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My sister studies sociology at university.我妹妹在大学里学社会学。 For her final project she spent a week in a shopping mall.为了期末项目，她在一家购物中心待了一周。 Her first try was a nightmare, because nobody wanted to talk.她第一次尝试简直是场噩梦，因为没人愿意和她说话。 Then she found a radical idea: free coffee for anyone who answered.后来她想出了一个大胆的主意：谁回答问题就送免费咖啡。

One big obstacle was the language of her questions.一个大障碍是她提问时使用的语言。 She rarely got more than three answers an hour.她一小时很少能收到超过三个回答。 She worked out the ratio of men to women in each shop.她算出了每家店里男女的比例。 Her teacher said the old doctrine of ask and wait was too slow.她的老师说，那种“问了就等”的老教条太慢了。 One afternoon she watched the marine animals in the aquarium next door.一天下午，她观察了隔壁水族馆里的海洋动物。

Her little brother drew a monster on her notebook for luck.她的弟弟在她的笔记本上画了一个怪物，祝她好运。 That small drawing made her laugh and kept her going.那幅小画让她笑了，也让她坚持了下去。 In the end she collected 300 answers and wrote a good report.最后她收集到 300 份回答，写出了一份不错的报告。 Her study showed that a kind smile works better than any trick.她的研究表明，一个友善的微笑比任何技巧都管用。