英语翻译Last week I took my children to a local zoo.In the café

英语翻译
Last week I took my children to a local zoo.In the café we stopped
at for lunch,the children’s food arrived in an animal-themed card-
board box and included a cheap animal toy.After a small amount
of inter-child toy envy and negotiation with the kind woman at
the checkout,both ended up with a six-inch rubber snake.Despite
having a monetary value of just a few pence,in the eyes of a 6-
and a 3-year-old child these were the most desirable items on the
planet.Twenty minutes later,when it transpired that one snake
was missing in a play area the size of a football field,I knew that
no amount of discussion about the financial worth,meagre quality,
or inauthentic design of the item was going to cut it with my
daughter,and I was either going to have to start a search of forensic
proportions,or else buy another lunch that no one wanted in the
hope that there was still a snake available that could be traded for
whatever toy came in the box.The experience was all the more
frustrating (until I found the snake by chance) because I knew that
the novelty would soon wear off.Seven days later I can report that
I haven’t seen the snakes; my children have no idea where they are
and have no interest in looking for them.

上周我带孩子们去动物园玩.在一个小餐馆里我们停下来吃午饭.孩子们的午餐附送了一张动物卡片和一个便宜的动物玩具.孩子们挺羡慕别的玩具,跟结账台的阿姨商量之后,每个孩子都得到一个六英寸长的橡皮蛇.虽然橡皮蛇只值几便士,可是在3岁和6岁的孩子们眼里,这简直就是世界上最合意的东西了.20分钟以后,在一个象足球场那么大的游乐区里,一条橡皮蛇玩具找不着了,我当时就明白不管我说这东西有多么不值钱,东西多烂或者设计得多么低劣,我女儿都没办法割舍了,我要么开始一场法庭辩论,要么去再买一份谁也不爱吃的同样的午餐,寄希望买餐品的时候柜台里还有同样的橡皮蛇送给我.这个经历真让我沮丧,因为我当时就知道这东西新鲜不了几天（直到后来我偶然找到这条橡皮蛇我才明白）.非要到几天以后我才可以说我好久没见过那条橡皮蛇了,孩子们不知道弄哪去了,她们也再不会有兴趣去找了.