017 折纸飞机

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Kayla groaned as she joined Kobe and Jenny at a table

凯拉呻吟着坐到了科比和珍妮的桌旁。

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" I hate science experiments."

"我讨厌科学实验。"

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" Science experiments are fun," Jenny said

"科学实验很有趣，"珍妮说。

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" We just need a good idea."

"我们只是需要一个好主意。"

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Kayla sighed." I'm sick of making volcanoes explode."

凯拉叹了口气。"我厌倦了做火山爆发的实验。"

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" We could grow mold," Kobe said

"我们可以培育霉菌，"科比说。

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Jenny made a face." Mold is gross."

珍妮做了个鬼脸。"霉菌很恶心。"

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Kayla looked bored

凯拉看起来很无聊。

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She ripped a sheet of paper from her notebook

她从笔记本上撕下一张纸。

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Jenny frowned

珍妮皱起了眉头。

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" Mr. Netter said we're supposed to work together, Kayla

"Netter老师说我们应该一起合作，凯拉。

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You're not helping us."

你没在帮忙。"

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Kayla was folding wings on a paper airplane

凯拉正在给纸飞机折机翼。

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" Let's test this plane."

"我们来测试一下这架飞机吧。"

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" Huh?" Kobe said

"啊？"科比说。

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" We can measure how far it flies," Kayla said

"我们可以测量它能飞多远，"凯拉说。

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" Good idea!" Kobe said

"好主意！"科比说。

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" It sounds scientific and fun," Jenny agreed

"听起来既科学又有趣，"珍妮赞同道。

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She looked at her notebook

她看了看笔记本。

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" Step one of the scientific method is to ask questions."

"科学方法的第一步是提出问题。"

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" How about, how does weight affect flight distance?" Kobe said

“要不，我们研究一下重量怎么影响飞行距离？”科比说。

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Everyone nodded

大家都点了点头。

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Jenny wrote down the question

珍妮把问题记了下来。

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" Next we have to come up with a hypothesis

“接下来我们要提出一个假说。

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That's a guess about what will happen."

就是猜猜看会发生什么。”

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The kids did some research about airplane flight

孩子们研究了关于飞机飞行的资料。

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" Hmm," said Kayla." I think a lighter plane will fly farther."

“嗯，”凯拉说，“我觉得轻一点的飞机会飞得更远。”

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" Me too," Kobe said

“我也是。”科比说。

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" That's our hypothesis: a light paper plane will fly farther."

“这就是我们的假说：轻的纸飞机会飞得更远。”

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Jenny wrote it down

珍妮把它记了下来。

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" To test our hypothesis, we'll have to change the plane's weight."

“为了验证我们的假说，我们需要改变飞机的重量。”

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Kobe got some paperclips

科比拿了一些回形针。

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" We can use these to add weight."

“我们可以用这些来增加重量。”

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Kayla grabbed her airplane." Let's find a runway!"

凯拉抓起她的纸飞机。“我们找一条跑道吧！”

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The kids went out into the hallway

孩子们走到走廊里。

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Kayla threw the plane and Kobe measured where it stopped

凯拉扔出纸飞机，科比测量它停下的位置。

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" My turn!" said Kobe

“轮到我了！”科比说。

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" We should try to throw the plane the same way each time," said Jenny

“我们应该每次尽量用同样的方式扔飞机，”珍妮说。

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" So Kayla should keep flying the plane."

“所以凯拉应该一直负责飞飞机。”

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Kayla flew the plane several more times and Kobe measured each flight's distance

凯拉又飞了几次纸飞机，科比测量了每次飞行的距离。

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Next they added two paperclips to the plane

接着，他们在飞机上加了两枚回形针。

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They flew and measured several more times

他们又飞了并测量了好几次。

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Jenny recorded the results

珍妮记录了结果。

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" Let's try four paperclips now," Kayla said

“现在试试四枚回形针吧，”凯拉说。

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They flew the plane again

他们又飞了纸飞机。

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" Time to analyze our data!" Kobe said

“是时候分析我们的数据了！”科比说。

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" Uh-oh." Jenny studied the results with a frown

“哎呀。”珍妮皱着眉头研究结果。

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" Our plane flew farthest with two paperclips

“我们的纸飞机加两枚回形针时飞得最远。

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Our hypothesis was incorrect."

我们的假说是不正确的。”

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" That's okay," Kobe said

“没关系，”科比说。

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" Mr. Netter said a science experiment is for testing ideas

“奈特老师说过，科学实验就是为了验证想法。

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Even if your hypothesis is incorrect, you still learn stuff."

即使你的假说错了，你仍然能学到东西。”

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Kayla grinned." I learned something — science experiments can be fun!"

凯拉咧嘴一笑。“我学到了——科学实验也可以很有趣！”