《剪下一方暖和--喻道小故事》

銀杯重現 Reappeared Silver Cup

One day in the laboratory of a famous scientist, a valuable silver cup was accidentally dropped into a vat of acid. Immediately the silver cup disintegrated , dissolving into the acid. The person who dropped the cup was frantic , but the great scientist knew that silver was still present in the vat, hidden among the minute particles of the liquid acid. After pouring the right chemicals into the acid, the silver quickly began to appear in the solution. It was then gathered together and sent to a silversmith with a careful description of the original cup. In a few days, the cup reappeared in the laboratory, ready to be used and appreciated for its value again.

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字彙
Vat 大桶子
Disintegrate 溶解
Frantic 發狂似的
Minute 微小

在一個著名科學家的實驗室裡，有一天，貴重的銀杯意外掉進酸溶液的大桶裏。銀杯立刻分解，溶入酸溶液。把銀杯掉下去的人發狂似的，但偉大的科學家知道銀子還在大桶裡，躲在酸溶液微小的分子裡。在倒入正確的化學劑到酸裡之後，銀很快就再次出現在溶液裏。把銀收集起來送到銀匠那裡，說明清楚杯子的原樣，幾天之後，銀杯又重現在實驗室裡，可以使用，可以賞玩，而且價值不減。

思考與應用

1.還有什物質像銀一樣會溶解在酸裡好像變不見了？
2.人死了身體會分解、腐朽不見，有再重現的可能嗎？

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