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  4. hsk 7–9
  5. day 165

day 165in the lab

unit 22 · science and technology

    in the lab

    Talk about a science lab in Chinese (samples, microscopes, microbes, measuring and error), tease with 你说你一个X,……, and admit a pleasant surprise with (你)还别说.

    today’s words

    • 微生物 wēishēngwù · microorganism
    • 微观 wēiguān · microscopic
    • 显微镜 xiǎnwēijìng · microscope
    • 标本 biāoběn · specimen
    • 样本 yàngběn · sample
    • 抽样 chōuyàng · take a sample; sampling
    • 胚胎 pēitāi · embryo
    • 克隆 kèlóng · clone
    • 杂交 zájiāo · cross-breed, hybridise
    • 变异 biànyì · mutate; mutation
    • 演化 yǎnhuà · evolve; evolution
    • 解剖 jiěpōu · dissect; anatomy
    • 膜 mó · membrane; thin film
    • 纤维 xiānwéi · fibre
    • 载体 zàitǐ · carrier, medium
    • 分解 fēnjiě · break down, decompose
    • 渗 shèn · seep, soak through
    • 中性 zhōngxìng · neutral
    • 显性 xiǎnxìng · dominant (gene); visible
    • 橡胶 xiàngjiāo · rubber
    • 人造 rénzào · man-made, artificial
    • 原型 yuánxíng · prototype; model
    • 验 yàn · test, examine
    • 测定 cèdìng · measure, determine
    • 测算 cèsuàn · estimate, calculate
    • 量化 liànghuà · quantify
    • 运算 yùnsuàn · calculate, compute
    • 精度 jīngdù · precision, accuracy
    • 精密 jīngmì · precise, precision
    • 误差 wùchā · error, margin of error
    • 温度计 wēndùjì · thermometer
    • 天平 tiānpíng · balance, scales
    • 器材 qìcái · equipment, materials
    • 器械 qìxiè · apparatus, instruments

    sentences

    • 用显微镜可以看到微生物。 · With a microscope you can see microbes.
    • 我们从河里取了二十个样本。 · We took twenty samples from the river.
    • 测量总会有一点误差。 · There’s always a little error in a measurement.
    • 你说你一个工程师,连天平都不会用! · Here you are, an engineer, and you can’t even use a balance!
    • 你还别说,这个方法真管用。 · You know what, this method actually works.