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In my first year of college, I took a science class.在大学的第一年，我选了一门科学课。 The teacher, an old man, told us that tech is not only about machines.那位老师是个穿灰衣的老人，他告诉我们「技术」不只是在讲机器。 He said the best technique is often the simplest one.他说最好的「技巧」往往是最简单的那一个。 We did not believe him then.当时我们并不相信他。

One morning he put a small cup of water on the table.一天早上，他把一小杯水放在桌上。 The water in the cup was clean, he said.杯里的水很干净，他说。 The salt was soluble in water, and it mixed in slowly.盐「可溶」于水，慢慢地混了进去。 He gave us each a small taste.他让我们每人尝了一小口。 He added a spoon of salt, and it slowly disappeared.他加了一勺盐，盐慢慢地不见了。

Then he asked us to compare a sweet and a salty drink.然后他让我们「比较」一杯甜的和一杯咸的饮品。 Technically, both were solutions, but their taste was not comparable.严格来说，两杯都是「溶液」，但它们的味道完全「不能相比」。 We wrote our comparison in a comparative table.我们把这次「比较」写进了一张「比较的」表格。 Everyone laughed when the boy next to me drank the salt water.当我旁边的男孩喝下那杯盐水时，大家都笑了。

It was a small but meaningful lesson.那是一堂很小但有意义的课。 Today, when people talk about technology, I still think of that cup.今天，当人们谈起「科技」时，我依然会想起那杯水。 A solution can be a liquid or an answer to a problem.「解决方案」可以是一杯液体，也可以是问题的答案。