| 19A | 20C | 21D | 22C | 23D | 24D | 25B |
| 26C | 27C | 28B | 29D | 30C |
Ann: The summer science camp is open. Here is the page my brother sent.
| SUMMER SCIENCE CAMP · For Grade 7 to 9 |
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| Week One: biology, plants and the swans by the lake |
| Week Two: physics, light, sound and simple machines |
| 1,200 each week · total 2,400 · notebook and tools given |
| Senior high school students may join and help |
Ken: Two weeks is 2,400. Can we do only Week Two?
Ann: Yes, each week is separate. But Week One fills up first every year.
Ken: Then let us book Week Two now and decide about Week One later.
安：暑期科學營開始報名了。這是我哥哥傳來的頁面。
| 暑期科學營 · 七至九年級 |
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| 第一週：生物、植物與湖邊的天鵝 |
| 第二週：物理、光、聲音與簡單機械 |
| 每週 1,200 · 兩週共 2,400 · 提供筆記本與工具 |
| 高中生可報名協助 |
肯：兩週是 2,400。我們可以只上第二週嗎？
安：可以，每週是分開的。但第一週每年都最快額滿。
肯：那我們先訂第二週，第一週之後再決定。
Dear students, please read these rules before class.
Put all the tools back on the main table before you leave, and count them. Do not move the furniture; the teacher must keep control of where things are. A missing tool is not a small thing: the next class may use fire beside it without knowing.
The last student must turn off the air conditioner and close the door. The room is also closed on New Year's Eve and for two days after it, so finish any long test before the winter holiday begins.
各位同學，上課前請先閱讀以下規則。
離開前請把所有工具放回主桌並清點。請勿移動家具，老師必須掌握每樣東西的位置。少一件工具不是小事：下一班可能在不知情的情況下在它旁邊用火。
最後一位離開的學生必須關掉冷氣並關門。本教室在除夕及其後兩天也不開放，所以請在寒假開始前完成任何需要長時間的實驗。
Dear Miss Chen,
I am writing about the flower test we did on Tuesday. My group wrote down that nothing changed at four o'clock, as you asked, and the next morning the blue color was clear.
My question is about the white rose that did not change at all. We put it in the same water and we cut the lower part the same way. I would like to test it again with two roses, one with a cut lower part and one without, to find out whether the cut is the reason.
May I use the science room at lunch time this week? I do not need any chemical, only water, two glasses and time.
Wang Li, Grade 8
親愛的陳老師：
我想請教星期二我們做的那個花的實驗。我們這組依照您的要求，記下四點時什麼都沒變，而隔天早上藍色就很明顯了。
我的問題是那朵完全沒有變色的白玫瑰。我們把它放在同樣的水裡，也用同樣的方式剪了下段。我想再測一次，用兩朵玫瑰，一朵剪下段、一朵不剪，看看剪莖是不是原因。
這星期午休我可以使用自然教室嗎？我不需要任何化學藥品，只要水、兩個杯子和時間。
王立，八年級
People think of science as the moment somebody shouts that he has found it. Almost all of science is the other part: the weeks when nothing happens and somebody writes that down.
A test that shows no change is not a failed test. It closes one door, and a closed door is information. The trouble is that nobody wins a prize for closing a door, and no newspaper prints it.
This is why waiting well is a skill and not a feeling. A young student who learns to record a boring afternoon honestly has learned more than one who gets a bright result by chance. The bright results belong to the people who stayed through the boring ones.
人們想到科學，想到的是某個人大喊「我找到了」的那一刻。但幾乎所有的科學都是另一部分：那些什麼都沒發生、而有人把它記下來的幾個星期。
一個沒有出現變化的實驗不是失敗的實驗。它關上了一扇門，而一扇被關上的門就是資訊。麻煩在於，沒有人會因為關上一扇門而得獎，也沒有報紙會刊登它。
這就是為什麼「好好等待」是一種技術，而不是一種感覺。一個學會誠實記錄一個無聊下午的年輕學生，學到的比一個偶然得到亮眼結果的學生更多。那些亮眼的結果，屬於那些熬過沉悶時刻的人。