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The professor describes the process of energy flow in the food chain. Explain how energy flows through the food chain.
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Now listen to a conversation between two students.
Student A Hey, Susan! How are you?
Student B Hi, Frank! I’m fine. But, uh, I’m having some trouble with my experiment...
Student A Oh? What’s wrong?
Student B You know, I’ve been working on this experiment for more than half a year and I think the results will be quite promising and exciting. But now I have run into some problems with the lab apparatuses, and the experiment has begun to lag behind schedule. That’s really troublesome.
Student A Oh, that sounds really bad! Are any of the apparatuses broken? Or maybe they just can’t meet the needs of your experiment?
Student B Yeah. Actually, the apparatuses are quite old and haven’t been renovated for many years, so some new experiments really cannot be carried out with them.
Student A But I don’t think you’ll just give up, will you?
Student B Well, you’re right. I don’t want to give up. But now I really have no idea how to tackle this problem.
Student A Maybe you can ask your supervisor for some help. If he’s convinced you’re your experiment is really valuable and promising, I think he’ll renovate the apparatuses in time.
Student B I’ve thought about this. But the problem is that I’m not confident that I can convince him successfully, for the cost of renovation is actually not insignificant.
Student A I see. Umm...here’s another thing maybe you can think about. Go to other labs which are better equipped to continue your experiment. I know there’re some good labs with very advanced apparatuses in the National Academy, and they can be opened to outsiders upon application.
Student B Oh, really? That sounds like a better idea. Do you know how to apply for that?
Student A I’m not quite clear about that, either. But I think you can check out the website. There must be some useful information there about that.
Student B Very well! I’ll go and find it!