"People can look at things and be curious about them, but if you are an explorer you want to know why and how and maybe develop an experiment to test the hypothesis."

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But when you asked them why they didn't try it the answers tended to be "I would look silly."

但当你问他们为什么不尝试时,他们的答案往往是“这样做会很傻”

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They are supposed to take that light out, but maybe by the end of the semester a miracle will occur. So why don't you look over here.

他们应该把灯关掉，但是可能直到期末这个奇迹,才会发生，所以，你们看这边吧。

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