sbdcsierra Chapter 342 Top Laboratory
Chapter 342 Top Laboratory
Chapter 342 Top Laboratory
Engineer Ding wiped it hurriedly and then went back embarrassedly.
The car finally arrived in Berkeley, and Qiu Huoming got off the car. Not far away was the University of Berkeley. Anna introduced: "This is the South Gate. Take a look at this gate. There is a plaque on it..."
Its green door looks simple, yet has a sense of history.
Only when he got closer did he see that there were a few English words on the plaque, and Qiu Huoming read them silently.
Anna beside him had already translated it into Chinese: "Enter here, and the human spirit will be forever united."
Her eyes sparkled, and she looked up at the door in front of her with longing.
The members of the examination team behind him also raised their heads one by one.
Then she picked up the itinerary and looked at Qiu Huoming and Dean Zhou with a smile, "The laboratory you are going to today is on the back mountain, so... we will still climb the mountain."
Qiu Huoming laughed, "The weather is so nice today, it's great to go hiking."
Anna's mouth curled up, "Well, let's go to the Sather Tower, the landmark building of our university, and take a look..."
Dean Zhou brought a camera with him. It belonged to his unit and was loaded with color film. A group of people took a group photo at the door. It was their first stop, so they wanted to keep a souvenir.
As soon as you step into the school gate, the feeling is very different. There are too many young people on campus.
The square inside is filled with young students full of youth. I heard that the weather was bad a few days ago.
It was a rare sunny day these two days, so everyone went outdoors.
Not far ahead, the sound of a guitar was heard.
Looking up, I saw a young man sitting on the lawn holding a guitar, playing and singing by himself. In the open space next to him, a few students were playing Frisbee. Some people simply did nothing but lay on the grass to bask in the sun...
Someone in the delegation was talking quietly, "College students are a bit careless..."
Dean Zhou turned his head and glanced at him.
Some people have been studying and working step by step, and they are critical of people who are different from themselves.
Dean Zhou coughed and asked, "Think carefully about what Anna said at the door just now. There is a saying, 'Learn from the strengths of foreigners...'"
He is a visionary scholar, but limited by his own identity, he can only say the following things.
Someone later repeated the words, "Enter here, the human spirit is eternally united."
"It's a bit hard to understand. Does it mean that there is no distinction between the classes?"
"I think it's like what the Internationale says..." Everyone started talking...
Dean Zhou smiled and said, "Think about it when you get back. Everyone follow."
Anna was very responsible. While leading everyone forward, she continued to introduce: "The University of Berkeley is built on a mountain, so the shapes of the buildings are all different. These roads have slopes. In the beginning, a lot of effort was spent to make the buildings blend in with the environment. Now it seems that it is still very effective."
Qiu Huoming nodded in agreement, and he quickly caught up with Anna. Dean Zhou was the team leader, and Anna walked side by side with him all the way.
Qiu Huoming looked around and after listening to her introduction, he looked back at the buildings. They indeed looked very harmonious, as if they were supposed to be here.
There are also a lot of cars here.
Someone asked, "Are these cars public or private?"
Anna turned her head and smiled: "They are all private. Almost every family here has a car."
"How much does that cost..." the man asked in surprise.
Anna thought about it, but couldn't answer.
It was Qiu Huoming who spoke again, "Just like us, each family has a bicycle..."
"Hahahaha, that's right." Everyone laughed.
Although in reality, it is an exaggeration to say that every family has a bicycle. Bicycles are also considered a luxury item in China. It will take a few more years for this statement to be true.
No one cared about the loophole in this sentence. Everyone stopped studying the vehicle and continued moving forward.
Soon Sather Tower came into sight.
Everyone stopped at the entrance. "Do you want to go up and take a look at the campus?" Anna asked.
Qiu Huoming was the first to raise his hand, "I want to go up and take a look."
"Let's go together and see the differences between towers abroad and those in our country." After discussing it, everyone followed.
After climbing the tower, they saw many bells. Anna introduced them: "There are 37 bells in total, and the ones that can ring..."
"Hey, it's the same as our ancestors' chime bells..."
Dean Zhou glared at him and said, "That's not the same thing."
After reaching the top, you can overlook the entire campus. After taking a walk around, everyone started to walk down one after another.
"Everyone, be careful when you go downstairs. Next, we will go around the other side to the school gate and to the back mountain. There is a section of road that can be driven..." Anna was in a good mood today, and her tone was a little lighter.
Next is the highlight of today, and everyone is looking forward to it.
To be able to enter this laboratory, you need special approval in advance. As a world-class and famous laboratory, many great names in the science and technology world were born here.
This place is also known as the 'Holy Land of Nuclear Physics'.
After getting down from the tower, Qiu Huoming looked at a teaching building on one side. This was the famous physics teaching building, although at this moment it was just a teaching building.
But in the future this building will become famous, that is, it is the place where Oppenheimer once taught.
Qiu Huoming took a glance and then looked away. He had also seen it in the information and it was his first time at the scene.
But this surging feeling made him feel awe for a moment.
In this world, there are always some geniuses that make people look up to them.
A group of people appeared on the campus, and the students and staff just took a look and no one asked any more questions.
Before getting on the bus, Anna came out to the door of a store in the square and bought a hot dog and a Coke for everyone. Everyone took the food and sat on the ground and started eating, just like the students did.
Several people praised it repeatedly: "It's delicious."
Dean Zhou smiled and said, "When you eat it every day, you will know how wonderful Chinese food is..."
Everyone chatted and laughed while finishing their lunch.
After finishing their meal and resting for a while, they filed onto the bus that was parked not far away.
The car drove towards the back mountain and soon arrived near the laboratory.
When everyone got off the car, they first saw a dome-shaped building.
Dean Zhou took a few photos without saying anything.
The photo was taken before Anna introduced it.
He turned to look at Qiu Huoming and asked, "Huoming, do you know what that is?"
Anna immediately stopped talking and looked at Qiu Huoming with interest.
Qiu Huoming smiled slightly. He did not give a direct answer, but said something: "The accelerator is one of the most important large scientific devices for understanding the mysteries of the universe and observing the world of microscopic particles."
This sentence is perfect for showing off, and it is a little trick that he has used many times and it has always worked.
"Wow, you really know it." Dean Zhou nodded.
"This is the 'cyclotron'. I didn't study physics, so I only have a vague understanding of it." Anna apologized after introducing it.
Dean Zhou smiled and said, "It's great that you can introduce it in such detail. Let's go. We still need to go find Director Shirley."
Shirley is the head of the laboratory.
A group of people walked towards the laboratory door.
High-energy physics is Qiu Huoming's weakness, and he only has a vague understanding of it. He likes mathematics and semiconductors, so he just comes here to watch the facilities for fun.
Not much of the laboratory is open to the public.
But even so, it was an eye-opener for the members of the inspection team.
The things here can only be seen but not touched. Director Shirley accompanied us personally. The laboratories here are not only owned by the university, but also receive heavy annual funding from national departments. The equipment is all state-of-the-art.
Some things that require a dust-free environment can only be viewed from a distance.
The group of people turned around and had no other thoughts except being shocked.
As early as 1953, the United States had built a high-energy proton accelerator with an energy of 33 billion electron volts.
At that time, domestic physicists secretly made up their minds to build their own high-energy accelerator.
Therefore, among the researchers who came this time, there were also several experts specializing in physics.
They had a lot of questions, and although Director Shirley answered them one by one, anyone with a discerning eye knew that these were just public knowledge and the core content was impossible to uncover.
Even so, several researchers are still trying to remember the answers in their heads.
Qiu Huoming listened to it and remembered it in his mind, but he didn't understand what the principles were.
When I came out of the laboratory, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.
Dean Zhou looked at the sky and said, "You can do whatever you want. If you don't want to go hiking, just go back to the car and gather on the bus at 6 o'clock..."
"Hey, Huo Ming, do you know how to use this camera?"
Qiu Huoming nodded, "Yes."
"Okay, you can use it. Take a few more photos and take them back to show your girlfriend..." Dean Zhou said and glanced at Anna deliberately.
Qiu Huoming had no idea of his philandering mind, and even if he knew, he would not care. Dean Zhou probably thought that Anna was interested in Qiu Huoming, so he used Qiu Huoming's girlfriend to criticize her.
Qiu Huoming hung the camera around his neck, took two bottles of mineral water from the car and put them in his backpack, then turned to Anna and said, "Sister Anna, please be our guide..."
"It's my honor." Anna treated Qiu Huoming as her younger brother and took good care of him along the way. Seeing that he was not being formal with her, she responded in a good mood.
The rest of the inspection team scattered.
Mr. Ding wanted to follow and see where Anna was going, but what happened in the car made him lack the courage.
The older brother standing by also thought he had no chance.
The fact that the other party can study in such a place, just the cost alone, is something that an ordinary scientific researcher like Mr. Ding cannot even dream of.
Qiu Huoming followed Anna and started climbing the mountain.
"I'll take you to the best viewing point, from where you can see Devil's Island..." After climbing the mountain road for half a day, Anna's cheeks were rosy, making her look more lovely than usual.
The weather today is really good. There is not a single cloud when I look up. The sky is blue and the coastline can be vaguely seen from halfway up the mountain.
Qiu Huoming laughed, "Wait a moment, I'll give you one."
Anna stopped and posed casually. The camera was manual. Qiu Huoming moved the film and took a picture of her.
"Can I take a picture of you too?" Anna said, "I can take photos too."
"I'll be in trouble for you when we get to the top of the mountain." Qiu Huoming took out a bottle of water from his backpack and handed it to Anna, "Your water."
"You really brought it to me, thank you." Anna unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip herself. "Let's go. The weather is good today. There must be a sunset to watch."
"Get back on the bus before six, I don't think I'll be able to see the sunset..."
"Then let's watch it in the car." Anna smiled and said, "The sunset here is especially beautiful."
Finally we reached the top, which was the best viewing point Anna mentioned. There were several natural tree stumps where we could sit down and rest.
"Wait a moment, I'll take a photo for you first." Anna stretched out her hand.
Qiu Huoming handed her the camera.
He took three or four photos with different backgrounds before he stopped.
"Sister Anna, let me take a few pictures for you too." Qiu Huoming asked after getting the camera back.
"No need, one picture is enough." After saying that, Anna sat down.
She looked at the coastline in the distance with a dazed expression.
Qiu Huoming sat beside her and asked, "Sister Anna, why did you come to such a far place to study?"
"It's not that I want to come here, it's my boyfriend. In order to come here, I also took the TOEFL test with him..."
Anna sat on the tree stump, holding her chin with a wandering look in her eyes.
Perhaps it was because Qiu Huoming was not aggressive at all, which made her feel quite relaxed, or maybe there were things that had been weighing on her mind for too long, and she needed to find someone to talk to.
"He had good grades and a good family background, so he went straight to Stanford. I..."
Anna sneered and looked down at her vamp. "I came with him to study, thinking that he and I would never be separated in this life."
"Actually, I'm also very good at studying. He said that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent, so he told me to stop studying because he would support me in the future anyway..."
"A man's mouth is a liar..."
"I stayed with him for four years. When I was 27, he left with someone else... I lost $500 and the rent was due in two months..."
Qiu Huoming glanced at her. This was really miserable. She spent her best years taking care of others, but in the end, she got nothing in return...
Ana smiled bitterly and said, “I found his friend, and he told me that my boyfriend said that he likes women who can talk to him, and he dislikes that I can’t keep up with him.”
"But he was the one who broke my wings... I won't accept it."
"I didn't return to China, but stayed. My English is very good, probably... I do have some talent for languages. I went to universities to look for jobs, but I didn't get into Stanford. Later..."
“I got a job in this town,” she said, pointing down at the town. “This town is for Berkeley.”
"My boyfriend doesn't know that I didn't learn nothing in these four years. I have read all his textbooks..."
This time Qiu Huoming was really surprised. Being good at languages was one thing, but learning by oneself was definitely a difficult thing... Not only was there a cultural barrier, but this was also one of the world's top universities. It was not easy to learn these tutorials.
"Now that I think about it, he might be my benefactor..." Anna smiled, "After hearing so much, I suddenly understand."
Her eyes no longer wandered, but looked towards the University of Berkeley at the foot of the mountain.
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