Veritas Weekly Newsletter - 美國威力塔斯學校

 　　科學節預告/Science Fair Preview

　　一轉眼，大半個學期就消失的無影無蹤了。在我們努力學習之余，各項有趣的活動也在競相展開。為了讓同學們更好地融入美國校園生活并進一步熟悉美國的各項比賽，外教Mr. Jamis向學校提出申請，在一月份舉辦Science Fair、奧林匹克科學節和講解自己喜愛的科學家的研究成果這一系列有趣的科學活動。Science Fair主要展示并講解自己做的實驗;奧林匹克科學節將會是一場精彩的科學競技比賽;參加第三個活動的演講者將會扮演并以自己喜愛的科學家的身份來分析“自己”的研究成果。讓我們拭目以待吧!

　　(雙語:十年級方悅Elle;九年級王雅萱Emma)

　　In the twinkling of an eye, most of the semester has flown by us. When we study hard in school, all kinds of on-campus activities are also launched at the same time. In order to help us fit in American campus life, and become familiar with a traditional of American competition, Mr. Jamis asked the school to hold three interesting activities in January. These programs include the Science Fair, the Olympic Scientific Festival and an explanation of the research results of your favorite scientists. In the Science Fair, we will display the experiments that we completed in this semester; during the Olympic Scientific Festival, there will be a brilliant competition; and during the last activity, students will mimic their favorite scientists and describe “their” experiments to us. Let us wait and see in January!

　　翻譯志愿者活動/Translation of volunteer activities

　　本周，翻譯志愿者小組活動重新啟動，小組成員們代表學校周末去美國大使館做翻譯志愿者工作。周三晚，學校對即將參加大使館翻譯活動項目的同學做了一次集體培訓，本次培訓由張皓校長主講。參與培訓的同學都拿到了本次活動需要介紹的幾所的美國大學的資料，張校通過逐句中英互譯的方法來考驗同學們對翻譯技巧的熟練程度，以及同學們對專業詞匯的緊急應變能力。培訓結束后，同學們都對語言的藝術感到奇妙和贊嘆!周五，學校對翻譯志愿者們進行了考試選拔，同學們都認真對待，積極配合!

　　(十一年級張紹倫Michael供中文稿;齊敬喆Jackson 供英文稿)

　　This week, we reactivated our translation volunteer group. The members will be translating for a few famous U.S. universities in the American embassy this weekend. On Wednesday, our Principle, Mr. Larry, announced the students who will be the official interpreters. Each student has their own introduction for the colleges assigned to them. Mr. Larry made students translate English to Chinese in order to examine if the students can interpret in a correct way and show an ability to select specific nouns or not. Every interpreter realized how marvelous the art of language is. On Friday, we had a screening test to select the perfect candidates, and we all took it seriously and cooperated actively

　　物理實驗課-自制冰淇淋/Physics experiment - The Making of Ice Cream

　　物理實驗課一直是八年級同學最向往的，每次課程同學們都能通過簡單的操作理解不簡單的物理原理。本周四，八年級的同學們在Mr. Jamis帶領下進行了一次“美味”實驗，即自制冰淇淋。外教老師向同學們詳細講解了制作冰淇淋的程序和細節要求。同學們以奶油、煉乳、奧利奧餅干為原材料，饒有興趣的開始了制作。首先，他們用打蛋器將稀奶油進行充分攪拌至粘稠狀，加入煉乳并混合均勻。然后同學們用力將奧利奧餅干壓碎，并將其加入奶油煉乳中再次混合均勻。最后放入冰箱冷凍。這個過程讓同學們了解到物質形態的變化和相互作用。第二天，大家都迫不及待的打開冰箱，一個大大的驚喜迎面而來，一切都的超乎想象。同學們在一起愉快的分享自己勞動成果的，一股小小的成就感和喜悅也洋溢在大家開心的笑臉上，能看出來有多美味吧?

　　Physics is always the eighth graders’ favorite class. With each class they begin to understand new, abstract concepts through simple experiments. On Thursday’s Physical Science class, the Eighth Graders conducted a “delicious” experiment named “The Making of Ice Cream”. Mr. Warren taught the students about the procedures and specifics of how to produce ice cream. With whipping cream, condensed milk, Oreo Cookies as raw materials, the students took great enthusiasm to create their special piece of art step by step. Firstly, they used an electric mixer (generously and graciously provided by the benevolent and beautiful Mr. Kelsor) to thoroughly beat the whipping cream until it became as thick as possible. Secondly, a tube of condensed milk was added to the thick cream, and the mixture was completely beaten afterwards. Thirdly, the students crushed the Oreo cookies and added them to the mixture. Lastly, they put it into the freezer for deep freezing. On the following day, the students took great delight to open the freezer and got a big surprise, it was perfect, far beyond their expectation. Then they shared the ice cream together happily. And at the same time, a sense of accomplishment was created among them as well. Can you see how delicious it is?