Level 2 · Reading series
Lesson 3 · The Club Poster That Worked
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Our science club needed new members, so we made a poster. The first poster said, "Join the Science Club!" in big letters. It was clear, but no one stopped to read it.
Then Saki had an idea. "Let's ask a question," she said. We changed the title to "Can a Plant Choose Light?" and added a photo from our experiment.
The next day, three students came to our room. They wanted to know the answer.
Our poster worked because it gave people a reason to be curious.
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Chinese translation
我们的科学社需要新社员，于是做了一张海报。第一版用大字写着‘加入科学社！’内容很明确，却没有人停下来读。
后来，咲提出一个主意。她说：‘我们提个问题吧。’于是我们把标题改成‘植物会选择光吗？’，还加上了一张实验照片。
第二天，三名学生来到我们的活动室。他们想知道答案。
这张海报之所以有效，是因为它勾起了大家的好奇心。
Key words and expressions
Key terms have Chinese explanations. Hover over dotted words in the English passage for word help and pronunciation when available.
- club
- 社团；science club 是‘科学社’。
- member
- 成员；在社团里指社员。
- in big letters
- 用大字；形容海报标题的字体。
- clear
- 清楚的；文中指海报意思明确。
- stop to read
- 停下来读；to read 表示停下来的目的。
- ask a question
- 提一个问题；ask 在这里是‘提出’。
- change A to B
- 把 A 改为 B；文中指更换海报标题。
- add
- 添加；文中指加上一张照片。
- experiment
- 实验；社团用实验照片展示活动。
- curious
- 好奇的；想了解某件事的答案。
Background notes (Chinese)
‘加入科学社’直接提出要求，‘植物会选择光吗？’则留给读者一个想解开的疑问。海报上的照片也让问题与社团实际做过的实验联系起来。