Lesson 9
An Experiment

Guidance

Do you believe a color has weight? And do you think colors also have smell? The following experiment can tell you the truth. 你認(rèn)為顏色有重量嗎？顏色有氣味嗎？下面的實(shí)驗(yàn)會給你答案。

1 There are many colors in nature. But do you think that a color has weight? I think you’ll say “no.” But I am afraid you are wrong. If you don’t believe it, you may do a small experiment.

2 First, put two objects with the same weight into two boxes. Then cover the boxes. Third, wrap one box with a red piece of paper, the other with a white piece of paper.^① OK. Now hold the boxes with your hand one by one. It is certain that you will think the red one is a little heavier.^②

3 Why do you think so? A scientist found that different colors have different weights in a man’s mind. So he did many tests and at last he got the result. That is to say, every color has its own weight in our mind.

4 The scientist told us that colors also have smell. Can you smell the color? Of course not. Then why did the scientist say so? That is because every color stands for a kind of light with a certain wavelength.^③ It reaches our brain through sense organs.

5 According to this discovery, scientists say that people accept the colors they like, and refuse the colors they hate. So your body and mind will be healthy by using the colors you like. Or you’ll be nervous or even get ill.^④ For example, you like blue and hate red. If you stay in a room with red windows, wallpaper and furniture for two hours, you’ll feel you have been there for four hours. But if the room is blue, you’ll feel you have been there for only an hour. And, if a person walks out of a blue room and into a red room, his temperature will rise. That means our body temperature will change with different colors.

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Word bank

Notes

^① Third, wrap one box with a red piece of paper, the other with a white piece of paper. 第三，一個(gè)盒子用一張紅色的紙包裝，另一個(gè)盒子則用一張白色的紙。wrap…with…用……包裝……；one… the other…一個(gè)……另一個(gè)……

^② It is certain that you will think the red one is a little heavier.毫無疑問你會認(rèn)為紅色的更重一些。It is certain that…毫無疑問，肯定……

^③ That is because every color stands for a kind of light with a certain wavelength. 那是因?yàn)槊恳环N顏色代表著一種特定波長的光線。 stand for 代表

^④ Or you’ll be nervous or even get ill.否則你將會緊張甚至?xí)　et ill 生病

Practice

Ⅰ. Reading comprehension

1. What can we learn from the small experiment?

A. There are many colors in nature.

B. A color doesn’t have weight.

C. The white box is a little heavier.

D. Different colors have different weights.

2. Why did scientists also say that colors have smell?

A. Because every color stands for many kinds of wavelength.

B. Because every color stands for many kinds of light.

C. Because every color can reach our brain through nose.

D. Because every color can reach our brain through sense organs.

3. If a person hates red, his temperature will rise when he walks into__________.

A. a white room

B. a red room

C. a black room

D. a green room

4. Which of the following is Right?

A. You’ll feel comfortable when entering a blue room.

B. You’ll feel the time longer when staying in a red room.

C. Our body temperature will change with different colors.

D. Colors have nothing to do with our body temperature.

5. In which way will your body and mind be healthy according to the passage?

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Ⅱ. Writing practice.

What did the scientists tell us in the passage? Please talk about it from three aspects （方面）.

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