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From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
It was not just another day in a classroom recently for some young people in Washington D.C. Student volunteers visited the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History to test a new program.
Some students explored the mysteries of human bones, other students examined an insect under a microscope. The student volunteers were among the first to help test a new exhibit at the museum.
Q?rius at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
The program has an unusual name, spoken as Q?rius and written as Q, ?, R, I ,U, S. The exhibits are designed so young people can learn about science by taking part in experiments.
Program combines the newest technologies and scientific equipment with more than 6,000 museum objects, both real and digital.
Students from local schools helped develop the exhibit. Teachers will bring their science students to the exhibit in the mornings. In the afternoons, the exhibits will be open to everyone.
Many of the students already have their favorite activities at the center.
Nate Reistetter, who is 13 years old, said he liked exploring the specimen drawers.
"There was a cast of a dinosaur bone and you can scan the QR code [computerized bar code] on the computers and it will tell you all about where it was found and all sorts of stuff about it," he said.
Addie Alexander is 12 years old, she likes the bee display. Addie said the bumble bee and the yellow bumble bee when they're not under the microscope look pretty much the same except one's bigger than the other. But she said when she looked at the two insects under the microscope, they were very different.
Student Ben Werb said he likes the learning center's openness, and he enjoyed in an exhibit that lets people use their senses to learn more about objects. For example, he said a butterfly smells a little like tea.
Involving the senses -- smell, touch, hearing -- is one of the exhibit's major goals. At one display, students recreated the sounds of insects called crickets, and they handled human bones in a laboratory.
The scientific investigation of human remains is called forensic anthropology. It is often used to identify a person who has died and to learn the cause of death.
Olivia Persons, who is 18 years old, is one of seven teens who helped develop the space, She said the laboratory was her favorite display area.
"There is a lot of digital stuff, there is a lot of computer screens and touch screens, but in here they are actually able to touch real human bones."
Q?rius can also be found online, this means visitors can continue their experiments after they leave the museum.
And that's the Education Report From VOA Learning English. I'm Jerilyn Watson.
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词汇解释
1.microscope n. 显微镜
The microscope magnified the object two hundred times.
这架显微镜把实物放大了200倍。
2.dinosaur n. 恐龙；过时、落伍的人或事物
The largest brain possessed by any dinosaur weighed about a kilogram.
最大的恐龙脑子大约有一公斤重。
3.specimen n. 样品，样本；标本
200,000 specimens of fungus are kept at the Komarov Botanical Institute.
20万个真菌标本被保存在科马罗夫植物研究所。
4.forensic adj. 法院的；辩论的；适于法庭的
Forensic experts searched the area for clues.
法庭科学取证专家们为寻找线索而搜查了这个地区。
内容解析
1.The exhibits are designed so young people can learn about science by taking part in experiments.
take part in 参加，参与
When you take part in any performance, you get out as much as you put in.
你参加任何活动，你投入多少力量就会得到多少收获。
People who take part in sports must be in condition.
参加运动的人一定能保持良好的健康状态。
We should take part in the peaceful uses of atomic energy.
我们应该参与原子能的和平应用。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。
对华盛顿特区的一些学生来说，这一天不需要在教室上课。学生志愿者们参观了史密斯国家博物馆的自然历史馆来学习一个新项目。
有的学生探索人类骨头的奥秘，有的在显微镜下查看昆虫，学生志愿者们是帮助检查博物馆一个新展览的第一批人。
该项目有个不寻常的名字作Q?rius，该项目的设计目的是让青年人通过参与实验来学习科学。
项目结合了新技术和科学设备，有6000多件博物馆展品，有实物的，也有数字展品。
来自当地学校的学生们帮助开发了这个展览，老师们早上把科学学生们带到展览来，到了下午，展览向每个人都开放。
许多学生在展览中心已有了自己最喜爱的活动。
13岁的学生内特说他喜欢探索装有标本的抽屉。
“有一件恐龙骸骨的模型，可以扫描电脑上的二维码，它会告诉你这是从哪里发现的等等。”
艾迪·亚历山大12岁，她喜欢蜜蜂展览。艾迪说熊蜂和黄蜂不在显微镜下看差不多，只是一个比另一个大一点。但她说当把两个昆虫放在显微镜下看时，它们的差别很明显。
学生本·韦伯说他喜欢学习中心的开放度，他喜欢这样一个让人们用感官来学习东西的展览，比如，他说蝴蝶闻起来有点像茶。
涉及嗅觉、触觉和听觉这样的感官是该展览的主要目标，在一个展览中，学生们重现了蟋蟀的叫声，还在实验室里触摸人体骨骼。
对人类遗体的科学调查称作法医人类学，通常用来鉴别死者或查明死因。
奥利维亚·培森斯和另外6名青少年一起帮助开发了这个展览空间，她说这个实验室是她最喜欢的展览区。
“这里有很多数字化展览品，有很多电脑屏幕和触摸屏，在这里还能触摸真实的人体骨骼。”
Q?rius还能在线找到，这意味着参观者能在离开博物馆后继续进行实验。
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道，我是Jerilyn Watson。
