天。

Oh my gosh.

好吧。

Okay.

接下来，我们会听听气球队怎么说，敬请期待。

Well, coming up, we'll hear what Team Balloons has to say, so stay with us.

太棒了。

Best.

完美。

Smash.

完美。

Smash.

太棒了。

Best.

我们回来了。

We're back.

蜡烛确实引起了我们的兴趣，但现在该轮到气球团队大显身手了。

Candles sparked our interest for sure, but now it's time to take flight with Team Balloons.

安娜，说说你为什么这么喜欢这些飘浮的奇迹。

Anna, tell us why you love these floating wonders.

等一下。

Hold on a second.

大家好。

Hey, everybody.

今天我特别想跟你们聊聊气球。

I'm so excited to tell you all about balloons today.

它们特别让人开心。

They're joyful.

颜色五彩缤纷。

They're colorful.

简直就是飘在空中的派对。

They're a straight up party in the air.

你不会真以为我会一直这么说话吧？

You didn't think I was really gonna talk like that the entire time, did you?

只要有欢乐的地方，就一定有气球。

Whenever there's fun, balloons are there.

生日派对、集市、学校舞会，还有搞怪的声音，哪儿都有它们。

Birthdays, county fairs, school dances, silly voices

就靠一点点氦气。

From a little nip of helium.

还有玩不完的踢气球游戏。

And endless games of keepy uppy.

这么点小橡胶袋，装着一点空气，就能带来这么多乐趣。

All that fun from just a teeny tiny rubber bag stretched around a pocket of air.

真是了不起的发明。

What an incredible invention.

发明。

Invention.

谁说发明来着？

Did someone say invention?

你是谁？

Who are you?

当然是气球女士萨迪啦。

Why, balloon lady Sadie, of course.

给你。

Here.

我给你做了一个小猪。

I made you a pig.

谢谢。

Thanks.

我其实更喜欢狗。

I'm really more of a dog person.

没问题。

That's cool.

你提到发明，我就想着给你讲讲气球是怎么来的。

But since you mentioned invention, I thought I'd teach you about how balloons came to be.

现在气球一般是用橡胶、乳胶或者其他现代材料做的。

Today, they are made of rubber, latex, or other modern materials.

但最早的气球可以追溯到公元四世纪，是用动物的膀胱做的，比如猪的膀胱。

But the earliest balloons go all the way back to the fourth century and were made of dried animal bladders like from pigs.

所以就有了这个可爱的气球小猪。

Hence, this awesome balloon pig.

哇哦。

Woah.

对。

Yes.

还有这个。

And here.

这个是气球做的云吗？

Is this a cloud made of a balloon?

当然了，因为气球能帮我们预测天气。

Obviously, because balloons help us forecast the weather.

哦，你说的是气象气球。

Oh, you mean weather balloons.

气象学家会把它们放上天，上面还带着专门的设备。

Meteorologists send them up into the air with special equipment attached.

这些设备能测量大气压、温度、湿度和风速等数据。

That equipment measures stuff like atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind speed.

说到飘在空中，你知道吗？气球其实也是一种很酷的出行方式。

And speaking of floating up, did you know balloons are also a nifty way to get around?

对，没错。

Oh, right.

热气球。

Hot air balloons.

真厉害。

Dang.

气球的用途比我印象中多太多了。

Balloons do way more than I remembered.

是吧，我也觉得。

I know, right?

热气球是人类最早学会飞行的方式。

Hot air balloons are the original way humans learned to fly.

第一次载人飞行发生在1783年，比第一架飞机问世早了一百二十年以上。

The first manned flight took place in 1783, more than one hundred and twenty years before the first airplane.

太棒了。

Very cool.

再来看一个气球做的艺术品。

And here, one more piece of balloon art.

这个是什么？

What's this one?

冠状动脉。

A coronary artery.

它是心脏的一部分。

It's part of the heart.

哦，确实如此。

Oh, yeah.

看起来一模一样。

It looks exactly like one.

我觉得是这样。

I think.

我做这个是因为医生会用特制的气球来辅助各种医疗操作，比如疏通心脏里堵塞的动脉。

I made it because doctors use special balloons to help with all kinds of medical procedures, including one to help clogged arteries in the heart.

动脉一旦堵塞，血液就流不顺畅了。

When arteries are clogged, blood can't flow well.

所以医生会把一个小小的瘪气球放进血管里，然后把它吹起来，撑开动脉，把堵住的东西推到一边。

So doctors insert a tiny deflated balloon in there, and then they inflate that balloon and it helps open the artery and pushes the gunk, clogging it aside.

干得漂亮，医生。

Way to go, Doctor.

气球。

Balloon.

现在我弄了个喷气机。

Now, I got a jet.

那边有个生日派对等着我去呢。

There's a birthday party that needs me.

回头见，有空闻闻你。

Smell you later.

再见，萨迪。

Bye, Sadie.

说到气味，你有没有发现，香薰蜡烛的名字都特别夸张，什么‘午夜兰花的奢华’、‘亿万富翁的书房’之类的？

Speaking of smells, ever notice how scented candles have the worst smells like midnight orchid opulence or billionaire study?

蛋糕上的蜡烛，简直就是自找麻烦。

And candles on cake, it's just inviting danger.

我小时候有一次去参加朋友的五岁生日派对。

One time when I was a kid, I was at my friend's fifth birthday party.

那情景我到现在还记得清清楚楚。

I remember it like it was yesterday.

她去吹蜡烛，那些小火苗，你敢信吗？她那可爱的刘海直接着了。

She went to blow out those tiny flaming terror sticks, and I kid you not, her adorable bangs lit on fire.

她倒是没受伤，但说真的，蜡烛算是毁了她的生日。

She was absolutely fine, but dare I say candles ruined her birthday.

至于气球，那可是纯粹的乐趣。

Meanwhile, balloons are pure fun.

连婴儿都喜欢气球。

Even babies love balloons.

特别可爱的是，把气球在他们头顶蹭一蹭，看头发被静电竖起来。

It's so cute to rub a balloon on the top of their head and see static electricity make their hair stick up.

还有水气球，多好玩啊？

Plus, how much fun are water balloons?

有些人不喜欢气球爆掉，但依我看，那才是最过瘾的部分。

Some people don't like when balloons pop, but if you ask me, that's one of the best parts.

简直太刺激了。

It's so thrilling.

值得敬重的东西，就该轰轰烈烈地谢幕，所以我也要以一种壮烈的方式结束我的观点——

You have to respect something that goes out in a blaze of glory, which is why I too will go out in a blaze of glory and end my argument with

为气球献上一场漂浮的、霸气的赞歌。

A floating fierce declaration of greatness for balloons.