| 19B | 20D | 21A | 22C | 23B | 24B | 25C |
| 26A | 27C | 28B | 29D | 30B |
Dad: Look at this before you leave the air conditioner on all night again.
| POWER BILL · July and August |
|---|
| This year: 4,280 |
| Last year, same months: 2,900 |
| Pay before September 15 |
| Pay at any convenience store, by credit card, or give it to the mail carrier |
Wei: That is almost 1,400 more. Was it hotter this year?
Dad: A little. But we also left two rooms cool with nobody in them, plus the KTV night on the west side of the house.
Wei: All right. I will close my door and set it two degrees higher.
爸爸：你下次整晚開冷氣之前先看看這個。
| 電費單 · 七、八月 |
|---|
| 今年：4,280 |
| 去年同期：2,900 |
| 請於九月十五日前繳納 |
| 可至便利商店、以信用卡繳納，或交給郵差 |
偉：幾乎多了一千四。今年比較熱嗎？
爸爸：有一點。但我們也讓兩個沒人的房間一直開著冷氣，加上西側那場 KTV 之夜。
偉：好。我會把門關上，並把溫度調高兩度。
Monday to Friday · Room 204 · Lunch time only
Each day you can hold, press and break one material, put your ear close, smell it, and write down what you find.
Write your name and the material on the paper by the door. You do not need to write a complete report; one line about what surprised you is enough. Remember that a large mass of iron is not as light as it looks, plus it can be sharp, so do not fool about with it.
Nothing here is dangerous except the glass, which is why it stays behind the window. If you break something on purpose, you will be asked to leave; if you break something by accident, tell a teacher and nothing more will happen.
星期一至星期五 · 204 教室 · 僅限午休
每天你可以拿取、按壓、弄斷一種材料，把耳朵靠近聽、聞聞看，並寫下你的發現。
請在門邊的紙上寫下姓名與材料。你不需要寫完整的報告，寫一行讓你驚訝的發現就夠了。記住，大塊的鐵不像看起來那麼輕，而且可能很利，不要拿它胡鬧。
這裡沒有危險的東西，除了玻璃，所以它才放在窗後。如果你故意弄壞東西，會被請離開；如果是不小心弄壞的，告訴老師就好，不會有別的後果。
Dear Sir,
I am writing about the old piano in the hall. Three keys near the middle make no sound, and the wood on the left side has come away from the iron inside.
I asked a man who repairs pianos. He came last Saturday and looked at it for free. He says the work would cost about eight thousand, and that a new piano of the same kind would be over one hundred thousand. He also said this one was made in Germany about fifty years ago, and that its sound is delicious, minus two soft keys and is the best one the school has ever had, worth keeping.
I know the school has little money. Could the music club raise part of the cost? We would like to try before anybody decides to throw it away.
Chen Ann
敬啟者：
我想反映禮堂那台舊鋼琴的事。中間附近有三個琴鍵沒有聲音，左側的木頭也從裡面的鐵架脫開了。
我問了一位修鋼琴的師傅。他上星期六來看過，沒有收費。他說修理大約要八千元，而同款的新鋼琴要超過十萬元。他還說這台是五十年前在德國製造的，音色極美，只差兩個鍵偏軟，是學校有過最好的一台，值得留下來。
我知道學校經費有限。音樂社可以幫忙募一部分費用嗎？在有人決定把它丟掉之前，我們想先試試看。
陳安
Open an old radio and you will find metal pins, a paper map of every line, and space for a hand. Open something made this year and you may find nothing that can be opened at all.
This was a choice, not an accident. A thing that cannot be opened is cheaper to make and is thrown away sooner. For the company that sells it, both of those are good news.
Some countries now ask companies to sell the parts and print the paper maps. It sounds like a small rule. But the difference between a thing you can open and one you cannot is the difference between owning it and renting it for a few years without knowing.
打開一台老收音機，你會看到金屬螺絲、一張線路圖，以及讓手伸進去的空間。打開一件今年製造的東西，你可能找不到任何可以打開的地方。
這是一種選擇，不是意外。一件打不開的東西製造成本較低，也會更快被丟掉。對販售它的公司來說，這兩件事都是好消息。
現在有些國家要求公司販售零件並公開圖面。這聽起來像是一條小規定。但「打得開」與「打不開」之間的差別，就是「擁有它」與「在不知情的情況下租用它幾年」之間的差別。