6歲的小兒作業明天要交了,這次是找個有名的科學家,要弄清ta做了些啥,為啥有名,還有ta的名字,出生。他感興趣的是Chris Newhall,一個火山專家。Google了他的生平,哪裏拿的碩士,哪裏拿的博士,出版的文章都很容易找到。名人麽,照片也有了,可就是沒出生的日子。 於是寫了Email問人家: From: angelo chen [angelojrchen@gmail.com]Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 6:56 AM To: Chris Newhall Subject: when you were born Hi I'm Angelo, I'm in first grade. We are doing a scientist project. I'm doing research on volcanologist because I want to learn more about volcanos. Can you tell me when you were born because my project has when was your scientist born. Thank you have a great day bye! 不一會兒,教授回了,他從美國USGS退下來後去了新加坡理工大學做了火山組的頭,他是火山界的領頭羊之一,著名的火山噴發指數,類似於地震的震級就是他發明的。 Hello Angelo, I was born in 1948. Quite a long time ago!
Chris Newhall, Volcano Group Leader Earth Observatory of Singapore Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Ave, Blk N2-01a-10 Singapore 639798 tel (65) 6513-2728; fax (65) 6792-2149; mobile (65) 9621-9140www.earthobservatory.sg 作業完成了,哈哈!不忘寫一句thank you給人家。 |